Record Label: Warner Brothers
Year: 2007
Track Listing:
01. Let Love In
02. Dizzy
03. Here Is Gone
04. Slide
05. Name (new version)
06. Stay With You
07. Before It’s too Late
08. Broadway
09. Feel The Silence (remix)
10. Better Days
11. Big Machine
12. Black Balloon
13. Sympathy
14. Iris
02. Dizzy
03. Here Is Gone
04. Slide
05. Name (new version)
06. Stay With You
07. Before It’s too Late
08. Broadway
09. Feel The Silence (remix)
10. Better Days
11. Big Machine
12. Black Balloon
13. Sympathy
14. Iris
The Goo Goo Dolls burst onto commercial radio with their smash hit 'Iris' but long before that they had a hit with 'Name’. Most fans of The Goo’s know that this is not the first compilation they have released.
In fact, in 2001 the band released one titled, What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art and Commerce, an album chock-filled with hits from all their albums.
So, does this Greatest Hits stack up? As much as I do love this album, it’s by far not a Greatest Hits package. Hell, it’s not even a cliff notes version.
There are so many great songs missing from this album including ‘January Friend’, ‘Slave Girl’, their cover Supertramp’s 'Give a little bit’ and their whole back catalogue of the Metal Blade Years.
Actually that’s not quite correct. They did add to this Greatest Hits package a version of ‘Name’, which comes from ‘A Boy Named Goo’.
Unfortunately, they decided to update it and it’s a newer version that doesn’t even stand up to the original.
There are so many great songs missing from this album including ‘January Friend’, ‘Slave Girl’, their cover Supertramp’s 'Give a little bit’ and their whole back catalogue of the Metal Blade Years.
Actually that’s not quite correct. They did add to this Greatest Hits package a version of ‘Name’, which comes from ‘A Boy Named Goo’.
Unfortunately, they decided to update it and it’s a newer version that doesn’t even stand up to the original.
Don’t get me wrong, for those who are not fans of the Goo Goo Dolls and want to experience the band from afar then this is the perfect album for them. It has their later biggest hits such as ‘Iris’, ‘Slide’, and 'Broadway’ on it.
All of these are great songs, and I’ll admit some of my favourites but they don’t quite show the strength, depth and talents of the Goo Goo Dolls.
The album also shows only one side of the band, and there is nary a glimpse of their punk-rock origins.
All of these are great songs, and I’ll admit some of my favourites but they don’t quite show the strength, depth and talents of the Goo Goo Dolls.
The album also shows only one side of the band, and there is nary a glimpse of their punk-rock origins.
I find it hard to call this a Greatest Hits package when it is mainly comprised of their last three albums, rather than all their albums.
Maybe it’s a coincidence that the three albums were released by Warner Bros, and their earlier records with Metal Blade.
This is an okay album if you’re looking for it to be a companion of their earlier records, but if you’re really looking for a Greatest Hits that showcases all that the Goos are then What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art and Commerce is the one to buy.
Maybe it’s a coincidence that the three albums were released by Warner Bros, and their earlier records with Metal Blade.
This is an okay album if you’re looking for it to be a companion of their earlier records, but if you’re really looking for a Greatest Hits that showcases all that the Goos are then What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art and Commerce is the one to buy.
There’s word that Volume 2 is due to come out in June this year, so here’s hoping that it actually showcases all that the Goos are, and not just the acoustic tracks and Warner Years.
Great album, but definitely not a great Greatest Hits.
I give it HH
Buy Greatest Hits 1
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