Boba Fett

I was looking through my music collection and noticed a few bands I really don't need to listen to outside a Greatest Hits CD (one disc or two).

Off the top of my head I'd say Journey, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Devo, and Hall & Oates fits this bill for me.

Anyone else feel that way about certain artists or bands?

marginal

For me, INXS is the first band to come to mind. They had two or three GREAT songs on every album, but with rare exception (namely Kick and maybe Listen Like Thieves), the rest were just okay.

Ginwen

For me, ABBA, War, George Thorogood, Sly and the Family Stone are 4 I have greatest hits by I like fine and most of the songs are good (although the ABBA one has some filler, even if you like ABBA) but don't need anything else by. I like Devo a lot so for me they are not that way at all (although you get closer to all the best by adding in Greatest Misses).

rw2516

Guess Who
Three Dog Night
America
Pat Benatar
Billy Squire
Eddie Money
Mellencamp
Neil Diamond
80s Genesis
Triumph
Paul Simon
Glen Frey
Don Henley
Jim Croce
Cat Stevens
Chicago
Seals & Crofts
ELO

Jason

First thing that popped into my head was Aerosmith.

rw2516

As long as the greatest hits cd contained the first five albums in their entirety. As for 80s and up Aerosmith, best not consumed at all.

Mike86

Some that come to mind for me are:

Aerosmith
Billy Joel
Iron Maiden
U2

Granted I do like certain albums by the groups above but more or less I'd be fine just listening to their hits and picking and choosing the albums I really want.

Norm de Plume

Big Country
Marillion
The Alarm
The Motors
Alan Parsons Project

JAA

EddieMoney

Hiro11

Buzzcocks
Blondie

davidh777

Hall & Oates were the first to come to mind.

ABBA, the Bee Gees, John Denver--a lot of '70s artists, I guess.

stvn1974

To the people listing Iron Maiden you should be ashamed of yourselves and not allowed to listen to music. The first seven Maiden studio albums are classics and should be listened to in their entirety. Same goes for the four reunion albums with Bruce.

rw2516

Bryan Adams
Except for first album, The Cars. Since there's a greatest hits that contains entire first album in sequence, that's all you need.

chino77

hall and oates for sure. i dont think i like 1 song of theirs that isnt a single but i love most of their hits.

bunkaroo

Journey for me too. I liked the expanded greatest hits that includes stuff like "Stone In Love", "Anytime" and a few others. But the original 15 song Greatest Hits plays great as a full length album.

Really surprised on Iron Maiden. For me, I like everything on their "good" records. Pretty much everything from the 80's of theirs is gold to me.

Most of the time greatest hits records are a waste for me. If I like songs on them enough, I will likely like the whole record they came from. So I don't like using them as a way to get into a band. I'd rather pick their best record and digest it in full and go from there.

bunkaroo

It's gotta be that these guys are not huge metal fans. I have not met many metal fans that don't know those records very well.

I haven't gotten real familiar with the new era of Dickinson Maiden records, but I thought Brave New World would have been a worthy successor to 7th Son. It's not the No Prayer For the Dying is bad, but it's not on the same level. And Fear of the Dark has maybe 5 good songs. Some of them are out and out bad.

Jason

Upon reflection, I would like to change my answer from Aerosmith to every band that's not your favorite band.

astrochimp

For sure not Maiden or Mellencamp.

The only album I ever saw by The Steve Miller Band in anyone's collection was Greatest Hits.

BearFan

If anything the non hits for Maiden is the stuff to listen to.

rw2516

This is true for most good bands. The others you stick to the hits because all their songs are either a hit or filler.

ytrez

Rolling Stones

dan30oly

BLASPHEMY!

Everything INXS ever did needs to be praised for the genius which it were.

EddieMoney

Dream on white boy (white boy), dream on black girl (black girl)...

mndtrp

I like metal, I don't like much of Maiden.


Rolling Stones and, even though I'll probably be shot for this one, Queen.