Truly Madly Completely - The Greatest Hits - Savage Garden

TRULY MADLY COMPLETELY: THE BEST OF SAVAGE GARDEN A brief introduction to the band- Savage Garden first began with Daniel Jones, one part of the duo with Darren Hayes. Daniel had a band called 'Red Edge', and was looking for a lead vocalist which he had advertised in Brisbane music publication 'time off'. Darren Hayes was their favourite choice, and immediately joined the group. However, after a while the band got tired of doing covers and left 'Red Edge' to form their own band, 'Savage Garden'. The Australian band Savage Garden first got noticed in the UK with their hit single Truly Madly Deeply, although the song 'I want you' was ...  Read the complete review

When Savage Garden announced their split in 2001, many fans were undeniably distraught but found solace in the fact that lead singer, Darren Hayes, vowed to carry on with a solo career in the music business, in spite of being without band mate - the very talented musician, Daniel Jones. However, this solo career of Hayes has, for the most part, been lacklustre; although fans of SG have stuck behind him, through a fairly rubbish debut, homosexual marriages and race allegations, his work has never been recognised as mainstream or as commercially successful as it was as a part of the duo. Whilst the one disk is primarily dedicated to the work of the band until ...  Read the complete review

Having always loved Savage garden, when their greatest hits album came out, I couldn’t resist but to get a copy for myself. Savage garden are known for their romantic pop songs, and the lyrics are truly beautiful in some of the songs. So here, in this review, I am going to tell you all about these songs, and why they are so beautiful and wonderful. *A history on savage garden* A few Facts about Savage Garden’s history -Savage garden started off in Australia in 1996, and immediately hit the charts. - After that, they went to the USA releasing various singles at different times, in Europe, Continuing in Australia and the USA. - In ...  Read the complete review

My girlfriend has this album and although i'm not a huge fan of the band I must say that when you put their hits all on one collection they come across as really quite impressive. Incredibley when the dou were together they sold over 23 million records. They're music is hard to describe, it's always upbeat and both guys had excellent voices , Darren Hayes especially although his voice at times did sound a tad efeminate. He's now went on to some single success album-wise too. The album kicks off great with the energy packed hit "Want You" , From growing up hearing this song for some reason I always think of the line "Chicka Cherry ...  Read the complete review