Best of albums?

Buck Owens

what everyones thoughts on best of albums? Is anyone else like me in that they started listening to and discovering new bands by listening to them?

I started listening to Iron maiden, Melvins, Ministry, Pixies, Johnny Cash after getting there best of albums!

The Melvins one in particular is well worth getting, the Black sabbath 32 song is great as well!

Milk maid dud bean. Master a load of head. Pill pop a dope a well run general hash pump a gonna led

AngelofFire

Incubus-morning view and make yourself.
Rival schools-united by fate.
Evenescene-Fallen
Linkin park-Hybrid theory
Machine Head-supercharger
Metallica-Metallica (1991)
RATM-Battle of los angeles

ThenComesDudley

I think best of albums are good when it comes to a band that have been around for a long time and lots of albums. Like the melvins best of is only made up from 3 albums yet they have 15+ albums.

mr_angry

I think AngelOfFire might have missed the point a bit there. Anyway, mine:

The Pixies - Death To The Pixies
The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon

While these are great introductory albums, all of my favourite albums are originals. Original albums tell a story of the artist's life for that particular time period, and you never get the same "train of thought" running through Best Of albums.

projectmayhem

best of albums generally serve as an introduction to a band for a lot of people, and for fans it's just a collection of old songs and typically one or two new songs. that idea is probably best shown on nirvana's best of... took a court case to get one song on there.

Doctor J

The one song that you don't own. Greatest hits are fine if a band has a decent career under their belts but for bands with 2 or 3 albums to their name? It's just ripping people off for the sake of the "bonus track" or one or two new songs (how are new songs Greatest hits before they're released - see REM). Pay full whack for two songs. Best scam ever.

cournioni

Led Zeppelin - Remasters

Karl Hungus

I generally avoid 'Best of' albums, but you simply cannot fail to love Best Of The Beast.

angelofdeath

Originally posted by AngelofFire
Incubus-morning view and make yourself.
Rival schools-united by fate.
Evenescene-Fallen
Linkin park-Hybrid theory
Machine Head-supercharger
Metallica-Metallica (1991)
RATM-Battle of los angeles

dont have many good best of's, only decent ones i have are sabbath, pumpkins and nirvana

I am MAN

Nirvana - Bleach
RHCP - Blood sugar sex magic
Damien Rice - O

angelofdeath

hes talking about 'best of..' compilation albums:rolleyes:

Pugsley

Cant go far wrong with the deep purple best of album, '30 years of deep purple' or something like that, excellent album if you dont have much/any of Deep Purple.

Deadwing

Originally posted by Buck Owens
what everyones thoughts on best of albums? Is anyone else like me in that they started listening to and discovering new bands by listening to them?

I started listening to Iron maiden, Melvins, Ministry, Pixies, Johnny Cash after getting there best of albums!

The Melvins one in particular is well worth getting, the Black sabbath 32 song is great as well!

Ill never forget the episode of beavis and butthead when they saw the video for hooch..*L*
"Exit is my raging member? Don brian like a gel tee?"
Great band tho. Buy houdini, if youre looking for another good album by them.

Senor_Fudge

If anyones looking for a good best of album ya can't go one note wrong with Rolling Stones 40 licks album

I just knew some of the Stones stuff before this album and now i love them!

thanks linda!

Baggio

Not that keen on Best Of's!...they often miss the point of a band, and quite often songs on albums can sometimes have an album context that's completely abscent from a best of's albums. Needles to say I don't have any!...at least I don't think so!
Half murdered my kit the other day in rehearsals,,oh what a joy it is,,to murder a monster set up and without messing up the hot rock music were TRYING to conjur.,..hehhehehe,,,,,,,,,,yeeeeeehaaaaaaa (where did THAT crazy US congressman yelp come from!!?)

anyway,,,,there ya goo......Baggio..........

pyure

i generally avoid the plague of the best of cds

best example of where best ofs go wrong is nirvanas recent best off. all songs (save one) that are on it have been released before as singles or promos at one point or another. and its not like ykyr was anthing new to any nirvana fan.
also AiC have been totally milked dry with a best of, music bank, live show etc

altho i am tempted to look for the melvins one...

i tend to buy complilation albums, then look for more stuff by any band that jumps out at me.
exceptional comp albums i own - kill rock stars, no alternative, sub pop 200 and loads more.
this way instead of shelling out for a, well lets face it, most best ofs are mediocore and commercailly orientanted in their choice of songs, i can check with other fans to find out the generally excepted 'best' album rather than a 'best of'.

my .02 cent

byte

Don't have too many Best Of compilations but a few worth getting are:

Remasters - Led Zeppelin
Best of the Beast - Iron Maiden

Come to think of it, it's the only two best of's I have! :rolleyes:

Joe-Pie

The Ramones best of is preet damn cool. Few live tracks thrown in aswell.

D!ve^Bomb!

i cant even remember wot best ofs i have but the cream of clapton sticks out in my mind, its pretty damn good

Ameirgin

Led Zeppelin - 'Remasters'
Iron Maiden - 'Best of the Beast' (the 2 CD version, not the single CD)
Judas Priest - 'Metalworks'
Black Sabbath - either'We Sold our Souls for Rock 'n' Roll' (for the earlier stuff) or 'The very best of' for the later stuff as well
Whitesnake - 'The Silver Anniversary Collection'
Deep Purple - 'The best of Deep Purple'

I like 'Best of...' albums for use in the car, 'cos you get a good mix of songs from a band that you wanna hear.

flyingbassman1

Dark side of the moon. Without a shadow of a doubt (excuse the pun)

flyingbassman1

Oh...didn't read original thread. The best, best of album is mothership in my opinion