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Good Compilation, But Some Great Tunes Missing

Cory T. Shaeffer | Pittsburgh | 04/02/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"As far as compilation albums go, they are pretty much a crapshoot these days, for the simple fact that if a person has all their favorite band's best tunes on a mp3 player or an iPod, why purchase a Greatest Hits album? Well, actually, there is a bonus track added, and the disc is in chronological order, making it a great introduction to the band. This album reminds us of how great this band can be when it is on its game, and before softening out in recent years, NFG played pop-punk anthems with the best of them, revitalizing and bolstering the genre. While it is apparent that they draw influences from many other bands, they have managed to sound somewhat unique. Their ability to change the pace from slow to frenetic in the middle of a song is one of their trademarks, and although they have yet to release that one defining masterpiece, they remain one of the standard-bearers of the sensible, melodic pop-punk genre."

Good Compilation, But As With Most Greatest Hits, Not At All

LeftManOut | TheCityThatNeverSleeps, FL | 05/01/2008

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Simply put most are familiar with New Found Glory. Their style energetic hardcore influenced pop-punk is insanely addicting and has won them fans the world over during the last 10 years. Fitting that after that period of time and over the course of 5 records, they would be putting out a greatest hits comp.



Well I'm not much of a fan of greatest hits records because usually they are just comps put out by a label that feature an artist's big singles, but this one does the band pretty good justice. There's no songs off "Nothing Gold Can Stay" (likely because Geffen doesn't own the rights to the disc), but all 4 of their other releases are fairly well represented. It just happens to be that some of NFG's best songs happen to be their big singles. NOT ALL THEIR BEST SONG, but indeed some of them like "Hit or Miss" and "My Friends Over You." If you don't own any previous New Found Glory albums (highly unlikely if you're reading this), I suppose this is a suitable place to start. The two unreleased tracks, "Situations" and "Constant Static" are also pretty good songs. Unfortunately they don't warrant buying the cd (iTunes anyone?)



So basically I just said what the downside of the disc is. Besides the fact that every greatest hits cd never has all the band's best songs (and a GH record never will), this one doesn't really offer the hardcore much of a reason to purchase it. Two unreleased songs? Yea they're good, but shelling out $10-12 for this when you can buy them individually online? Seems pretty dumb if you ask me. More or less, this is only special to anyone who doesn't own any New Found Glory cds, and just wants something with most of their recognizable songs.



Overall not a bad compilation, but not at all essential. I give it 3.5 Stars because the song selection is pretty good, but there's no real reason to buy it. Recommended for starters, older listeners just check out the bonus tracks online. Have fun."