Best and most underrated greatest hits albums

[Blake]

3. Eagles 2. Journey 1. Dokken

[monosylab1k]

"U2 1980-1990" is probably my favorite.

[monosylab1k]

one the other hand "U2 1990-2000" is one of the worst.

[thispego]

u2???!?!?!?! CROFL

[monosylab1k]

u2???!?!?!?! CROFL

U2 was great until The Joshua Tree, everything after that is horrible.

[Thunder Dan]

The Black Crowes
The first U2
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

those are the 3 I listen to, even though I hate Greatest Hits albums

[Darrin]

I'll just post my favorites and being as you won't find the black album or dark side of the moon on the list, you'll see some underrated albums.

Love on the Inside by Sugarland
Songs in A Minor by Alicia Keys
Sevens by Garth Brooks

[leemajors]

mp3s pretty much eliminated greatest hits albums for me.

[ATRAIN]

mp3s pretty much eliminated greatest hits albums for me.

True, I make my own greatest hits mixes but I have to agree on that first U2. I hate all new U2.

[mookie2001]

best and underrrated are totally different things

"overrated" is the most overrated thread subject on spurstalk

[Dr. Gonzo]

Beach Boys - Endless Summer
Pink Floyd - Echoes
Misfits - Collection 1 and 2
Ramones - Anthology
The Very Best of The Adicts

Those are my 5 favorite.

[manufan10]

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[balli]

Bob Dylan Greatest Hits Volume 2, featuring no hit songs whatsoever.

[Thunder Dan]

the worst greatest hits album

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EpC1K6KZzNA/SFlnnHdzN3I/AAAAAAAAN2U/DZANtHzKrDc/s400/radiohead-greatest_hits.jpg

[Blake]

U2 was great until The Joshua Tree, everything after that is horrible. achtung is a good one

[Blake]

best and underrrated are totally different things

"overrated" is the most overrated thread subject on spurstalk good point. I.e. Colt might be the best college qb but he is def not underrated

[Thunder Dan]

good point. I.e. Colt might be the best college qb but he is def not underrated

but Tim Tebow is the best and the most overrated at the same time

Just as Radiohead is probably the most overrated underrated band in the history of music

[CosmicCowboy]

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[stretch]

but Tim Tebow is the best and the most overrated at the same time

colt and sam > tebow

[stretch]

Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits

FACK

FACK FACK FACKING FACK

[SA210]

Guns N Roses :tu

[z0sa]

did someone really just say the eagles' greatest hits is underrated? 1971-75 has sold over 40 million copies. If I'm not mistaken, its the best selling album in American history.

[Spurminator]

R.E.M.'s Eponymous is a great sampler of their early stuff, and even includes improved versions of "Radio Free Europe" and "Gardening at Night." Highly recommended.

Also:
The Cars Complete Greatest Hits
The Best of The Band
Queen: Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & 2

[DarkReign]

Underrated?

Dont know.

But Bob Seger's Greatest Hits is legend.

[Blake]

did someone really just say the eagles' greatest hits is underrated? 1971-75 has sold over 40 million copies. If I'm not mistaken, its the best selling album in American history. eagles might be best not underratd. It should be an and or thread. Posting from cell sucks

[Muser]

Iron Maiden - The best of the beast.

[IronMexican]

the worst greatest hits album

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EpC1K6KZzNA/SFlnnHdzN3I/AAAAAAAAN2U/DZANtHzKrDc/s400/radiohead-greatest_hits.jpg

That shit is terrible. It's like they went out of their way to get their way to get the songs nobody likes. I hope nobody in the band had anything to do with that.

[CosmicCowboy]

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[TheMACHINE]

Bee Gees Greatest Hits

[admiralsnackbar]

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I was gonna add Hot Rocks '64-'71, but it isn't really under-appreciated, I guess.

Come Dancing with the Kinks is an unsung gem covering the less-cool post-Pye years. Lots of great songs in there.

Sparks' Best Of Sparks was a good one, too.

And Serge Gainsbourg's Coleur Cafe and Comic Strip are both awesome comps.

[Whisky Dog]

Underrated?

Dont know.

But Bob Seger's Greatest Hits is legend.

The one where he's on the rail tracks?

That's a great one.

[Winehole23]

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[Xylus]

Best: U2 - "1980-1990" - Disgustingly full of great music, including U2's best song, "Bad"

Most Underrated: Styx - "Greatest Hits" - Guilty pleasure of mine

[mojorizen7]

Very best of Fleetwood Mac (disc one)

Best of Candlebox

My 2 cents on U2 post Joshua Tree:
U2's "Achtung Baby" was just as brilliant as "Joshua Tree."
"Zooropa" was highly underrated, "All that u can't..." has its moments but yeah, the rest is garbage.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

greatest hits are good and all that, but i don't care for them that much. the cuts on them are never from the original recording. they're all done differently. either edited down or they beef up the rhythm track or backing vox. one thing i do like is sometimes they have live, rare, or new tracks on them.

[exstatic]

Cockney Rejects, Mrs. Miller, Alien Ant Farm, and Graveyard BBQ all titled their debut albums as "Greatest Hits".

[Udokafan05]

Reba or Strait, can't beat their greatest hits

[tlongII]

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[Drachen]

3. Eagles 2. Journey 1. Dokken

Who underrates Journey. I can't think of a single person who doesn't LOVE Journey.

[Blake]

Who underrates Journey. I can't think of a single person who doesn't LOVE Journey.

yeah, that would fall under the "best" part.....

not the most thought out thread title ever on my part.

not sure why this thread got dug up from the grave....:lol

[Scola]

Illmatic - Nas

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[leemajors]

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[JamStone]

I have a wide and eclectic taste in music.

Stevie Wonder - Song Review
The Meters - The Best of the Meters
Prince - The Hits/B-Sides
Wu Tang Clan - The RZA Hits
Garth Brooks - Double Live
Boston - Boston
The Roots - The Roots Come Alive
Jackson 5 - The Best of Jackson 5: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection
George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
New Edition - New Edition's Greatest Hits

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

"U2 1980-1990" is probably my favorite.

That's just wrong - U2 albums in the 80s shouldn't be condensed into a greatest hits album, they were complete albums that deserve to be listened to with their integrity intact.


U2 was great until The Joshua Tree, everything after that is horrible.


True, I make my own greatest hits mixes but I have to agree on that first U2. I hate all new U2.

I couldn't disagree more. Rattle and Hum (American blues), Achtung Baby (German electro goth rock), Zooropa (U2's DSOTM) and Pop (a reaction against Pop) show incredible musical diversity, and each one of those albums is genius IMHO.

Sounds to me like you guys are electronica haters, whereas I think U2's diversion into electronic-influenced progressive rock was incredible. Listen to Zooropa again and tell me it isn't one of the great dystopian soundscapes of all time. ;)


the worst greatest hits album

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EpC1K6KZzNA/SFlnnHdzN3I/AAAAAAAAN2U/DZANtHzKrDc/s400/radiohead-greatest_hits.jpg

Yup, condensing Radiohead into a greatest hit package goes against the very ethic of their music IMHO. I spit on that shit! :ihit

My nomination is this:

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z21/rainbowloumoo/47fd28144d9a7.jpg

because Blur packed their albums with a lot of crap, which makes it hard to listen to them all the way through, although it should have Death of a party on it too.

Also, Billy Joel's Greatest Hits is awesome (although it should include Streetlife Serenader), as is Elton John's Greatest Hits. I grew up listening to those guys with my father.

[Scola]

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I know neither of my entries are "greatest hits" compilations but the albums are underrated and virtually every song on them is great.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

isn't it funny how you see the word 'underrated' yet automatically know most people will toss out shit that is clearly well known and not underrated in any way?

[Bender]

I can't think of a single person who doesn't LOVE Journey.
I can't stand them.

[dirk4mvp]

Best is GNR's greatest hits, even tho most didn't agree with the tracklisting.

[DarkReign]

I am guilty of CBF's charge, but I dont give a shit.

Sorry if its been mentioned.

Bob Seger.

Fucking awesome compilation.

[DarkReign]

I can't stand them.

Nor I and all because he says "...south Detroit!" I have to hear that shit at every sporting event.

[JamStone]

isn't it funny how you see the word 'underrated' yet automatically know most people will toss out shit that is clearly well known and not underrated in any way?

I was looking more at the "best" description, rather than the "most underrated" one.

[Drachen]

Nor I and all because he says "...south Detroit!" I have to hear that shit at every sporting event.

So you would like their music if they said South Lincoln, Nebraska?

I am not kidding, you two are the first people who I have heard of who have anything less than compliments to say about journey. My only problem with them is I am that guy who sings along with every song, and I am decent at singing. I am, however, not decent at singing Journey, just can't do the voice. Also the reason I wont do Led Zepplin, or Soundgarden at Karaoke.