The Guess Who - The Best of The Guess Who (1971) [2014 SACD]

They didn't have street cred; they didn't look like stars; and they were't considered "cool" by the ultra hip and snooty underground FM rock crowd. But over the course of their career, The Guess Who created some of the most transcendent and electifying pop music of the Seventies. The Guess Who stubbornly flew in the face of fashion, trends, and the flourishing progressive rock movement, and built and enduring body of work that illuminates their status as immensely gifted pop rock practitioners.

Though influenced by the British Invasion, The Guess Who were purely Canadian rockers. The band scored a string of Top Ten hits in the late ;60s and early '70s, including the psychedelic-romantic smash "These Eyes" and riff-rocking anthem "American Woman." A huge success in the States, the band performed at President Nixon's inaugural ball (with the acerbic "American Woman" conspicuously omitted frin the set list). Burton Cummings' throaty baritone vocals and guitarist Randy Bachman's theatrical riffs gave the band their versatile sound - and their rocking classics sound as vital today as they did when there were first released.


Tracks:

01. These Eyes 3:45
02. Laughing 2:44
03. Undun 3:28
04. No Time 3:50
05. American Woman 5:09
06. No Sugar Tonight / New Mother Nature 4:55
07. Hand Me Down World 3:29
08. Bus Rider 2:59
09. Share The Land 3:56
10. Do You Miss Me Darlin'? 3:58
11. Hang On To Your Life 4:12