Make a Best Of Album

[Rutlefan]

I could make four different best-of mixes out of the Church’s career.

 

A double album out of their first album through Gold Afternoon Fix.

A single album out of Priest = Aura through Hologram of Baal.

A double album out of After everything Now This, Parallel Universe, and Back with Two Beasts.

And a single album out of Forget Yourself, Uninvited Like the Clouds, and Untitled 23.

 

This would be the second mix (Priest=Aura through Hologram of Baal):

 

Side 1 (I like the LP format)

Anaesthesia

Louisiana

Ripple

Paradox

Feel

Lost My Touch

 

Side 2

Comedown

Tranquility

Buffalo

Kings

Chaos

The Myths You Made

 

Edit: Had to include a video. Love this song. Obviously a Buffalo winter made a strong impression on Steve (Kilbey). Great line (2:40): "Out there the Snow Queen is kidnapping boys. Her block of ice heart tunes out the noise. And soft in the bedroom her eyes indigo. Sleeping in the winter in Buffalo."

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YEkI1GnZBM

Edited May 15, 2014 by Rutlefan

[Tony R]

The Best Of Dream Theater:

I think I got what you did there..... :laughing guy:

 

 

Edit: but by all means correct me if I'm wrong.... :)

 

No, that's the album right there. ;)

 

[Tony R]

Blood hell you guys, just make a f***ing best of album already! Dropping a few tracks or not picking some tracks is not like cheating on your wife!

Make a decision.

 

It's like someone says "pick your top 5 Rush tracks" and half the people here start getting into a sweat and name 10 or 20 and make stuff joint favourites. Get a life!

 

[Tony R]

Best of Porcupine Tree:

 

Lazarus

Trains

Time Flies

Blackest Eyes

Even Less

Dark Matter

Anesthetize

Lightbulb Sun

Open Car

The Sleep Of No Dreaming

Arriving Somewhere

Nine Cats

Bonnie The Cat

 

 

[Narps]

The Best Of Dream Theater:

I think I got what you did there..... :laughing guy:

 

 

Edit: but by all means correct me if I'm wrong.... :)

 

No, that's the album right there. ;)

Best Of Kiss...........

[Tony R]

Ok, I'll do a B*st of Kiss:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Done.

Can't even put "best" and "Kiss" in the same sentence.

 

[Dscrapre]

Ok, so Radiohead's best of album is over ten years old and it's pretty out of date by this point.

 

Creep [Pablo Honey]

The Bends [The Bends]

Just [The Bends]

Street Spirit (Fade Out) [The Bends]

Talk Show Host [Non-Album B-Side]

Airbag [Ok Computer]

Paranoid Android [Ok Computer]

Karma Police [Ok Computer]

Lucky [Ok Computer]

Everything in it's Right Place [Kid A]

The National Anthem [Kid A]

Optimistic [Kid A]

Idioteque [Kid A]

Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box [Amnesiac]

Pyramid Song [Amnesiac]

The Amazing Sounds of Orgy [Non-Album B-Side]

2+2=5 [Hail to the Thief]

Go to Sleep [Hail to the Thief]

There There [Hail to the Thief]

A Punchup at a Wedding [Hail to the Thief]

15 Step [Hail to the Thief]

Bodysnatchers [Hail to the Thief]

Weird Fishes/Arpeggi [Hail to the Thief]

Reckoner [Hail to the Thief]

Bloom [The King of Limbs]

Little By Little [The King of Limbs]

Lotus Flower [The King of Limbs]

The Daily Mail [Non-album Single]

Identikit [unreleased Live track]

True Love Waits [i Might be Wrong: Live Recordings]

 

Although a best of album for a band like this is kind of pointless. Each song is merely a part of the greater whole of the albums.

[Rutlefan]

"Although a best of album for a band like this is kind of pointless. Each song is merely a part of the greater whole of the albums."

 

Good point; how would you make a "best-of" Zeppelin album? My best-of Zeppelin album would be to line up all their albums end-to-end.

 

It's easy to make a "best-of " of a mediocre band. I could do a Foghat best-of pretty easily I bet. "Slowride," "Fool for the City," ... um... if I knew their songs better that is.

Edited May 15, 2014 by Rutlefan

[RushBoingo]

Here is mine for Animal Collective...

 

Wow, you've given this a lot of thought! Impressive.

Thanks. Are you familiar with their work, or just impressed at the length of list?

 

The latter, though I have liked the videos you've posted. If I was younger and had more time I'd definitely give them a thorough listen.

Well, if you are interested in any more, Try Summertime Clothes, Fireworks, and The Purple Bottle.

[Dscrapre]

"Although a best of album for a band like this is kind of pointless. Each song is merely a part of the greater whole of the albums."

 

Good point; how would you make a "best-of" Zeppelin album? My best-of Zeppelin album would be to line up all their albums end-to-end.

 

It's easy to make a "best-of " of a mediocre band. I could do a Foghat best-of pretty easily I bet. "Slowride," "Fool for the City," ... um... if I knew their songs better that is.

 

It's like if you bought a "Best of Quentin Tarantino" DVD that has selected scenes from his movies. What would be the point?

 

I stopped buying Greatest Hits albums a while ago when I realized that real albums are artistic statements in their own right. If I want a compilation-style package, I'll pick up a live album.

Edited May 16, 2014 by Dscrapre

[yyz211282]

The Best Of Dream Theater:

I think I got what you did there..... :laughing guy:

 

 

Edit: but by all means correct me if I'm wrong.... :)

 

No, that's the album right there. ;)

Best Of Kiss...........

Best of any new "rock bands" that came out this year

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[sitboaf]

Best of Yes

Broken into hour-long sections, cuz 79 minutes at once is too much :)

That's 15 hours, if you're counting.

 

 

 

Every Little Thing - Yes

Sweetness - Yes

Survival -Yes

Everydays (Single Version) - Yes

No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed (1/19/1970) - BBC Recordings 1969-1970

For Everyone (3/17/1970) - BBC Recordings 1969-1970

Dear Father - Dear Father single

Then - Time and a Word

Sweet Dreams - Time and a Word

Time And A Word - Time and a Word

Astral Traveller (Gothenburg 1971) - Word Is Live

- - - - - § - - - - -

Yours Is No Disgrace - Yes Album

Clap - Yes Album

Starship Trooper - Yes Album

I've Seen All Good People - Yes Album

Perpetual Change - Yes Album

South Side Of The Sky - Fragile

Long Distance Runaround - Fragile

The Fish (Schindleria Praemeturus) - Fragile

Heart Of The Sunrise - Fragile

- - - - - § - - - - -

Roundabout - Fragile

America - America single

Siberian Khatru - Close to the Edge

And You and I - Close to the Edge

Close To The Edge - Close to the Edge

- - - - - § - - - - -

Siberian Khatru [Live] - Yessongs [Live]

Mood For A Day [Live] - Yessongs [Live]

Close To The Edge [Live] - Yessongs [Live]

Yours Is No Disgrace [Live] - Yessongs [Live]

Starship Trooper [Live] - Yessongs [Live]

- - - - - § - - - - -

The Revealing Science Of God - Tales from Topographic Oceans

Ritual (Part 1 fade out) - Yesshows

Sound Chaser - Relayer

The Gates Of Delirium - Relayer

- - - - - § - - - - -

Parallels (Live@Ahoy-Halle) - Yesshows

Time and a Word (Live@ Empire) - Yesshows

Wonderous Stories - Going for the One

Turn Of The Century - Going for the One

Going For The One - Going for the One

Awaken - Going for the One

Future Times/Rejoice - Tormato

Don't Kill The Whale - Tormato

Release, Release - Tormato

- - - - - § - - - - -

The Big Medley: Time And A Word/Long Distance Runaround/Survival/The Fish/Perpetual Change/Soon (Inglewood 1978) - Word Is Live

Tempus Fugit - Drama

Machine Messiah - Drama

Does It Really Happen - Drama

Go Through This (New York 1980) - Word Is Live

Make It Easy - 90125

- - - - - § - - - - -

Owner of a Lonely Heart - 90125

Hold On - 90125

It Can Happen - 90125

Changes - 90125

Cinema - 90125

Leave It - 90125

Our Song - 90125

Rhythm Of Love - Big Generator

Big Generator - Big Generator

Shoot High, Aim Low (Houston 1988) - Word Is Live

Love Will Find A Way - Big Generator

Final Eyes - Big Generator

Holy Lamb (Song For Harmonic Convergence) - Big Generator

- - - - - § - - - - -

And You And I |Live| - Yesyears

Brother Of Mine - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe

Birthright - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe

Quartet - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe

Let's Pretend - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe

Order of the Universe (Live) - Evening Of Yes Music Plus

Starship Trooper (Live) - Evening Of Yes Music Plus

- - - - - § - - - - -

I Would Have Waited Forever - Union

Lift Me Up - Union

Masquerade - Union

Miracle Of Life - Union

Solly's Beard (Live) - Union (Live)

Saving My Heart For You (live) - Union (Live)

The Calling - Talk

I Am Waiting - Talk

Endless Dream: Silent Spring [instrumental] - Talk

Endless Dream: Talk [*] - Talk

Endless Dream: Endless Dream - Talk

- - - - - § - - - - -

Roundabout - Symphonic Music of Yes

Survival - Symphonic Music of Yes

Heart Of The Sunrise - Symphonic Music of Yes

That, That Is - Keys To Ascension 1

Onward (Live) - Keys To Ascension 1

Going for the One (Live) - Keys to Ascension 2

Time and a Word (Live) - Keys to Ascension 2

Mind Drive (edit) - Keys To Ascension 2

- - - - - § - - - - -

New State Of Mind - Open Your Eyes

Open Your Eyes - Open Your Eyes

Universal Garden - Open Your Eyes

Homeworld - Ladder

It Will Be a Good Day (The River) {Live} - House of Yes: Live from House of Blues

Face To Face - Ladder

The Messenger - Ladder

New Language - Ladder

- - - - - § - - - - -

Yours Is No Disgrace {Live} - House of Yes: Live from House of Blues

Awaken <Live> - Live at Montreux 2003

Your Move / I've Seen All Good People {Live} - House of Yes: Live from House of Blues

The Gates of Delirium (Live) - Symphonic Live

- - - - - § - - - - -

Long Distance Runaround <Live> - Live at Montreux 2003

The Fish <Live> - Live at Montreux 2003

Machine Messiah ±Live± - In the Present – Live From Lyon

Close to the Edge (Live) - Symphonic Live

Clap <Live> - Live at Montreux 2003

Cinema {Live} - House of Yes: Live from House of Blues

Owner of a Lonely Heart {Live} - House of Yes: Live from House of Blues

Roundabout {Live} - House of Yes: Live from House of Blues

- - - - - § - - - - -

Magnification - Magnification

Don't Go (Live) - Symphonic Live

Give Love Each Day - Magnification

We Agree - Magnification

In The Presence Of - Magnification

Fly from Here – Overture - Fly from Here

Fly from Here Pt. 1 - We Can Fly - Fly from Here

Fly from Here Pt. 2 - Sad Night At the Airfield - Fly from Here

Fly from Here Pt. 3 - Madman At the Screens - Fly from Here

Into the Storm - Fly from Here

[Mr. Not]

Best of Porcupine Tree:

 

Lazarus

Trains

Time Flies

Blackest Eyes

Even Less

Dark Matter

Anesthetize

Lightbulb Sun

Open Car

The Sleep Of No Dreaming

Arriving Somewhere

Nine Cats

Bonnie The Cat

 

I greatly disagree with some picks and would swap them, but still a great list nonetheless and that'd probably cater for most fans.

[Mr. Not]

Billy Talent

 

01. Running Across the Tracks

02. Red Flag

03. The Ex

04. Surrender

05. Man Alive!

06. Line & Sinker

07. Tears Into Wine

08. Rusted From The Rain

09. River Below

10. The Dead Can't Testify

11. Try Honesty

12. Stand Up and Run

13. The Navy Song

14. Diamond On A Landmine

15. Swallowed Up by the Ocean

16. Worker Bees

 

Hey look - I even composed a youtube album for this. (Sue me ;) )

 

http://youtu.be/c_4HxK91X0U

 

(note: for those who are interested, I started this thread with the intent to eventually make this.. problem was I hadn't heard Billy Talent's two latest albums, so I took a week to digest these - to me - brand new albums and decide which tracks were best)

Edited May 20, 2014 by Mr. IsNot

[Mr. Not]

Porcupine Tree

 

Even Less

Where We Would Be

Arriving Somewhere but Not Here

Synesthesia

Mellotron Scratch

Russia on Ice

Dark Matter

Pure Narcotic

Way Out of Here

Trains

Octane Twisted

Prodigal

Anesthetize

Feel So Low

[Mr. Not]

Sonata Arctica

Only The Broken Hearts Make You Beautiful

My Land

Fullmoon

Weballergy

San Sebastian

Gravenimage

Victoria's Secret

Broken

Misplaced

Paid In Full

The Last Amazing Grays

Juliet

The Wolves Die Young

Blood

The Cage

[Mr. Not]

King's X

 

Part 1 (Megaforce, Atlantic, Black Like Sunday)

01. Goldilox

02. King

03. Shot of Love

04. Visions

05. Out of the Silent Planet

06. Over My Head

07. Summerland

08. Fall on Me

09. Send a Message

10. It's Love

11. Mr Wilson

12. Moanjam

13. We Were Born to be Loved

14. Prisoner

15. The Big Picture

16. Lost in Germany

17. Black Flag

18. The Train

19. You're The One

20. The Difference

 

Part 2 (Dogman, Alien Beans, Metal Blade, InsideOut)

01. Groove Machine

02. Pretend

03. Sunshine Rain

04. Dogman

05. Cigarettes

06. Fade

07. Happy

08. Julia

09. Marsh Mellow Field

10. Smudge

11. Bitter Sweet

12. Believe

13. Vegetable

14. Stay

15. Hurricane

16. If

17. Open My Eyes

18. Pray

19. Alright

20. Repeating Myself

[fraroc]

I already posted this in the Rush discussion, but seeing as how this thread is asking me to make my own Best of, I figured "f**k it".

 

 

Here it is, the Rush best of compilation to end all Rush best of compilations. The complete anthology of Rush, every era is represented equally and fairly and there is something for every kind of Rush fan, whether they're fans of the 70s prog era or the 80s new wave era!

 

DISK ONE: "From Humble Beginnings"

 

1. Finding My Way

2. In The Mood

3. Working Man

4. Anthem

5. Beneath, Between and Behind

6. Fly By Night

7. Bastille Day

8. The Necromancer

9. The Fountain of Lamneth

10. 2112 (Live from the Test For Echo tour)

11. A Passage To Bangkok

13. Something For Nothing (Live from 2112 tour)

 

 

DISK TWO: "Rise To The Top"

 

1. Xanadu (Live from the Moving Pictures tour)

2. Closer To The Heart

3. Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage

4. Cygnus X-2 Book II: Hemispheres

5. The Trees

6. La Villa Strangiato

7. The Spirit Of Radio (Live from the Snakes And Arrows tour)

8. Freewill

9. Jacob's Ladder

10. Different Strings

 

DISK THREE: " The Digital Days"

 

1. Tom Sawyer

2. YYZ

3. Limelight

4. Witch Hunt Part III of Fear (Live from the Grace Under Pressure tour)

5. Subdivisions

6. The Analog Kid

7, The Weapon Part II of Fear (Live from the Grace Under Pressure tour)

8. Countdown

9. Distant Early Warning

10. Red Sector A

11. The Enemy Within Part I of Fear (Live from the Grace Under Pressure tour)

12. The Body Electric

13. The Big Money

14. Marathon (Live from the Hold Your Fire tour)

15. Middletown Dreams

16. Mystic Rhythms

17. Time Stand Still

18. Second Nature

19. Lock and Key

20. Mission (Live from the Hold Your Fire tour)

 

DISK FOUR: "Back To Basics"

 

1. Show Don't Tell

2. The Pass

3. Scars

4. Red Tide

5. Dreamline (Live from Rush in Rio)

6. Roll The Bones

7. Where's My Thing? Part IV of Gangster Boats Trilogy

8. Ghost Of A Chance

9. Animate

10. Nobody's Hero

11. Leave That Thing Alone! (Live from the Time Machine tour)

12. Driven

13. Virtuality

14. Limbo

15. Time And Motion

 

DISK FIVE: "The New Millennium"

 

1. One Little Victory

2. Ghost Rider

3. Vapor Trails

4. Freeze Part IV of Fear

5. Summertime Blues

6. Far Cry (Live from the Snakes and Arrows tour)

7. Workin' Them Angels

8. The Larger Bowl

9. Malignant Narcissism

10. The Main Monkey Business

11. Caravan

12. BU2B

13. Clockwork Angels (Live from the Clockwork Angels Tour)

14. The Garden

15. Headlong Flight

[fritz44]

The Scorpions

 

Pictured Life (live)

We’ll Burn the Sky (live)

Robot Man (live)

Loving You Sunday Morning

China White

Zoo

Animal Magnetism

Coast to Coast

[Stormtron]

Budgie

 

Breadfan

Forearm Smash

Crash Course in Brain Surgery

Napoleon Bona Parts 1 & 2

You're the Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk

Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman

Power Supply

Breaking All the House Rules

Parents

Zoom Club

Panzer Division Destroyed

Sky High Percentage

I Can't See My Feelings

Pyramids

In the Grip of a Tyrefitter's Hand

In for the Kill

Guts

Bored with Russia

Young is a World

I Turned to Stone

[gudbuytjane]

These are mixes I made for someone!

 

Genesis - Chapter 1: 1970-1975

 

Disc One:

 

Watcher of The Skies

Dancing With The Moonlit Knight

I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)

The Return of The Giant Hogweed

Lilywhite Lilith

Get 'em Out By Friday

Twilight Alehouse

In The Cage

The Musical Box

 

Disc Two:

 

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

The Fountain of Salmacis

Looking For Someone

Back In NYC/Hairless Heart

The Cinema Show/Aisle of Plenty

Supper's Ready

The Knife

 

Genesis - Chapter 2: 1976-1981

 

Disc One:

 

Dance On A Volcano

One For The Vine

Behind The Lines

Duchess

Guide Vocal

Down and Out

Abacab

Follow You, Follow Me

Duke's Travels/Duke's End

 

Disc Two:

 

Eleventh Earl of Mar

Ripples

Deep In The Motherlode

Inside and Out

Dodo/Lurker

Squonk

Turn It On Again

In That Quiet Earth

Afterglow

Los Endos

Edited May 1, 2015 by gudbuytjane

[goose]

Boston

 

1. More than a Feeling

2. Peace of Mind

3. Foreplay/Longtime

4. Rock n roll Band

5. Smokin

6. Hitchin a ride

7. Something about you

8. Let me take you home tonight

:clap:

[Mr. Not]

Editing my best of ELO

 

01. Tightrope

02. Bluebird is Dead

03. Fire on High

04. Eldorado

05. Mister Kingdom

06. Dreaming of 4000

07. Waterfall

08. Nellie Takes Her Bow

09. Telephone Line

10. Turn to Stone

11. One the Run

12. Shine a Little Love

13. Twilight

14. Mr. Blue Sky

15. It's Over

16. Shangri-La

[gudbuytjane]

Another one I made for a friend.

 

The Flower Kings: 1994-2000

 

Disc One:

 

Rhythm of Life (0:27)

There Is More To This World (10:06)

Garden of Dreams (28:58)*

The Flower King (11:41)

World of Adventures (13:32)

Retropolis (11:07)

 

Disc Two:

 

I Am The Sun (24:59)**

In The Eyes of The World (10:28)

Rhythm of The Sea (5:09)

The Cinema Show (11:27)

Stardust We Are (25:03)

 

*I edited down an abbreviated version from the original 60-ish minutes of the full version.

**I stuck the two parts separated in their original form into one 25 minute long song.

[gudbuytjane]

Okay, one last one. A Rush mix I made for a friend's birthday a couple of years ago. It was intended as a sampler, and to make the listener curious to hear the full albums. Did it work? It worked! She and I went, with her husband, too, to see the Clockwork Angels tour together!:

 

Rush - Hold The Red Star Proudly: 1974-1981

 

Disc One:

 

Cygnus X-1: Prologue

The Spirit of Radio

Anthem

Limelight

"2112" (1)

Hemispheres: The Sphere (2)

Closer To The Heart

Finding My Way

Hemispheres: Prelude

The Necromancer: Under The Shadow

Subdivisions

 

Disc Two:

 

Natural Science

Beneath, Between & Behind

A Passage To Bangkok

New World Man

Bastille Day

By-Tor and The Snow Dog (3)

Xanadu

Working Man (4)

Tom Sawyer

In The Mood

La Villa Strangiato

 

(1) Using sound editing software I cut out parts of discovery, and "Oracle: The Dream," to achieve the All The World's A Stage arrangement.

(2) Mixed it so the last synth note held as the opening chords of "Closer to the Heart" played, a la the Hemispheres tour.

(3) An abbreviated version, ending after the first part of the "Battle" section, and cross-faded into a pitch-corrected "Xanadu," mimicking the arrangement of the two songs they used from 77-80.

(4) Edited out the second solo section to reflect the 2000's-and-later arrangements used by the band.