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Artist....: Vardis
Title.....: The worlds gone Mad - Best of
Rel. Date.: 2000
Type/Genre: NWOBHM
Size......: 130mb
Format....: mp3
Bitrate...: 128

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Tracks:

Disc: 1

1. 100 MPH
2. Blue Rock
3. Destiny
4. World's Insane
5. If I Were King
6. Out Of The Way
7. Let's Go
8. Situation Negative
9. Too many people
10. Lions Share
11. Dirty Money
12. Move Along
13. Loser
14. Living Out Of Touch
15. Silver Machine
16. Come On
17. Police Patrol

Disc: 2

1. All you ever need
2. Power underfoot
3. Money grabber
4. Curse of the gods
5. Love is dead
6. Steamin' along
7. To be with you
8. Gary Glitter part 1
9. Jeepster
10. Do I stand accused
11. Where there's rockers
12. Dream with me
13. Walking
14. Together tonight
15. Boogie blitz
16. Plot to rule the world
17. Please do

Perhaps more than any other band that emerged from the so called NWOBHM in the early 80's, Vardis remain the lost band from that era, a fact bourne out by the fact that incredibly, even now, the band's original albums remain unavailable on CD. This compilation is currently the closest you can get to them, which means that the band's historical legacy is woefully under served, particularly as the band's debut '100 mph' and 'Quo Vardis' were classic albums which deserve proper re-issues.

That said this album is still an excellent run through many of the group's best songs and does include the vast majority of the material from their first three albums - two glaring omissions however are the studio single versions of Let's Go and Situation Negative, both of which comfortably outshine the live versions on offer here. Given their exclusion from a previous Vardis compilation also, you do wonder if the masters may have been lost for these songs altogether.

Among the many highlights to savour here are 100 MPH, If I Were King, Too Many People, a superior synth tinged version of Silver Machine, Police Patrol and Power Underfoot. The irony behind the Vardis sound of course was that in reality it had less in common with many of the NWOBHM bands of the era and much more with the poppier glam rock sound of the early 70's (T Rex being an obvious influence, acknowledged through their cover of 'Jeepster' at the time). That, coupled with the energy of late 70s punk, gave Vardis a style all of their own, and a great one at that. Indeed the Quo Vardis lp, and its brilliant poppy ballad 'To Be With You' definitely hinted that the group could go on onto bigger things, but sadly this wasn't to be.

Check out this compilation though to enjoy one of the most underrated bands from the early 80's and the vituoso guitar playing of their frontman Steve Zodiac - a true one off who deserved far greater acclaim than he received at the time.

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