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Bands who you only really need to own a Best Of for...
Kai:
--- Quote from: Gryff ---How many Zappa albums do you own, Kai?
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A good most of them. I don't havesome of his more recent ones though, and I never bothered to buy any of the ones they really released after his death (Save for Civilization: Phase III). So yeah.
Thrillho:
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--- Quote from: Gryff ---5. You like Oasis, so all previous points must be discounted.
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Dear Lord.
Liking Oasis is grounds for discounting logical statements? My good Gryff, many of their songs are classics; such concepts as "Good" and "Bad" do not enter the equation. These songs simply ARE, and their being is enough.
I cannot believe you are going to sit there and honestly tell me that you have no place in your heart for anything by Oasis. That you have never sat around a campfire with friends and a guitar singing Wonderwall. That you have never sat and enjoyed the sounds of Stop Crying Your Heart Out.
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That being a terrible song from their worst album?
--- Quote ---That you have never sung along with Breakfast At Tiffany's and laughed afterwards at how foolish it sounded, yet still enjoyed the song in a deep dark corner of your heart.
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Er, that's not by Oasis.
And I agree that Nick Cave's albums, like, say, Bob Dylan, are too varied and widespread to be summed up in a Best of, especially since the Best of doesn't have anything from his post-2001 work on it.
Thrillho:
--- Quote from: blanko blanco ---Even though I like Blur, I'm of the opinion that their best stuff is far enough ahead of their usual work to warrant only buying their Best Of.
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The Blur Best of is fairly well compiled, although there's a couple of omissions - Popscene, Chemical World - that I disagree with, and a couple of inclusions - Music Is My Radar, On Your Own - that I disagree with.
--- Quote from: E. Spaceman ---On Oasis:
Their Best of should go:
1.- Helter Skelter (live)
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Their version of that song is fucking terrible.
--- Quote from: Storm Rider ---Gryff has the distinction of not being in England, which makes him invulnerable to the mysterious spell of Oasis.
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It's not like America is immune to the 'only our country likes this stuff' thing.
You guys have country music. And Bruce Springsteen.
--- Quote from: Hat ---
The Beatles 1 is also pretty good at covering the best of their old stuff, considering I dont own anything before Revolver, and can't really be bothered looking for it.
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It never ceases to amaze me that so many people worship the Beatles' experimental stuff, and that so many people seem to think that Magical Mystery Tour is such a good album, and have never heard the pre-Revolver stuff properly. Help! is an almost perfect pop album, Rubber Soul is brilliant...and the singles between '63-65 pretty much can't be touched.
onewheelwizzard:
Wait, people exist who like the Beatles and don't like Rubber Soul? What? That makes no sense to me. No sense at all. Anyone who claims to enjoy the music of the Beatles has no business not loving Rubber Soul. Their songwriting was never better than on that album (arguable exception: Run For Your Life)
And Magical Mystery Tour is a good album in its own right. The last 4 tracks are some of the best they ever did ... and I can understand if you don't like "I Am The Walrus," but I think it's awesome.
Fortnight:
--- Quote from: karl gambolputty... ---If we're talking about a hypothetical person who has no 'favorite' bands, and just wants to buy a bunch of Best Of's (sorry, Anthologies), to see if any catch his/her ear:
Talking Head's Once in a Lifetime (Greatest compilation EVER)
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It's gorgeous set (I needed it for the videos), but it's a bit pricey for someone who'd be looking just to catch their drift. I think Sand in the Vaseline would be better suited for something like that, or even The Name Of This Band even though it's not really a compilation.
As for best of only arists.. the only one that comes to mind is ABBA [Gold].
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