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It doesn't take much these days
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Vixzter said on November 11, 2004 19:00:
To have a greatest hits album out!
It seems like yesterday that Britney Spears and Robbie Williams (not so much but still....) came onto the scene and suddenly they have greatest hits albums out!
Is it the ’release album/singles at will’ trend by the record companies which means they have alot of material to draw from or just that its popular and it’ll sell anyway ;) (well its nearly xmas after all)
or is it that i’m getting old that i don’t think Robbie and Britney have been around for that long ;)
what next....Busted’s greatest hits of the last 5 minutes?
*have to add Robbie’s greatest hits is quite cool btw*
Vixzter said on November 11, 2004 19:09:
they clutter up the shelves in record stores! pain in the arse half the time ;)
ncurran said on November 11, 2004 19:24:
greatest hits can be pretty cool if you like an artist, but are not the kind of fan that goes out and buys everything they release. Having said that they are still a money grabbing exercise from the record companies, and it seems to be worse nowadays. Artists used to wait til they had released between 7 and ten albums before they would release some kind of collection, these days its 3 or 4. Mind u as a roxette fan....they are one of the worst....they have almost as many compilations as studio albums. Partly down to EMI i suspect, but i’m sure per was quite happy to see the dollars rolling into his bank account
Vixzter said on November 11, 2004 19:32:
yea rox have had alot, but atleast they’ve been around a while......britney for example, i mean where did they get the plural in the hits bit for her album? ;-)
on_a_mission said on November 11, 2004 20:37:
I gotta say, Roxette are the worst by a long way, I mean, Don’t bore us....was fair enough, but the balad and pop hits were just piss taking...
they both should have come with a solo cover of ABBAs ’money, money, money’ by Per.
RobS said on November 12, 2004 06:45:
I love GH albums, half of the CD’s i own are GH.
And in their defence they also released 4 albums before the GH albums like roxette. But i think Rox had a lot more singles though.
*note that just because i said that doesn’t mean i like britney spears!!
Vixzter said on November 12, 2004 07:21:
Yea but thats my point, she may have released 4 albums but how much of them were filled with well....crap? ;) (opens up to flames)
It just seems to me you can have 4 or 5 mediocre albums and suddenly its deemed enough decent material to fill a GH album.
I’m not agaisnt GH albums I just think half the time its all a big marketing ploy.
What is deemed a hit? did all of (for example) Britneys trax on her cd go top 10? top 5? were they around in the charts for more than 2 weeks? did they all get endless play on th radio? appart from the usual suspects like ’Baby One More Time’ & ’Opps I Did It Again’
I just find it overkill, and it has got worse in recent years.
EMI went into overkill when they released Ballad/Pop hits
Vixzter said on November 12, 2004 07:27:
Its record companies helping artists fulfill their contracts.
I mean if i was EMI and i pad £80million for Robbie Williams i’d want atleast 5 GH albums from him ;)
Sascha said on November 12, 2004 08:05:
I like GH albums! Most records I bought in the last months were Greatest Hits. Just to complete my collection with big artists with a long story, or when I’m not sure if the regular albums are worth it. A nice starting point! Naturally the christmas season is overflooded with them...
Roxer93 said on November 12, 2004 10:17:
Quite alot of my collection is Greatest Hits too. I very rarely buy an album just because I like ONE song. I think it makes sense to buy Greatest Hits BEFORE buying albums. I did that with The Monkees.
coyboyusa said on November 12, 2004 17:21:
yeah vix i rember when having a GH album was a career milestone, now its basically a way to grab money from people during thew holiday shopping rush.
coyboyusa said on November 12, 2004 17:23:
lol for 80 million robbie should do a masturbation video for us all :)
Oldag75 said on November 12, 2004 18:55:
Elton John had a valid point in his blistering suggestion that many young rock artists expect to be instant successes merely for producing an album and an accompanying video. The REAL artists (note that Per and Marie bill themselves as “artists”) paid their dues with hundreds of grueling live performances and libraries of songs that show distinct progression in quality (compare “Meet the Beatles” to “Abbey Road,” for instance).
I bet Per Gessle has written more than a ream of songs he has instantly thrown in the trash, because THAT is how a poet hones his craft. By failing enough times, he learns to succeed. What his audience then sees is his best, the highest quality of his achievement. Look at the power of “Spending My Time,” and the elegant simplicity of “Church of My Heart.” Songs like that, appearing so seemingly effortlessly, reflect years of hard work.
LaMan said on November 11, 2004 19:05:
I think most Greatest Hits are nothing but business.
We can live without them.