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Title: These women could sing
Review: As singers, The Bangles had talent to burn. Unfortunately, they did not have the songwriting skills to match their vocal prowress and their career was stunted as a result. Most of the best songs on their Greatest Hits album are covers, but what great covers they are. The best of the best include "Going Down to Liverpool," "If She Knew What She Wants," "Manic Monday," "Hazy Shade of Winter" and "Walk Like an Egyptian," all either old songs or composed by outside writers. Most of the tunes the band did have a hand in writing were done so with an "assist" from outside writers. This makes the album stylistically uneven, but when the songs are this strong that's a minor quibble. The album collects all of the band's best material in one place and represents all most casual fans will evern need to hear.
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