Greatest Hits Albums: Yay or Nay? (cds, genre, red hot chilli peppers, pink floyd)

explosions-in-my-pants · 08-12-2006, 06:40 PM

i'm sure you meant you haven't listened to any maintrem popalur **** for years.. right? right?

Sound Devastation · 08-12-2006, 07:05 PM

no.. i just meant that when i was a fan of popular music, greatest hits albums didnt appeal. would be pointless answering in terms of the bands i like now... as they just dont release them.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 08-12-2006, 07:30 PM

I just found it strange because how popular something is has never really meant anything to me. I don`t care if an album sells 1 copy or 10 million copies if I think it`s good I think it`s good.

I realise that the stuff you like would probably struggle to sell a few thousand copies , and that has absolutly nothing to do with the quality of the music on it , but I just don`t understand why you would consider what you listen to now as not popular. I mean are you saying everything you listen to is like that? no childhood favourites? No guilty pleasures that you secretly put on when nobody is about?

tdoc210 · 08-12-2006, 08:30 PM

No.... they suck..then might as well have burnt your money, once you get all their albums.

Unlees its a compilation of early singles not apprearing on albums.. *cough* pink floyd*cough*

swim · 08-12-2006, 09:11 PM

I hate greatest hits albums they suck. It's a release for the sake of having a release.

cardboard adolescent · 08-12-2006, 09:22 PM

Depends. Some bands are just singles bands, where you might like the majority of their output, but there's always those few songs on each CD that really stand out. For those bands Greatest Hits are often the way to go. Other bands are album bands, that create great albums that are meant to be listened to all the way through, and have a great flow, and all the songs go together. For bands like those, who often change their sound from album to album, a greatest hits compilation doesn't really work because the songs don't fit well together and often it's hard to even pick the "hits" since their songs are all great in their own way in which they fit into the CD they came off of.

coffeeshop · 08-13-2006, 10:07 AM

Most greatest hits albums miss out essential songs so I usually don't like them. However, there are some good ones like What Hits?! by RHCP which gave a great selection of their early work.

Sound Devastation · 08-13-2006, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

I realise that the stuff you like would probably struggle to sell a few thousand copies , and that has absolutly nothing to do with the quality of the music on it , but I just don`t understand why you would consider what you listen to now as not popular. I mean are you saying everything you listen to is like that? no childhood favourites? No guilty pleasures that you secretly put on when nobody is about?

i like Tool.. and the first Cooper Temple Clause album (and a few bands who are popular in their own scene - neurosis, isis, converge etc) but thats about it it temrs of mainstream popularity... everything else i just grew out of, and theres nothing i like on the radio now.

Piss Me Off · 08-13-2006, 01:26 PM

Singles collections i find are pretty useful, especially with bands who release a lot of singles which aren't on an album. Buzz****s - Singles Going Steady pops into my mind as being a fine compilation.

I personally adore compilations like The Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow and Louder Than Bombs and Morrissey - Bona Drag, a collection of singles (a lot which were'nt on albums) and b-sides, all in one place.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 08-13-2006, 01:32 PM

I like B Side albums a lot more than greatest hits ones.

Suede`s Sci Fi Lullabies B Sides album was better than their last 3 studio albums.

08-12-2006, 07:05 PM	#12 (permalink)
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08-12-2006, 07:30 PM	#13 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	I just found it strange because how popular something is has never really meant anything to me. I don`t care if an album sells 1 copy or 10 million copies if I think it`s good I think it`s good. I realise that the stuff you like would probably struggle to sell a few thousand copies , and that has absolutly nothing to do with the quality of the music on it , but I just don`t understand why you would consider what you listen to now as not popular. I mean are you saying everything you listen to is like that? no childhood favourites? No guilty pleasures that you secretly put on when nobody is about? __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

08-12-2006, 08:30 PM	#14 (permalink)
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,617	No.... they suck..then might as well have burnt your money, once you get all their albums. Unlees its a compilation of early singles not apprearing on albums.. cough pink floydcough __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

08-12-2006, 09:11 PM	#15 (permalink)
swim dontcareaboutyou Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 5,188	I hate greatest hits albums they suck. It's a release for the sake of having a release. __________________ http://nakednaps.bandcamp.com/

08-13-2006, 10:07 AM	#17 (permalink)
coffeeshop From beyond the grave Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Merseyside, UK Posts: 480	Most greatest hits albums miss out essential songs so I usually don't like them. However, there are some good ones like What Hits?! by RHCP which gave a great selection of their early work. __________________ "In this Catholic Club they never had the **ing TV on and I was going, 'That Big Brother, it won't catch on. British people won't watch that .' And then they went, at nine o' clock, 'Shh!' and turned the telly on! It was, like, people asleep in bed. To me, I can't understand that. The encouraging thing is, 'You were right all along, Smith: people are stupid." - Mark E Smith**

08-12-2006, 06:40 PM	#11 (permalink)
explosions-in-my-pants angel of tragic days Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 924	i'm sure you meant you haven't listened to any maintrem popalur **** for years.. right? right?

08-12-2006, 09:22 PM	#16 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	Depends. Some bands are just singles bands, where you might like the majority of their output, but there's always those few songs on each CD that really stand out. For those bands Greatest Hits are often the way to go. Other bands are album bands, that create great albums that are meant to be listened to all the way through, and have a great flow, and all the songs go together. For bands like those, who often change their sound from album to album, a greatest hits compilation doesn't really work because the songs don't fit well together and often it's hard to even pick the "hits" since their songs are all great in their own way in which they fit into the CD they came off of.

08-13-2006, 01:26 PM	#19 (permalink)
Piss Me Off Moodswings n' Roundabouts Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: At the corner of Dude and Catastrophe Posts: 4,512	Singles collections i find are pretty useful, especially with bands who release a lot of singles which aren't on an album. Buzz****s - Singles Going Steady pops into my mind as being a fine compilation. I personally adore compilations like The Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow and Louder Than Bombs and Morrissey - Bona Drag, a collection of singles (a lot which were'nt on albums) and b-sides, all in one place. __________________ Last FM Rate Yr Music Muxtape

08-13-2006, 01:32 PM	#20 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	I like B Side albums a lot more than greatest hits ones. Suede`s Sci Fi Lullabies B Sides album was better than their last 3 studio albums. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.