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Max Webster

AMAZON.CA
Issued prior to the individual releases of Max Webster's entire catalogue, this collection offers a well-paced and reasonably comprehensive overview of the band's career. Hit singles and arena headlining status eluded them, but the band built up an impressive cache of albums and songs in their six years together, and through extensive touring (often as support act for labelmates Rush) were able to establish a small but dedicated following. While they had some radio success with "Paradise Skies" and "Let Go the Line" (written and sung by keyboardist Terry Watkinson), their harder-edged but quirky style is better represented by tracks like "The Party," "Hangover," and "Battle Scar" (featuring a guest vocal from Geddy Lee). The song "Kids in Action," actually from the first Kim Mitchell solo EP, is exclusive to this set. Despite the hideous cover art and bare-bones packaging, the sound quality is very good on most tracks--surprising for a CD mastered in 1989. --Eric Wilson