Pros: Sweet, romantic, beautiful songs with creative lyrics
Cons: Songs are all similar
The Bottom Line: Whether you are lost in a blissful relationship, or longing for one who was lost, Air Supply's Greatest Hits will have a song to touch your heart.
rosabelle's Full Review: Greatest Hits by Air Supply
Even if you aren't aware of it, you probably know most of the songs on the Air Supply's Greatest Hits CD. For over 25 years, Air Supply has filled the airwaves with their touching, romantic melodies. Sharing a common name, Russell Hitchcock and Graham Russell deliver quavering vocals that hold steadfastly to one topic--love, love, love. From the moment you glimpse the painted pastel faces on the CD cover, your pulse rate will relax and you'll find yourself thinking "they're so dreamy." (Yeah guys, you too….Air Supply oozes love from every pore).
Air Supply's Greatest Hits CD contains only nine songs, but weaves a rich tapestry of love and devotion. The CD begins with the dull Lost in Love and builds to its mellifluous climax, Making Love Out of Nothing At All. It then gently descends back to earth with the dulcet All Out of Love and Here I Am. The Sweet Dreams track closes out the CD by providing the most "rockin'" song Air Supply ever created.
1. Lost in Love
How pathetic that after hearing this CD at least 50 times I can't even remember the tune to this song. Consider it a warm-up track to get you into the CD's theme of love. This is a fairly hopeless song about a man treading water in the sea of love as he longs for a woman who doesn't share the same feelings for him.
2. Even the Nights are Better
This is a romantic song about how a lover has gained new appreciation of even the simplest things in life since he found his lover. This track introduces us to Air Supply's lyrical tool of repeating an altered theme throughout a song. This song is picturesque tribute to the effect of strong love.
3. The one that you love
By far one of Air Supply's more popular songs, this track introduces the group's power. Lyrics such as "Here I am, the one that you love, longing for another day" demonstrate themes of romantic devotion. With powerful singing and lovely instrumentation, this is one of Air Supply's best songs.
4. Every woman in the world
Otherwise known as "How to put your woman up on a pedestal." This sweet track pays tribute to the devotion a man can feel for someone so special to him. Oh wait…that's what every Air Supply song is about….
5. Chances
A boring and slow placeholder between the beloved love sonnet and top hit. I can't remember any of the lyrics other than "chances are" being repeated over and over. I thought this was a greatest hits CD. I highly doubt this ever made the top 40…or the top anything.
6. Making love out of nothing at all
Air Supply pulls out all the stops for this, a true greatest hit. Containing the famous line "I know just how to whisper, and I know just how to cry," this hauntingly beautiful melody builds upon itself line after line as Russell Hitchcock shares just what he knows and the one thing that baffles him--making love out of nothing at all. The effort and sincerity of this song are evident in the power of the singing and accompaniment. It is quite the epic love marathon of a song.
7. All out of love
Apparently having used up all the love in Track 6, the CD continues with another beautiful song of lost love. The singer is filled with despair as he longs for his lost love. This is a song that features orchestration and arrangement more than some of the others. Both Russells contribute to singing the main lyrics in this track.
8. Here I am
Not to be confused with The One that you Love, this song begins to rebuild the romance that was lost after Track 6. The singer tentatively seeks to renew romance with his tender lyrics. Not the most memorable song, but a good closer for the octet of love we've heard thus far.
9. Sweet Dreams
If ever there was a song deserving a smoke machine, this is it. The main chorus issues the command, "close your eyes I want to ride the skies in your sweeeeeeeet dreams." Ooh, what a way to woo someone. I'd just turn all to mush if a middle-aged man said that to me (ugh). This song doesn't have much appeal, and sounds more like Air Supply was trying to create a different sound for themselves. When you've found gold with epic love melodies, don't create a forced-sounding new style.
As a side note, I've seen Air Supply live and they have some serious diehard fans. Fans who have followed them for the past 25 years and who weep tears of adoration as they clutch the tails of their velvet stage jackets. I kid you not. But even as fun as it is to mock Air Supply, I couldn't help but appreciate their power and dedication when I saw them live in May 2001. As I watched the washed-up singers gliding across the stage in their rock star finery, I could only marvel at the way every ounce of their energy went into delivering heartfelt renditions of their music.
All in all, Air Supply's Greatest Hits is soft, relaxing collection of love songs. Russell Hitchcock's sweet tenor voice soars with richly romantic lyrics few men would have the courage to say. The most powerful tracks, Making Love out of Nothing At All and The One That You Love, are love songs of epic proportions. The other tracks, while lacking the power of the bigger hits, still have an appealing sweetness. Whether you are lost in the bliss of a perfect relationship, or longing for one who was lost, Air Supply's Greatest Hits will have a song to touch your heart.
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