Talk:Greatest hits

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What about the PlayStation Greatests Hits collection? High selling games get re released under that title. Haoie 06:30, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Go ahead and write the article. It's valid :) Mr. Cat 17:42, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

How do Essential Compilation albums fit into this discussion of general types of compilation albums. My iPod has The Essential Johnny Cash, The Essential Babyface, The Essential Tony Bennett [Limited Edition] and The Essential Miles Davis. I am wondering how these compare to other types of Compilation albums. Also, I have a few Ultimate Compilation Albums. Where do these types fall in? TonyTheTiger 20:38, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] =Variants and other facts that may be worth including====

Another variant of the greatest hits albums are those that cover a particular artist's career. They will usually feature recordings performed by the artist when they were part of the band that was their starting point for their musical career, then will cover solo performances and / or guest performances with other bands that they recorded after they left the original band. Examples would be "All The Best" by Paul McCartney (covering his Wings career, duets with Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson) and some solo works; "If I Was" by Midge Ure & Ultravox which covered key songs from Ultravox, Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas" and Midge Ure's solo works; and "At Worst: The Best of Boy George And Culture Club" which featured Boy George's music from his Culture Club career through some solo works and some of his guest performances.

Some of these albums will feature recordings that were commissioned for a particular film, TV show or similar audiovisual work. This may allow for situations where the audiovisual work doesn't have enough recordings to justify the creation of a soundtrack album. SimonMackay (talk) 15:29, 7 March 2008 (UTC)