Showing posts with label Guess Who. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Guess Who. Show all posts

Saturday, April 14, 2018

The Guess Who - Greatest Hits

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:17
Size: 156.3 MB
Styles: Album rock, Contemporary rock
Year: 1999
Art: Front

[3:44] 1. These Eyes
[2:41] 2. Laughing
[3:26] 3. Undun
[3:46] 4. No Time
[5:06] 5. American Woman
[4:52] 6. No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature
[3:27] 7. Hand Me Down World
[3:52] 8. Share The Land
[4:10] 9. Hang On To Your Life
[2:27] 10. Albert Flasher
[2:43] 11. Rain Dance
[4:04] 12. Sour Suite
[4:52] 13. Heartbroken Bopper
[4:59] 14. Guns Guns Guns
[3:39] 15. Follow Your Daughter Home
[2:39] 16. Star Baby
[4:15] 17. Clap For The Wolfman
[3:25] 18. Dancin' Fool

There have been plenty of Guess Who collections on the market, from the original Best of the Guess Who to the multi-disc Track Record. Of all of these, the best is the 1999 collection Greatest Hits, which contains a generous 18 songs, including all but two of their charting American singles -- not counting 1965's "Shakin' All Over," the missing songs are "Broken" (the B-side to "Albert Flasher") and "Runnin' Back to Saskatoon" (which barely scraped the charts). Although the Guess Who's albums are distinctive (more so than their reputation would lead you to believe), there's little question that they're best heard as a singles band, and this is the best place to hear them that way. After a spin of Greatest Hits, it's clear that the Guess Who made some of the best mainstream rock of their era -- and while they never received much critical respect (apart from iconoclast Lester Bangs, of course), their music holds up better than much of their peers', which means that the Guess Who deserves to have the last laugh. ~Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

The Guess Who - Platinum & Gold Collection

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 41:59
Size: 96.1 MB
Styles: Rock
Year: 2003
Art: Front

[3:42] 1. These Eyes
[3:44] 2. No Time
[3:25] 3. Undun
[3:52] 4. American Woman
[3:24] 5. Hand Me Down World
[3:06] 6. Broken
[2:24] 7. Albert Flasher
[4:03] 8. Sour Suite
[3:30] 9. Runnin' Back To Saskatoon
[4:42] 10. Glamour Boy
[2:37] 11. Star Baby
[3:24] 12. Dancin' Fool

The Guess Who's Platinum & Gold Collection boasts a tight 12-track sequencing and good notes from John Einarson ("the author of American Woman: The Story of the Guess Who"). While this does not really contain all the big hits -- "Laughing," "No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature," and "Share the Land" are the most egregious omissions, but "Rain Dance" and "Clap for the Wolfman" are also missing -- there are plenty here, including "These Eyes," "No Time," "Undun," "American Woman," "Hand Me Down World," and "Albert Flasher."

Platinum & Gold Collection