Not to say that these compilations are anything that stack up with other records in a band's discography, but some of the records that got me into certain artists, and some of the first albums in my collection many years ago:
The Beatles- 1
Guns N Roses- Greatest Hits
Black Sabbath- Greatest Hits 1970-1978 (amazing)
The Very Best of Kiss
Van Halen- Best of Both Worlds
Led Zeppelin- Mothership
Stevie Wonder- At The Close of A Century, 4 disc. (almost flawless)
Alice Cooper- Greatest Hits
The Who- 20th Century Masters
Eminem- Curtain Call
Jimi Hendrix- The Best of
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The latter due simply to the fact that I don't feel The Jam ever made a consistently good LP, and were more a singles band anyway. Same with Madness.
I take total issue with anyone who quotes Legend as an example of a prime example of either a greatest 'greatest hits', let alone Marley's best work. If you said the Songs Of Freedom box set I might have agreed, but Legend is slickly packaged to appeal to a Western audience and hardly indicative of his finest moments. I mean, any compilation that excludes War, Them Belly Full, Johnny Was, Small Axe, Simmer Down, Trenchtown Rock, Roots, Rock, Reggae and a whole load of others misses 3/4 of the story. Go off and get mashed to Legend like students in their university lodgings do the world over if you must, but to these ears Legend is the reason most people's exploration of reggae starts and stops with one half-baked compy.
Don't agree with the Sly or Smiths picks either. Neither were singles bands whose output generally lends themselves to a Greatest Hits LP that outshines their studio LPs, which in my opinion is definitely the case with these bands. Singles Going Steady is a good shout, mind. _________________ 'Reggae' & t'ing Folk 'n Stuff SHAMELESS RECORD DEALER PLUG
Priest had killer songs on almost every album in this period, but the albums as a whole were mostly pretty average. This compilation makes JP sound like gods. _________________ 100 Punk Favourites
I find Beatles greatest hits collections to be unlistenable. Deprived of the more experimental, slinky, and wacky stuff, the radio songs rub against each other in an unpleasant way. It's like being overstimulated.
I think it works better for someone like Elton John, who had many, many albums with many, many weak tracks.
Also if you haven't already checked these I like Decade by Neil Young and Sand in the Vaseline by Talking Heads. I haven't listened to the collections you posted, but those two I like a lot.
Also if you haven't already checked these I like Decade by Neil Young and Sand in the Vaseline by Talking Heads. I haven't listened to the collections you posted, but those two I like a lot.
It's only chronological, because I didn't want the headache yet of trying to rate them against each other.
I had wondered about "Sand in the Vaseline". I think the newer one I listed is remastered, which might be better or worse. I'll check out the Neil Young, also.
A tremondous greatest hit collection which I think is not even on the site is Rhinos double cd "Tear off the Roof" collection for Parliament.
It's that good I've never had the urge to buy any of their albums. Must get around to adding it one day!
That is a tremendous glance at the Parliament discography, but if you want a place to start with their studio records then Mothership Connection is a flat out classic. _________________ Attention all planets of the solar federation: We have assumed control.
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