Your budget "Best of " albums

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

In life there are three different types of "Best of" albums - those standard best ofs, released after a few albums from a band with 15 or 16 tracks on them.....Those mega best of albums with 20-30 tracks on, postcards, fold out historical posters, quotes from famous fans etc....

...and those that you can get cheap in Woolworths that have 10 or 12 tracks on....generally with a random choice of songs on.

Anyway, ignore the random choice of songs, we're talking more of limiting the best of to TWELVE TRACKS ONLY.

So, choose an artist, or two, or three and make a compilation album with twelve tracks. No pushing it higher, no slacking off with lower. Even better, choose a useless picture of the band as a cover cos all of them have terrible, generic pictures of the band on the front.

MEW

1. New Terrain

2. Introducing Palace Players

3. 156

4. Repeaterbeater

5. Snow Brigade

6. The Zookeeper's Boy

7. Cartoons and Macrame Wounds

8. She Came Home For Christmas

9. Hawaii

10. Louise Louisa

11. Reprise

12. Comforting Sounds

BLUR

1. Beetlebum

2. Song 2

3. Chinese Bombs

4. Bank Holiday

5. Park Life

6. Country House

7. Charmless Man

8. Stereotypes

9. End of a Century

10. Coffee and TV

11. On Your Own

12. Music Is My Radar

(ugh this was HARD - can't believe I left out There's No Other Way & Girls and Boys...Oh well).

[fr34k]

NINE INCH NAILS

1. Wish

2. Survivalism

3. Burn

4. 1,000,000

5. The Line Begins To Blur

6. Something I Can Never Have

7. La Mer

8. Closer

9. Terrible Lie

10. Somewhat Damaged

11. The Becoming

12. Hurt

Damn, that's hard. If I thought longer about this, it would probably look entirely different, but I thought I'd stick with what I came up the first time. I might do one of another band later.

[Bigal]

AC/DC

1. It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock & Roll)

2. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

3. Whole Lotta Rosie

4. Shot Down In Flames

5. Back In Black

6. Shoot To Thrill

7. Guns For Hire

8. Flick of the Switch

9. Thunderstruck

10. Ballbreaker

11. Stiff Upper Lip

12. Rock & Roll Train

Bob Dylan

1. Blowin' In The Wind

2. The Times They Are A-Changin'

3. Like A Rolling Stone

4. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

5. If Not For You

6. Simple Twist Of Fate

7. You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

8. Changing of the Guards

9. Gotta Serve Somebody

10. Jokerman

11. Man In The Long Black Coat

12. Cold Irons Bound

Frank Turner

1. The Real Damage

2. Nashville Tennessee

3. Father's Day

4. I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous

5. Photosynthesis

6. Substitute

7. Long Live The Queen

8. Love Ire & Song

9. Try This At Home

10. Dan's Song

11. The Road

12. Journey of the Magi

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

THE KINKS

1. You Really Got Me

2. All Day and All Of The Night

3. Waterloo Sunset

4. Sunny Afternoon

5. Dedicated Follower of Fashion

6. Days

7. The Village Green Preservation Society

8. Do You Remember Walter

9. Have a Cuppa Tea

10. Picture Book

11. All Of My Friends Were There

12. Big Sky

[Baddar]

Alter Bridge

1. Brand New Start

2. Broken Wings

3. Shed My Skin

4. Break Me Down

5. Open Your Eyes

6. Metalingus

7. Ties That Bind

8. In Loving Memory

9. Blackbird

10. One Day Remains

11. Watch Over You

12. Before Tomorrow Comes

Skillet

1. A Little More

2. Comatose

3. Hero

4. Lucy

5. Don't Wake Me

6. You Are My Hope

7. Rebirthing

8. Those Nights

9. Forgiven

10. One Real Thing

11. Will You Be There

12. Believe

Needtobreathe

1. More Than

2. Shine On

3. Valley Of Tomorrow

4. The Heat

5. Hurricane

6. Lost

7. Don't Leave Just Yet

8. The Outsiders

9. Again

10. I Won't Look Back

11. Streets Of Gold

12. Over Now

[METALMAN]

...and those that you can get cheap in Woolworths that have 10 or 12 tracks on....generally with a random choice of songs on.

How long have you been in Japan for? >_>

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

...and those that you can get cheap in Woolworths that have 10 or 12 tracks on....generally with a random choice of songs on.

How long have you been in Japan for? >_>

They did actually close down since I left!

[New Damage]

Sorry to bear the bad news, but Virgin have gone too. And Fopp.

Edited September 3, 2010 by TheModernWay

[METALMAN]

Except Fopp hasn't. Or if it has it must have gone out of business in the last couple of hours seeing as I was there this afternoon.

[New Damage]

Except Fopp hasn't. Or if it has it must have gone out of business in the last couple of hours seeing as I was there this afternoon.

I thought it had? At the very least, our one did.

[Mick]

AC/DC

1. Thunderstruck

2. Shoot to Thrill

3. Back in Black

4. You Shook Me All Night Long

5. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

6. It's a Long Way To The Top

7. Problem Child

8. Highway to Hell

9. Whole Lotta Rosie

10. Let There Be Rock

11. TNT

12. For Those About To Rock

Edited September 3, 2010 by Mick MacLeod

[METALMAN]

Oh yeah I remember now. You're actually right. It did go out of business. But not for very long cause HMV bought all of them (or at least I thought they bought all of them). But it continues trading as Fopp and is more or less the same as it was before. Only difference is I can use my HMV staff discount there now. Which is good cause the Glasgow Byres Road Fopp is way better than any HMV store.

[YI]

1. Too Close To See (Twisted By Design)

2. Everyday (Element Of Sonic Defiance)

3. Lost Motel (n/a)

4. Solitaire (Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues)

5. Savant (Element Of Sonic Defiance)

6. The Misanthropic Principle (Exile In Oblivion)

7. Gear Box (Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues)

8. Mission Statement (Blackhawks Over Los Angeles)

9. Barfly (Crossroads & Illusions EP)

10. Alien Amplifier (An American Paradox)

11. Diver (Blackhawks Over Los Angeles)

12. Matchbook (Twisted By Design)

Hard to miss; "Never Speak Again", "Andy Warhol", "Mad Mad World", "Wrong Side Of The Tracks", "Speed Ball", "Your Worst Mistake", "Blew"...fuck...I fucking love "Blew", it just doesn't really fit with the rest.

1. A Movie Script Ending (The Photo Album)

2. Cath... (Narrow Stairs)

3. What Sarah Said (Plans)

4. Lightness (Transatlanticism)

5. Passenger Seat (Transatlanticism)

6. Company Calls (We Have The Facts And We're Voting Yes)

7. Company Calls Epilogue (We Have The Facts And We're Voting Yes)

8. Expo '86 (Transatlanticism)

9. Long Division (Narrow Stairs)

10. Blacking Out The Friction (The Photo Album)

11. Talking Like Turnstiles (Plans b-side)

12. Brothers On A Hotel Bed (Plans)

1. You've Got So Far To Go (Maybe I'll Catch Fire)

2. Cringe (Goddamnit)

3. Warbrain (Rock Against Bush #1)

4. Madame Me (Maybe I'll Catch Fire)

5. Bloodied Up (From Here To Infirmary)

6. Old School Reasons (Good Mourning b-side)

7. Goodbye Forever (Alkaline Trio)

8. Crawl (From Here To Infirmary)

9. Message From Kathlene (Goddamnit)

10. Time To Waste (Crimson)

11. 5-3-10-4 (Maybe I'll Catch Fire)

12. Jaked On Green Beers (Atticus: Dragging the Lake Vol. 1 compilation)

[YI]

I'm bored.

This one's a little different. I've decided to condense Into It. Over It's "52 Weeks" double album from 52-songs to 12...to make it like one of the most ultimate emo albums ever.

INTO IT. OVER IT

1. We Organised Your Life

2. Ashley's Big Adventure

3. All Thumbs Down

4. Gin & Ironic

5. ...And I Bite My Nails

6. Anchor

7. Starched And Hung

8. Can I Buy A V_wel

9. 30 Ft. Spirit

10. Fak It

11. Introduce This To Your Parents

12. Gear Isn't Expensive

THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM

1. Great Expectations (The '59 Sound)

2. Wooderson (Sink Or Swim)

3. I'Da Called You Woody Joe (Sink Or Swim)

4. Say I Won't (Recognize) (Senór & The Queen EP)

5. The Queen Of Lower Chelsea (American Slang)

6. Miles Davis & The Cool (The '59 Sound)

7. Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis? (Senór & The Queen EP)

8. The Navesink Banks (Sink Or Swim)

9. Angry Johnny & The Radio (Sink Or Swim)

10. The Spirit Of Jazz (American Slang)

11. Blue Jeans & White T-Shirts (Senór & The Queen EP)

12. We're Getting A Divorce, You Keep The Diner (Sink Or Swim)

[The Sandman]

Green Day

1. Welcome To Paradise (Kerplunk)

2. Jesus Of Suburbia (American Idiot)

3. Holiday (American Idiot)

4. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (American Idiot)

5. Basket Case (Dookie)

6. When I Come Around (Dookie)

7. Christie Road (Kerplunk)

8. Whatsername (American Idiot)

9. Minority (Warning)

10. American Eulogy (21st Century Breakdown)

11. Homecoming (American Idiot)

12. Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) (Nimrod)

Megadeth

1. Holy Wars...The Punishment Due (Rust in Peace)

2. Hangar 18 (Rust in Peace)

3. Die Dead Enough (The System Has Failed)

4. A Tout Le Monde (Youthanasia)

5. In My Darkest Hour (So Far, So Good, So What!)

6. Symphony Of Destruction (Countdown to Extinction)

7. Tornado Of Souls (Rust in Peace)

8. Scorpion (The System Has Failed)

9. Washington's Next (United Abominations)

10. The Hardest Part of Letting Go..Sealed With A Kiss (Endgame)

11. Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? (Peace Sells But Who's Buying?)

12. My Last Words (Peace Sells But Who's Buying?)

Metallica

1. Enter Sandman (Black Album)

2. For Whom The Bell Tolls (Ride The Lightning)

3. Master Of Puppets (Master of Puppets)

4. Nothing Else Matters (Black Album)

5. Blackened (And Justice For All)

6. The Four Horsemen (Kill 'em All)

7. The Day That Never Comes (Death Magnetic)

8. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (Master Of Puppets)

9. Orion (Master Of Puppets)

10. Creeping Death (Ride The Lightning)

11. Dyers Eve (And Justice For All)

12. The Outlaw Torn (Load)

Edited September 4, 2010 by The Sandman

[DFF]

Muse

1. Plug In Baby

2. Time Is Running Out

3. Hysteria

4. Feeling Good (cover)

5. Uprising

6. Map of the Problematique

7. Stockholm Syndrome

8. Bliss

9. Butterflies & Hurricanes

10. New Born

11. Citizen Erased

12. Knights of Cydonia

Iron Maiden

1. Run To The Hills

2. Aces High

3. Fear of the Dark

4. Hallowed Be Thy Name

5. Wicker Man

6. Paschendale

7. Number of the Beast

8. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

9. Murders in the Rue Morgue

10. The Trooper

11. 2 Minutes to Midnight

12. Running Free

Devin Townsend

1. Deadhead

2. Gaia

3. Addicted!

4. Storm

5. Babysong

6. Ki

7. Universe in a Ball!

8. Planet Rain

9. By Your Command

10. Vampolka

11. Vampira

12. Life

Gojira

1. Oroborus

2. Love

3. Backbone

4. Heaviest Matter of the Universe

5. Indians

6. Flying Whales

7. From The Sky

8. Toxic Garbage Island

9. Vacuity

10. Lizard Skin

11. Unicorn

12. Where Dragons Dwell

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Ahhh Muse have made an appearance!

Let's see how similar my album will be to yours, seeing as I've had a recent revival towards Muse.

I'm just chucking songs on here, not really thinking about how they merge together!

MUSE

1. In Your World

2. Dead Star

3. Fillip

4. Showbiz

5. Muscle Museum

6. Citizen Erased

7. Micro Cuts

8. Hyper Music

9. Apocalypse Please

10. Hysteria

11. Map Of The Problematique

12. Falling Away With You

Okay, three songs the same. I have none from their last album, DFF has none from their first.

[DFF]

Shit, I forgot Unintended. I do like a fair few of the tracks you've listed, particularly Apocalypse Please, Falling Away With You and In Your World.

And here's some more...

Sabaton

1. Ghost Division

2. Nuclear Attack

3. Primo Victoria

4. Aces in Exile

5. Attero Dominatus

6. Cliffs of Gallipoli

7. Coat of Arms

8. The Price of a Mile

9. Hail to the King

10. 40:1

11. Screaming Eagles

12. Metal Crüe

[METALMAN]

cause I've nothing else to do!

The Beatles

1. All My Loving

2. Cry For A Shadow

3. Every Little Thing

4. Ticket To Ride

5. Hello Goodbye

6. Baby You're A Rich Man

7. Don't Let Me Down

8. She Loves You

9. I Feel Fine

10. Rain

11. I'm Looking Through You

12. I'm Only Sleeping

Belle & Sebastian

1. The State I Am In (EP version)

2. Lazy Line Painter Jane

3. It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career

4. If She Wants Me

5. Piazza, New York Catcher

6. Stay Loose

7. The Model

8. Like Dylan In The Movies

9. The Blues Are Still Blue

10. Sukie In The Graveyard

11. Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie

12. I Love My Car

Bobby Dylan

1. My Back Pages

2. Like A Rolling Stone

3. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

4. Tangled Up In Blue

5. Maggie's Farm

6. Mr. Tambourine Man

7. Hurricane

8. You Ain't Goin Nowhere

9. Lay Lady Lay

10. Under The Red Sky

11. Desolation Row

12. Mississippi

David Bowie

1. Fall Dog Bombs The Moon

2. Rebel Rebel (2003 mix)

3. Heroes

4. China Girl

5. Kooks

6. Sound and Vision

7. Fantastic Voyage

8. Ziggy Stardust

9. Moss Garden

10. Somebody Up There Likes Me

11. Young Americans

12. Fascination

Death Cab For Cutie

1. Cath

2. Your New Twin Sized Bed

3. Long Division

4. I Was A Kaleidoscope

5. Coney Island

6. Your Heart Is An Empty Room

7. Soul Meets Body

8. Expo '86

9. We Looked Like Giants

10. The Sound of Settling

11. Title Track

12. Company Calls

James Taylor

1. Up On The Roof

2. Your Smiling Face

3. That's Why I'm Here

4. September Grass

5. October Road

6. Belfast To Boston

7. Carry Me On My Way

8. Back On The Street Again

9, Country Road

10. Sweet Baby James

11. Fire and Rain

12. Anywhere Like Heaven

Neil Young

1. Tell Me Why

2. Only Love Can Break Your Heart

3. Ordinary People

4. Down By The River

5. Cowgirl In The Sand

6. Walk On

7. Like A Hurricane

8. Cortez The Killer

9. When Worlds Collide

10. Heart Of Gold

11. Sail Away

12. Powderfinger

Ryan Adams

1. Easy Plateau

2. Let It Ride

3. Tonight

4. Nuclear

5. Firecracker

6. Answering Bell

7. Gonna Make You Love Me

8. To Be Young

9. Anybody Wanna Take Me Home

10. So Alive

11. The Shadowlands

12. Carolina Rain

[Meacon Keaton]

The Sandman\'s Green Day album sucks massive ass. There is no way in hell a Green Day\'s greatest hits album, one only containing twelve songs, should have five or six slots from the American Idiot album. Maxx, get in here and do a good list, por favor.