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

The High Llamas - Retrospective, Rarities & Instrumentals

 

Cassettes can handle long side breakdowns as well so a good choice with this comp with you owning it on cassette first.

 

THE place to start for most people getting into George Jones' Epic Records heyday and a great chronicle for hard core fans.

 

BTW, for those who want the original Reprise comp on CD plus 5 additional tracks, they should get the 15 Greatest Hits CD on MCA. For digital, avoid anything that is not on any Universal imprint or licensed from Universal.

 

Donovan's Greatest Hits - Good remake versions of "Catch the Wind" and "Colours"
The Rascals Timepeace - "Beautiful Morning" was new, lacked "People Got to be Free" that would be released soon after. Nevertheless, it was the best way to listen to the Young Rascals.

 

The longer, full length Sunshine Superman, is worth the admission as well as well as many hits not on the studio albums. Later compilations may be more comprehensive, but nothing captures the peak of his powers like "Greatest Hits"

 

I prefer "Blue Morning" to "Dirty White Boy" as well, but that would (a) unbalance the hits package away from Head Games, and (b) DWB was the bigger hit and the first single off its album. It just had to be there.

This issue we're discussing also does raise another good aspect of Records: There is no padding, no non-hits or songs that could barely qualify as a hit by stretching the term nearly beyond recognition as you sometimes see. Every single song is a bona-fide hit with a capital H.

 

Yeah I wore this out back in the day. And finally ponied up the money to get the vinyl version later.

Albums like this one and Substance are essential because the studio albums don't tell the whole story.

 

KISS' Double Platinum: Many of the songs are remixes and thus it is a must for completists. And despite all the flack the remixes get, some of them (like "Hard Luck Woman") sound damn good.

 

Since the Kingston Trio have so many albums, a greatest hits compilation is essential for fans as well. Even if one isn't a fan, a compilation of their music is essential for the historical importance of their music and for a decent summary of the era, a comp of their work is essential.

 

Foreigner - The Essentials (for "Say You Will" and "Heart Turns to Stone")
Queen - Greatest Hits
Eagles - Their Greatest Hits, 1971-1975
Abba - The Definitive Collection
Bee Gees - Greatest
Chicago - IX and Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac (for post-Rumours material)
Neil Young - Decade

 

Any 'Hits'* collection Steve Hoffman mastered.

Yeah, gotta get props to our host!
Seriously tho, "Heart", Chuck Berry, "The Mama's & The Papa's", "The Zombies", Roy Orbison, "Eagles", etc...

'Hit Collections' too!! "Rock the Vote", "Vintage Music", al the 80's stuff, to much to list. Check SHMF discography!

* even 'non-Greatest Hits collections' from Elton John & "The Who"!!

 

Black Sabbath - The Dio Years. Recording the bonus tracks led to a full on reunion!

 

There are singles on the Parrot US 1960s Engelbert Humperdinck albums not on the Decca UK albums (the Decca UK incarnations are what are in print on a CD as part of a Decca Albums boxed set). A comp is essential for those with the UK albums to get Am I That Easy To Forget, There Goes My Everything, etc. For those with the Parrot US albums, a comp is still useful for hearing his finest moments in one place. His Greatest Hits which came out in 1974 is nearly definitive in just 10 tracks for the Parrot/Decca era.

 

Tell me more - I didn't know there were different versions of the same title

 

The Cult - High Octane Cult



The Cult - High Octane Cult

First song is In The Clouds, which is a killer non-album track that they often play live...

 

Didn't read all 8 pages of this thread, but without a doubt, here are some of the Greatest, all ripped on my iPod!

Beatles - 1) Red & 2) Blue Greatest Hits
Rolling Stones - 1) Hot Rocks & 2) More Hot Rocks
Bob Marley - Legend
Elton John - Greatest Hits (vol.1)
April Wine - Greatest Hits
Alice Cooper - Greatest Hits (vol.1)
Aerosmith - Greatest Hits (vol. 1)
Bad Company - 10 From 6
Neil Young - Decade
Eagles - Greatest Hits (vol. 1)
Motley Crue - Red, White & Crue
Scorpions - Best of Scorpions
Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits
Soundgarden - A-Sides
Steve Miller Band - Greatest Hits
Streetheart - Over 60 Minutes with Streetheart
Thin Lizzy - Dedication (w/ bonus song Dedication)
The Band - Best of the Band
Beach Boys - Endless Summer
Bee Gees - Best of Bee Gees (vol.1 before the Disco crap)
Trooper - Hot Shots
Blondie - Best of Blondie
Blue Oyster Cult - Career of Evil-The Metal Years
Bob Seger - Greatest Hits
Bon Jovi - Crossroads
Cheech & Chong - Greatest Hits
Cream - Strange Brew-The Very Best of Cream
CCR - Chronicle (vol.1)
Crosby, Still, Nash & Young - Deja Vu
Deep Purple - Deepest Purple
Dio - The Collection
Doobie Brothers - Best of the Doobies
Eric Clapton - Timepieces
Five Man Electrical Band - Absolutely Right-Best Of
Foreigner - Records
Gordon Lightfoot - Gord's Gold
Janis Joplin - Greatest Hits
Jethro Tull - M.U. Best Of
Nazareth - Classic Nazareth
Rod Stewart - Best of Stewart
Stampeders - Best Of
Steely Dan - Citizen Kane

 

CSN&Y-So Far
Ultravox-The Collection
The Doors-Weird Scenes Inside The Goldmine
The Beach Boys-Endless Summer
Madonna-Celebration (don't kill me, the vinyl sounds great, and I like it)
Neil Diamond-Early Classics
Buddy Holly/The Crickets-20 Golden Greats
Spanky and Our Gang-Greatest Hit(s)

 

For sure.
A great representation of that 10 year period.

 

Some that haven't been mentioned (from a quick skim):

Aretha's (Franklin) GH
Al Green GH
James Brown - Startime
Prince I and II
War GH
Temptations Vols I and II (a rare example of the second arguably better than the first)
Roxy Music

 

1997 Version: Boston - Greatest Hits
2008 Version: Boston - Greatest Hits

 

just 'citizen"

or if you prefer

'citizen steely dan"


orsen wells is nowhere to be found on this box set.

 

Mentioned before, but it's got to come in this configuration