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CD Review:
After releasing Pyromania to good success, the band released this album, one of the most heard albums of all time. If you were around at the time listening to rock radio, you could not get away from this album. With the tragedy of their drummer losing an arm, the news brought a higher fan base listening to his work on this album. Although he had some assistance, he still got major cheers from everyone at their concerts.
From one song to the next, the album continued in rotation from one song to the next for over two years. It was a phenomenon that couldn't be understood by any music fan with taste. Each of the songs sounded almost exactly like the next. The only real change was the speed of the song. If you can label any album from the 80s as bubblegum rock, Hysteria would be it.
FS Staff
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In 1975-76, Burton Cummings, like Randy Bachman before him, left The Guess Who. Where the band overcame Bachman's departure, it didn't survive, successfully anyways, the leaving of its lead singer and his signature voice. Cummings began his successful solo career soon after.
By the time this "Best of" compilation was issued, Cummings had released four albums. With the unsuccessful album Woman Love (it was not issued in the States) this album was released soon afterward to compensate. All of Cummings hits are here including "Stand Tall," his first successful single. We are also treated to a few never before issued songs making this album more than just a rehashing of the singer's hits.
Sony re-issued and remastered most of Cummings solo albums, including this one, onto compact disc at the beginning of 2000. The CD version omits two songs, "Nothing Rhymed" and "Orly," therefore the LP version of this issue is better for content.
Scott D. Brown
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