I searched and didn't get any results for similar questions, and I was thinking about this last night while listening to an early '70s Best of Martha and the Vandellas—What Best Ofs truly do have the best songs from a band, ideally so much so that buying the individual albums is superfluous and a road to disappointment? I'd expect that '60s singles groups would be the best examples of these, but I'd like to at least imagine a compilation that collects the absolute best of folks that I consider kind of uneven, like Prince or Blue Öyster Cult.
― I eat cannibals, Friday, 18 April 2008 18:14 (seventeen years ago)
Buzzcocks: Singles Going Steady Psychedelic Furs: All Of This And Nothing
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 18 April 2008 18:27 (seventeen years ago)
no "Into You Like a Train" brah
― wanko ergo sum, Friday, 18 April 2008 18:28 (seventeen years ago)
Yes. But it's still one of the best greatest hits compilations.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 18 April 2008 18:54 (seventeen years ago)
So many Best Ofs seem to feel the need to include a few tracks from the later period where no one cared about said artist anymore, when album tracks from the golden era would serve better.
― Hurting 2, Friday, 18 April 2008 19:06 (seventeen years ago)
singles from the later period when the act had lost the plot but could still occasionally get it together for four minutes or so are like the whole reason for best ofs.
― balls, Friday, 18 April 2008 19:17 (seventeen years ago)
The greatest Greatest Hits collection
― Mark Rich@rdson, Saturday, 19 April 2008 01:53 (seventeen years ago)
The Left Banke - There's Gonna Be A Storm
― mike a, Saturday, 19 April 2008 02:22 (seventeen years ago)
Tones on Tail - Everything!
― mayhaps, Sunday, 20 April 2008 06:05 (seventeen years ago)