Bands Where The Greatest Hits Compilation is Probably All You Need
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- Join Pete Pardo & Martin Popoff for a discussion of bands who you like, but maybe that hits compilation is all you really need to have.
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Something I noticed: an awful lot of Pete's hypothetical scenarios seem to involve a desert island and a super villain sending him to exile but generously letting him keep some of his albums
A supervillain? Doctor Doom? Magneto? Loki? Lex Luthor?
@@BenDowdy Bob Dylan
@@BenDowdy MF Doom
There is a BBC radio programme called "Desert Island Discs" that has been broadcast since 1942 (that's nineteen forty two) in which the notable person chooses 8 musical tracks (a book and a luxury item) to take to the proverbial desert island. This has seeped into the general consciousness in terms of a scenario that requires boiling down choices from a lot to not very many at all.
@@BenDowdy it’s actually Vince Neil and his evil partner in crime Bret Michaels
Love all the guests but Martin has a special place in my heart. So great to see him!
Fridays at SOT with Martin are always top notch.
Of course, probably my second favorite Pete show besides Hudson valley squares.
Martin and Pete are both Brilliant Martin's knowledge of Hard Rock and Metal is insane
Alot of Pete's topic videos such as this one he does with Martin on Fridays and also the Hudson Valley squares on Monday nights are "probably all you need"........lol
You miss a lot of good songs when you choose to listen to just the greatest hits albums
I agree.
I think their whole point though is that for them, with these bands, they're not that bothered with missing the "deep cuts"
Thats IF a band has any more Good songs or any Good deep cuts, if not then the Greatest Hits will be more than enough.
With some bands, that is true. Not so with all bands, however.
It depends on how many good songs/hits the artist in question has released. Many artists are/were a singles band/artist in which case you often only need to collect their greatest hits. (Queen, CCR, The Pretenders, Steve Miller Band, ABBA, The Sweet, Three Dog Night, etc.).
I am one of those people who loves The Cars. The first two albums are brilliant!
Been listening to those albums for 40 yrs. Still not tired of them.
Heartbeat City was a monster release. I think six of its songs were made into videos. My favorite LP after the debut.
I’d much rather hear the first 3 LP’s than any collection.
@@Gunther-pr8jd Love that album too. I also think the final album, "Move Like This", is teriffic.
@@Gunther-pr8jd HC is a great album!! I kinda look at "The Cars" and "Candy-O" as one album. They both have the same tonal quality and not a weak song on either one of them.
Steve Miller Band: Greatest Hits 1974-1977. Even though it's a small sample size, the album has all of their most recognizable songs.
"Bingo Jed had a light on..."
Agreed and that is a killer. And then if you want the greatest "hits" before he broke through with "The Joker", Anthology, which covers his 1968-1973 albums, is excellent and a lot of these songs got played on the classic rock channels before they shortened their songlists.
Fly Like An Eagle and Book Of Dreams are both great.
When Pete announced the show the first thing I thought of was Stevie "Guitar" Miller. His greatest hits album is possibly the greatest greatest hits collection there ever was. (Sales wise) I love every song on it. His anthology is better (for me) because it gathers the remaining good tracks from his catalog. There aren't really many "deep cuts" that I like from him. There's a huge drop off in quality from his hits to the album tracks.
@@Gunther-pr8jd You mean "Big Ol' Jed at the line-up." 🙂 First couple times I heard that song back when I was 10, I thought it was about football. 🤪😂
The Cult-Pure Cult. I love EVERY album of the Cult but that compilation is awesome and it reconnected me with the band when it came out. The way the songs and their different styles is mixed and flows on this album is just fantastic. Best compilation EVER! Great show!
Pure Cult....awesome!
Great shout. Love The Cult, but Pure Cult is excellent.
Billy Idol Greatest Hits is awesome
So is the Generation X comp.
Doesn't have "Blue Highway," "Come On, Come On" or "Speed" on it.
story teller👌🏼
@@midohiobuckeyeaorwarrior9743 not sure 🤔 also missing don’t need a gun
@@poitor5915 It's on "Greatest Hits" (2001.) At least it's on the one I have, but it's the 5 min. 23 sec. single edit version.
A band that I was never very interested in buying their albums is America, but I enjoy their 1975 Greatest Hits.
That’s a good one.
Yes that's a good one.
Their debut is the first "rock" album i ever owned. I was six. So it's dear to my heart. It really brings back memories of my childhood. It's almost too hard for me to listen to because it makes me miss those days.
At that point in time, heavy rock & metal became somewhat stale. America was a breath of fresh air utilising 6 & 12 strings guitars.
I went out to get their debut album ... moving on to 'Homecoming' 'Hattrick' 'Holiday' 'Hearts' 'Hideaway' up till 'Harbor'. Then Dan Peek left.
First album is great, add ventura highway thats all i need. Later on, the band is so bland, and boring.
Popoff and Pardo are at it again with another great topic and program. As a geezer, most of my greatest hits would probably be those 60's bands from AM radio that I loved and still enjoy. Any number of Motown artists come to mind - The Supremes, The Temptations et al - as well as bands like The Turtles, The Byrds, Sly & The Family Stone and then on to Three Dog Night and ABBA [Gold] . Since Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are from my hometown and I watched the guys in the various bands and they started in music in Gainesville, I do have a tendency for Tom and The Boys and their music. But totally understandable that our two hosts and many others may not feel that way. Thanks, Pete and Martin, for another great show. Really enjoy your discussions on the topics you share with the SoT viewers.
I tend to find the non hits on albums are the most interesting songs.
Bingo!
"A Day In The Life" was never a hit, nor released as a single, and it's easily one of the greatest songs ever written.
Yep. Dan Fogelberg's best songs are his non-hit album cuts or underplayed rockers that made the Top 40.
i found that with the stones the hits are fantastic but there’s heaps of above average other stuff😂
The songs are more interesting because you don't automatically put your brain on autopilot when it comes on the radio, thanks to oversaturation. I have a friend who loves Chicago, but try as I might, I cannot compel him to listen to anything but their hits. Their first three albums are incredible, with long, varied suites filled with intrigue and nuance, but he gets bored with that and wants to hear Saturday In The Park, If You Leave Me Now, and all the other radio friendly hits everyone knows. These are radio rock fans, not fans who buy the albums and listen to the entire album to make their own determination whether or not they like the songs. The only thing worse for me are those who love songs they heard in movie soundtracks or beloved covers of great songs written long before. Of course, the flipside are the fanbois who love EVERY song their heroes recorded and get offended when others dismiss them. In my experience, Rush has the most of these, but others like Genesis, Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, and of course, The Beatles, are others (does anyone really like Revolution 9?)...
Pete, I always appreciate watching your videos, love when you mention listening to local radio growing up. I grew up just up the Hudson Valley in Saratoga, cut my teeth on WPYX in Albany when it was real rock radio in the early ‘80s, so I’m not much younger than you. Share a lot of similar musical tastes with hard rock and metal. Great to see folks still discussing our generation’s music!
The dog’s singing his greatest hits in the background.
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RUFF CUTS
Annoying....
3 dog night his vote😂
I just started seeing your videos in the last six months and really enjoy them. You also look like my best friend from high school who passed away in '99. So happy to find out about bands like Sir Lord Baltimore. Also I thought I had left bands like Styx in the past but have rediscovered them. Cheers.
What is crazy is that the Beatles Red and Blue albums contain a combined 56 songs and they are all hits.
They are perfect if you‘re not a fan. I recommend to get all the regular albums, they‘re all great!
And that’s like 1/4th of their best stuff
Badfinger has a really solid compilation, as does the Hollies
Badfingers albums are all great though, Hollies I agree with
Badfinger's best songs aren't hits
@@xomthood True
Badfinger has absolutely great albums too though
Badfinger is criminally underrated,Great Band!!!
most "Live" albums are, basically, greatest hits albums
Often, but a lot of artists put effort into not repeating too much from live set to live set too.
What!!!!!! So you don't think, bands should put out live albums.
That is far from the truth. Take just two of three great rock/metal bands Status Quo, Maiden and Deep Purple. Are their seminal live albums, greatest hits ? Well obviously not as they give the album songs roomto breathe that you would not find on their greatest hits.
@Deli 6505 Could you elaborate on this point? I'm not sure what you're trying to say.
I love live albums. I don't care if they are dubbed or in some cases re-recorded. The end product is what matters. UFO's Strangers in the Night, Whitesnake's Live in the Heart of the City, Thin Lizzy's Live and Dangerous, Neil Diamond's Hot August Night. Do I need to go on?
Yes, I said Neil Diamond!
Great timing Pete. 4 PM in Sweden and time for some beer 🍻🤠🍻
It's 4 o'clock somewhere.
@@independenceltd. it’s 4 o’clock somewhere 😂
Queen greatest hits 1
Everybody had it. In my circle of friends and family.
1 and 2 for me
@SIMPLE MAN yeah. but the third one technicly ain"t a Queen greatest hits. cause it includes Mercury and may solo stuff. . So I don't count 3 with one and two.
Biggest selling album in history!
I love this, 2 guys that obviously know and are passionate about their music, gold:)
I remember when Crowded house released a greatest hits the ads said "all the song you know by the band you have never heard of" and they were right, it sold bucket loads!
Going a bit softer Cyndi Lauper's and Roxette's greatest hits had everything you would ever need...even I'd rather whack Maidens greatest hits on as a casual listen, Faith no more too...and Queen.
Great band Crowded House though. They did more than one 'Best Of' but at least two of their studio albums are worth owning in any record collection [Woodface and Temple Of Low Men spring to mind]. Their best one is probably their live album 'Farewell To The World.' The version of Fingers Of Love on that is one of my all time favourites.
@@SiLatics56 Finn is a great songwriter.
Boston is a band that nothing more than the Greatest Hits is needed, which is basically the entire debut album plus only 2-4 tracks from the next 3 albums combined.
I think the first 3 Boston albums are solid! The 1st is the best but all the songs on the first 3 are worthy
Live Love & Hope I thought was a decent album
Absolutely brilliant again guys.
Steppenwolf Gold (Their Great Hits) - still reliving that Easy Rider moment - The Pusher and Born to be Wild. I would also chuck in Anthology volume one by The Band which just used cuts from their first 3 albums - Music from the Big Pink, The Band and Stage Fright. It was a struggle to listen to though so it won't be in my backpack. The one I would take is a CD from 1989 - The Kinks - The Ultimate Collection - covering the period up to 1970 it has all the hits including the two Dave Davis' releases Death of a Clown and Suzannah's Still Alive.
I think it's probably worth it to get a CD with some of Steve Miller's 1968-1973 material. There are some great songs there.
I saw the thumbnail and saw The Jimi Hendrix Experience and thought “Whaaattttt??!!!” But thankfully Pete and Martin weren’t picking them. If ever there was a band where you need everything they released it’s them and their glorious three album career.
Pure click bait, that one!
Hendrix songs are mostly average.
@@stephanea5364 kind of agree...Are you Experienced was stellar...but..yea
@@tommypwood672 Yeah, his guitar playing is amazing but songs? OK, I guess, but far from the quality of Led Zeppelin, for example.
You must be having a laugh
ABBA's greatest hits are my favourite, as Pete said, if I was sent to a desert island and could only bring one ABBA album, i'd bring the greatest hits.
Yeah, ABBA is one of those bands I really like but I don‘t need a regular studio album of. S.O.S and Knowing Me Knowing You are essential 7“ singles, apart from that I‘m fine with a greatest hits compilation.
Nearly ALL Abba is greatest hits, they're that good
My top band would be *Bachman-Turner Overdrive.* Especially their 1993's *The Anthology* 2-disc set.
Yes! When Pete mentioned Bad Company's 2-disc anthology set, I immediately thought of Bachman-Turner Overdrive's Anthology. Excellent.
I could live with the Anthology alone if it wasn't for the Not Fragile LP. That whole album is smokin'. But otherwise, agree completely. Same thing with Bad Company if it wasn't for Straight Shooter, which is another completely great LP (except Shooting Star should have the last 3 minutes of Na-na-na-na's & woo's trimmed to 30 seconds).
@@overtheedge4711 - I loved the 1984's *Bachman-Turner Overdrive* reunion album the best. Have to have an album with *Let It Ride* (album version - single version stinks) & *Looking Out For Number 1* on it. Then I'm fine with BTO.
With Bad Company, love *Bad Company, Straight Shooter & Desolation Angels* albums. Parts of them. I'll be satisfied with their first compilation album *10 from 6.* Just wish *Shooting Star* was 3 minutes longer. 😁 🤪
ABBA Gold Greatest Hits BUT I own all their albums too! Bee Gees Greatest (1979) is another one as well.
With the Bee Gees--"Here at Last...Bee Gees Live" is all you really need. Yeah it was before SNF, but it really is all you should need.
@@TmRnBn I have that album on LP, great live set.
@@TmRnBn Yes, but that's a live album. Some people prefer the studio versions. Is there a good compilation of their early song without the disco stuff?
ABBA have other compilations worth having. Number One's and More ABBA Gold I think.
Pete, I LOVE your channel! Your videos are fun and insightful, and your knowledge is encyclopedic. It is always such a joy to see Martin Popoff on your channel too- as a kid, I had his "Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal" (one of the only authoritative volumes on heavy metal around at the time, or at least the only one I knew about), and it was totally transformative for me as a young rock/metal listener. Thanks for the great videos- please keep up the great work!
Three Dog Nights Greatest Hits is good and covers their various songs
Golden Biscuits is perfect.
@@shyshift excellant
so tasty is Three Dog Night's greatest hits! Awesome vocals and clever arrangements....."Jeremiah was a bullfrog....." !!!!
@@treffbennett6534 Out In The Country is my favorite by them. Captured Live at The Forum is pretty awesome too.
@@shyshift Hey Rand-I am gonna check both those albums you mentioned by the awesome Three Dog Night! They were one of my first music experiences where I was totally transfixed on their killer harmonies and stellar instrumentation and songwriting! Any jukebox that had Mama Told Me Not To Come or Joy To The World or Shambala or One etc etc. would be force fed quarters until my pockets were empty-and then I would empty everybody else's pockets! I thank you for the info on those albums-I am probably going to get em' both. Peace.
That Police singles collection would be perfect IF it had the original version of Don't Stand So Close to Me. The '86 remake is a downer.
That is a lousy version I agree
The Cars and Boston - to me, their first albums are their greatest hits albums
The two greatest ever debut albums. Still need the others, because they all have other great songs!
I totally disagree
@@ebee3522 Fair enough. Everyone has their own opinion. Who are yours then?
A great debut album to me is NIN Pretty hate machine and another is Nevermore and also Queensryche.
@@ebee3522 And how many more debut albums sold by those bands than the tens of millions that Boston and Cars sold?
These bands come to mind. These compilations tick all of my boxes.
Steve Miller Band - Young Hearts: Complete Greatest Hits
Rolling Stones - Forty Licks
Iron Butterfly - Light And Heavy: The Best Of Iron Butterfly
Three Dog Night - Celebrate - The Three Dog Night Story 1965-1975
The J. Geils Band - Anthology: Houseparty
Little River Band - Reminiscing: The Twentieth Anniversary Collection
Led Zeppelin - Mothership
I agree, though for the Stones, I got to have LIB, SF, IORAR, BAB, and SG.
Oh, and I'm a Zep completist. No bad albums in my book.
Guns N Roses, The Eagles, America, Bad Company, Bruce Springsteen, Grateful Dead, Foreigner, The Doobie Brothers, 10cc,
Blackfoot, Trooper, Steve Miller, The Sweet, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, The Alice Cooper Band, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young,
David Lee Roth, The Cars, John Lennon, Meat Loaf, Ringo Starr, Blue Rodeo, Little Feat, Little River Band, Poco, Toto, The Ozark Mountain Daredevils,
Black Oak Arkansas, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Jefferson Starship and Airplane, The Cult, Boston, Joan Jett, Jackson Browne, Jim Croce...
I have to disagree with a few of these. Jefferson Airplane is my all time favorite band and so of course, for me, their deep cuts are absolutely necessary. It's the very reason they titled their " greatest hits" as the The Worst Of.
Blackfoot, Foreigner and Alice Cooper also have great songs outside of their greatest hits.
Grateful Dead I would kinda agree with except American Beauty would have to be included as it's fantastic from start to finish
@The Terrence Reardon Podcast I saw Floyd in Toronto Sept 87' and they opened the concert with Echoes. The band hadn't played a concert with a regular set list since the last Animals gig and now the driving force of the band, Waters is gone so you think they play it safe and open with something from Dark Side or the Wall...Nah let's play a 17 minute instrumental. Echoes is the beginning of their run of 5 Classics which ended with The Wall.
Really enjoy Martin’s contributions. The man knows his stuff, has an own opinion and is very articulate. Also would love to see Jeff Young return.
Jeff seemed to take the comments section hard - which Pete had to make a video about asking people to be civil. Sad that he couldn't express opinions without people insulting him.
@@DavysFlicks Yes, very sad that that made him decide to quit. I saw Pete’s video later that day. As I do understand and respect Jeffs decision, I would love to see hem return.
I was in the middle of typing out a dad joke about The Cars Greatest Hits being just what Pete needed, but then Martin beat me to it. 😂
FUN FACT!
WHEN THERE IS FILLER ON AN ALBUM, it was almost always because the LABEL and MANAGERS put all the bands under pressure, and booked the tours FAR in advance, so they would ALWAYS run out of studio time to finish the record because the tour HAD to begin!
GREED by the suits.
When I was a kid starting to buy music, I sometimes didn't know what to buy from a band. A greatest hits collection would introduced me to their music. If I liked them, then I would jump into their catalog. Today at 57, I HATE store bought greatest hits collections. If all I want is the hits or the best songs from a band, I need to make my own collection.
If I see one more Elton John compilation in Wal-Mart....
Steve Miller greatest hits was the first album I bought, it had all you needed.
Make sure to get BOTH Steve Miller GH albums. The 1968-73 album gives you his spacier and blues oriented songs.
@@thomasbeck2934 steve miller was always pretty good including the hits☝🏻
ChangesOneBowie by David Bowie would be my top choice.
Each song is so different yet so unified by his amazing voice and charisma.
Anticipation then satisfaction then repeat.
that is a great choice although his albums are classic☝🏻
Steve Miller Band Greatest Hits 74-78 immediately comes to mind. Everything I want is all there.
There is a Steve Miller complete hits ( or whatever it s called) that covers the 60s ,SPACE COWBOY,LIVIN INNA USA, thru the 80s, ABRACADABRA. A single CD set.
@@jimfritz9503 well same here Steve Miller band greatest hits 74-78 if I have the hits I don’t need anything else I was never into prince his music is boring to me I won’t even buy a greatest hits album and some people whould tell me u should get into prince
“The Best of Bread” is a classic example of a compilation that became bigger than the band itself; it’s an album that hundreds of thousands had in the 70s. Other bands that fit in the Greatest Hits format: CC Revival, The Hollies, The Byrds, Tommy James & the Shondells, and most acts from the 50s (Little Richard, Fats Domino, etc)
Yes, indeed. Bread is wonderful music. I have the Bread Anthology and find it better than the Best Of. The Anthology has more songs and an obvious longer running time. But, yes, Bread is a great call. Good music for a quiet Sunday morning.
Sorry but I could not stomach Bread songs and always changed the radio station when there tunes came on the air. Far too wimpy for my taste. Tons of people liked them but not me. To each his own
@@dhblan8591 "Mother Freedom," "Fancy Dancer" and "Let Your Love Go" are good rock 'n' roll songs by Bread.
@@midohiobuckeyeaorwarrior9743 - Sorry but I disagree and don’t think these are great rock songs. Again, just my own taste and opinion. But thank you for a civil response and I respect your opinion and that of the many who liked the group. Their songs were very popular but I could not get into their sound or their songs. Stay well.
Huge respect to you for the way that you RESPECTFULLY disagreed with another music fan! Your kind and level-headed comment, stating your difference of opinion should be taught in school, or put on billboards! As a country of many different viewpoints and cultures, this sparkling example of how to disagree with other folks should be taught to EVERYONE! Great job being a humane human! Cheers!
I like the Eagles and I agree with just having the “Their Greatest Hits”, “Hotel California” and “The Long Run”.
I have a CD copy of Hotel California and haven't really felt the need to buy anything else from the Eagles.
The Long Run is by far the worst album they ever made.
@@chrisvanuden nah long road is
@@mickb44 That one isn’t great either, agreed.
Don't forget the amazing title song to *On The Border.* That has become my absolute favorite by them.
Good shout with the Quo . The first rock Lp record I ever went crazy about was a Quo hits album in 81. Most Americans don't know their stuff but should
The problem with 12 Gold Bars is it only has the edited / shortened Living On An Island. It is, nevertheless, the only Quo album I own.
As I say above listening just to 12 gold bars or the Live albums you are seriously missing out on a lot of great music. Yes they never broke the Americas but that doesnt mean their catalogue particulary 70-81 should be overlooked.
Love the quo
Martin is bang on about the break in Quo's "Backwater." That song demonstrates the genius of Rick Parfitt. He drove the band with that jackhammer rhythm playing.
Loved this episode. As I have commented before, where I live the only discs I had access to were greatest hits albums. That's all I used to know of bands like: Journey, Foreigner, The Police, Aerosmith, Creedence, Kansas, Tom Petty, Springsteen, Rush, Boston, The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, The Cars, Genesis, etc, etc. So in essence, I actually WAS at that desserted island with only those albums. Hope you do more episodes on this topic. Loved it!
"This Is The Moody Blues" would get my vote. I have all the albums it covers but for a casual fan or someone that wants to check out the Moodys, this comp is really all you need. I have a vinyl copy that I picked up for $10 and the sound on it is amazing.
I totally agree This is the Moody Blues album would definitely be one I would take on a desert island it's one of my all time favourites.
This Is The Moody Blues is partially great because of the brilliant song order and the way they are segued together (ala those early albums by them). But the best part? Being from 1974, it is PRE all those lame-ass entries after Seventh Sojourn! To be sure, those later LPs had some decent songs, but very few "deep cuts". The only fault of the compilation is that it just didn't have room for a lot of great LP cuts (such as "Gypsy", my fave by them).
Cheap Trick, John Mellencamp. Pat Benatar, George Thorogood, Billy Squier, Jackson Browne, Slade, Don Henley and Cars
@Marijan Brkic
Many John Mellencamp albums have great 'B' sides.
Yea Mellencamp has some great albums in late 80s early 90s
@@dtmania
Actually early 80's onward (American Fool 1982, Uh-huh 1983).
Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy. As a kid just getting into music I didn’t even know it was a compilation.
Odds & Sods
That was my first introduction to them, same here.
Hi 👋,
Stumbled on your channel looking for Faith No more album rankings(great episode btw). I watched a couple of your other random episodes and I'm hooked! I noticed you guys cover a lot of classic rock(which I've never been a fan of) but I can listen to you guys talk about the subject all day. I find your discussions/experiences buying the albums when they first released very interesting👌 New sub to the channel..keep up the great work!👍
Favorite guest appearance by far: Jon Anderson on King Crimson's Lizard.
i was so happy to see the dude in the video SLAM DYLAN.
Dylan is the DONALD TRUMP / BIDEN of music: a CON MAN and nothing but.
Dylan was not liked or special in any way, but he was in the right place right time and the NYTimes did a piece on him and THAT WAS IT. (That's why ppl bribe the press to write about them.) Joan Baez started dating him b/c he was in the NYT and EVERYONE FELL FOR THE HYPE.
Dylan's LYRICS and songwriting are the WORST.
He doesn't even like music!
He even said he's a fraud!
My 5 go-to greatest hits albums...
Greatest Hits -- The Association
Greatest Hits -- Quiet Riot
Poison's Greatest Hits 1986 - 1996 -- Poison
40 Seasons - The Best Of Skid Row -- Skid Row
Workshop Of The Telescopes -- Blue Oyster Cult
Queen's Greatest Hits for me ,just because they had such strong singles that the albums seemed to lack in comparison .Big fan ,but always felt this was the case .
Agreed
Basically agree here, except SHA, ANATO and NOTW are great albums.
You would be missing so much!
I agree except for ANATO, NOTW, & The Game are must haves imo.
I think I have to to agree with you their.
Thanks for defining why I never got into Tom Petty and Springsteen as well. I never gave it much thought until now but you two guys are spot on with your assessments. Cheers.
A "best of" compilation is all you need when you don't have much interest on the band or artist. A couple of good songs is enough
i bought a few thinking that and get bored of them quickly😩
I have a big suitcase, these will keep me happy on my desert island...
1. Simon and Garfunkel - Old Friends
2. Neil Young - Decade
3. Squeeze - Singles 45's and Under
4. ABBA - Gold
5. Steve Miller Band's Greatest Hits
6. The Who - Hooligans
7. Madonna - Immaculate Collection
8. Beatles - 1
9. Tom Petty's Greatest Hits
10. Steely Dan's Greatest Hits
11. The Smiths - Singles
12. The Cars - Anthology
13. Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks 64-71
14. Beatles - 62-66 (Red album)
15. The Band - The Best of the Band
16. Blur - The Best of Blur
17. Beatles - 67-70 (Blue album)
18. Credence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle
19. New Order - Substance 1987
20. Billy Joel - Greatest Hits vol 1 and vol 2
It's these greatest hits album that keep people from discovering the truly great songs that these artists created. Greatest Hits are RARELY the best songs released by an artist, more like the 'commercially friendly' 'FM radio approved' songs. When you listen to studio albums you realise most artists have so much more to offer..
I totally agree. When I'm listening to mainstream radio and they say they are gonna play something by Thin Lizzy, I know they are going to play "The Boys Are back in Town" or "Jailbreak" and if they say they are gonna play something by Rainbow, I know It'll be "Since You Been Gone" or "All Night Long" and in both cases I think to myself that these bands have so much stuff that is WAY better than those chart-friendly songs.
could also view it as a way of getting people into more material from these bands. A good compilation album should cover a broad range of the artists career and repertoire
@@timlewis5527 True, but the title of this video is not suggesting that to be the case lol..
@Jax Teller People in this discussion care lol
As a teenager, I gravitated towards Best Of’s, Compilations. Rolling Stones would be the best example; ‘Darkly Through The Past’ ,’High Tide Green Grass’ & ‘Made In The Shade’. When Rolling Stones Records got started, The Stones had to endure their old label, Decca releasing lots of compilations, on the tail of the then latest R.S release. ‘Rolled Gold’ being the best of the bunch.
Exactly, a case in point. The Stones had just too many famous songs just by 1970 already. So that was one way of tackling that history.
@@geruto17760 I scooped up a myriad of compilations. Rock’n’ Rolling Stones, Stone Age, Slow Rollers. Curios like the ‘Gimme Shelter’ fake soundtrack had a more prominent ‘piano ‘ part. Which I’ve never heard on CD.
This could apply to any band that someone isn't really into. Everyone's musical taste is different. They're some bands I don't consider to have any greatest hits.
there were a LOT of bands who had great SINGLES and the label demanded an entire album (which would often be FILLER to sucker more money out of kids' pockets) --- it's not about taste. It's about HOW MUCH FAT OR FILLER Is in a band's catalog. (EX: LZ and Sabbath have dozens and dozens of KILLER tunes. Deep Purple's catalog is NOT as consistent, for instance.) Listen to how much UNINSPIRED FILLER is on some of the RUSH albums, or QUEEN albums! It's not a taste issue. Except some ppl don't really pay attention and are "FINE" with filler.
I originally HATED Sabbath and Purple, b/c the radio would only play Paranoid (I thought it was DUMB FILLER and the band has been very honest that it was DUMB FILLER) and Smoke On The Water (DUMB song sounds like filler!).
Then I heard War Pigs and Highway Star and i realized OH THEIR HITS ARE DUMB GARBAGE but the album tracks are INCREDIBLE!!
(The OPPOSITE of a Singles Band!)
Great discussion again guys, love the Every Breath Police compilation. That was the CD that got me through my first year at college..it was all I had!
Excellent discussion. Re: the Grateful Dead, I consider them an exception to the rule. As most Deadheads back in the day would have attested to, the major strength and appeal of this band was as a live act- the quality of the songs performed live were usually on a different plain from what existed on their studio versions. There is now thankfully an enormous treasure trove of released concerts featuring live versions of Dead songs. They all have differing and subtle musical qualities, and are a testament to the need to consider this band as more than just a studio act. So a listener would be slighting himself if he bottled a collection of Grateful Dead studio hits, called it a wrap, and didn't consider any of the multitude of phenomenal live recordings that exist.
Terrapin Station is a cute album cover.🐢
@@Rockerlady Yes- and the album has some great songs, including the side-long title track, which I consider an unlikely prog masterpiece!
5. Eddie Money - The Sound of Money (1989). Great mix of Eddie's hits and excellent AOR cuts.
4. Loverboy - Big Ones (1989) . Same as Eddie Money but the three "new" songs (released in 1989) are all killer and would have been hits a few years earlier.
3. Rick Springfield - Greatest Hits (1989). Yes, another one from '89. It doesn't have every song to go Top 40 but all of the songs still sound great even if you only hear "Jessie's Girl" these days.
2. America - History: America's Greatest Hits (1975). Yes, they had hits after '75, most notably the excellent "You Can Do Magic", but this collection is stellar.
1. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle: The Twenty Greatest Hits (1976). Perhaps the perfect greatest hits album and I love their version of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine". Volume 2 (1986) is one hit and the rest deep cuts but it is nearly as good.
Not really sure what Martin meant by Pink Floyd not having a breakthrough till Dark Side - every album they made before that was top 10 in the UK. Both their debut singles were Top 20 hits. They were massive all over Europe from the Syd days onwards. Very North American centric point when the band had already sold millions.
He probably meant in the U.S. They didn't get big until Dark Side Of The Moon.
@@jordanfarquharson5345 I imagine so, but for someone who knows a lot about international music - most of his faves are from the UK - you'd think Martin would know the Floyd were HUGE elsewhere before Dark Side. In fact, Atom Heart Mother got higher in the UK charts than Dark Side did.
Half of Tom petty best songs are deep cuts I.e the wildflowers album
Great album, love the b-side to “you don’t know how it feels” “girl on lsd” from that era a lot too
@@kevinlaird8321 I like wake up time, good to be king and time to move on
Wildflowers is a work of genius. Great album top to bottom.
It's good to be king and have your own world
It helps to make friends, it's good to meet girls
Any track on Wildflowers could have been a minor to massive hit for any other band. It’s one of several by him that feel like a greatest hits collection on their own.
@@robgasper8521 wildflowers, full moon fever, and damn the torpedoes definitely. Highway companion is another sleeper favorite of mine
Nice to hear you Americans so enthusiastic about Status Quo... over here in England it's generally thought that Status Quo are virtually unknown in the States. I met Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt in 1993 and had a good chat with them. They played in a small leisure centre sports hall in our small town of South Shields of all places. It was only a couple of miles from my house at the time. Rossi and Parfitt were 2 of the most humble, friendly and down to earth people l ever met. RIP Rick Parfitt.
I almost feel the opposite about Zappa as Martin does. The early Mothers are my favorite. "Freak Out!" is one of my favorite albums ever.
Love early Zappa !
Great idea Pete; i am a collector that normally doesnt buy compilations and Anthologies, so i very much appreciate this show. Thank you sir!
There are also artists which have an album or two (often 1st and or 2nd) that I come back to over and over again, but not much else.
The Police as an example.
pete was right on with his choices, the police, cars, bad company, eagles i would add cheap trick to that and boston and Foreigner and Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper has some great stuff you'll miss if you stick with the hits
My first thought when you announced this topic was Jefferson Starship and Airplane.
airplane oh no lol surrelistic pillow was my perfect album choice on pete and martins perfect album show
God no! Volunteers, Crown Of Creation are both grand slams from start to finish.
For me, a Jefferson Starship greatest hits compilation is plenty, but I really dig a lot of the Airplane’s deep album cuts. And you can keep Starshit, I mean, Starship. 😉
@@rwparker1968 the JS collection (Gold?) has a lot of good stuff, but it can’t hold a candle to the best Airplane stuff. No Jorma! There’s a great transitional LP called “Baron Von Tollbooth & The Chrome Nun” which is Kantner / Slick and David Frieberg. It’s really interesting. Lot of cool guests. 1973.
Great video!!!!The last part of this video was the greatest......so funny.....great hanging out with yas
This is the Moody Blues.
For the first 7 albums, yes.
How many people visiting this channel can remember having their first car with a tape deck ? This show has made me think back to a time when I would try to make the ultimate Rock / metal cassette. All my favourite songs on one 90 minute cassette.......just when you think you've got it .......you need to change a few songs around lol
Miss those days ..........I'm off to find my favourite tracks to fill a 90 minute cassette......hell my collection is a lot bigger to choose from now ! 🤘
If you have a go remember...only one song from each band 👍
I'm thinking an episode to elaborate on the exact opposite would also be interesting... It took me years to actually get into Queen and Styx because some of their "hits" threw me off entirely, but almost every album delivers
Great idea, and I especially agree about Styx....I can’t really stand their hits, but their albums over all kick ass!
Great video. I also think most of the synth pop bands of the 80's would fit into this category. However, I can't stop thinking about The Smiths, who actually released more greatest hits and offcial compilations, than they put out studio albums. They had singles that only appeared on the compilations!! And every one of those compilations is potentially better than any of their studio releases.
Hearing that dog reminds me of Pink Floyd's Seamus. That being said Pete's channel is so good and Martin is pretty awesome as I have a few of his books. I would put Steve Miller and Tom Petty for Greatest hits. I would add Green Day too.
Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Gold and Platinum, Abba's "Abba Gold," and Elton John's "Greatest Hits." That's all you need.
Basically agree, except I need Elton's GYBR, CF and BM.
Madness - The Heavy Heavy Hits
Good one!
U2 80-90, 90-00. That's all you need.
Couple ideas: Rabbit Hole bands (bands you want to buy the whole catalog). Also, bands where you only need one album, and it’s not a greatest hits album, i.e. GnR Appetite for Destruction.
Axe- Offering
Zebra- S/T
Pearl Jam- Ten
Perhaps not a "best of" album, but the soundtrack compilation of The Doors, from Oliver Stone's "biopic," is a pretty darn good introduction to the novice listener I think.
As is Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine. Seriously though, the Doors never made a bad album. The Soft Parade is their weakest in my view but, I listened to it quite a bit back in the day.
Creedence Clearwater Revival's 2 Greatest Hits CDs are all I need from that group.
To be fair, one is a collection of their chart topping hits, and the other is a compilation of their best album tracks. Compilations are rarely that optimal.
I would agree...I have both too...but I also do HAVE all of their albums...but for the casual listener...these two will probably do you well.
@@stoogefest16 Actually, I just checked my cds..I have the 2 Chronicle albums. Creedence Clearwater Revival Chronicle Volume 1 (1976) and Chronicle Volume 2 (1986) They contain just about every great song from the group and those 2 cds are pretty much all I need from them.
@@mr.jamesvincent3519 No, I agree with you. I was simply stating that compilations are rarely as exhaustive and definitive as those two volumes. Since CCR’s best work is confined mainly to a span of five LPs, compiling the best offerings of those records into a more concise and optimal collection is a trivial effort.
@@stoogefest16 That's cool dude. you're right, those cds are chock full of amazing classics. I just wasn't sure if you were referring to a different greatest hits or best of set..
Steve Miller Band
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band ( plus Night Moves )
Grateful Dead
The Guess Who
Foreigner
Alan Parsons Project ( plus I Robot )
April Wine
All The Tubes albums are essential. Couldn't leave any of them out .
In my younger days the greatest hits, best of's and compilations I listen to were, Classic Ash by Wishbone Ash, ELO & Queen's Greatest hits, 12 Gold Bars by Status Quo, 10 from 6 by Bad Company and Rush Through Time by Rush, which was a fantastic compilation. I would say the Rolling Stones are a band I just had greatest hits album for years, but got into their albums much later in life.
How about Elvis’ greatest hits? Way too many albums to discover. The Sun years compilation is by far the best you can get.
I have it...and I recommend it...but there's too many 60's hits that I really like too....so I found this one compilation of 60's stuff (Return of the Rocker I think it's called) and it really fits what I needed to make myself happy.
yeh dude had dooble vinly but sold so now have elv1s 30 c.d. and r.c.a. 25 no 1 hits vinyl in mono another 2 vinly set elvis also on mono r.c.a. have to get sun sessions but dont recall ever seeing the c.d. in the local store here or vinly either suppose most folks who have the record hold on to it
Video is about BANDS. Elvis is not a band although all his songs are greatest hits.
Have to say “The Best Of The Beatles” Aha
Growing up in the 70's all we had were the Red & Blue Beatles best ofs.
@@samanthab1923 Me too, but then I discovered how good that the Beatles deep tracks are. I encourage you to try listening to the original albums. You'll at least discover a dozen gems that you'll wish you had been listening to since the 70s.
No
Which are all the album's from Rubber Soul onwards.
@@steevenfrost wow, you are missing out
Neil Young's triple album "Decade" is on my desert island luggage list.
That’s a great choice, not because the deep cuts are poor, but by virtue of how comprehensive “Decade” is. Though “Motion Pictures” belongs on there.
Good choice but you'll miss some of the great 80s & 90s albums
@@patcurran2403 Personally my cutoff is “Landing On Water”. 😝
@@Blogspierre Agreed - it's an awful album. But what about 'Freedom' from 1989?
@@patcurran2403 never could appreciate it.
I agree with Pete and I don't have all The Police albums. Martin Popoff what was the collection of "The Tubes"? They have several collections.
My favorite Grateful Dead songs are anything with ">" after it
Lol Scarlet>Fire
Estimated>Eyes
Mississippi half step>Franklin’s tower
Terrapin>Playing
Help>slipknot>Franklins
St. Stephen> not fade away> St Stephen
Bertha>Good lovin
I need a miracle> Shakedown st
China cat> Rider
I could go on and on
China Cat > Rider
I love what Donna Jean added, it makes Goin Down The Road totally uplifting and Sing Me Back Home beautiful. If i could go back to the early 70s, i would have loved to have seen the Dead, to hear Jerry take off and then the band bring it back in together, trip enough for me 💜
Popoff is Off!!! There's So Much more depth to The Dead that can Not be categorized as a simple Best of or Greatest Hits is All You Need type of band (Same can be said about Frank Zappa)
@@erniefernandez1927 maybe he's not so much into their music
@@geruto17760 I got that impression from Popoff but I think the show veered off the theme of All You need is the Hits from artists that they mentioned líke The Cars, or another would be líke for example Foreigner,Mötley Crüe,John Cougar Mellencamp Etc. etc. And they ended up talking about Not liking so much the work of Zappa, Dylan, or the Dead.
Really enjoy SoT and even more so when Martin is on it. Thanks big time!
I'm not a greatest hits guy, in this cases I always go with the live albums.
i also reckon live albums are the go a little variation to the hits and stronger songs.i gave up on ‘greatest hits album decades ago as i got bored of them to easily☝🏻
A frank and refreshing episode. I would agree with many of the bands mentioned and for those I like a little more, your arguments held up. I especially appreciated the discussion around the Mid-West-Americana sound.... I call it "Heartland" and it's samey and self-congratulatory.
Thanks for doing this. Perhaps there's a "Part 2" in the future?
These are my favorites. I was either too broke or lazy to buy the individual albums, but love the artist's nonetheless 😁
Timeless Rock; The Grass Roots
Definitive greatest hits: The little river band
The very best of Jackson Browne
Hot Rocks: The Rolling Stones
Jim Croce; His greatest songs
Abba Gold
Great call on Little River Band👍
@@jockmctodger thanks, Jamie:)
Eagles, Foreigner, Boston, Eurythmics, Huey Lewis, Bad Company, Chicago, Men at Work, Bruce Springsteen, Queen, The Cars, Tom Petty, ELO, Bob Seger, The Doors, Steve Miller, Tears For Fears, Boz Scaggs, Eric Clapton
Also, a nitpick: greatest hits, or " box sets"( popular in the 1990s)
Agreed with Martin on the "Quo" album being the best Status Quo album. I call it the half-titled album.
I love the Beatles and have all the album's but my favourite will always be The Beatles 1967-1970 AKA the blue album! How can you go wrong with that of course in those days they thought outing singles onto albums was not value for the customer!
Living in the Past is a great compilation.
@@robertdimartino5794 Berk
I like LITP but more of a B Side than greatest hits.
Stevie Nicks, Loverboy, White Zombie/Rob Zombie, 38 Special, Survivor. Another choice that is more controversial is Neil Young - just because I feel the Decade compilation is so good!
Little River Band is another greatest hits band.
If you’re listening to just the hits and not listening to Mistress Of Mine you are missing one of the gems of their catalogue!
I love LRB's hits. I've never dug into their back catalog. Maybe I should.
Agreed.
Sleeper Catcher is a great album and I like all the songs. I don't like all the songs on their greatest hits collection; I'd certainly pick SC over it. But maybe part of that is that SC songs seem to belong together, if only temporally. Greatest hits collections (any) that span a bands evolution often don't feel "of a piece."
@@darkpatches That is well said. Collections always feel disjointed if you are familiar with the albums.