Yeah I just suggested Havana Moon because it was a b-side that didn't chart. There are also other tracks that charted that they did not include on the Great Twenty-Eight but those were the obvious ones along with My Ding-A-Ling.
GHIII could’ve been a nice way to mop up some odds and ends that were passed by earlier. Instead it became a weird mishmash of band(related) recordings that relied too heavy on awkward marketing tricks and post-Freddie sentiments.
I prefer Shaking The Tree as well. It manages to capture everything that’s special about Peter Gabriel on one cd.
Peter Gabriel’s Shaking the Tree omits Your Eyes but in all fairness, it only became a hit because of a movie that came out later. Many Jethro Tull hit collections omit Teacher.
This one always bothered me. If it had included "Jammin' Me", their Greatest Hits would have been flawless. Had they left off "Something in the Air" (which should have been the B-side to "Mary Jane's Last Dance", IMO) they could have fit it on.
That they did. But I can overlook that since they did at least represent the Long After Dark album. They totally ignored Let Me Up (I've Had Enough).
The first Joe Cocker hits album omitted "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window" , one of my faves of his.
Two examples of me buying 2 different Greatest Hits Albums from 2 different artists ... Snowy White and also The Turtles. Each set had at least 2 really good songs missing that forced me to buy the 2nd one. Of course, a song that I like might not necessarily be a "hit" but you get my drift.
None of George Michael's hits collections include the first part (the single) of I Want Your Sex. His first Hits package included Part II, the "Brass In Love" section of the full 13 minute track.
Someone already mentioned it, but the absence of "Hello Again" from The Cars Greatest Hits is a real bummer for me. That was the first Cars song I got into when it was a hit in 1984-1985 (the year I got my first Walkman AM/FM cassette player)
Hot Rocks - The Rolling Stones - The Last Time - Made it to #9 in the U.S. , instead they included the b-side Play With Fire which only made it to #96.
Chicago Greatest Hits 1982-1989 left out You're Not Alone, a top 10 single, while making room for We Can Last Forever, which didn't crack the Top 40.
I agree but The Cars GH was already Heartbeat City heavy. Why Can’t I Have You was another contender but alas.... They should have put on Candy O and Panorama to make it more balanced.
