The Best of Matt Bianco: 1983-1990 [Import]

1. Don't Blame It on That Girl

2. Yeh Yeh

3. Half a Minute

4. More Than I Can Bear

5. Sneaking Out the Back Door

6. Fire in the Blood

7. Good Times

8. Matt's Mood

9. Get Out Your Lazy Bed

10. Wap Bam Boogie

11. Dancing in the Street

12. Whose Side Are You On?

13. Say It's Not Too Late

14. Nervous

15. We've Go the Mood - Matt's Mood

16. Fire in the Blood

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Matt Bianco enjoyed European chart success during the 1980's and early 90's. Their biggest hit, 'Don't Blame it on that Girl', was produced by none other than Emilio Estefan. This collection features that tune plus a Seven & 12-inch mixes of their track 'Fire in the Blood', a 1990 update of 'We've Got the Mood' & twelve more.

Tracks:

Don't Blame It on That Girl
Yeh Yeh
Half a Minute
More Than I Can Bear
Sneaking Out the Back Door
Fire in the Blood
Good Times
Matt's Mood
Get Out Your Lazy Bed
Wap Bam Boogie
Dancing in the Street
Whose Side Are You On?
Say It's Not Too Late
Nervous
We've Go the Mood - Matt's Mood
Fire in the Blood

Album Details

Matt Bianco enjoyed European chart success during the 1980's and early 90's. Their biggest hit, 'Don't Blame it on that Girl', was produced by none other than Emilio Estefan. This collection features that tune plus a Seven & 12-inch mixes of their track 'Fire in the Blood', a 1990 update of 'We've Got the Mood' & twelve more.

Customer Reviews:

Great from start to end.......2006-03-22

Basias voice, his piano, all is good.
The sax intro in Good Times is just thrilling. I like to hit the back button 5 or 6 times on that intro before I let the whole song go.
One of those cd's I have played 100's of times in a decade of enjoyment.
I bought it thinking I just knew one song, knew at least half of them.

The Stan Getz of the 1980's.......2005-01-22

First off, there is NO Matt Bianco, just like there is no Led Zepplin (sorry if I just burst your bubble there). Moving on..

Matt Bianco did/does for the brazilian pop/bossa sound what Stan Getz did with it in the 1960's -- re-intoroduce the catchy syncopations of the Brazilian beat and updated snappy horns to a new generation of listeners. With the backing of Basia's vocals, how could they have not been a hit? Almost like a deja vu of Astrud Gilberto (whom Basia would later sing a song about when she went solo) meets the present. The first time I heard "Half a Minute" I rushed out to buy the CD -- it was just that cool.

This collection covers pretty much all the best they did in their early years (before Basia split to do her own thing). The music is light and fun, and some of it might even be almost timeless -- certainly those who have never heard it would not think it was dating back to the 80's!

This band had that same breath of fresh "pop" (and Brazilian) air as did Swing Out Sister, or the instrumental band of Spyrogyra. Certainly if you like those, and you liked Basia's solo stuff, you will not be disappointed with this collection!

A "Best" collection this is only fair, at best..........2004-05-22

I am a die hard Basia fan! When I found out that Half A Minute, performed live on the Basia On Broadway CD, was really Matt Bianco's, from years back, I decided to buy this CD and check it out. Well...it's not Basia.

The cornerstones of this CD are Jamaican/Jazz influences. You'll hear strange little noises and chanting throughout this CD, which really didn't disturb too much. Some of the songs have good rhythms and decent song structure, but nothing close to Basia's quality. My favorie song on the disc was, as if you couldn't guess, Half A Minute. With that said, the rest of the material was just fair. A couple songs were annoying and I simply hated a couple too. Plus, Matt doesn't have the vocal chops to get it done. He's a master on the keyboards and needs to stay there.

Bottom line: If you love Basia, you will probably not love this CD. If like unique music with a Jamaican/Jazz flair, this could be for you.

Matt's Mood.......2000-07-26

It's too bad this band has never really caught on in the States. They, along with Swing Out Sister, helped introduce a fresh new sound to the music world. They also brought us the lovely Basia. Luckily, while living in London, I was able to pick up this greatest hits collection. The album is a wonderful of blend musical influences. Pick it up if you have the chance.

The Album is Very Very Very Good.......1999-10-21

I got the album, just thinking that I knew only one or two tracks, but I knew most of them. I haven't stopped playing it in over a forthnight. It's fantastic.

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