25 Greatest Hits - Platters (The)

Advantages: One of the Biggest Albums of the Seventies
Disadvantages: Too AOR for me

...hits. Stevie Nicks provides a sort of dreamy mysticism to the bands writing an the general overall sound is comforting and warm. The only time where this overall ambience is in the brooding , threatening “The Chain” (also the title of their 25 year retrospective 4 CD set), which was a band composition so it was obviously Mick Fleetwood and John McVie who were the teeth in the band. The instrumental coda to this piece was used as the theme to the BBC Car program “Top Gear”. Other stand out tracks are the introductory “Second Hand News” another Lindsay Buckingham composed excellent pop song and the acoustic simplicity of “Never Going Back Again”. All in all a pleasant album , but nothing to get too excited about. It’s available on mid price, so it won’t break the bank if you do... Read review

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Advantages: 23 Amazing Tracks
Disadvantages: 2 Poor ones

...Why oh why did this man have to die??? This album is a compilation of the greatest of his hits over the years and a couple of unreleased ones. Already possessing a few of his previous albums, I realised he was a great artist before I bought this, but with all his greatest songs compiled back to back, it makes you realise how much of a brilliant rapper Tupac Shakur is. This ‘Greatest Hits’ album is jam packed with 25 songs, 23 of which are works of art. Unlike many rappers nowadays, Tupac scarcely features along side fellow rap artists, which shows how much ability he actually has got, yet he appears in 2 songs with Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre. This gives the album a bit of diversity and a few lesser-known rappers in a couple of songs also. It is quite hard to pick my best track of this album, because there is so many outstanding ones, but I... Read review

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Advantages: many historic songs in just one CD
Disadvantages: if you only like originals

...with the innovation of having Roger Taylor and Brian May coming to the fore before joining forces with Freddie in the chorus THE GREAT PRETENDER a song with a history of it's own: first performed by the Platters in 1956 made quite an impact in the 1987 version of Queen - even if Freddie didn't have his trademark moustache in the video! PRINCES OF THE UNIVERSE was issued as a single only in the USA. It was written for the "highlander" movie but didn't make it as a hit until the TV series about highlander ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST is the song that most people know because you will always hear it in many sport events. Here you will find the version performed with Wyclef Jean becoming an R&B hit NO-ONE BUT YOU (ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG) was prompted by the deaths of Freddie Mercury and Princess Dianna. It is the only three-man Queen song THESE ARE THE DAYS... Read review

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