Louie Louie: The Very Best of The Kingsmen
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The Kingsmen
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Jan 25 2000

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  • Jan 25 2000

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5 stars That's All They Want
It says VERY BEST OF, but it's more of a singles collection, really, including some B-sides (The Kingsmen managed to have B-sides that really were among their best stuff). In that case, it loses on both counts: what, no "Haunted Castle"? No "Bent Scepter" (their tribute to Wand Records)? And what about later gems like "Daytime Shadows" and "Childrens's Caretaker"? "Grass Is Green"? Singles or B-sides, all. And some of the very best of, indeed. Ah well. "Louie Louie" is, for better or worse, thei…
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2 stars If not for "Louie, Louie"....
....I'm not sure why anyone would want to listen to this. I guess I had too high of expectations for this, I thought I would be getting a tight, garage-rock band. Instead I felt I got jokey novelty songs and very bland, vanilla covers of classic songs (like "Shout"). Overall, this was a disappointment to me.
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Track listing Edit

  • CD

    format:
    number:
    title:
    number name artist hh:mm:ss
    1
    Louie Louie
    2:45
    2
    Money (That's What I Want)
    2:19
    3
    Jolly Green Giant
    1:59
    4
    Little Latin Lupe Lu
    2:27
    5
    Death of an Angel
    2:33
    6
    Annie Fannie
    2:05
    7
    The Climb
    2:32
    8
    Killer Joe
    2:15
    9
    Little Sally Tease
    2:55
    10
    Don't You Just Know It
    2:57
    11
    That's Cool, That's Trash
    2:14
    12
    Long Green
    2:39
    13
    Shout
    2:26
    14
    Mashed Potatoes
    2:33
    15
    Little Green Thing
    1:59
    16
    Shake a Tail Feather
    2:14
    17
    Mustang Sally
    2:24
    18
    I Like It Like That
    1:57
    19
    Twist and Shout
    3:00
    20
    Do You Love Me
    2:39
    21
    New Orleans
    2:26
    22
    Fever
    3:05
    23
    Gimme Some Lovin'
    3:02
    24
    Tall Cool One
    2:38
    25
    Long Tall Texan
    2:47
    26
    Night Train
    2:14

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Louie Louie: The Very Best of The Kingsmen 26 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Collectables
catalog number: 5628
release dates: Jan 25 2000
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