Anthology - Perri

Advantages: Superb quality, huge song selection, pure bliss.
Disadvantages: No Pink.

...There are a lot of Aerosmith albums out there to buy these days and a worryingly low amount of those are studio albums. There's half a dozen compilations (Greatest Hits, Big Ones, Gems, Young Lust, O Yeah Ultimate Hits, Anthology etc) and almost as many Live collections (Bootleg, Classics Live 1 and 2, Rockin' The Joint) and, with news that the next release from the Boston five piece will be another Best Of with another 'essential' two new songs, it's easy to suggest that the band are past their creative peak. Personally, as a big fan, I hope this is not the case. While it's hard to agree when the bands studio peak was this compilation goes a long way to prove that their live peak was somewhere along the Eat The Rich and Nine Lives tours. Having had the pure joy of managing to see Aerosmith on the Nine Lives tour (from which a large... Read review

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Advantages: Great Aerosmith tracks
Disadvantages: You may end up with duplicates

...Title: Big Ones Released: November, 1994 Label: Geffen Records Album Type: Compilation Album Produced by: Bruce Fairbairn, Michael Beinhorn The tracks on this album span from the late 80's and the early 90's era of Aerosmith's career. As usual, I am marking songs to how they sound as they are, not to if they live up to Aerosmith songs from the start of their career. Now, to begin with, this album has many tracks on it, which are on the "Young Lust Anthology" album. Now, that didn't bother me to much, as I collect the albums anyway, however if you buy them for the different songs, you may not want to buy this if you already have the Young Lust anthology. However, there are two tracks that are not actually on the Young Lust album. These two tracks being: Amazing and Livin' On The Edge. I say not actually on the Young Lust album... Read review

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Advantages: Classics like Sabotage and Intergalactic
Disadvantages: Some mediocre songs

...The sounds of science is an anthology charting the progress of the Beasties from frat rock, to sublime hip hop. As such there will be a lot of variation on the album and this means you are unlikely to enjoy very song. However the way in which this album and the autobiography put this band into context is truly excellent. The noticeable evolution between “ Fight for your right “ and Sabotage is pleasing to watch from a retrospective angle This album really charts the maturing of a band who have reinvented themselves often and have become icons in their genre.... Read review

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