Dr. Hook Album: “Greatest Hits”

I know very little about Dr. Hook. My friend made me listen to one of his songs a couple of years ago and I thought it was pretty good. Then this summer they were coming to Edmonton and for some reason she had an extra ticket and she gave it to me. I went knowing two songs (Cover of the Rolling Stone and You make my Pants Want to Get Up and Dance) but I had a great time at the concert and now love Dr. Hook's music. Although I'm too young to be a typical listener to this music (I'm 19), there were more young people at this concert than there were people who were around when this music was first released. That proves that this band has some serious staying power.

Well in beginning i bought this album for the songs: Cover Of The Rolling Stone & When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman. But as soon i popped in this disc i just fell in love with whole thing. the and more to title of the album impiles the fact that there are few songs tacked on for your listening pleasure, i must say my favorite tracks are: I Could'nt Believe, A Little Bit More. Sexy Eyes & Sharing The Night Together( Are Definitely Disco Influnced) but still likeable. Radio should've may the top ten along with Cover Of The Rolling Stone, Years From Now. Brings tears almost, it's tender ballad. This album is one that you'll want to dance to because there are slow and fast tunes. when i listening to this album i think of palm trees and the sun.

Sometimes you have to wonder why some bands get to certain levels and others don't. The music here is very well written and my guess is that there were other reason's that Dr. Hook didn't achieve a higher level in the music world besides lack of super talent.

While it might be hard to recommend this album to the twenty year olds with modern ears for music, if you like bands like CCR and 70's music (the kind with some folk tale quality to it) and you haven't sampled this yet, you'll probably be surprised you missed it.

I give this a strong recommendation to those that fit the category.

I'am 55 years old and had never heard of Dr. Hook until about a year ago. Bought the CD because a friend said I would like it. Thisis by far the best CD I have everpurchased. I give ti 5 stars plus.

Dr. Hook always brings back memories of my childhood. Their music is real the lyrics tell a story and it is good music to listen to after a hard days of work in your own little space. Great stuff !!!!