Berlin - Millennium Collection - 20th Century Masters, The Best Of Berlin

Like Blondie, Berlin is a female-fronted new wave band with a lead singer (Terri Nunn) who can really belt, although Nunn is more in-your-face than Debbie Harry. Their music is submerged new wave synth-pop that is varied most successfully by Nunn's agile vocal arrangements. In "No More Words," she first yells and then drops to a scathing whisper, only to attack again; it's scary enough to make any man cower. "Take My Breath Away" is a beautiful from-the-gut ballad, so large and deep in scope that it commands your full attention. In "The Metro" she puts you on a train, sullen and melancholy, going nowhere. --Beth Bessmer Amazon.com

Review of Berlin CD

The CD arrived at the expected time and was packaged very well with no damage noted in the CD on arrival. The CD is very enjoyable to listen to the music. May 31, 2008

Pretty Good...

Good collection of tracks made popular by the HOT Terry Nunn and company... Berlin songs bring back some bittersweet memories of my childhood.... Good Songs... August 31, 2007

Berlin 's "Greatest Hits" from the 1980's

I agree w/ the previous commentator that this CD does not exactly sound like a "re-mastered version" of Berlin's GREATEST HITS. To me, this Cd sounds like an LP version from the 1980s. The sound is NOT BAD, but it definetely has a 1980's "sound-mix sound" to it.

Still,... the songs themselves are great,--- and are all true BERLIN hits. Berlin is still Berlin!

So, if you love Berlin, and don't mind listening to a Cd that sounds more or less like an LP from the 1980s', then you'll like this CD. Truly.

June 12, 2007

Beware the "new" Millennium Collection version

This CD was originally released in 1988, and was recently re-released as part of the Millennium Collection series. According to the heading here on Amazon, and the sticker on the front of the CD wrapper, this recording has been remastered. You could have fooled me.

The sound quality is mediocre at best. I hate it when I have to turn my stereo up to 12 before any punch is evident. I own a budget compilation CD from 1992 with The Metro on it, and it sounds much better there than on this new collection. Also, the liner notes do not say anything about remastering, which is unusual for these collections. I do not own a copy of the 1988 CD, but I can't imagine it sounded much worse than this.

Bottom line -- if you're just looking for a low-cost selection of Berlin songs, then this will do fine. All the hits are here. But if you were hoping for a sonic upgrade, then you will likely be disappointed. March 28, 2007

A Great Collection From One Of My Favorite Secular Bands

I remember when I first heard of Berlin. It was in the Orange County Register when I lived in the City of Orange, California. It mentioned how Berlin was an exception to the rule that Orange County bands seemed to fail to be successful. Since then, I only heard one Berlin song before listening to this collection. Yes, I'm referring to the Oscar winning song "Take My Breath Away" from "Top Gun."

I thoroughly enjoyed this project. I love their sound. I'm a fan of bands with female vocalists, and this one ranks towards the top (not far from the Bangles, just a step below Missing Persons and the Go Gos, and well ahead of Blondie).

The one song I absolutely didn't like was "Sex (I'm a . . .)". This song is basically pornography. Some people would not like Berlin at all because of that song, and I don't blame those. I'm one that is able to enjoy the other songs.

My favorite tracks are "Blowin' Sky High", "No More Words", "Like Flames", "Take My Breath Away", and "You Don't Know."
January 17, 2007

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