Comments on: Greatest Greatest Hits

By: FaithHopeLove

FaithHopeLove — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:02:13 +0000

A couple more to add to the list (oh, and hi all, John C. made me come by!)

Foreigner Records has a bunch of good ones on it.

B-52′s Time Capsule is ok.

The Journey GH albums is way good.

I think the Beatles’ 1 album is really quite good, if you can’t actually own all of their albums.

(Same for the recent Elvis (Elv1s?) compilation.)

By: meems

meems — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 01:53:32 +0000

While many people might not particularly like them or think about them, the Mamas and the Papas have a couple of amazingly great greatest hits albums too. Really!!

By: Rusty

Rusty — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:42:53 +0000

Yes, Kaimi, I'll back you up. Donde JugarÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¡n Los NiÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â±os? is probably ManÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¡'s best album, not a bad song in the bunch. My two favorites from that album are Vivir Sin Aire and Me Vale, perhaps their two best songs. Falta Amor isn't bad, Cuando Los Angeles Lloran is terrific and I'd say SueÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â±os Liquidos is their second best album. I absolutely love Clavado en un Bar and Como Duele en los Labios. As far as "Greatest Hits" I'd say their Unplugged album is incredible. It has fantastic renditions of most of their best songs. I especially enjoy No Ha Parado de Llover and Rayando El Sol. Their older Live album is pretty good as well.

By: Pris

Pris — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:18:42 +0000

I don’t buy many greatest hits because rarely do they have the best tracks from the band on them. What I prefer to do is to get all their albums and make my own “greatest hits” sans filler. I recently made one for the Velvet Underground because it couldn’t be a “GH” without Sister Ray.

I remember the first time I heard a proper Beatles album (The White Album)–and feeling decieved that I had never heard some of the best tracks because they don’t play them on the radio, at parties, etc. [I forget which one, but a few years ago, a magazine said the Beatles "1" comp was the worst disc of the year because you should really own all the albums anyway.]

By: john f.

john f. — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 06:42:31 +0000

by the way, on "latin" music, check out Eros for a greatest greatest of Eros Ramazzotti. (for the same thing in Spanish, see the 1997 release. Very good stuff.

By: john f.

john f. — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 06:29:48 +0000

well, i wasn’t really arguing against donde jugaran los ninos–i agree that it is a very strong showing. i was just joking, actually, because, although i like many of the songs on falta amor, i don’t really like refrigerador very much.

By: Kaimi

Kaimi — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 06:09:53 +0000

John,

True, it lacks Refrigerator, as well as some other real gems (Rayando el Sol, Buscandola, and Estoy Agotado come to mind). But on the whole, it’s incredibly strong from top-to-bottom — there’s really not a weak song on the whole album.

That said, Falta Amor would certainly not be a bad idea either.

By: john f.

john f. — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 04:38:56 +0000

I’ll back you up onthat Kaimi, but it doesn’t have the refrigerator song.

By: BTD Greg

BTD Greg — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 03:53:50 +0000

A few others that I didn’t think of earlier:

Cowboy Junkies: Studio
The Jazz Butcher: Draining the Glass
Uncle Tupelo: 89/93 An Anthology
The Specials: The Singles Collection

By: Kaimi

Kaimi — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 01:21:30 +0000

Logan,

You’ve never been able to decide which Mana album to get?

Donde Jugaran Los Ninos is one of the best albums ever. It’s got Como Diablos; Vivir Sin Aire; Oye Mi Amor; Huele a Tristeza — all sorts of good stuff there.

I’m trusting that my man Rusty will back me up on this one. . .