![]() ![]() ![]() Up next will be Billy Idol’s ‘Billy Idol’. Billy Idol – The Albums Ranked From Worst to First. ![]() Generation X – Your Generation (7″ Record Store Day Release).Billy Idol – Kings & Queens of the Underground.Billy Idol – The Very Best of Billy Idol: Idolize Yourself.Billy Idol – “Speed” (song from the Speed Soundtrack).Generation X – ‘The BBC Transcription Disc Series No.If you want to check out the other reviews I have done so far for the Billy Idol Series, click the links below: I will need to find an edition with it, not that I am putting up on any wall, just to complete the collection. As a fan, it is a must in your collection, my only disappoint with my vinyl was that the poster was not included. I will rate the overall score as a 3.5 out of 5.0 Stars. Thankfully, they are all good songs and make for an enjoyable 16:44 seconds of music. The overall score won’t be as generous because it is really an album filled with 3 covers and only one original track. As I think all songs are all good, the track listing score is easily 4 out of 4 for a 100% Track Score. It is an exciting introduction and would definitely leave me wanting to hear more. If this was your first introduction to Billy, I think you would be excited as these 4 songs are all great. It wasn’t until 2 years later when they released as a bonus track on the first full length album did the song finally blow up. I don’t know if it was bad timing or what it was as it is a great song. The song was released as a single, but didn’t do anything. It is still just as fantastic as the original cause it was still the original. Instead, they took the extended version of the original song which was over 6 minutes and remixed it down to under 5 minutes to change it up a bit. The next Gen X track was “Dancing With Myself” which was not re-recorded for this release. It is not a bad introduction to Billy, just kind of missed the mark as I know the live version so well. It is missing a little of that charm and energy. Compared to what was later to come from this song when he released the live version years later, this version is a little flat and doesn’t have the sonics and feel of that version. The song was a really good cover, but it didn’t really do much on the radio. The first song was a cover of Tommy James & the Shondell’s #1 song, “Mony, Mony”. It was more of a dance album than the former punk sound Billy had and you could see the magic being developed on what would become an amazing run of albums in the 80’s. would be put out, I guess to whet everyone’s whistle and draw up buzz on the singer. As a teaser and build up to his career, it was decided an E.P. With Steve Stevens in tow along with Phil Feit on bass and Gregg Gerson on drums, the band set out to record Billy’s first solo album. There is no Billy Idol sound without Steve and his guitar playing is what makes Idol’s solo songs that much better. If you read his book, “Dancing With Myself“ you can find out all about it so I won’t spoil the details here.īilly was introduced to a guitarists at this time that would become just as big a part of Billy’s solo career as he was. When Billy got to New York, he met a lot of interesting people and really loved the club scene…and of course, the drug scene was something he enjoyed as well. When Billy signed on with Gen X as their manager, he quickly learned that the star of this band was not the band, but its lead singer, Billy Idol. After the demise of Generation X and Gen X, Billy would follow Bill Aucoin, his manager and Kiss’ former manager, to New York City to start a solo career. ![]()
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