What Are Your Favorite Greatest Hits Albums?

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by Tony Plachy, Jul 27, 2021.

  1. wes4usc

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  2. Tony Plachy

    Tony Plachy Senior Member Thread Starter

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    Wow, I am blown away with the responses. There are GH albums I have never heard of.
     
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  3. George P

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  4. Tony Plachy

    Tony Plachy Senior Member Thread Starter

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    I forgot about this one, goo0d call.
     
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  6. Greg Gee

    Greg Gee "I tried to change but I changed my mind..."

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    The Beatles - Hey Jude
    The Beatles - Past Masters I & II
    The Guess Who - Greatest Hits Vol. I
    Elvis Costello & the Attractions - The Best of ...
    Neil Young - Decade
    Spirit - The Best of ...
    Steve Miller Band - Anthology
    Steve Miller Band - The Best of 1968-1973
    Mott the Hoople - The Ballad of Mott
    James Gang - 16 Greatest Hits
     
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  7. Wildest cat from montana

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    Buddy Holly best-ofs, collections, greatest hits etc are numerous but ' Legend ' , a double album with great sound, is outstanding.
     
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    The Jam- Snap!

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  9. Man at C&A

    Man at C&A Senior Member

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    Queen - Greatest Hits is perfection

    others I like a lot are

    The Who - Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy
    Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
    Madness - Complete Madness
    Ultravox - The Collection
    Slade - Sladest
    Hot Chocolate - Greatest Hits (1976)
    The Stranglers - The Collection 1977-82

    also the original 60s Greatest Hits collections from The Temptations, The Supremes, Four Tops etc.

    Most of these don't include all the hits as they were released when the acts were still very successful, but my favourite compilations are sequenced well and play like a proper album, rather than unimaginatively just putting the hits in chronological order. That approach can work well too of course, but usually they don't flow so well.
     
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  10. Man at C&A

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    This one too! The chronological approach done to perfection.
     
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  13. Wildest cat from montana

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    I hear ya about this album...
    It probably is all the Chicago one needs. I have a 2-CD set which has all their Top40 hits and a selection of album cuts but it's a somewhat tiresome listen when it moves out of the 70s into the David Foster years and those ballads.
    I prefer my Chicago horn-driven.
     
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  14. Man at C&A

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    This was the first Roxy Music LP I heard and I ended up getting everything. I love that it includes the sublime Mother of Pearl. I'll have to pick it up again when I next see it cheap. Another one that flows wonderfully.
     
  15. louderthan1

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    This is fantastic.
     
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  16. wes4usc

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  17. Harry Hood

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    Greatest Hits was all killer no filler and was released before their slushy reincarnation. Win Win!
     
  18. Harry Hood

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    Ooh yeah, good call!
     
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  19. Aerosmith - Greatest Hits (1980), even though I really like all the original albums.
    Alice Cooper - Greatest Hits
    Eagles - Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975
    Foreigner - Records
    Golden Earring - The Continuing Story of Radar Love
    Hank Williams, Jr. - Greatest Hits
    Journey - Greatest Hits, however I would swap out of a couple of the songs for different ones. Also, the original albums are very good.
    Queen - Greatest Hits (1981 Elektra version)
    Reo Speedwagon - The Hits
    Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Greatest Hits (1993)
     
  20. chervokas

    chervokas Senior Member

    A couple of my all time favorite contemporaneous best-ofs (vs. later career spanning anthologies) that I play as much as I play any album by the artists

    Sly and the Family Stone - Greatest Hits
    Aretha's Gold
    War - Greatest Hits
    Four Tops - Greatest Hits
    The Best of Sam and Dave
    Elvis' Golden Records
    The Best of Sam Cooke
     
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  22. Roland Stoves

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  24. FillmoreGuy

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    Badfinger
     
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  25. John LaMartine

    John LaMartine Lizard King wannabe

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    Certainly agree about High Tide & Green Grass - great album! However, my all time favorite has to be The Best Of The Animals, the original MGM LP, 1965.
     
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