Synchronistic Wanderings Music Cd

Pat Benatar - Synchronistic Wanderings

See Larger Image

Synchronistic Wanderings      Artist : Pat Benatar      List Price : $38.98 USD        Your Price : $24.97 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1999-10-05      Studio : Capitol      Label : Capitol      Avg. Customer Rating : (30 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Synchronistic Wanderings      Easily the best Pat Benatar compilation out there      Rating:      I own both "Synchronistic Wanderings" and "Pat Benatar Greatest Hits", and I must say "Synchronistic Wanderings" does a much better job of covering her career. If you're unsure of which to get, go with this more inclusive collection. For only a few more dollars you can get this collection (used), but you get two extra CD's worth of material, including rarities and tracks from her 90's albums "True Love" and "Gravity's Rainbow", not to mention a biographical booklet with commentary by Pat and Neil (her husband/guitarist). Also, some of the tracks from her "Greatest Hits" album have been shortened by a few seconds to fit as many songs as possible into one CD. It's only a minor annoyance, but an annoyance nonetheless. On this collection all the songs are their original length. "Synchronistic Wanderings" is a great collection, by one of the greatest rock singers of our time.     Customer Reviews for Synchronistic Wanderings Cd      A Great And Easily Affordale Boxed Set      Rating:      Pat Benatar is, in my mind, the greatest female rock singer of all time. She had an amazing voice, was incredibly sexy, and made some great music. Up until now, my only introduction to her was the single disc "Greatest Hits" album released this past June. It had some amazing stuff on it. But I wanted more. So, I went searching through Amazon, and I found the three disc boxed set "Synchronistic Wanderings". I saw it and went, "I got to get this". And when I saw how cheap it was, I said, "I have to get this now. Well today, I finally found it. I popped it into my cd player. My thoughts? Read on for the practically inevitable positives and negatives. Positives: -Three discs filled with nothing but Pat! What more can you ask for? This cd has all the big hits, including "Heartbreak", "Hit Me With Your Best Shot", "Hell Is For Children", "Shadows Of The Night", "Love Is A Battlefield", "We Belong" and "Invincible" are all included. -Many underrated album cuts and rarities are incuded as well, including b - sides, demos and live performances. -Fantastic liner notes. -Great remastering job. -No edits! All songs are in their original length. -This set is CHEAP! I thought I had to shell out a good sixty or seventy dollars for it, but I got it for less than forty bucks. That is one offer you should not pass up. Negatives: -While the remastering job is great overall, there are one or two songs that sound a little flat, namely "Ooh Ooh Song" and "Invincible. But other than that, everything sounds great. Overall, this is the best Pat Benatar compilation on the market. If you're a casual or beginning fan, than this is the collection to own. Editorial Reviews for Synchronistic Wanderings Audio Cd      Amazon.com      With the arrival of the 1980s, Nancy Reagan was picking out new White House china, MTV was taking its first baby steps, and Pat Benatar was surging forward as a new kind of female rock star. Brassy, eye-catching, and possessed of a four-and-a-half-octave voice, the small-framed, big-voiced New Yorker first caused a stir in 1979 with the hits "Heartbreaker" and "We Live for Love," the latter penned by lead guitarist and Benatar's future husband, Neil Gerardo. In the early '80s, Benatar scored repeatedly with snarling rockers that combined new-wave energy with Middle American grit: "Hit Me with Your Best Shot," "Invincible," "Love is a Battlefield," "Shadows of the Night," and "We Belong" all charted before she began to lose her luster mid-decade. This three-disc retrospective reflects Benatar's commercial descent with a disc marked by her hits, followed by two discs dominated by lesser-known rock tracks and experiments (which include an unremarkable foray into old-school R&B). Some unreleased numbers are scattered in for good measure. Casual fans would be well advised to leave this one to the devotees and opt for the more-to-the-point Best Shots. --Steven Stolder