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List Price: $18.98 | | Label: A2M
Salesrank: 13156
Released: June 16, 2009 |
| Our Price: $8.57 |
| Used Price: $7.74 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Editorial Review:
Back From The Dead is a deluxe CD/DVD package containing 19 original Spinal Tap songs, a one-hour DVD and unique pop-up diorama package that unveils three 12-inch action figures (courtesy of Sideshow Collectibles) of the band along with a proportionally sized Stonehenge. Back From The Dead is destined to be a collector's item, especially among collectors.
Back from the Dead Reviews:
I don't know where to begin really.... 
2009-12-19 - Well, I've been working with this packaging for about three hours now. It's very confusing. Look, you bend this tab that way and fold that piece underneath the flap and, then, you get that and I don't want that, I want a pop-up stage diorama.
And then, who's in here, it's a little DVD guy and a book. I think there's a CD in here somewhere. It's a complete catastrophe.
Could only be better if it was in Dubly!
2009-11-05 - Thanks to David, Nigel and Derek for blurring the lines of reality once again, at least in my mind anyway.
This one goes to twelve, turn it up until your eardrums bleed.
A Tap Album That Goes To 10 
2009-10-25 - I have been an enormous Spinal Tap fan since I saw the movie in the theater as a teenager. There's no question that the lads from Squatney redefined musical satire, and while I loved the "Unwigged and Unplugged" live show that (sort of) supported "Back From the Dead", there are certain things that are best left untampered with. This album features a musical CD, a bonus DVD, and a cardboard fold-out diorama case, which, while cool, is very impractical.
The CD has a bit of new material, but mostly consists of new versions of Tap classics. While some of the new versions are amusing, in every instance the original recordings are better. "Jazz Odyssey" is presented as a three track monstrosity, and I enjoyed it nearly as much as the festival crowd did when it was originally performed on the "Smell the Glove" tour. The packaging is very clever, but not very sturdy. It folds out into a diorama of the band performing. It also makes extracting the CD and DVD from the case very difficult without damaging one or the other.
The genius in the package is in the bonus DVD where the band discusses various songs and issues that brought the band to where it is today. It contains about an hour or so of interviews, and fully justifies the price of the album all by itself. I gave the album four stars as the bar has been set so high by previous Tap works; this one didn't quite make it to 11.
The Tap Lives!
2009-09-24 - Okay Tapheads! You're fav British rockers are back from the dead and deliver your favorite Spinal Tap hits and new tracks to tap your soul! Songs from This is Spinal Tap are rerecorded and remixed along with new tracks from our favorite comedy team of Michael McKean, Chris Guest and Harry Shearer.
Spinal Tap puts a microscope on the world of rock and roll and are beloved by true musicians. They reflect the realities of what rock musicians endure to make a living and entertain with comedic brilliance.
Go to 11!
A must for Tapheads
2009-09-05 - OK, this covers the good and the bad. And I will start with the bad.
Unless you are not a real fan of Spinal Tap, there is not much here for you. There are a few new songs, but mostly it is just new recordings of works from their first CD. And to be honest, I liked the original recordings better then the new versions.
And the Jazz Odyssey really sounds out of place. They are basically 3 songs, that all pretty much sound like the Jazz Odyssey clips from the movie. They are not bad, but seriously out of place.
The new songs are really good though. Back From The Dead has become one of the most played songs on my Zune. Along with Hotter Then Hell. And (Funky) Sex Farm is a real gem, with a new look on an old favorite.
The DVD is really nothing special. It has no music videos, it is simply the 3 main actors, spending 3-10 minutes talking about each song in character.
