Greatest hits albums worth owning even when you have the hits on the studio albums?

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  1. Raynie

    Raynie Hyperactive!

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    Has to be good reason for one, 99% are not worthy. The above sound good, and either contain good songs from weaker albums I don't want, or from difficult to find /expensive originals and singles.
     
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  2. Price.pittsburgh

    Price.pittsburgh Forum Resident

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    Growing up in the 70s and early 80s, everyone had The Beatles Red and Blue albums (62-66 and 67-70)

    The starting running sequence of the blue album with Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane is set up that way based release dates as singles, although in the US we got used to having them on the Magical Mystery Tour albums that followed Sgt. Pepper.
    Clearly it wasn't based on recording dates, otherwise it wouldn't have had Let it Be and The Long and Winding Road at the end.
     
  3. Scopitone

    Scopitone Caught the last train for the coast

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    One of the best collections of rock n roll ever assembled, though it's probably too many discs to fit the purposes of this thread:

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    Also, as a college kid in the 90s starting to buy Stones albums, I am very thankful for HOT ROCKS. Not only does it totally kick ass as a gathering of songs, but it was the only place I could find "Honky Tonk Women" at the time. I could never understand why it wasn't on any of the albums. I looked and looked every time I was in a CD store. :laugh:
     
  4. GodBlessTinyTim

    GodBlessTinyTim Forum Resident

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    I'll usually buy an artist's greaest-hits album before delving into their releases proper.

    I've never understood the disdain for compilation albums. They obviously don't paint a comprehensive portrait of the artist, but they do collect their most accessible or iconic work in an affordable package. I find myself listening to The Beatles' 1 nearly as often as any of their original albums.
     
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  5. BradOlson

    BradOlson Country/Christian Music Maven

  6. Khaki F

    Khaki F Forum Resident

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    This is THE perfect Hall & Oates comp. The playing order and song selection are just terrific.

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    In case it's difficult to make out from the picture, the title is "Starting All Over Again".
     
  7. dbone828

    dbone828 Only Visiting This Planet

    Aside from being an excellent collection of music, another bonus to owning the Beatles' 1967-1970 is that it's the only place you'll be able to get a copy of "A Day in the Life" that has a clean intro without the leftover crossfade from the Sgt. Pepper's Reprise, and it also ends without going into the Inner Groove. Also on 1967-1970 is "Back in the USSR" with a clean fadeout, unlike the version on The White Album which crossfades into "Dear Prudence."
     
  8. Roberto Acero

    Roberto Acero Well-Known Member

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    Hatful of Hollow is not exactly a Greatest Hits album, but a compilation.
     
  9. CybrKhatru

    CybrKhatru Music is life.

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    The Best of Sandy Denny (Island/Hannibal) is always my go-to for this kind of thing. I went out and bought everything I could find after getting this collection. It mixes up highlights of her Fairport/Fotheringay/solo stuff so perfectly.

    But there are many many others.

    M.U. from Jethro Tull is a sentimental favorite. I actually love the remixes of Aqualung and Locomotive Breath here.

    Same deal with Classic Yes.
     
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  10. the sands

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  11. Poison_Flour

    Poison_Flour Forum Resident

    Joy Division - Substance
    The Fall - 458489
    The Fall - Palace Of Swords Reversed
    Siouxsie & The Banshees - Once Upon A Time
     
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  12. Aurora

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  13. PaulKTF

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    James Taylor's Greatest Hits is worth owning just because it's packed full of so many great songs that flow so well together.

    Plus, it has two exclusive tracks.
     
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  14. bunglejerry

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    New Order's Substance as well, which is a marvellous listen.
     
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  15. bunglejerry

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    I think Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits vol. 2 (the American two-disc one) is a superlative compilation. It's less a GH than a 'trip into the mind of Bob Dylan', both as performer and as compiler. It's just a great listen.
     
  16. pinkchris1967

    pinkchris1967 Exalted and Revered Member

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    Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple (1980)

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  17. Raynie

    Raynie Hyperactive!

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    Spooky Tooth, That was only yesterday. I could be happy owning this and selling off the rest.
     
  18. BradOlson

    BradOlson Country/Christian Music Maven

    I have the Warner Bros. CD of this comp and I had the Rhino Very Best Of... previously and I prefer the sound of the Deepest Purple WB CD over the Rhino comp.
     
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  19. BradOlson

    BradOlson Country/Christian Music Maven

    The Best of B.B. King on MCA's 1973 LP comp or the 1980s CD issue are worth having if you have a QS quad receiver or a Dolby ProLogic II/Dolby Surround receiver.
     
  20. recordman33

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    Also has a live version of "For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her" that blows the studio version out of the water.
     
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  21. Chemguy

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    Eagles Greatest Hits
    Elton John's GH
    Lovin Spoonful GH
    EW&F GH
    And, of course, Marshall Crenshaw's first record! ;)
     
  22. George P

    George P Notable Member

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    Can I ask why you think these are worth owning even if you have the hits on the studio albums?
     
  23. Chemguy

    Chemguy Forum Resident

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    You know, I think they just hold up well as a stand-alone record. Well structured. And as a snap-shot of a brief period, they work!

    To that end, I should also include Changesonebowie. That one may work best of all!
     
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  24. BradOlson

    BradOlson Country/Christian Music Maven

    Kenny Rogers and The First Edition's Greatest Hits is an essential album, period.
     
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  25. BradOlson

    BradOlson Country/Christian Music Maven

    The reason why I recommend these comps is because these basically tell the story of how Amy evolved as an artist in a digest form in many ways.
     
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