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Artist: Alien

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CD Title: Best and Rare

 

Category: AOR

Year: 1997

Label: Virgin (Holland)

Catalog Number: 7243 8 42715 2 7

Personnel

Tony Borg lead guitar
Jim Jidhed lead vocals
Toby Tarrach drums
Pete Sandberg lead vocals
Ken Sandin bass
Jimmy Wandroph keyboards
Conny Payne bass
Michael Wikman drums
Daniel Zangger Borch lead vocals
Richard Andre keyboards
Staffan Scharin drums
Hans Gislasson lead vocals
Patrik Oblad bass

Tracks

Disc 1
1.	Only One Woman single version	4:11
2.	Tears Don't Put Out the Fire U.S. mix	4:27
3.	Go Easy U.S. mix	3:44
4.	The Air That I Breathe U.S. mix	4:34
5.	Easy Livin' single version	4:55
6.	Brave New Love original version	3:56
7.	Touch My Fire U.S. mix	4:03
8.	I've Been Waiting U.S. mix	3:44
9.	Feel My Love U.S. mix	3:43
10.	Angel Eyes single version	4:30
11.	Turn on the Radio single version	4:25
12.	Hold On Move On album version	5:02
13.	Don't Turn Me Away album version	4:34
14.	A Little Ain't Enough album version	4:10
15.	Standin' Alone album version	3:37
16.	Searchin' album version	3:41
Total Running Time:		67:16
Disc 2
17.	Tokyo Night 1985 demo	5:02
18.	Lady of My Love 1985 demo	4:12
19.	We Will Meet Again 1985 instrumental demo	4:59
20.	Stranger 1987 demo	3:06
21.	Stand Up and Fight 1987 demo	3:15
22.	Now Love 1987 demo	4:28
23.	Therapy of Tears 1987 demo	4:30
24.	Headstrong original single version	4:54
25.	I'll Survive original single version	4:06
26.	In a Crazy World Like This 1988 demo	4:32
27.	Somewhere Out There B-side	4:25
28.	How Long B-side	4:47
29.	21st Century Man 1989 demo	4:33
30.	Wild Young and Free unreleased	4:34
31.	Hot Summer Nights B-side	4:06
32.	Eagle B-side	4:25
Total Running Time:		69:54

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Existing comments about this CD

From: DRAGONFLY	Date: December 11, 2001 at 15:52
ALL OF THE BEST FROM ALIEN AND MORE. RARE STUFF IS GREAT. BUY THIS AND YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF SEARCHING FOR THEIR OTHER RELEASES. P.S. LOOK FOR THEIR LIVE IN STOCKHOLM WITH PETE SANDBERG ON VOCALS. KILLER!!!!!!!

From: Jenni	Date: January 19, 2002 at 17:29
Very poppy, but right up my alley!

From: primero	Date: August 20, 2002 at 16:03
jim jidhed is surely one of the best singers ever...

From: Rafo Phoenix	Date: November 1, 2003 at 12:51
QUE CARAJO PASA ESTE ES EL MEJOR GRUPO DE AOR DE TODA EUROPA DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS, QUE PASA QUE NO HAYA MAS COMENTARIOS DE ESTE SUPER GRUPO O ES QUE NO SABEN DE BUENA MUSICA, YA DEJEN DE ESCUCHAR BASURA (LA BASURA ACTUAL MERENGUES-CUMBIAS-POP BASURA TIPO B.SPEARS Y EL RESTO DE PORQUERIA DE LA ACTUALIDAD)Y ESCUCHEN BUENA MUSICA ESTA MUSICA ES MARAVILLOSAAAAAA

From: Rafo Phoenix	Date: November 1, 2003 at 12:54
para Jenni como que muy POPPY ESTE GRUPO HACE EL VERDADERO AOR EN SU PUNTO EXACTO, ESTE ES EL GRUPO SALUDOS DE PERU LONG LIFE TO AOR ALIEN FOREVEEEEEEER

From: Rafo Phoenix	Date: November 1, 2003 at 13:05
ESTOY LOCO PERO POR LA BUENA MUSICA Y EN ESPECIAL EL AOR ALIEN, STRANGEWAYS, GIANT, VAN ZANT, STAN BUSH, NIGHT RANGER, LOVERBOY, HYBRID ICE, I-TEN,JOURNEY, TOTO, SURVIVOR, MAGNUM, BEAU GESTE, Y MORE MORE ARE THE BEST, SI TAN SOLO VOLVIERAN ESOS AÑOS DORADOS ESOS 80 INOLVIDABLES SALUDOS DE PERU AOR FOREVER

From: vctgo	Date: March 22, 2004 at 22:09
no consigo encontrar nada de este grupo y me gustaria mucho oirlo, si alguien puede facilitarme algo se lo agradeceria pues en españa no hay forma de encontrar material mi messenger es: vctgo@hotmail.com

From: alexei montero	Date: April 3, 2004 at 0:13
hola amigos soy de peru ,me gustaria tener musica de alien yo solo tengo la cancion number one que es excelente. por favor escribanme a mi correo alexeiwarrior@hotmail.com vivo en LIMA.

From: ALEXEI MONTERO	Date: April 30, 2004 at 23:11
HOLA COMPATRIOTA RAFO PHOENIX QUISIERA CONTACTARTE MI CORREO ES alexeiwarrior@hotmail.com para dar fuerza a esta musica INMORTAL TE RECOMIENDO PA MI HASTA AHORA EL DISCO PERFECTO DEL HARD ROCK AOR EL PRIMER DISCO DE HAREM SCAREM.POR FAVOR QUISIERA TENER LA MUSICA DE ALIEN, VAN ZANT, ETC. SALUDOS A TODA LA GENTE AOR POR FAVOR ESCRIBANME A MI CORREO.

From: TIM (2)	Date: June 2, 2004 at 13:36
Buy the debut and this, and leave the rest alone. This really is most of their best stuff. Reminded me of how bad the production/mix of these albums was! Some of the demos are pretty naff, and "Take Me to Heaven" should've been on here, but check it out on eBay and snap up a copy.

From: Fernando	Date: August 14, 2004 at 18:30
Hola,me llamo Fernando,soy de Argentina,pude escuchar un solo tema de Alien llamado "Brave new love" y me encanto realmente,necesitaria estar en contanco con alguien que tenga mas temas de esta banda espectacular,mi e-mail es fer_eclipse@hotmail.com,por favor que alguien me escriba,aguante AOR!!!!!

From: Melodiker	Date: March 21, 2005 at 6:46
i want this one so much...but i can`t get it....... please help me

From: Geoff

Date: March 21, 2005 at 19:56

Some of the demos here are pretty damn good, some are pretty damn lame. The funniest is 'In a crazy world like this'. It's really laughable when you compare it to Robin Beck's awesome version. Listen to the chorus But elsewhere, I quite like these demos and there is an awesome instrumental too. Good release for fans of the band, though it looks like most of their best songs squeezed onto the debut.

From: juan carlos	Date: May 23, 2006 at 19:49
Excelente grupo desconocidísimo por estas tierras. Los temas son del primer disco y otros son demos y B-sides. Los dos discos me gustan por igual, temas mejores que otros. AOR de primera fila, la voz es lo mas alucinante del grupo IMO. Difícil dictar mis temas favoritos pero esa "somewhere out there" me ha alucinado, estoy seguro que lo he escuchado mucho mas antes ???

From: ARAMIS	Date: April 11, 2011 at 20:51
Nice ''best'' album.The rare cd isn't that good but still it's a great band.

From: rick kerch vzla	Date: April 13, 2012 at 20:47
Essential kinda "best of" but mainly includes songs from the band's killer debut album and some others mixed with rare stuff...quite worthy by all means...apart from the mega hits the demos and b sides are great...straight to the point...GET IT!!!...95/100

From: titothetitan	Date: October 27, 2017 at 12:20
This is a real treasury of every Alien fan. 'Eagle' is the B-Side of the song 'Angel Eyes', wich was released as a single in 1990. 'In a Crazy World Like This' is a monster of a song that should have been included in the debut album.

From: titothetitan	Date: March 14, 2018 at 16:47
Geoff I disagree with you. 'In a Crazy World Like This' sounds much better than the original version. Jim's voice is from heaven.

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