Walliver 0 Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 I've always beena bit wary of buying 'Best Of' albums because I know I have a couple that are clearly not the best an artist has produced but just the most popular singles. At the same time I know that some bands release all their good songs and their album tracks are generally a bit weak. Can anyone recommend any Best Ofs from bands that would give me all I want on one CD without the need for buying back catalogues to get all the actual best songs? In '31 Songs' Nick Hornby suggests Santana's has everything I could ever want from them on one CD. Is this true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 I've always beena bit wary of buying 'Best Of' albums because I know I have a couple that are clearly not the best an artist has produced but just the most popular singles. At the same time I know that some bands release all their good songs and their album tracks are generally a bit weak. Can anyone recommend any Best Ofs from bands that would give me all I want on one CD without the need for buying back catalogues to get all the actual best songs? In '31 Songs' Nick Hornby suggests Santana's has everything I could ever want from them on one CD. Is this true? Everything I want from Santana could fit on on floppy disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 ...oh, and to answer your question. The Hives - Your New Favourite Band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 47361 Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 I've always beena bit wary of buying 'Best Of' albums because I know I have a couple that are clearly not the best an artist has produced but just the most popular singles. At the same time I know that some bands release all their good songs and their album tracks are generally a bit weak. Can anyone recommend any Best Ofs from bands that would give me all I want on one CD without the need for buying back catalogues to get all the actual best songs? In '31 Songs' Nick Hornby suggests Santana's has everything I could ever want from them on one CD. Is this true? Everything I want from Santana could fit on on floppy disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walliver 0 Posted May 10, 2008 Author Share Posted May 10, 2008 ...oh, and to answer your question. The Hives - Your New Favourite Band Really? I thought that was quite poor. Much prefer the Black and White album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 ...oh, and to answer your question. The Hives - Your New Favourite Band Scoffs at Santana in one breath, advocates something just as shite with the next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 ...oh, and to answer your question. The Hives - Your New Favourite Band Scoffs at Santana in one breath, advocates something just as shite with the next. I never stated my opinion as fact though you self righteous twat stain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeazesMag 0 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 buy The Best of Bob Dylan and so long as its got "knocking on Heavens Door" and "Lay Lady Lay" on it, you've got the set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 buy The Best of Bob Dylan and so long as its got "knocking on Heavens Door" and "Lay Lady Lay" on it, you've got the set. Expected this to be about 'The Best of Free' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 buy The Best of Bob Dylan and so long as its got "knocking on Heavens Door" and "Lay Lady Lay" on it, you've got the set. I hate Lay Lady Lay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14021 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 buy The Best of Bob Dylan and so long as its got "knocking on Heavens Door" and "Lay Lady Lay" on it, you've got the set. Expected this to be about 'The Best of Free' The Free story is a fucking class album to be honest. Kossoff was an awesome guitarist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 (edited) ...oh, and to answer your question. The Hives - Your New Favourite Band Scoffs at Santana in one breath, advocates something just as shite with the next. I never stated my opinion as fact though you self righteous twat stain. Tbf, I shouldn't need to preface every post I make with 'In my opinion.' Clearly, it's all just my opinion. That's why you never see any criticism, etc, littered with 'in my opinion'. Edited May 12, 2008 by Patrokles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Back on topic, though, and in my opinion, it's quite hard to find best-ofs which offer everything you need. Even the best best-ofs will generally just whet the appetite. Look at how many greatest hits the Smiths put out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Back on topic, though, and in my opinion, it's quite hard to find best-ofs which offer everything you need. Even the best best-ofs will generally just whet the appetite. Look at how many greatest hits the Smiths put out! Just the one iirc? There was a singles album like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Back on topic, though, and in my opinion, it's quite hard to find best-ofs which offer everything you need. Even the best best-ofs will generally just whet the appetite. Look at how many greatest hits the Smiths put out! Just the one iirc? There was a singles album like. 2 best ofs, one singles, one very best of. Morrissey's even worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 (edited) ...oh, and to answer your question. The Hives - Your New Favourite Band Scoffs at Santana in one breath, advocates something just as shite with the next. I never stated my opinion as fact though you self righteous twat stain. Tbf, I shouldn't need to preface every post I make with 'In my opinion.' Clearly, it's all just my opinion. That's why you never see any criticism, etc, littered with 'in my opinion'. Most criticism is actually of music. If you're criticising someone's personal taste though, I think it's only polite to not admonish them in the process. Keep it up though, your taste is clearly "the best". Edited May 12, 2008 by Happy Face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Back on topic, though, and in my opinion, it's quite hard to find best-ofs which offer everything you need. Even the best best-ofs will generally just whet the appetite. Look at how many greatest hits the Smiths put out! Just the one iirc? There was a singles album like. 2 best ofs, one singles, one very best of. Morrissey's even worse. Louder than Bombs is a US compilation too iirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14021 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Edit : for Ben's point Unless it's a Robert Johnson best of with everything he ever recorded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 ...oh, and to answer your question. The Hives - Your New Favourite Band Scoffs at Santana in one breath, advocates something just as shite with the next. I never stated my opinion as fact though you self righteous twat stain. Tbf, I shouldn't need to preface every post I make with 'In my opinion.' Clearly, it's all just my opinion. That's why you never see any criticism, etc, littered with 'in my opinion'. Most criticism is actually of music. If you're criticising someone's personal taste though, I think it's only polite to not admonish them in the process. Keep it up though, your taste is clearly "the best". Ta very much, it is. Out of interest, did it occur to you that perhaps the admonition was spurred by your initial dismissal of Santana? I honestly believe people should listen to what they like. My problem comes when people scoff at others as though they're something special when they can't back it up with their own tastes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14021 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Santana is fucking class tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 ...oh, and to answer your question. The Hives - Your New Favourite Band Scoffs at Santana in one breath, advocates something just as shite with the next. I never stated my opinion as fact though you self righteous twat stain. Tbf, I shouldn't need to preface every post I make with 'In my opinion.' Clearly, it's all just my opinion. That's why you never see any criticism, etc, littered with 'in my opinion'. Most criticism is actually of music. If you're criticising someone's personal taste though, I think it's only polite to not admonish them in the process. Keep it up though, your taste is clearly "the best". Ta very much, it is. Out of interest, did it occur to you that perhaps the admonition was spurred by your initial dismissal of Santana? I honestly believe people should listen to what they like. My problem comes when people scoff at others as though they're something special when they can't back it up with their own tastes. I only dismissed Santana for the purpose of a joke (which got a laugh). I'll scoff at what I don't like, but I try not to scoff at anyone's personal taste, because I don't think of myself as too cool for school. I'm sure there's a plethora of stuff i like that others think is shit. As I'm sure there's a load of shite you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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