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Not as stunning as it could be

punkviper | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 11/19/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Therapy epitomize the overlooked band that could be huge if merely exposed to the right audience at the right time. Their particularly vitrioloic brand of alt-metal would seem like a can't-miss prospect for worldwide (and especially US) success, but such has never really been the case. Sure they have their fans, but not any sort of notoriety or legacy beyond the hardcore fans.So when I saw that Therapy, of all bands, was putting together a freaking Greatest Hits, I was... surprised... to say the least. Shouldn't "Greatest Hits" packages be reserved for overblown hype jockeys like Fleetwood Mac, or Foreigner? Then I figured that maybe this is their effort to reach a wider audience, package all their best stuff, sit it out there and hope for the best.One problem, though. This AIN'T their best stuff. It's weighted too heavily with Suicide Pact material, forsake's Infernal Love's best track (Misery) for its most superfluous (Diane, why a cover?!) and attempts to reel in existing fans with 2 mediocre unreleased tracks. The result is a Best Of that neither hits all the highlights that it could from a great career, nor has enough decent rare material for the dedicated.Therapy have had so many b-sides and toss-offs that a compilation of those simply begs to be done. The fans would eat it up, even it took 2 volumes or so to do. Then commence with a good anthology/overview that took tracks from all the stuff, without favoring one album or another, and be sure to include the best from said albums, not just the most palatable or friendly.I didn't have the heart to rate this lower than 4-stars, but I probably should have. It just doesn't fulfill on any level. So much promise wasted."

A greatest hits album of sorts.....

shmitty01 | ? | 03/23/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"As one of the most diehard Therapy? fans in the United States, I recommend this album to the new listener who hasn't previously heard them. As a greatest hits album of sorts, it covers most of the diverse sound of Therapy?. Although Semi-Detached and Troublegum are the best albums(and the hardest to get in the U.S.), this album is a good idea of what Therapy? sounds like for the new fan. For the Diehard fan like myself(who collects as much Therapy? stuff as I can get), this is not really worth picking up. But being that Therapy? isn't the most popular band in the world, this album is likely a worthwhile buy for most music fans."

Feel better after the ten year Therapy?

vlad | Moscow, Russia | 05/14/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Not bad. Almost really the best of the Irish guys playing a good good good (and good) rock music.Some nice songs are surely missing. It happens, especially when the space on a cd is slightly limited.But most of their famous stuff is right here, ready to please your ears with every memorable sound. Just do yourself a favour, enjoy the every track this unique band put on the cd, trace their history from the glorious 1993 to the less successful recent years, and be sure Therapy? are not gone, and we may easily expect their new chedevres with their new albums."