Billy Idol - Rebel Yell

With a permanently snarled upper lip and the perfect matinee-idol blond hair, Billy Idol made punk rock palatable for MTV and the masses. He did so by watering down punk's aggressive attack with dance grooves and stretches of keyboards where no self-respecting punk would've dared. Essentially, he made pop music with a spare razor blade tossed in for fun. When it clicked, as it does on the anthemic title track of this, his career highlight, well, only an anarchist could complain. "Eyes Without a Face" and "Flesh for Fantasy" are two other early '80s radio stapes found here and they went further to establish Idol as a potential Vegas balladeer. This reissue contains some worthwhile demos. --Rob O'Connor Amazon.com

Rebel Yell!

I love the song 'Rebel Yell', but I enjoyed most of the other songs in this CD also.
Great music! September 26, 2008

EVERY SONG IS FANTASTIC!!

Basically BUY THIS CD if you don't already own it! It is truly one of "the" all time greatest hit records of the 1980's!! Song after song was a hit. Those that weren't are still incredible!! You will NOT regret your purchase!!!
July 3, 2008

An Exceptional Mix Of Punk, Hard Rock, And Dance Pop

Billy Idol's REBEL YELL is an intriguing, powerful mix of Sex Pistols-style punk, Foghat-style hard rock, and Duran Duran-style dance pop, with keyboards sprinkled liberally across each song. Truth be told, Idol made pop with a razor edge that found more acceptance with the 70s hard-rock audience than with either the punk or dance-pop crowds. This album was his crowning glory, along with CHARMED LIFE, and should be the first Billy Idol CD you buy. July 2, 2008

Whit Hot!

I loved the song "Rebel Yell" from the 1st time I heard it as a 15 year old on the way to have Pizza and Beer at a friends house stuffed into the backseat of his car on the way..I was ecstatic hearing it on the radio, I had been a punk/new wave fan right from the start and I was just totally excited by what Billy was doing here...a few years later I was just as surprised when I was in Korea while in the Navy, and heard this blasting out of a bar in the red light district!..lol..at any rate..on with my review...Billy Idol was a guy with a vision of himself that he achieved beautifully with this album, it had punk-rock edgy-ness, mixed with some new-wave poppiness, but an unmistakeable sexiness, and confidence..and is one more of those "MUST OWN" 80's classics..the stand-out tracks here are the title tune, and "Eyes Without A Face" is classic stuff.."Flesh For Fantasy" is "White Hot"!..(My girlfriend admitted to me that she thought he was "SOOO Sexy"..I knew then that he had "IT"..this is a great 80's romp..and a must have for people of my generation, and oldies fans..this is a good snapshot of the 80"s.( a blast in my opinion) December 30, 2007

Disappointing remix

I have two audio cassettes of the original version of this I purchased in thrift stores. I wanted to see what the deal about Billy Idol was. I learned to like him.
I'd have to dig out a tape to be sure- but I don't remember the reverb/echo being so strong. I could run the original thru my old stereo guitar effect unit and give it this sound. Or my TV surround stereo could do the same.
Re-equalizing (tone) and gratuatis reverb DOES NOT a good remix make.....
All could have been well, but cheaply applied effects (REVERB)...
Do NOT a good remix make.
Get the original. July 15, 2007

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