Band:	Various Artists
Album:	A Spanking Good Song Collection
Style:	Hard rock
Release date:	2007
A review by:	Jeff

Disc I
[Lesson 1 - Hard Rock]
01. Whitesnake - Fool For Your Loving [live]
02. UFO - Lights Out [live]
03. Heaven And Hell - The Mob Rules [live]
04. Axel Rudi Pell - Rock The Nation
05. Doro - Burn It Up

[Lesson 2 - Heavy Metal]
06. Judas Priest - Bullet Train
07. Saxon - Need For Speed
08. Metal Church - Ton Of Bricks [live]
09. Beyond Fear - Scream Machine
10. Messiah's Kiss - The Ancient Cries

[Lesson 3 - Power Metal]
11. Iced Earth - The Reckoning
12. Kamelot - When The Lights Are Down
13. Demons And Wizards - Queen Of The World
14. Freedom Call - Queen Of My World
15. Helloween - Dr. Stein [live]


Disc II
[Lesson 4 - Thrash Metal]
01. Kreator - Reconquering The Throne
02. Sodom - Bibles And Guns
03. Destruction - Mad Butcher [live]
04. Annihilator - Clown Parade
05. Grip Inc. - Ostracized

[Lesson 5 - Hardcore]
06. Biohazard - Sellout
07. Sepultura - Convicted In Life
08. Type O Negative - Dead Again
09. Hatesphere - Reaper Of Life
10. Raging Speedhorn - How Much Can A Man Ttake

[Lesson 6 - Alternative]
11. Engel - In Splendour
12. Skinny Puppy - Politikil
13. Amplifier - The CSonsultancy
14. Zebrahead - Anthem

[Finals]
15. Motörhead - Ace Of Spades [live]

If you don't know them yet, SPV is a big label, a really big one? If you don't trust me, just have a look on the set-list/line-up of their last compilation and you'll understand that these Germans don't joke when it comes to talk about Metal! "A Spanking Good Song Collection" is a compilation yes, and it's a really well done one, perfect for all the Metal newcomers who want to understand what Metal is but also perfect for all the Metalheads who want to listen to some good songs featured on a really varied record?

Of course "A Spanking Good Song Collection" is just a new compilation without anything exclusive or unreleased and you'll not be able to listen to heavy and brutal music except with some Thrash and Hardcore songs (but nothing Death or Black Metal two Metal styles which aren't really represented in the SPV Team anyway). All in all, these two CDs are good CDs, I mean that the guys of the label weren't wrong when they chose to classify the combos, Power Metal bands are Power Metal bands, same with Thrash, Heavy etc? The songs all come from the catalogue of the label and they are featured in general on the last albums of the bands featured on this compilation. Don't expect a lot of classics here, it's just some "not so old" material but it's ok to learn or discover the different Metal styles thorugh these songs which aren't bad anyway.

Full of great bands with cool songs and really varied "A Spanking Good Song Collection" is a good compilation. Of course, it could be better with at least one classic from each bands but it's also a matter of copyrights you know? Well, it's just a compilation and not a lot of things are missing here? You'll maybe not discover any new bands (not sure?) but you'll listen to more than two hours of good Metal and hey, I think that the line-up doesn't have a lot of loosers don't you think? Ho and yes, the way to conclude this compilation by Motörhead and "Ace of Spades" simply rocks?

If you don't know what to do and want to listen to some good Metal, "A Spanking Good Song Collection" is for you. I say it again, this is not perfect but it's a cool compilation so why not after all? "A Spanking Good Song Collection" is not a must but it's a cool way to listen to a lot of good music, have a look on it if you're lazy to buy all the releases of the SVP catalogue!