A runaway career

Advantages: Excellent overview of his career; generous playing time
Disadvantages: Some tracks a little samey, otherwise none really

...Del Shannon?s performing career lasted for 29 years, from his first (and best-remembered) hit in 1961 to his tragic death. This retrospective, containing all the hits and a few additional tracks from his later career, was issued in 2010 and reached No. 25, his first UK chart album since 1963. He was at his most successful during the first four or five years; after 1965 he had no further chart...

JOHNV 10.11.2011 06:14 · Read review
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Review of Very Best Of Del Shannon [Universal UK] - Del Shannon

Del's final work - but a great album to go out on

Advantages: Some good songs, and at least one really great one
Disadvantages: Possibly a little bit too Jeff Lynne-dominated soundwise (good as Lynne is)

...Del Shannon was one of the first-generation American rock?n?roll stars of the early 1960s, whose name will always be synonymous with the classic ?Runaway?, a transatlantic No. 1 in 1961. One of several singers whose success faded with the advent of the Beatles and those who followed, he continued to record and tour at intervals, despite ongoing battles with depression and alcoholism. I haven...

JOHNV 21.06.2011 06:35 · Read review
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Review of Rock On - Del Shannon

Runaways

Advantages: Addictive, Good conclusion
Disadvantages: Sometimes Predictable and unbelievable

...V.C.Andrews is known for making a series of books. Usually four separate stories that eventually wind down a road and come together to make a fifth. The orphans' series was no exception. Four books titled Butterfly, Crystal, Brooke and Raven. Runaway brings it to a rocky, tooth rotting and predictable yet required conclusion. I would strongly recommend reading the four separate books before...

ovetta2001 15.04.2007 15:42 · Read review
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