Musicians / Bands for Which Owning a "Greatest Hits" Compilation is Enough

[Fisha]

I adore fatboy slim but the good preportion of his music is for people on acid so the greatest hits is really all you need

U2

That's a tad unfair. They have more then one album of gebuinly good songs. Joshua tree alone covers that

 

[BeatlesFan]

I own these Best Of/Greatest Hits CDs and they're worth buying.
But even though I own these compliations, I still buy their indiividual solo albums because these greatest hits CDs don't have all the songs.

I still haven't gotten George Harrison's.

 

[AboutAGirl]

Well it's vastly subjective, ain't it? For me, I can do with just the GH disc from...

Bob Marley
Guns N Roses
The Eagles
Johnny Cash
Eric Clapton
2Pac
Sheryl Crow
Allman Brothers Band
Yardbirds
Deep Purple
Queen

Mind you, these are mostly artists I like a lot. But sometimes the best is the best and the rest ain't all that interesting. There are a lot of great Hits compilations out there. It mainly depends on how interested in the artist you are.

 

[annie]

Thanks everyone. I already own these compilations. I'll think about your recommendations.

Beatles "Love"
Deep Purple
Doors
Dire Straits (plus one album)
Genesis Platinum Collection
Cheap Trick
Supertramp
Chicago Story
Foreigner
INXS
Rainbow (plus 2 full albums)
Rolling Stones
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Allman Brothers
ABBA
Dio (plus several albums)
Beach Boys (several plus all their albums)
Blue Oyster Cult
Queen (plus two albums)
Duran Duran
Dick Dale & His Dell Tones
The Shadows
The Temptations
The Platters
The Righteous Brothers
Marvin Gaye
Glenn Miller
Ike & Tina Turner
Everly Brothers
Johnny Cash (2)
Don McLean
Louis Armstrong
Ella Fitzgerald
Buddy Holly
James Taylor
Little Richard
Eric Clapton
Bee Gees (2)
Charlie Parker
James Brown
Bob Marley

 

[annie]

There are a lot of great Hits compilations out there. It mainly depends on how interested in the artist you are.

My question was are the Greatest Hits or "Best of" enough for the artist in question or should one buy full albums? I don't think I have enough free time left in my life to listen to everything I already have but I am still on the prowl for something new LOL It's a disease

 

[BeatlesFan]

My question was are the Greatest Hits or "Best of" enough for the artist in question or should one buy full albums? I don't think I have enough free time left in my life to listen to everything I already have but I am still on the prowl for something new LOL It's a disease

Well I own Lennon, McCartney, and Starr's Best Of/Greatest Hits cds. But I still buy their individual solo albums because those cds don't have all the songs but only a selection of their most famous ones.

 

[Cosmic Harmony]

Maybe it's just me but I'd be perfectly fine with just The Beatles "1" album.

 

[Tattoo'd Lady]

Elo

 

[LG]

^^I am sure TL is just tweaking yer tail feathers Annie.

Jethro Tull, M.U. Volume one is a great collection of his best early songs, I bought it in 1975 and it was the gateway to exploring the rest of his music.

 

[Fever]

You are missing a lot of good songs if you just buy a Journey's greatest hits.They have a lot of better rock songs than stuff like Faithfully and Open Arms.
I think I could put together a cd of their non-hits that might just be better than their greatest hits cd

Their slow songs aren't terrible but prefer their rock songs better.