Halloween Hits

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Leave it to Rhino Records to come up with the best party music for Halloween rave-ups. In contrast to New Wave Halloween, this set of 10 tunes is aimed squarely at the family listening environment. "Monster Mash," sung by Bobby Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers, is a hoot decades after its origin. And Screamin' Jay Hawkins's "I Put a Spell on You" is aptly eerie, if not a tad funny in this setting--considering that "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" comes after and the Addams Family theme comes before. And lest you think this set of tunes is mired in the depths of Halloween tunes from generations ago, it also has "Ghostbusters"--which reeks of datedness anywhere but here. --Andrew Bartlett

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Audio Remasterers: Joe Gastwirt; Bob Fisher . Rhino's Halloween Hits delivers everything anyone could want from a collection of spooky, campy rock & roll novelty songs about ghouls, ghosts, goblins, and monsters -- namely, "The Monster Mash." Just kidding, folks -- it has much more than that, including Jumpin' Gene Simmons' "Haunted House," the Five Blobs' "The Blob," Ray Parker, Jr.'s "Ghostbusters," Neil Norman's "Twilight Zone," Sheb Wooley's "Purple People Eater," Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell on You," Lewis Lee's "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes," and Victor Mizzy's timeless "The Addams Family." In other words, it's spooky music for the ages, not just Halloween. You almost expect the Dr. Retarded seal of approval....~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, ISBN13: B0000032GJ ISBN10: B0000032GJ Material Type: audioCD