Nice compilation album
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This 1983 compilation focuses on all of Parsons releases from I Robot to Eye in the Sky, with their then-latest single, "You Don't Believe" (which quickly ended up on their following album, Ammonia Avenue), which was a minor hit. Unfortunately nothing on Tales of Mystery & Imagination is represented, probably do to contractual difficulties. That album was not released on Arista, but on 20th Century Records in the US, and in the UK on Charisma (same label that gave us Genesis, Lindisfarne, Van der Graaf Generator/Peter Hammill, Rare Bird, Monty Python, etc.). If that album was represented in any way, I would have included "(The System of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether", and "The Raven".

As you would imagine, the most popular cuts from each of the albums mentions (save Tales, of course, which couldn't be featured here) are included here. For I Robot, you got "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You", and "Don't Let it Show", although one wished "Breakdown", "The Voice" or "Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)" could have been included. The two Pyramid songs were "Pyramania" and "Can't Take it With You", which are truly wonderful songs, and for some weird reason, I remembered hearing those songs back in '78 when they came out and I was only 5 years old then. For Eve, you got the wonderful instrumental "Lucifer", one of my favorite Parsons instrumental, dominated by John Leach's cimbalom (Hungarian dulcimer). The other being "Damned If I Do", but they removed the synth intro. It's a rocking number with lots of horns and strings courtesy of Andrew Powell. For Turn of a Friendly Card, you got "Games People Play" and the Eric Woolfson ballad "Time", which obviously received its share of radio airplay. With Eye in the Sky, you have the title track, "Psychobabble", and "Old and Wise". "Old and Wise" is an orchestrated ballad dominated by ex-Zombies vocalist Colin Bluntsone. For the 1983 single "You Don't Believe", you got the sound of the Alan Parsons Project finally willing to enter the 1980s (it's obvious the Project was a bit reluctant to leave behind the '70s even as far as Eye in the Sky). Here you get more '80s sounding synthesizers and drum machines, and it obviously sounds "newer" (in a 1983 context) compared to all the other material on this album. That song obviously pointed to a new, "modern-sounding" direction for the Project in the mid 1980s.

I was exposed to the Alan Parsons Project thanks to my dad, who was big on them. He bought Ammonia Avenue just as it came out in '84, and quickly bought The Best of the Alan Parsons Project, and I Robot. I have since heard the entire Project catalog from 1976 to 1987, so I am very familiar with what the Project had recorded (I hadn't heard any of Alan Parsons post-Project albums from the 1990s).

To me, this is a decent collection, focusing on the Project's best years from '77 to '83. If you're not familiar with the Alan Parsons Project, this is a nice place to start, as you get an idea of how they were like in a six year time span.
2117252
If you are a casual Scorpions fan, but want a more comprehensive compilation than the 20th Century Masters - Best of Scorpions album, then Box of Scorpions is one of the best deals available.  This album touches on pretty much every Scorpions album, from 1972's Lonesome Crow through 2002's Bad For Good: The Very Best of Scorpions.  This shows how Scorpions have evolved over the course of three decades, from the progressive-jazz-rock in the their early days, to the raw German metal of the 70s, the pop rock of the 80s, and their experimentation of the 90s.

Pros:

- Pretty much every album is covered, which no commercially available compilation has done yet.  Most compilations have concentrated only on their RCA or Mercury years albums.

- In addition to the well known songs, there are some other not as well known songs like "20th Century Man", or "I'm Goin' Mad".

- The inside packaging features a description/comment about each song, which gives some interesting tidbits about some of the songs (such as "Cause I Love You" was another song written around the Lovedrive era).

Cons:

- For being called "Box of Scorpions", it isn't even in a box!  It is more elaborate packaging, which is nice looking, but it's not a true boxed set.

- Pretty much every real boxed set I've seen tends to contain many rarities, such as B-sides, demos, extra live cuts, etc.  Nirvana's boxed set contains mostly rare songs.  Axel Rudi Pell's compilation album "Wizard's Chosen Few" also contained a decent number of rare and new songs.  Box of Scorpions did not contain any new songs that many die-hard Scorpions fans didn't already have.  There are a few of the more "rare" or "extra" songs like "Cause I Love You", "I Can't Explain", or "Over the Top" which were only featured on previous compilation albums, but as I mentioned, many of these songs are easily obtainable.  What would have made this a better collection would have been songs like "Rock My Car", "Partners In Crime", or "She's Knocking At My Door".

- Missing songs: While this compilation does feature a wide assortment of Scorpions songs, there are a few numbers which were missed.  The most notable omission is Uli Roth's classic "The Sails of Charon".  Instead of having the studio version of "We'll Burn the Sky" (which is the worst version of this song), they should have included the Tokyo Tapes version (which is the best version I've heard, in addition to being my favorite song).  And like many compilations, many great songs will be missed, such as "Now!", "Animal Magnetism", "China White", "Living For Tomorrow", "Ship of Fools", "Crazy World", "Wild Child", "Mind Like A Tree", and list can go on and on.  Many of the songs on Box of Scorpions were released as singles, which is part of the reason that they ended up on different compilation albums.

- As another reviewer noted, the pictures inside are from the classic 80's line up.  Having some pictures of EARLY Scorpions shows, or perhaps some more recent pictures with Ralph Riekermann and James Kottak would have been nice additions.

So who is Box of Scorpions for?  This is a good collection for a person who is interested in learning more about Scorpions, to get a better feel for the band and its 3+ decades of music.  Perhaps one new fan will enjoy the Uli Roth era of music, others might prefer the 80s pop metal, or some might like the more refined or experimental edge to the Scorpions in the 90s.  But for the serious Scorpions collector, there is nothing extraordinary or amazing about this collection, except for the privilege to own it and add yet another compilation onto the already towering stack of Scorpions albums.
4126499
Some tracks are available on other albums, but some aren't. So it's a nice album to get these songs on one cd.
3909557
Nice compilation. Was looking for some new tracks and saw this recommended on DJ blog site (Resident Advisor) with a 4/5 rating. Glad I picked it up. Historically, I have been please with import compilations and this one did not disappoint.
2678566
Great stuff!  I like the mix in this album. Very good range of choices.
2639834
Nice compilation for casual fans. Her real "Crystal Visions" are the songs that didn't hit the charts. The brillliant and melodic treasures hidden away on her solo albums.
4324446
This is part of the Turtles' budget 5 disc box-set put out by Delta/Laserlight, and I find it odd that all five discs are ALSO availble separately. As it stands, though, they're all nice little compilations,  with liner notes that actually manage to trample all over Sundazed's (for  shame!) There are ALSO quite a few surprising rarities here, including the  single mix of Chicken Little. However, this doesn't even APPROACH being in  chronological order, and makes more sense in its proper place in the  boxed-set (as there, even though it isn't in chronological order, there's  more of a sense of completeness). A nice-enough sampler, with some great  tunes, but otherwise, stick to the albums.
1116798
I really enjoy listening to this album it has some of their best songs on it.  I thought the price was also good.
3072783
This album is a decent compilation of their popular hits. Get this if you enjoyed G'N'R back in the day but weren't too deep into them. As a casual listener back then, I myself enjoyed other hits from them as well. But these hits that have been selected are very nostalgic and a great way to introduce G'N'R to people who aren't familiar with their music (mainly your teen kids). A good showcase of their style indeed.
941477
Good album that is mixed well enough for Vinyl. The album cover feels like an old school paper/cardboard cover and was a great addition to my collection.
82820
If you love the albums, you'll love having all the b-sides, so this is a good one to have :)
4545764
This is a collection of Warren Zevon's songs performed by other artists.  It's a very nice collection and there's not a bad song on it.  As a huge fan of his work, I prefer his own original versions of the songs, but this is a nice addition to the collection.  If you enjoyed his music, you'll probably like this disc.
3149544
Was glad when I saw this offered.  It is a nice, overall, collection of Carly Simon's hits.

The audio quality is good for this collection of recordings.  Would recommend you give it a listen,
even if you are not a fan.
3595211
This is a very good compilation of Bauhaus' songs. Now I had listened to the previous best of which was separated in two discs and found i somewhat lacking in cohesion, this cd also has small problems : ''Bela Lugosi's Dead'' sounds like a remix of the track I know  because the guitar melody seems to be missing, but maybe I'm hearing it wrong. There is also a few songs that are missing like Lagartija Nick, Paranoia,Parnoia,God in the Alcove and Killing Mr Moonlight. Most of the other really good tracks are on here, Bauhaus is a classic Goth band and if you have never heard of them you should pick up this album. If you're not into Goth I suggest you listen to : ''Bela Lugosi's Dead'', ''The Passion of Lovers'', ''Silent Hedges'', ''Hollow Hills''and ''She's In Parties'' which are the tracks that really hooked me when a friend first made me listen to bauhaus.  All the other tracks are amazing as well so just buy the album if you like any of Bauhaus songs but don't want to get all of the albums!
901687
It is a nice, pleasant album, good to listen to while doing chores or reading. It has an old fashion sound about it which I liked.
2195716
There were a couple of songs that skipped a little. All in all this was a great compilation. (This was a used CD and some scratches may be there.)
1323850
Lot of good songs in Fake  Book style format. Many different genres of music are shown. Enjoyable.