Another Poor attempt from Atlantic Records
Gary Hill | Staten Island, NY | 06/14/2006
(3 out of 5 stars)
"Ok. First up, I was hoping that this was a new single or an album from Debbie Gibson only to find out it is another "packaged" attempt from her old label, Atlantic Records.
While I do believe that the company has every right to make money off of old intellectual property, what is really the purpose of doing this? All of Gibson's fan base has either have all this on other recordings or on various compilations that Atlantic Records (et. al.) has put out.
Adding tracks like "Goodbye" from Body Mind Soul or "When I Say No" from the same album does not rectify the fact that all other "Lost" tracks are singles from the first two albums. Maybe Atlantic should think about releasing songs of the following such as...
"Most Beautiful Love Song", "So Close To Forever" and "Love Or Lust" the B-Sides, or live performances, preferrably from their concert videos that would be nice to have in CD format. How about the lovely duet she did with Chris Cuevas on his one and only solo album on Atlantic. Then if you like to even get fans even more interested, how about producing a DVD that has all of Deborah's videos which I know many fans would like to have. Maybe re-release the concert footage or the "Out Of The Blue" video.
See possibilities are endless when you are repackaging."