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Bands who you only really need to own a Best Of for...
Kai:
--- Quote from: Bastardous Bassist ---AC/DC. Of course they have a "best of" album out. Just go to the AC/DC section in your record store and buy the first album you see.
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BA DUM TSH
Gryff:
Substance is not so much a "best of" and more of a "singles collection", and thus it makes a good companion to Closer and Unknown Pleasures.
Singles Going Steady by The Buzzcocks is another singles collection that is pretty much a must-own.
Generally I am not a fan of the best of thing and I prefer my music in complete albums, but I am okay with the singles collection idea because they often include songs that you can't find on albums. Still, I do own a couple of best ofs: the Blur best of, and Frank Zappa's Strictly Commercial (sorry Kai!).
Inlander:
--- Quote from: nescience ---I argued in a review I once wrote that while many would be happy to have their singles, No Doubt only requires ownership of a singles comp (and not their albums) for all but their most hardcore fans. I might be biased.
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The way I look at it, a singles compilation is a very different beast from a "best-of". A best-of is basically somebody picking what they think the most popular songs will be, and are rarely representative of the band. A complete singles collection, on the other hand, can give the listener a very good overview of the band's history and how they changed over time. An excellent example (and one that I've mentioned frequently on this forum in the past) is Fossil Fuel: the X.T.C. Singles 1977-92 (current and up-to-date when it was released).
Gryff:
The Smiths singles collection is also really brilliant.
Houdinimachine:
Ahh I got it!
The only band that comes to mind is Big Audio Dynamite's greatest hits album which pretty much has all the stuff of theirs I want.
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