Okay, but they could've been better
357171
I liked the design and functionality. The extra audio jacks on the front are useful. However, the quality of the sound is very low. It didn't feel full and there was a lack of base. I'd recommend spending more on speakers if you plan on listening to music or watching movies with them. Mine were also damaged, but I'd have returned them anyways.
3629457
the microphone is fine .....
 I wish they would have sounded better!
The price at which you buy have expected something better.
4127522
Having purchase almost any and all previous releases of the Verve (including singles), I was extremely excited to hear of a new release. But I was disappointed that they failed to trail-blaze and deliver as they had in the past.

THE GOOD:
Rather be, Judas, I see houses, Valium skies, and Appalachian Springs

THE BAD:
The rest of the songs.

THE UGLY:
* Poor mixing job. The guitar work if phenomenal, but TOO FAR BACK in the mix.
* Too much of a Richard Ashcroft solo carrier influence. I like him. But this is a VERVE album.
* The remaining songs tried too hard to seem ground breaking or ecliptic.
* Should have stuck to their existing pioneering sound and do what they do best

Overall it is a good album and definitely has its gems worth purchasing. But I'm used to celebrating 90+% of a Verve album. This one could have delivered better. Perhaps a different producer would have prevented the BAD from ever coming out.
2980133
This is a fairly good Halloween collection that could have been very good. Had they not stuck to only the "new wave" formula, this may have been better. An "Alternative Halloween" would have made more sense. Don't get me wrong, the bands here are all good, but why not "The Vampire Song" by Concrete Blonde, or "Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bauhaus, or even "Thriller"? Also, just because a song is titled Halloween, doesn't mean it fits the mood musically. Nobody is gonna hear the Sonic Youth track and say "Hey, this is perfect for Halloween"! But on a positive note, it still does a decent job, and you could always give it a spin any time of the year, whenever you're in a scary alt-punk mood.
2494878
okay, about what I expected, but not as good as I hoped.
1005315
yes, it is wonderful that they finally released an expanded compilation. a collection that includes excellent seldom-heard tracks like 'too many people' and 'daytime nighttime suffering' deserves credit. however...i'll get right to the point and say what they should have included and what they could have left off in order to make this ideal: 'beware my love' from 'wings at the speed of sound' really needed to be on here. period. also, at least one other track from 'back to the egg' please. 'rockestra theme' alone was insufficient representation. 'getting closer' and/or 'arrow through me' would have been great. also, only one track from 'red rose speedway'? 'little lamb dragonfly' would have been nice. from 'tug of war', either 'ballroom dancing' and/or 'wanderlust' would have been better than the title track. inappropriate inclusions: we did not need two versions of 'no more lonely nights'.. the first one was plenty. also, the unreleased 'bip bop/hey diddle' is just a poorly recorded bit of mildly interesting informal messing around. to make room for the other above mentioned songs, 'man we was lonely', 'call me back again' and 'girlfriend', while decent enough, could easily have been skipped. (BTW, the 24-page booklet included in the special limited edition consists merely of photos of the band from each year and the names of the musicians (and a lot of white space). there are no notes about the songs, or commentary, or anything like that.)
4956993
They lasted a season ( ~16 games). Not the best, but pretty good.
1083075
Ok so it's their first album. They really could've done better, of course there are great songs like Perfect, Grow Up, My Alien, Addicted and I'm Just A Kid but the rest really could be better. I think thr guys will do great on the next time cuz they've proved they've got what it takes.
1747874
They did not seem to be as good as others. They were slightly under the voltage rating they should have been which means they were probably on the shelf for a long time.
2334369
I would describe these as "meh"...  Not bad, and not good either.
2965658
They could've came with better packaging and with a pouch holder or something. But other than that they're great.
4473719
I agree with Everardo's assessment of these two CD's. I believe Orfeon tried to capture the sound they already had at their disposal in their vast master tape vaults. All they had to do is re-issue the original Orquesta Enrique Jorrin takes, recorded by Jorrin for Orfeon during 1957 and 58, his final years in Mexico, before returning to Cuba. These are wonderful hits that have hardly been used by Orfeon, for reasons best known to them. Also it should've been relatively easy for them to feature old RCA recordings of both "Orquestas America and Aragon", since BMG has been "leasing" a lot of these masters to different latin music labels. However these new recordings of the old originals are not without good rhythm, the chorus should've been improved by a veteran charanga soloist like Rudy Calzado. The orchestration and arrangements are pretty decent and professional and I think deserve at least 3 stars.
1775494
Got these as a gift a couple years ago.  Over their lifetime I've had good use of them, but overall I can't give them more than three stars due to occasional driver issues, and leading up to today where one of the entire ear units simply broke off the head band.
They give okay sound quality, but are clearly using cheaper plastics.  I don't throw headsets around, preferring to hang them on a cradle made to hold them by the top of the head band.  This break was due to use of putting them on over the 2 years that I've had them.
For the quality and longevity (or lack of) they were kinda expensive.
3782620
I don't know that these have more bass as much as they have a lack of mids and highs.  The bass that they do have is muddy, and the mids and highs are distant. After using an eq to level the output to something reasonable, the mids and highs almost sounded like they had a small amount of reverb on them.  I changed out the silicone ear buds for a set of comply foam buds which seemed to help the muddiness of the bass a little bit.  I also removed the little sponge pieces that are intended to keep foreign matter out of the driver, and the highs were a little better after that. The highs also improved after some break in time, but overall the mids and highs are still lacking.
2080675
The tracks on this album are catchy, I'll admit. It is obvious that the band has matured since their last album, but most of the songs still consist of gibberish and forgetfull lyrics. It does, however, have some  good variety. The songs are also adequate party/dance tunes. The band does,  still, seem like one-hit wonders (especially to young teens), hopefully  they'll mature more and evolve. But I guess with these kind of album sales,  it doesn't matter. Overall, catchy tunes with good beats, and sloppy  written lyrics.
4733397
Meh it was alright.
Just thought they could have done  SOOO MUCH MORE.
*shrug*
2185388
Chicago is my favorite band.  I've seen them in concert six times, including 2010, the year represented here.

The sound quality here is fine, but this DVD has some flaws.

First of all, it includes the one track that didn't work on the tour: the Chicago 17 Medley.  The arrangement is disjointed and just doesn't come off well.

Another problem is that Chicago's performance here is good, but not very inspired.  All of the concerts I've seen shows them in  a better light than this DVD does.

Also: no Walt Parazaider.  While Ray Herman does a good job, I think they should have used a performance with Parazaider playing the woodwinds instead.

My main problem, though, is that this should have been a 2 disk set, like the one with Earth, Wind and Fire from 2005.  It would have been nice to see the Doobie Brothers do their full set too.

Some people may also miss Bill Champlin, who left the band one year before this tour happened.  I think Lou Pardini, his successor, does a wonderful job here, even taking over some of Peter Cetera's old songs from Jason Scheff.

Overall, this DVD is okay, but could have been better.  I give it a mild recommendation.