ITT: Essential compilation albums

>>74078168
Is that comp along with Louder than Bombs really that good? I remember seeing a few publications mentioning those two comps as The Smiths best work.
My thing is, I'm an album guy, and I feel that compilations are not only obsolete in the age of streaming, but completely disregard the intention and structure of the original project.

Care to sell it to me?

>>74078292
>Care to sell it to me?
No.

>>74078292
HoH is great and an essential record for a Smiths fan, Louder than Bombs doesn't have much going on other than some singles.

>>74078394
This always surprises me that it's a comp considering how well the songs flow into each other.

>>74078357
This is a disappointing compilation, full of nonalbum and tinkered-with versions of the songs.

>>74078292
A lot of these British bands released much of their best songs as singles, never to be put on a proper album (or, if they weee, in a differently-recorded version). Thus, the compilation becomes essential to get the singles, which were never part of, or intended to be, a proper album.

Some of Nirvana's best songs were not on one of their proper non-compilation albums. Few know this.

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>>74079165
So, ...

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>>74079198
And ...

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only good album ITT

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Which would be the best one?

>>74079358
Substance

>>74078168
No.

>>74078168
I just wish it had the other version of This Charming Man

>>74079533
I like that cover

>>74078292
The track listing doesn't flow that well and I find myself skipping the deeper cuts that come later as well as "how soon is now?"(track 5?) pretty consistently. Other than that it is quite solid and probably the release from them I listen to the most. t. loves The Smiths