Favorite "Best of" albums

[jafter]

O and A were talking about "Best of" albums yesterday and I know some people don't like them, but sometimes some bands have a ton of albums and you don't want to buy them all or you only like a few songs and you want one album for starters to get into them. So what are some of your favorite best of albums. No box sets and no live albums that is to easy.


Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks vol. 1
The Who - Meaty, Big, and Bouncy
The Cure - Standing on the Beach (I am not sure of the title there were 3 of them all different album, cassette, and cd) I owned them all.
America -History

[boobieman]

Hello,
My favorite best of:

Rob Zombie: Past, Present & Future
Beatles: 1 (I don't own any Beatles CD's)
The Who: Meaty, Big, and Bouncy

SEE YAYAYAYAYAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYA

[A.J.]

The greatest of them all.

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[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

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[moochcassidy]

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[Chigworthy]

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[NickyL0885]

Kiss, Creed, Van Halen.

[Don Stugots]

Nick, i am not slamming you, since i like Creed as well but they have a best of album?

[Chris from TX]

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[mikeyboy]

The Kinks have a pretty massive discography (and a number of best-of compilations), but this one, with 46 tracks, does a pretty good job of encompassing their entire career.

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[Tall_James]

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[danner1515]

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[Chris from TX]

Got this 30 song best of on iTunes for like 8 bucks. Strange Magic: The Best of ELO
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Also Michael Penn's greatest hits offer some unreleased material
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[drjoek]

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[Hottub]

I'm too cool for best of albums. I buy them all, then plod through the crap to create my own.

[IMSlacker]

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[danner1515]

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Hmmm, not sure what happened to my pics. Maybe Rate Your Music doesn't like hotlinkers. Anyway, my picks are:

The Kinks - The Kink Kronikles
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Greatest Hits
The Undertones - The Very Best of
Talking Heads - Sand in the Vaseline

[midwestjeff]

Skeletons from the Closet. :wub:

Not because the songs on it are really the best Dead songs, but because it is the perfect "Grateful Dead 101" beginners' course.
I dare any 12 year old to hear it and not begin the long path into the depths of the Dead's catalog. :smoke: <---Not a cigarette.

[NickyL0885]

Nick, i am not slamming you, since i like Creed as well but they have a best of album?

Yea. i got it when if first came out.

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[Freitag]

Hell, bands like Britny Fox have a Best Of Album, so why not Creed?

I'll go with a few things:

Though technically not a studio best of, Springsteen's 3-CD Live Set is an excellent representation of his best work (that is, that's available commercially. A good portion of the bootlegs that are out there are far more superior).

The "Essential" series of CDs that have been put out are also very very good.

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

I'm too cool for best of albums.

But you have to admit best of albums are a great way to get into a band you're not familiar with.

I dug out my copy of Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy this morning and I'm a happy camper. I haven't listened to it in years!

I saw ya! :tongue:

[A.J.]

I dug out my copy of Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy this morning and I'm a happy camper. I haven't listened to it in years!

I saw ya! :tongue:

The Fuzzybutt is Alright.

[RhinoinMN]

The very best of Cream

I know that this is a live album but,
The Last Waltz
(if disqualified because its live) The best of the Band will do fine as well.

[soupcan]

:surrender:

[jafter]

I forgot this one. Definitely a must in college.

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My BMG order just came in with The Best of Warren Zevon just popped it into the comp to add to my Itunes.

[buzzard]

Prime Prine The Best Of John Prine

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[ffej1621]

not the greatest music act but I like Billy Joel's Greatest hits of Volume 1 & 2, Its music from NY that I grew up with

[TheMojoPin]

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This one is much, MUCH better:

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I have tons of best-of's, but most of them I have because even though I already had all or most of the songs, the tracks included were typicalled remastered for better quality. That said, one of the few I have that I think is genuinely good beyond just being a typical best of is this:

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And my vote for the band that doesn't have a real best of (live albums don't fucking count) that desperately needs one is AC/DC. I happily own everything up through BiB, but I want stuff like "Thunderstruck" only if it's showing up on a best of comp, thank you very much.

[ZigZagBigBag]

gord's gold! all the lightfoot a person needs. perfect for an evening of smoking gaggers at the cottage with ale in hand.

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

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[epo]

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Actually I was disappointed by that one. Time Warner didn't bother to get the rights to the Twin Tone years, which in my opinion is a shame. How can you do a Replacements Best Of without "I Will Dare"?

This one is much better:

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[ZigZagBigBag]

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let the good times roll.

[torker]

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[ZigZagBigBag]

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can't miss.

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

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let the good times roll.

That's not a Best of album-- that's their first album.

[Snoogans]

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NO CONTEST

[drjoek]

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"Poor, Poor Pitiful Me"
"The French Inhaler"
"Carmelita"
"Hasten Down the Wind"
"Werewolves of London"
"Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner"
"Excitable Boy"
"Lawyers, Guns and Money"
"Interlude No.1/Play It All Night Long"
"A Certain Girl"
"Looking for the Next Best Thing"
"Detox Mansion"
"Reconsider Me" [Single Version]
"Boom Boom Mancini"
"Splendid Isolation"
"Raspberry Beret"
"Searching for a Heart"
"Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead"
"Mr. Bad Example" :thumbup:drjoek's favorite song
"Mutineer"
"I Was in the House When the House Burned Down"
"Genius"

Couple this with his final album The Wind you got a good overview to appreciate

[A.J.]

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Ugh. My mother has that album.

[danner1515]

That's not a Best of album-- that's their first album.

It might as well be though. Any decent Cars compilation will have at least half of their first album on it.

[TheMojoPin]

Actually I was disappointed by that one. Time Warner didn't bother to get the rights to the Twin Tone years, which in my opinion is a shame. How can you do a Replacements Best Of without "I Will Dare"?

This one is much better:

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Yeah, the newer one has the Twin-Tone stuff, but Alice's pick is a really great comp, especially with the second disc of assorted b-sides and such.

[epo]

Yeah, the newer one has the Twin-Tone stuff, but Alice's pick is a really great comp, especially with the second disc of assorted b-sides and such.

I was strictly judging Disc 1 of All for Nothing since it's the "best of" disc vs. Don't You Know. I thought Rhino did an outstanding job of telling the complete story. The Twin Tone years add:

Color Me Impressed
Within Your Reach
I Will Dare
Answering Machine
Unsatisfied


Seriously, is it a real best of without those tracks?

I completely appreciate All for Nothing for Disc 2 however. It's a great B-sides compilation.

[reillyluck]

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[Hottub]

Depeche Mode's Greatest Hits.

(It's a 45)

[reillyluck]

Depeche Mode's Greatest Hits.

(It's a 45)

what are you some kind of homo? :wink:

[EliSnow]

Depeche Mode's Greatest Hits.

(It's a 45)

Excuse me?

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1. Personal Jesus
2. Just Can't Get Enough
3. Everything Counts
4. Enjoy The Silence
5. Shake The Disease
6. See You
7. It's No Good
8. Strangelove
9. Suffer Well
10. Dream On
11. People Are People
12. Martyr
13. Walking In My Shoes
14. I Feel You
15. Precious
16. Master And Servent
17. New Life
18. Never Let Me Down Again

I think you owe an apology.

[reillyluck]

Excuse me?

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1. Personal Jesus
2. Just Can't Get Enough
3. Everything Counts
4. Enjoy The Silence
5. Shake The Disease
6. See You
7. It's No Good
8. Strangelove
9. Suffer Well
10. Dream On
11. People Are People
12. Martyr
13. Walking In My Shoes
14. I Feel You
15. Precious
16. Master And Servent
17. New Life
18. Never Let Me Down Again

I think you owe an apology.


depeche mode fucking rocks!!!!

[Hottub]

Excuse me?


I think you owe an apology.
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No. Depeche Mode owes the world an apology.

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

No. Depeche Mode owes the world an apology.

:clap:

[reillyluck]

youre only pissing off marc with a c. :smoke:

[Don Stugots]

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love it.

[TheMojoPin]

What the fuck...Hottub AND Alice hate Depeche Mode?

I quit.

[sailor]

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[Snoogans]

Depeche Mode sucks

[reillyluck]

Depeche Mode sucks

go eat a fucking turkey!!!!

[Hottub]

He can't. His mouth is full of hog!:lol:

[Snoogans]

the only guys blowing anyone are the ones listenin to Depeche Mode

[Hottub]

HEY!! You can't talk about Mojo like that!!

[TheMojoPin]

I'm not concerned about what the Jack Johnson groupie thinks.

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

What the fuck...Hottub AND Alice hate Depeche Mode?

I quit.

When I was looking at Bob Stinson's balls I was really thinking about Dave Gahan's.

[TeeBone]

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[Snoogans]

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[frye hole]

The 25 Best "Best Of" Albums
Posted Wed May 7 4:02pm PDT by Rob O'Connor in List Of The Day

linky (http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/listoftheday/37394/the-25-best-of-best-ofs)

25) Nirvana--Nirvana
24) Greatest Hits--Eagles
23) The Best Of Blondie--Blondie
22) Back To Mono--Phil Spector & Various Artists
21) Meaty, Beaty, Big And Bouncy--The Who
20) The Kinks Kronikles--The Kinks
19) The Motown Box--Various Artists
18) Chronicle Vol. 1--Creedence Clearwater Revival
17) Echoes--Pink Floyd
16) Staring At The Sea--The Cure
15) Louder Than Bombs--The Smiths
14) The Chess Box--Chuck Berry
13) We Sold Our Souls For Rock N' Roll--Black Sabbath
12) The Very Best Of--Prince
11) The Very Best Of The Doors (2CD)--The Doors
10) The Top Ten Hits--Elvis Presley
9) Mania--Ramones
8) Smash Hits--Jimi Hendrix
7) Greatest Hits, Volume 2--Bob Dylan
6) Greatest Hits--Al Green
5) Decade--Neil Young
4) Greatest Hits--Sly And The Family Stone
3) Star Time--James Brown
2) Hot Rocks--The Rolling Stones
1) 1--The Beatles

[CardiffGiant]

Rush Chronicles is a great introduction to the band for newbies. I picked it up when I was about 11 and was hooked on the band for life. I have a best of INXS that is pretty good too but it's missing Don't Change; other than that it's a great disc very well rounded.