Agree…the 1994 INXS ‘Greatest Hits’ is great and might be all you really need. ‘Don’t Change’ is a glaring omission though. If you are ever tempted by one of the albums I would recommend ‘Welcome To Wherever You Are’.
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Not at all! They’ve actually got some really great songs that aren’t One Week. For example…
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Heh, I have heard the million dollars song - forgot about that one!
Buzzcocks - option 2
Pretty much all music pre 1965
My dumb stoner friends all had Bob Marley Legend in their cars in high school and I hated it cause it was just unthinking weed music for them.
Bought a bunch of his albums later, they’re great.
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As a teenager I used to go to Hitman Music in Bridgend after school everyday and annoy the staff working there. One guy was friends with my oldest brother so it was sort of ok, but I know the manager wasn’t thrilled when I was there.
Anyway, the two members of staff that I knew best there both quietly despaired at my Kerrang! influenced nu-metal taste and both took it upon themselves to do something about it. One was hardcore into hip-hop and was so disappointed I liked Everlast and Insane Clown Posse while the other was into rawk, more of the 80s and 90s eras. He was shocked I’d never heard of Pixies, so made a big deal about me getting Death to Pixies and eventually I caved in and bought it on tape (one of the only albums I ever bought on tape).
I listened to it relentlessly. It was only later that I learned about the feelings of people towards their first two albums and their last two (pre reunion). To me this track ordering was how these songs were always meant to be played. I’m guessing that happens a lot when people get into an artist through a best of / greatest hits.
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Oh yeah, adding New Order to my option 1 list.
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The first CD in the Guided By Voices box Hardcore UFOs: Revelations, Epiphanies and Fast Food in the Western Hemisphere has a version of their Best Of, Human Amusements at Hourly Rates in chronological order - weirdly dramatically better than the standalone CD version tracklisting, imo. And it’s the reason I first got two other GBV boxes (Box and Suitcase), and then went on from there.
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i got the standard cd. It’s great but never got along with the full albums.
They could do with a volume two by now.
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Faith No More’s best of encouraged me to buy albums I’d been convinced I wouldn’t like.
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Xtc - fossil fuel is an incredibly underrated best of and cost me a small fortune afterwards getting the albums.
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The Birthday Party - Hits
Killing Joke - Laugh? I Nearly Bought One.
Bought both of these in the early 90’s based purely on reviews at the time. Hadn’t heard a note of either band. Both absolutely blew my mind and sent me chasing after everything they did. I will say, whilst i think everything that The Birthday Party released is essential, that comp really is brilliantly put together. It arguably is their 20 best songs and i still go to it more often than i go to the studio albums/EP’s.
I’ve a bunch of motown greatest hits… The Supremes, Four Tops etc… they’re great, obviously, but i never felt the need to dig into their studio albums.
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Bands where I bought the Best Of and then went and bought lots/most of their other stuff-
The Cure (Standing on a Beach)
The Fall (A World Bewitched - a compilation of 90s stuff with a great bonus disc of rare stuff and collabs)
Magazine (Where the Power Is)
Melvins (‘Melvinmania’ comp from the three records they did for Atlantic)
Pixies (Death to the Pixies)
Smashing Pumpkins (I was a bit late to this band but that Rotting Apples comp - including the 2nd disc of rare and unreleased stuff - was a great entry point)
Yo La Tengo (to be fair there’s still a lot of albums I don’t have but have bought quite a few)
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