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Mink at the Top of His Game

SHEMP NEWBERG | 07/04/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is the best Mink Deville compilation. While the first Mink Deville cd is a must-have, the subsequent cd's have been rather spotty. With this cd you get the finest cuts from the first cd plus the strongest cuts from his later work. Mink Deville's music is not assembly-line soul, but heart-felt, genuine music. This music is a great combination of R&B and rock."

The sound of genius

Pieter | Johannesburg | 07/09/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Mink (Willy) Deville created powerful melodious songs in an awesome variety of styles. There are Rock, Pop, Spanish, Zydeco and Phil Spector type flavours to his amazing music with its catchy hooks and rousing choruses.



This Best Of contains rousing rock ballads like This Must Be The Night, clever pop like Mixed Up Shook Up Girl and Guardian Angel, and achingly tender moments like I Broke That Promise or the flowing ballad Just Your Friends.



There are also brooding soulful songs like "A" Train Lady, edgy new-wavish rock like Savoir Faire, Spanish Stroll and Cadillac Walk with their streetwise attitude reminiscent of Lou Reed. Soul Twist is uptempo 1950s rock `n roll, and the swirling Mazurka is an example of zydeco or some similar Latin style.



I love the music of DeVille because at various times it brings to mind the poetics of Lou Reed, the passion of Springsteen, the intensity of Frankie Valli and the authenticity of Nick Lowe. Diverse in style it may be, but the music is very cohesive, held together by DeVille's expressive voice and the brilliant arrangements.



It remains a mystery why Mink DeVille didn't make it big. Catchy hooks, captivating vocal harmonies, soulful vocals and poetic lyrics make every song on this Best Of a masterpiece. Mink is one of the obscure geniuses of rock and this collection is highly rewarding.



Cadillac Walk: The Mink DeVille Collection



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Get the albums

billybones | nyc | 03/07/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"great collection! do yourselves a favor-Get the studio albums. If you like Willie this much, you'll like the albums. You.ll miss good stuff just going with compilations. Get it all!"