What are the greatest "greatest hits" Rock n' Roll albums?

[henslee]

[hobo_baggins]

1. jimmy buffetts...songs you know by heart!

[henslee]

2. I mean ROCK N ROLL.

[hobo_baggins]

3. obviously you've never heard cheeseburger in paradise

[henslee]

4. I have not. But I do like him. Hmm. I will try to DL the song now. nt

[hobo_baggins]

5. usually i despise greatest hits albums

but every once in a while theres a band thats only songs that are any good are on the greatest hits album.

[Throd]

6. Jimi Hendrix "Smash Hits"

[mitchum]

7. Hard to top that one

[Archae]

8. Moody Blues.

Great tunes, lousy poetry.

[jpgray]

9. Kink Kronikles is pretty fucking awesome

Particularly if you don't have the albums, but even with the unexpanded versions there is a lot of awesome new stuff there. "Autumn Almanac" and "Days" are must-haves for any fan.

[swag]

26. Seconded.

I hadn't known about expanded versions.

It's about time I replaced the double-vinyl I bought in 1980, since you can see the outer rims of the discs through the cardboard. And you can almost see daylight through "David Watts."

[swag]

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[Cocoa]

10. Legend

Bob Marley.

[fishwax]

14. that is a good one

:thumbsup:

[asthmaticeog]

11. Buzzcocks, "Singles Going Steady."

Unfuckwithable.

[Fenris]

15. The best ever.

[henslee]

16. Everybody's happy nowadays..

[ghostsofgiants]

21. Yeah, that's just because they're all orgasm addicts. I don't mind.

[Magrittes Pipe]

17. I wouldn't technically call that a "greatest hits" package.

It was, instead, a compilation of non-album singles. 1991's Operator's Manual was a greatest hits collection (and was a lesser record than SGS).

[asthmaticeog]

20. I wouldn't technically call you a wet blanket.

:P

[johnnie]

12. "The Legend"

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

[WCGreen]

19. I use to get so stoned listenng to the Man in the Jar.....

[Susang]

29. You are a very smart man

With excellent taste! :thumbsup:

[AlCzervik]

13. Pretenders-The singles

[mac56]

18. "Decade" by Neil Young.

nm

[Floogeldy]

22. According to Billboard, Eagles.

Their greatest hits is in the top five, all time. Or it was.

:)

[Floogeldy]

24. Or RIAA

This is a list of best-selling albums in the United States according to the Recording Industry Association of America. Albums marked with a "≈" are double albums, and therefore are counted twice for each sale:

Eagles - Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) - 29 times platinum

Michael Jackson - Thriller - 27 times platinum

≈ Pink Floyd - The Wall - 23 times platinum

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV - 23 times platinum

AC/DC - Back In Black - 21 times platinum

≈ Billy Joel - Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2 - 21 times platinum

Shania Twain - Come on Over - 20 times platinum

Garth Brooks - Double Live - 20 times platinum

≈ The Beatles - The Beatles ("the White Album") - 19 times platinum

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 19 times platinum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_(USA)

[Dukkha]

23. Substance - J oy Division

n/t

[tuvor]

25. "Too Young to Die" by Saint Etienne

God, they are so underrated.



http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000009FER/qid=1141271960/sr=1-6/ref=sr_1_6/104-7715381-5584755?s=music&v=glance&n=5174

[swag]

28. Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy