I play albums when I listen to music ( either on vinyl or SACD ). I usually play a complete album even if only a few of the songs are "hits". Occasionally when I just want to kick back and simply enjoy one hit after another I play a greatest hits album. Here are my four favorite greatest hits albums. The first three are from my misspent youth and the last from being a member here and our host. What are your favorite greatest hits? albums. The Rolling Stones - Big Hits ( High Tide and Green Grass ) Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits ( 1967 ) Eagles - Their Greatest Hits 1971 - 1975 Roy Orbison - The All Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison All are available on vinyl, The Stones and Dylan are also on SACD.
The Rolling Stones ' Big Hits ( High Tide and Green Grass' and ' Through The Past Darkly ' were the first two greatest hits albums I had ( I think ). Both great but the former was\is one of the best, if not the best , collections ever. But! I have to say that ' Sly and The Family Stone's Greatest Hits ' is an incredible album. Not a weak second on it.
Being that I never really could get through any of their studio albums, my favorite greatest hits album--by far--is Chicago's Greatest Hits. It's from 1975 or so, and the cover shows the band on a scaffold painting their logo. It's all the Chicago I need.
Roxy Music's Greatest Hits (sadly never released on cd) was perfect. Roxy Music - Greatest Hits | Releases | Discogs To this day I still start singing "There's a new sensation...." after I hear Virginia Plain.
For starters- 1976 Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits 2007 The Essential Elvis Presley 2004 The Complete Hit Singles 2010 1962-1970
Oh man, good topic...often greatest hits albums are not that interesting to me, but there are a few that I'll always love and continue to pull out. Some are definitely better put together than others!
Mott the Hoople Best of Cream (with the fruit) Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine (Doors) Rolled Gold (original double album - Stones) Motown Chartbusters Vol 4 (silver cover)
The Dream Academy-Somewhere In The Sun/The Morning Lasted All Day De/Vision-Best of, 2x12 Thompson Twins-The Collection, 1993 The Alan Parsons Project-Best of Volume 2 Type O Negative-The Least Worst of The Best of Jon and Vangelis Lightning Seeds-Best of/The Very Best of Patenbrigade:Wolff-Best of 2008-2012/Ударник George Harrison-Best of Dark Horse Steely Dan-Greatest Hits, Ludwig 2x12 or the Canadian Cinram Steve Winwood-Chronicles, LP for the single edits Fleetwood Mac-Greatest Hits 1988 Neil Diamond-His 12 Greatest Hits-1985 (Sanyo Japan) Plus a crap-load more...
Aerosmith - Greatest Hits (1980). Ten great tracks. This tape lived in my boombox a couple entire summers.
I have a best-of Bryan Ferry\Roxy Music CD that contains a handful of the tracks on ' Roxy Music's Greatest Hits '. It's good but lacking that weird Roxy vibe.
From my personal stash it is 'Hawkwind greatest hits' - Charity shop find, cleaned up it is very good indeed.
Association Bread Buffalo Springfield Chicago Doors 1st Eagles Monkees Simon and Garfunkel Spanky and Our Gang
Neil Young - Decade. I have all his albums from that period, but Decade is the perfect quick fix and absolutely essential for anyone just getting into Neil's music. Pet Shop Boys - Discography. Again, perfect comp of their first (and best) albums. In fact, all the PSB I need. The Cure - Standing on a Beach (released as Staring at the Sea in some countries). No hesitation recommending this excellent comp to anyone wanting to explore The Cure for the first time.
12 Gold Bars - Status Quo - 1980. A fantastic retrospective of their hits through the 1970s, their most productive boogie rock period.
