Badfinger

Wish You Were Here
$12.98
This is perfect. Buy it. It will make you understand why we never needed Oasis in the first place.

Best Of..., Vol. 02 [CD on Demand]
$13.98
I am listening to Badfinger even as I type this review.
This is the Best Of Badfinger Vol 2, and I thought volume 1 was great !! As previous reviewers have said, what an absolute tragedy the story of Badfinger is (Buy the Book "Without You" the tragic story of Badfinger).
Well I have everything they have released, if you do buy any of the Badfinger best ofs, you will more than likely get hooked and start collecting all of their albums.Some of the best songs on this Cd are off "Wish You Were Here" their best album by a mile IMHO.In fact 6 of the 9 songs on WYWH are on this compilation.
They were such an original group with every member capable of writing an exhilirating hit song. just have a taste of "Just A Chance", "You're So Fine", "Meanwhile back At The Ranch/Should I Smoke".They were just so good, Damn I miss them!

No Matter What
$0.89

Straight Up
$16.98
I'm a long-time Beatles and Badfinger fan, and I've heard all their albums many many dozens of times, so it's pretty hard at this late date to be surprised by relistening to any one of their records.

That changed the other day when I put the remastered Straight Up in my car cd player.

From start to finish, this record is pure pop perfection, as good an album as any latter-day Beatles or Macca record, and perhaps better in some instances.

Among the many highlights -- the opening track, "Take It All," is timeless, with brilliant three-part harmonies and shined to a production tee by the great Todd Rundgren.

In fact, you can appreciate Todd's craft simply by listening to the original production tracks that are added on to the re-release. Although the first versions of "Flying" or "Money" still sound great, they are a different animal under Todd's crisp, deep, resonant production.

Putting aside the massive pop construction of songs like "Baby Blue" or "Day After Day" this record flies like Lady Madonna, Let It Be, or Macca' Ram with gems like "Perfection" and the tremendous closer "It's Over."

This is a remarkable achievement and easily one of the most underrated records from what I consider to be the finest period in rock music.