Various Artists: 25 All-Time Greatest Bubblegum Hits: The Ultimate Bubblegum Collection CD Track Listing

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Various Artists 25 All-Time Greatest Bubblegum Hits: The Ultimate Bubblegum Collection (2001)
25 All-Time Greatest Bubblegum Hits: The Ultimate Bubblegum Collection\n2000 Varese Sarabande Records, Inc.\n\nOriginally Released June 27, 2000 \n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: 25 All-Time Greatest Bubblegum Hits is subtitled "The Ultimate Collection," and it's hard to argue with that claim. It certainly qualifies as the most comprehensive collection on a single disc. The set is an overview of the entire bubblegum movement from the mid-'60s until its nominative demise in the early '70s. It includes most of the key tracks from the Kasenetz & Katz hit factory, such as "Indian Giver," "Yummy Yummy Yummy," and the sublime "Quick Joey Small." Flesh-and-blood TV idols such as the Monkees and Bobby Sherman are represented alongside their cartoon-and-costume counterparts: the Archies, Josie & the Pussycats, and the Banana Splits. Rounding out the collection are British classics of the genre such as "My Baby Loves Lovin'," "Smile a Little Smile for Me," and "Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes." This set is a primer on the manufacture of teenybopper singles in the era of Top 40 radio. It's infectious fun from start to finish, and it may dawn on the listener that this music's influence reverberates to this very day. -- Mary Grady\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nGood, but not ultimate, September 22, 2005 \nBy maninov4u (Hong Kong)\n\nThis is one of the bubblegum music compilation presently available in the market which included a handful of great tunes. In my opinion, some of them should not be categoried as bubblegum music because starting from 1970, there's scarcely any bugglegum music act left in the pop scene, Tony Orlando and Dawn (USA), The Flying Machine (UK), Edison Lighthouse (UK), Barry Blue (UK) and Sweet (UK) are not Bubblegum music performers, so as Tommy James & the Shondells. The masters of this kind of Music are the American groups The Lemon Pipers, The Ohio Express, The 1910 Fruitgum Company and Music Explosion produced by the "Super K" production team of Jeff Katz and Kerry Kasenetz, together with Tommy Roe and The Archies, they put out lots of great bubblegum songs. This compilation missed out some of the gems, including 'Simon says' by The 1910 Fruitgum Company (in my opinion, the greatest Bubblegum music band), it also has hits like 'Goody Goody Gumdrops', 'Good good loving' and 'Special Delivery'; Tommy Roe's 'Hooray for Hazel' and 'Sweet pea' are also classic, the Archies' 'Feelin' so good' and 'Bang shang a lang', the Ohio Express' 'Chewy chewy', all of them are real gems which are not available here. Back in 1988, Buddah Record had released a CD titled 'Best of Bubblegum Music'(deleted and out of print) under the 'Pair' label which is a good benchmark collection, the songs included 'Green Tambourine' & 'Rice is nice' by Lemon Pipers, 'Simon says', 'Indian giver', 'Goody goody Gumdrops', 'Good good loving', 'May I' and 'Special delivery' by 1910 Fruitgum Company, 'Yummy, yummy, yummy', '1,2,3, Red light', 'First Grade reader', 'Down at Lulu's', 'Mercy' and 'Chewy chewy' by the Ohio Express, 'Little bit of soul' by the Music Explosion, 'The Rapper' by The Jaggerz, 'Quick Joey Samll' and 'Down in Tennessee' by Kazenetz Katz Super Circus, ' Ooh child' by Stairsteps and 'Shake' by Shadows of Knight (Ohio Express also recorded this one). If this 'Varse' collection is titled 'Ultimate collection', then the Buddah one should be named 'Genuine Ultimate collection'. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nBy spencer hollander "spence" (eastern Iowa)\n\nC'mon now. Deep inside we are have a soft spot for the sugar coated bubblegum music that helped define the baby-boomer generation. These songs convey the happy, feel good, and "I'll do whatever I want to do" mentality that captured the post-revolutionary attitude of it's time. Not all inclusive, but with some of the more refined bubblegum offerings. Interesting how these tunes were accompanied by social upheaval: the looming end to the Vietnam nightmare, watergate, roe v. wade, voting and drinking age lowered to 18,... and stood as the aftergram of protest music (Buffalo Springfield, Mason Proffit, CS&N, etc...) Get the CD, hide it under your panties in the top drawer, lefthand side, and sneak a listen when no one is looking. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\n2 Ron Dante Songs !!!, October 14, 2004 \nBy Melody Triton (Chicago, USA)\n\n"Tracy" and "Sugar Sugar" are both songs sung by Ron Dante, lead singer of The Archies. These are two really fun songs. The rest on the set are okay as well. I recently discovered that Ron Dante has a website: www.rondante.com \n\nRon Dante has a new CD out for 2004 called "Saturday Night Blast" that I also enjoy. It's a great way to keep up with these artists! \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nYou Know You Love This Stuff!, April 4, 2004 \nReviewer: A music fan\n\nDid you lead a double life in the late 60s and early 70s? Did you rock to the sound of Zeppelin and Hendrix while hanging out with your friends, but grooved to bubblegum sounds on the radio while alone in your car? It is 2004 now and time to come out of that closet and dig this CD collection of all-time bubblegum hits.This is just fun stuff and really catches the spirit of what pop/rock music should be. It was all perfect for the radio. So what that most of these cuts are by studio groups for records or cartoon shows only? The songs are all well crafted pop ditties. I highly recommend this set. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nCATCHY VOCAL POP, December 29, 2003 \nBy Joburgpete "irridium" (Johannesburg)\n\nCompared to a lot of stuff that fills the charts today, these little ditties are excellent. It may be called bubblegum, but most of this music has stood the test of time very well with its catchy hooks and lovely vocals.\n\nMy favorites include the female vocal pop of The Cuff Links and Tracy, The Monkees with the melodic I'm A Believer, Dawn and their vibrant pop song Knock Three Times, Tommy James with the psychedelic pop of I Think We're Alone now and Love Grows by Edison Lighthouse with its great harmonies.\n\nOther brilliant tracks include the classic bubblegum number Sugar Sugar by The Archies, My Baby Loves Lovin' by The White Plains, Funny Funny by Sweet (who later in their career became a proper rock band), Jam Up Jelly Tight by Tommy Roe and Dancing On A Saturday Night by Barry Blue.\n\nIn retrospect, I think a lot of this music was unfairly dismissed. Most of these tracks are melodic pop songs and are very well performed. This is a wonderful compilation of great hits from the golden age of pop. \n\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nKeep the sugar rush coming!!!!, December 27, 2003 \nBy John Skurat (Lakehurst, NJ United States)\n\nNeedless to say, this disc has yet to leave my discman since I bought yesterday. Bookended by the two signature blasts of bubblegum nirvana, "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy" by Ohio Express, and "Sugar, Sugar" by the Archies, this is a fun starter set for listeners looking to wade into the bubblegum pool. Plenty of junky pop thrills abound, with plenty of lascivious lyrics to boot. My own particular highlights are "The Grooviest Girl In The World", by the Fun and Games, with its squealing Tex-Mex organ and chest-puffing bravado, ("...and I'm a guy with impeccable tas-tah!!!"), Barry Blue's mind-boggling fusion of glam and bubblegum, "Dancin' (On A Saturday Night)", and Josie and the Pussycats breath-taking "Every Beat Of My Heart", which starts out like Dionne Warwick, only to end up in Dusty in Memphis territory. Other tracks worth checking out are the bubble-gospel of Robin McNamara's "Lay A Lovin' On Me", and "Wait Till Tomorrow" by the Banana Splits, which sounds like it belongs on Nuggets. Also worth checking out is "Bubblegum Is The Naked Truth", by Kim Cooper and David Smay, which details the dark side of bubblegum music and all of its glory. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nNot corny., May 28, 2003 \nReviewer: A music fan\n\nMake no mistake what was really meant by those "corny" lyrics in this era. Most people are oblivious to what is being talked about in "Yummy Yummy Yummy". But it doesn't take long to figure it out. They just didn't curse on these records like they do nowadays. And oh yeah, the music and singing is good too. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nSmashing, baby!, March 12, 2003 \nBy M. Hilton "if eclectism were a religion, i wo... (Indianapolis, IN United States)\n\nEek.... I had no idea this music was burnt so deeply into my Gen-X subconscious until I listened to it afresh. This CD is not necessarily a hitfest, but a scrapbook, and I like it that way. It makes me want to sit on the living-room floor, eat Honeycomb and play board games. :) \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nEnjoy your Bubblegum Proudly, December 3, 2002 \nBy Amanda "doceo336" (Yuma, AZ United States)\n\nAccording to Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs, the Bubblegum genre got its name because people used to stick wads of bubblegum in their ears in order to keep from hearing it. While Bubblegum is lightweight stuff, especially compared to today's music scene full of Eminem, Korn, and other hard-edged favorites, in its day Bubblegum was popular and refreshing. It is a welcome throwback for some listeners who want to relive those good old innocent days and escape the pessemistic, depressing music one so often hears on the pop stations.\n"Yummy Yummy Yummy," by Ohio Express, rated by Dave Barry's bad song contest as the second worst song ever written, has a bouncy rhythm, and while the lyrics are corny, it has its charm. The classic "Love Grows" was recently featured in the Jack Black movie "Shallow Hal," giving it some air of coolness to today's listeners. "I'm a Believer" was recently remade by Smashmouth for the movie "Shrek." \n\nThis CD gives a good overview of the Bubblegum genre, and a great reminder of how everything old becomes new again. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nUseful for fun or analysis., October 5, 2002 \nBy "simnia" (snowy bayou country, USA)\n\nFor this type of music, this is a good album. Whether simply enjoying catchy tunes that were aimed at young adolescents, or doing a serious analysis of how to write a hit song, this collection has good value due to its large number of songs that are in the same genre. Especially nice are the short-lived and now hard-to-find songs that everybody liked, like "Jennifer Tompkins" and "Lay A Little Lovin' On Me." "Dancin'" took me by surprise as the first pop song I've ever heard with Greek bouzoukis in it. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThe Sweet Sounds of Bubblegum, January 27, 2001 \nBy Steve Vrana (Aurora, NE)\n\nDuring the late-Sixties and early-Seventies, there was an explosion of popular music dubbed bubblegum music. Sweet, frothy music with little substance, but catchy as heck. This collection gathers some of the best known along with a number of obscurities. Nine of these singles sold over a million copies each, including "Easy Come, Easy go" by Bobby Sherman, "Smile a Little Smile for Me" by The Flying Machine, "Jam Up and Jelly Tight" by Tommy Roe and "Indian Giver" by The 1910 Fruitgum Co. At least sixteen of these songs cracked the Top 40, many of them going Top Ten.\nAnother truism for many of these acts was that they existed only on paper. Groups like The Archies, The Banana Splits, and Josie & The Pussycats were cartoon characters. Some groups were merely studio creations that released singles (and sometimes albums), but did not tour because they didn't really exist outside the studio. So you had situations where Ron Dante was the lead vocalist for the Archies' No. 1 hit "Sugar, Sugar" and was also the lead singer for The Cuff Links' "Tracy." Joey Levine sang lead for the Ohio Express on the million-seller "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy" and also sang lead on the Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestra's "Quick Joey Small." [Levine also did backing vocals as part of Crazy Elephant on "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'."] "My Baby Loves Lovin'" by White Plains and "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" by Edison Lighthouse both featured the lead singing of Tony Burrows. Even The Monkees didn't exist as a real group for much of their career in that on many of their hits--including the No. 1 gold record "I'm a Believer"--the only Monkee involved in the recording was the lead singer; in this case it was Mickey Dolenz.\n\nBut quite frankly, no one cared who sang or played on what record. These were uptempo songs with great hooks, and they were fun to listen to--even thirty years later. The only really glaring omission is there is nothing by The Partridge Family or The Osmonds. But this is a minor complaint for an otherwise wonderful and generous collection. RECOMMENDED \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nGood Ear Candy, August 14, 2000 \nBy T. C Lane (Marina, CA USA)\nThis is a noble attempt to narrow Bubblegum's vast field to just 25 songs on a single CD. There are songs by the Ohio Express and 1910 Fruitgum Co. that are missing and for those check out RCA's Bubblegum Hit Pack ...only 3 songs here are repeated out of that one's 10 tracks. But you can't go wrong with this as a starter for your Bubblegum needs. "Sugar Sugar", "Yummy Yummy Yummy", and "I'm A Believer" among the 25 are prime Bubblegum, and great singles, also. It would be nice if the label would venture in to the Teen Idols of the 70's like the Osmonds' "One Bad Apple" or Shaun Cassidy's "Hey Deanie". But that's what a second volume could bring. Good liner notes tell a story of a genre that should be more respected but gets slighted by history. But time has proven all the naysayers wrong. Bubblegum music is good for you. Here's 25 slices to prove why. \n\n\nHalf.com Album Notes\nCompilation producers: Cary E. Mansfield, Bill Pitzonka.\nIncludes liner notes by Bill Pitzonka.
This rock cd contains 25 tracks and runs 66min 9sec.
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