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Good introduction to a great band, but incomplete

Christopher L. Behr | Starkville, Mississippi United States | 01/08/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I would have made this a two-disc set and included a LOT more material from You Broke My Heart, Witness and The Mirror, the band's last three albums with Gary Wright (who WAS Spooky Tooth} and Mick Jones (who founded Foreigner after Spooky Tooth split). Leaving off the early, pre-Spooky Two stuff like Society's Child would have left more room for the later material, which is far superior. If you can afford it, I would recommend getting Spooky Two along with the import releases of You Broke My Heart and Witness. If that's too much of a financial strain, then by all means, buy this CD, since it includes almost all of Spooky Two and will introduce you to one of the greatest hard rock bands ever. One listen and you will know right away where Foreigner and Journey came from."

Get This And SPOOKY TWO First

The Footpath Cowboy | Kingston, NY United States | 01/04/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This CD and SPOOKY TWO are the first two CDs to buy by English rockers Spooky Tooth. Combining the influences of Traffic, The Band, Procol Harum, Cream, Hendrix, and the Jeff Beck Group, and boasting two great singers- Mike Harrison and Gary Wright- who took the Memphis-Chicago-Texas-St. Louis-Muscle Shoals-Detroit-New Orleans-Kansas City blues/R&B/soul vocal sound, blended in a bit of the Band's Richard Manuel, and topped it off with the influences of other English rock singers like Jack Bruce, Steve Winwood, Gary Brooker, and Rod Stewart, Spooky Tooth created an original, progressive sound that displayed their affinity for black music while pointing towards something totally new, influencing such AOR bands as Foreigner. These guys could have stayed together for ages, but individual egos drove them apart quickly, and although they reunited for a couple of albums in 1973-74, they were never better than in their original incarnation."

Spooky Tooth: That was Only Yesterday

James A. Leach Ross | 02/02/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"A fond memory, blast from the past. Remembering the two "hits" (at least in my mind) :"Waitin' for the Wind" and "Evil Woman" I was struck with how two voices can cooperate and augment a band's vocal sound. Overall, some of the material is weak, but their ideas and presentation deserve credit. Luther Grosvernor on guitar has some moments as do vocalists Gary Wright(later "Dreamweaver") and Mike Harrison."