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A's, B's and Rarities
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Track Listing
- Magic
- Just Let Me Be
- January
- Never Give Up
- Call Me Round
- Do Me Good
- Just a Smile
- Don't Speak Loudly
- Are You in Love
- You're My No. 1
- High into the Sky
- Sooner or Later
- Lady Luck
- Dear Artist
- Running Water
- First After Me
- Canada
- Mover
- Penny in My Pocket
- Steps
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #20266 in Music
- Released on: 2004-12-06
- Number of discs: 1
Customer Reviews
14 again!!
On receiving this album I was transported back to 1975! None of the songs have lost their charm and I always felt that pilot were one of the most under-rated talents of the 1970's.From the mega hits 'magic' and January' to personal favourites like'call me round' and 'just let me be' it was a sheer delight to hear from these old friends and this album will be played again and again as I re-aquaint myself with a time when life was a little easier!!many thanks to EMI as our 12'' vinyl did not stand the test of time.
4 MAGIC HITS and MISSES
Get Up And Go / Big Screen Kill (7/77), Monday Tuesday / Evil Eye (9/77) and Ten Feet Tall / One Good Reason Why (11/77) aren't on this superb compilation because they weren't on EMI and therefore remain unissued on CD. The first single version of Just A Smile (6/74) isn't here either, but the brilliant remix is. Lady Luck (11/75) and a David Paton solo single No Ties No Strings (5/80) make their debut on CD on this album. Running Water (4/76) - a ballad which slowly grows on you, Canada (6/76) and Penny In My Pocket (9/76) were also glorious failures. I've deliberately given the release dates of these 9 misses, because no one else is likely to know that Pilot had 12 singles instead of the 4 shown in the guiness book of hit singles.
Smashing power pop.
I chanced upon this by lucky hap, needing a CD that cost under a fiver. Having heard only Magic and January, I was unsure if the other material would be of ths same standard. But the majority of tracks are as good as those two smashes. If you are a fan of well played, complex and melodic power pop then this is a must. Crunchy guitars, nifty harmonies and handclaps abound. I would liken it to the Raspberries and Big Star but with less American sounding vocals. The Feeling have been compared to Pilot and that is not so far off the mark either. At 4.97 this is a bargain!
