This list didn't come easy. I have a ton of "best of" & "greatest hits" cds from a variety of musical genres. In order to simplify the task, I decided to take my hard-core "jazz" and "blues" collections off the table altogether. So here we go and in no particular order-- a short list of SOME of my favorite "best of" and "greatest hits" music collections.
1) PRINCE (Prince: The Hits/The B-Sides) 4 favorite cuts: Erotic City, Let's Go Crazy, Head & Purple Rain
2) STEELY DAN (The Definitive Collection) 3 favorite cuts: Peg, Deacon Blues & Rikki Don't Lose That Number
3) ARETHA FRANKLIN (Aretha's Best) 5 fav cuts: A Natural Woman, Rock Steady, Call Me, Day Dreaming & I Never Loved A Man
4) MARVIN GAYE (The Best of Marvin Gaye: Vol 2. The '70s) 3 fav cuts: Trouble Man, Come Get To This & Inner City Blues
5) AVERAGE WHITE BAND (Pickin' Up The Pieces: The Best Of Average White Band) 2 fav cuts: School Boy Crush & Cut The Cake
6) LENNY KRAVITZ (Lenny Kravitz Greatest Hits) 2 fav cuts: Again & Heaven Help
7) BOBBY MCFERRIN (The Best of Bobby McFerrin: The Blue Note Years) 2 fav cuts: Freedom Is A Voice & Friends
8) PHYLLIS HYMAN (The Legacy of Phyllis Hyman) 3 fav cuts: Betcha by Golly, Wow, Old Friend & Living All Alone
9) CHIC (The Best of Chic: Dance, Dance, Dance) 3 fav cuts: Good Times, Everybody Dance & I Want Your Love
10) JOHNNIE TAYLOR (Johnnie Taylor: The Twenty Greatest Hits) 3 fav cuts: I Believe In You, Cheaper To Keep Her & We're Getting Careless With Our Love
11) TEENA MARIE (Teena Marie: Greatest Hits) 3 fav cuts: Square Biz, Behind The Groove & Portuguese Love
12) LUTHER VANDROSS (Always & Forever: The Classics) 3 fav cuts: Superstar/Until You Come Back To Me, Anyone Who Had A Heart, & I (Who Have Nothing)
13) THE ISLEY BROTHERS (The Essential Isley Brothers) 5 fav cuts: That Lady, Harvest For The World, Summer Breeze, Fight The Power & The Pride
What are your favorite "best of" and/ or "greatest hits" music collections? Feel free to name them, even if they didn't make my list.
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I am in agreement with you on all of these. Our taste in music is quite similar indeed. I actually have most of these in my collection. Although I don't have the Isley Brothers. I probably have practically every album they made. Thanks for sharing your list.
I'll be over later to borrow your records!
Tapestry Revisited a Tribute to Carole King. Does that count?
happy tt...
Alright. My all time favorites are: Hebrides, The Hall of the Mountain King, The Flying Dutchman, Beethoven's 1st and 7th, and Bolero. I wonder why they didn't make the cut. sigh.
I have a few "best of" compilations but I don't think more tha one person in a hundred will have heard of the artists in question!
I don't know most of the ones in your list, but I've heard of Marvin Gaye of course. That's what comes of never listening to music!
Over on the TT website, I read your subject this week and said that I bet it was hard for you to narrow it down to just 13. The Hits/the B-Sides is one of my favorite collections. Although I don't have the same ones as you, I also own "best ofs" by Steely Dan, Aretha, Marvin, AWB, Luther, and the Isleys.
Some of my other fave collections are:
The Temptations Anthology
The Great Twenty Eight-Chuck Berry
The Essential Earth, Wind and Fire
The Rascals Anthology
The Best of Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
Interesting selection of music. Happy TT.
Ok, I know some - I haven't heard of others, and truth be told, I wrinkled my nose at Steely Dan. I'm not proud of my nose wrinkling - it was an automatic gesture. ;)
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Gotta love Lenny Kravitz!
Ahhh, Marvin Gaye, I almost forgot about him! Blessings, Cricket
You can't beat Aretha!
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Very good taste in Music. I love Queen's greatest hits CD and Billy Joel.
Happy TT.
I'm from Long Island and Billy Joel is like a God here.
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Love your collection! I could take all your suggestions and spend a wonderful day listening! Happy TT! :)
Great list for me...
ELO
America
Chicago
The Beatles
Heart
Queen
Too hard to narrow it down so I'll stop now.
~ The Mama Bear
The Essential Earth Wind and Fire, definitely.
And, the Sly and the Family Stone 2-CD collection, Everybody is a Star, and the classic Thankyou fallettinme be miceful again!
Happy TT!
Love Aretha, Happy TT!!
My Favorite is Best of James Taylor --'Smiling Face' and 'You've got a friend'
I own #s 1,3,4,12,and 13, so I'm definitely with you on those.
I'd have to include "The Best of Etta James." I love "Tell Mama," "A Sunday Kind of Love," and of course, "At Last."
Think I'll rock that while at work today. Happy Monday!
I agree with some of your choices and I'll add a few of my own at the end.
Here are some of mine(most are from The Best of ___):
Minnie Rippleton - Memory Lane/ Springtime
Deniece Williams - Black Butterfly/Silly
The Commodores - Just to be close to you/Brickhouse/Still/Lady
The SOS Band - Take your time/Weekend Girl/Just Be Good to Me/No One's Gonna Love You
Midnight Star (No Parking on the Dance Floor) - Electricity/Wet My Whistle/No Parking/Freak-a-Zoid/Slow Jam
New Editon (HITS) - Mr. Telephone Man/Lost in Love/Cool it Now/If It Isn't Love/Can You Stand the Rain
Whitney Houston (The Greatest Hits) - You Give Good Love/Saving All My Love for You/I Will Always Love You/Greatest Love of All
Here are the ones I agree with:
PRINCE (Prince: The Hits/The B-Sides) 4 favorite cuts: Erotic City, Let's Go Crazy, Head & Purple Rain
ARETHA FRANKLIN (Aretha's Best) 5 fav cuts: A Natural Woman, Rock Steady, Call Me, Day Dreaming & I Never Loved A Man
MARVIN GAYE (The Best of Marvin Gaye: Vol 2. The '70s) 3 fav cuts: Trouble Man, Come Get To This & Inner City Blues
PHYLLIS HYMAN (The Legacy of Phyllis Hyman) 3 fav cuts: Betcha by Golly, Wow, Old Friend & Living All Alone
TEENA MARIE (Teena Marie: Greatest Hits) 3 fav cuts: Square Biz, Behind The Groove & Portuguese Love
LUTHER VANDROSS (Always & Forever: The Classics) 3 fav cuts: Superstar/Until You Come Back To Me, Anyone Who Had A Heart, & I (Who Have Nothing)
THE ISLEY BROTHERS (The Essential Isley Brothers) 5 fav cuts: That Lady, Harvest For The World, Summer Breeze, Fight The Power & The Pride
I have to co-sign on Luther. I have two of his dozen or so "Greatest Hits" albums and they are R & B at it's finest. Heck, it's music at its finest.
you have great taste! i adore steely dan & the isley brothers.
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