I don't know where else they appeared before, but the majoraty are new titles and soon will be in my mp3 collection. I'm also compelled to do a quick review based on the complete song. You guys know that you can listen to the entire song by moving the players curser, right?
First off; Jungle Bill's "Flying Over The Sky" is given the more appropriate title of "Black Jack Big Tornado"; which I always suspected the song's real title to be in the first place.
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Garcon- Go Japan Go.
A very good song, but carries a very well known melody that has been used alot before. I give it a seven ,because it's a good melody. I do not like that hard beat in the break at all. It takes away a lot of the song's melody. The least interesting track off the set.
-7/10
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Tri- Star - Nick Go Far
synths in the intro sound Intersting and the song sound to be a little higher in quality than track 2, but still not blowing me away away. Also, with the title of Tri- Star ;I ecpected more femal vocal accompanyment. They are there, but sound too drowned out in the backround to give the song a true Tri- Star feel. The chorus is odd as is the title "Nick Go Far". It's one of those lines that when sung sounds like something elese. Another seven for artist title alone. At least they shook it up a bit. Nick Turbo could have been better and more appropriate. btw, the song actually appears on the catalog as Niccofarre. Whatever that means?
7/10
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Michelle Rose- Spirit Of The Night
Total Italo style. The Italo dream of the compilation. uses the effects of spacy Italo songs gone by. I'll go as far as to say that it songs like the intro from songs like,
Overload- Blackout ect.., just many bpms slower. Michell's vocals are really grabbing your attention and sound great contrasting with the "dark Italo" feel of the song. The bpm's are really low and It's chorus melody borrows a bit from Laura Branigan's "Self Control", yet still offers enough originalty for every Italo fan. However;Unless you are a big fan of 80's Italo, you will probobly not like it. For me; it sounds like the most original track on the complilation, but lacks about a miniut more of breakdown to make a certified Italo calssic. That's a small nick pick, when you concider how much that song has to offer, but I still desire my 6+ minuit songs in Italo style. It definately gets a 10 for that "dark" Italo feel I love.
10/10
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Joe Banana- Hey Little Girl
Up next we have Joe's latest. The intro has a lot of "hey's" in it, but not much umph .The chorus is very repititous and the synth very rehashed.. That being said; it's also very catchy and sing a long worthy. I like the melos in the verses and bridge. As far as fast HRG Attack fare goes; I give it a slightly higher grade than tracks 2 and 4, because I like Nick's vocal tone a bit more in this one. Still I know HRG can do much much better.
-8/10
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Cy-Ro- Jump Into My Car
This one has a very interestying sounding intro, but it doesn't ready the listener for the upcomming synth riff.In other words; it has nothing to do with the song's overall melody.I still rather like this one a lot better than his other JUMP song. Remeber "Jump To The Sound"? That was a song that lacked quite a bit of flavour and quite honestly sounded bland in the soundworlds.. On this song;Festari vocals are somewhat screamy in that he carries the notes in the last word in every verse. That style works nice when he uses it in synch with the songs melody.The melos and effects in the verses are what sound very attractive to me. One of the standouts is when the sound is pulled away, just right before the middle break. That interesting intro returns , but sounds more at home used as a break than an intro. It's also a bit longer than most of the other songs and builds up perfectly to the last chorus. I'll surely jump a lot more to this song than "Jump To The Sound"
8+/10
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Franz Tornado- Super Tumbling Torreo
Ohh what a great and jumpy intro they came up with for this song.Rimonti vocals are what's attractive in this song. It has every molo and effect from Suck A Bazooka to Bandolero Camanchero. Including female backup. The aiyayiaias are also present. With all that said; it's all very been there done that before. Being that Rimonti only makes cameos here and there; I really expected this song to offer a whole lot more. It's nowhere near as classic as "Danger" .Franz Tornado seems to be stuck in the "bazooka" zone and it all sounds a bit "played out". I'm really dying to hear what Rimonti would sound like taking the reigns on one of the "Italo" songs Festeri's shines so much on. Anyway, this song has some nice effects right before the synth and killer Intro and break ,but needs more originalty inbetween. I remeber how blown away I was when "Suk A Kazoo" came out. That for me, was the last tru great Tornado track.
7+/10
10.
Joe Banana- Night & Day Play This Game
A very close as my second fevourite track on this compilation. The synth riff is unstopable and Festari's vocals are MEGA as he sings along with huge agressive power. The intro and break; however are not very original. I was expecting a bit more effort, since the rest of the song zooms by with such power, but I'm still hoping this one makes an appearance on one of the new SEBs.
9-/10
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Cy-Ro- Lady Get Ready
This for me is "creme of the crop". Again, Festari's vocals belt out all kinds of power and passion. The line "Lady get ready" sounds perfect for this style of HRG Attack melody. Reminded me alot of Downtown Lady; which was one of Garcon's most recent classics for me. On this round; Cy-Ro, gets the mega track to sing. The intro and break are also very powerful. They use the style very close to Jeff Driller's "I'll Kiss You" with little shoutouts here and there, but what really grabs my attention is the 80's style bassline used in the third Chorus. It returns in the break and really drives the song home right into evry HRG Attack's Italo heart. I'll purchase this one at the highest KBP's Juno has to offer.
10+/10
Damn it felt F***ing great to do a new Eurobeat review afetr all this TIME. Now I'm hyped for SEB 221 and more HRG Attack material
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