Greatest Lovesongs, Vol. 666 - Dark Publications

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4 out of 5 stars

Stunning....but not perfect March 20, 2006
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

This album, while not one of HIM's best, is definitely amazing.

It begins with "For You", a strong song which gets this album off to a good start. Following is "Your Sweet Six Six Six", which I personally think is the best track on the album. Razorblade Romance includes this song too, but this is a different version and better by far, with more background music.
Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" comes next. This song is completely unique for HIM, and is a pleasant surprise (better than the version on Razorblade Romance). It has a memorable guitar beat that will stick in your head for a few hours.

"The Heartless" is a beautiful song. "Our Diabolikal Rapture" actually reminds me of Chevelle, but don't judge the whole album on that--this is a very unusual song.

My second favorite song on this album is "It's All Tears", which seems like something off of Love Metal or Razorblade Romance. The lyrics are really good. Then we have "When Love and Death Embrace" (very beautiful and sad) and "The Beginning of the End" (again, LM/RR).

This album builds to a stunning close with "The Reaper". This song makes good use of female vocals--it takes skill to use male and female in one song, and HIM definitely pulls it off here. This track is nothing short of haunting. The lyrics are amazing.

The only complaints I have about this record are that it's too short, and that it has 66 tracks, 56 of which are silence. I had to burn a copy just to be able to put it on shuffle. The very last track is a wordless song with lots of static.

Anyway, this is really a good CD, so get it, especially if you like "Wings of a Butterfly", which everyone's heard by now. Okay?

5 out of 5 stars

the first HIM record debuts in america September 23, 2005
3 out of 4 found this review helpful

dont confuse it with the first him record TO debut, because that would be DARK LIGHT. GSL is the first record HIM ever made, and it's finally in america...i love it, i just wanted to be the first one to review that's all. props to me.

5 out of 5 stars

A Great CD--But it's too short!! February 25, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I originally bought this CD for two reasons, I like the new HIM song, Wings of a Butterfly, and I wanted to see what they would do with Blue Oyster Cult's Don't Fear the Reaper. I was pleasantly suprised. The CD had a lot of great songs on it. I really like the song Your Sweet Six-Six-Six. Wicked Game is also one of the better songs on this CD in my opinion. My favorite track is still Don't Fear the Reaper. HIM found a way to add their own unique sound to this Classic. This song is so good that in my opinion it is worth buying the CD just for this track. This CD will really give you a taste of the sounds of HIM.

5 out of 5 stars

I LOVE H.I.M. January 11, 2007
I think this album is brilliant! I love the way the songs are remixed! If you are a fan of H.I.M. I think you will enjoy this album! I would recommend this to all fans!

5 out of 5 stars

H.I.M.: Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666 (1997) November 19, 2007
Growing up, I found that I was a huge fan of Rock & Metal (Love, Gothic, & Classic) Music. It wasn't until 2002 or 2003 when I had first heard of H.I.M. (standing for His Infernal Majesty) through my younger brother, who is a major fan of this incredible band. I was rather standoffish of H.I.M. since the day I heard of them, but after hearing their music so many times throughout the last 4 or 5 years, I found that I became a big fan of H.I.M.

GREATEST LOVESONGS VOL. 666 is the album that started it all for H.I.M. After listening to this album all the way through, I couldn't believe what I had missed out on when my younger brother had become a fan.

FOR YOU
Within the first 30 seconds of this song, I had already begun bouncing my head along with it. Great introduction to the first album. If you're buying the American release of this album, you'll notice the word INTRO written in parenthesis next to the title of this song. That just means that this song introduces the album. It's not an "INTRO" intro, like a 1-minute interlude. It's the full-length song.

YOUR SWEET SIX SIX SIX
First time I heard this song, I wasn't too fond of it. But I figured that since I had become a new fan, I might as well give it a second chance, and I'm glad I did. This is a great song.

WICKED GAME
Second single from the album. This song was originally recorded and released by Chris Isaac back in 1992 or 1993. Chris' original, although, a very weird song, is very good. If Chris' original came on the radio, I wouldn't turn it off. After hearing H.I.M.'s brilliant cover, I liked the song even more.

THE HEARTLESS
A great song, but I prefer the Club-Remix over the album version.

OUR DIABOLIKAL RAPTURE
Cool song.

IT'S ALL TEARS (DROWN IN THIS LOVE)
First single from the album. Great song.

WHEN LOVE AND DEATH EMBRACE
Third & final single from the album. An awesome song, with an amazing dark tone.

THE BEGINNING OF THE END
Great.

(DON'T FEAR) THE REAPER (performed by H.I.M., Sanna-June Hyde, & Asta Hannula)
Why H.I.M. didn't release this song as another single is beyond me. Blue Oyster Cult's version is one of many classic 70s Rock songs, but H.I.M.'s cover definitely tops BOC's original. The added vocals of duetting partners Sanna-June Hyde & Asta Hannula make H.I.M.'s cover even better than it already sounds.

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