Iz Crystal Ball actually good? I want 2 know b4 i pursue buying it. What songs r the best?

raveun2thejoyfantastic said:

I listen to CB regularly. It's a real mixed bag of tunes, but there are some real funky songs on it. I love The Truth cd that came with the package. If you can get it used or not too expensive, go for it. You'll like many of the songs.

Best tracks in my opinion:

Crystal Ball
Dream Factory
Hide the Bone
Movie Star
Da Bang
Calhoun Square
What's my Name
Crucial
Sexual Suicide
Cloreen Bacon Skin
Good Love
Strays of the World
Day's of Wild
The Ride.

It is worth picking up for Crystal Ball, Dream Factory and Movie Star alone if you don't already have these tracks. Was nice to hear them remastered.

raveun2thejoyfantastic said:

Worth every penny.

raveun2thejoyfantastic said:

Hell yes! It's sooooo good I've got both versions.

Yes it's good. A few misses here and there and it jumps all over the place, but overall satisfying. Plus you get the truth CD and that's really good IMO. You shouldn't get it for that alone...but it's like the cherry to top the Sundae.

Just buy it

Remember, you can download it from the npgmusicclub - the full CD package is quite expensive these days.

IMOA- Probably one of the best. All the tunz r great ,there are a few that I don't care for but , u may dig'em GD.LK D.

They are all skip thru CD's, but worth it for Dream Factory / Crystal Ball / (if u havent heard Good Love on the soundtrack, this is good enough) /Make Ya Mamma Happy / Last Heart

matter of fact

It's ok.

A bit silly cuase the 3 disk of cb stuff could fit on 2 easily.
And the Truth and Kama Sutra are strange when packaged with it.
I like the Truth, but it should have been it's own CD when originally released. It couldh've garnered some respect during a very...erm...trying time for "The Symbol"

Okay thanks 4 ur opinions I will try 2 buy it then!

raveun2thejoyfantastic said:

Like the last person said the 5 disc version is avaible on npgmusicclub.com that's the easiest and best way to get it. it's probally gona be the cheapest. You can find it on ebay was well. i got the 4 disc version on there for about 40 bucks. Very few stores will cary it. the last place i remeber seeing it was at Aomebia music in Hollywood, CA. a few months ago.

siriusfunk said:

Pretty good list right there, but I'd dump "movie star' for "Acknowledge Me", "CBS" for "Love Sign", and "Crucial" for "18 & Over".

The 1, 2, 3 punch of the "DaBang", "Calhoun Square" and 'What's My Name" is worth it all by itself.

Iz ok.

There's enough good material for an album, maybe two. Too much totally pointless crap like awkward remixes of Pussy Control.
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Disc 2 is best, especially the first 5 tracks.
I always skip sexual suicide though. don't like it.

raveun2thejoyfantastic said:

These are the best songs in my opinion:

Crystal Ball
Dream Factory
Movie Star
Da Bang
Crucial (lame edit though)
Good Love
Days Of Wild
Last Heart

I also love:

Acknowledge Me
Ripopgodazilla
Hide The Bone
Interactive
Calhoun Square
Sexual Suicide
Strays Of The World
She Gave Her Angels
The Ride

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heres other opinions
On the album

I love what isn't on Crystal Ball.

this is silly...first of all, we like what we like.i think it's silly not reading a book cuz someone told me it's not good or whatever.
and if u really like an artist l think u'll try to get as much of his work, material as possible...
but then again, i only know a little bit about a little bit.
and, yes crystall ball is great...2 me.

To me, it is worth every penny. I listen to it alot.
I kinda compare it to Emancipation CD, in terms of the amount of cd's they both have and what was going on in his life at the time of each album's release. Seems to me that each time something was going on in his life, he either puts out alot of music on one album or very intricate complicated compositions, like the stuff that is on "Come" and "The Rainbow Children".

raveun2thejoyfantastic said:

For a long time I was like you. Then one day I bought it off ebay. I listen to it once, I tryed to listen to it again.

The Answer to your question is NO!

It's the first total pile of shit, that would have several follow. The best thing to come out of Crystal Ball the CD set, is "the truth" album that was less then truthful, but still good.