For artists that I'm very much into, for example Frank Zappa, I don't really listen to best of collections. I do get them for artists which I don't know that well though, but that's mostly so that I will have something from them. If someone says "Do you have anything of Donna Summers?" then I'll point at my best of collection.
I also agree with Boo Boo, some bands are interesting for their hits and then it makes sense. Now and then, you can get stuff like Burt Bacharach & David Hal best of collections which is excellent because these guys were songwriters and their songs were and are played by a variety of artists, so putting them all in one compilation is brilliant!
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