Greatest Hits

Whither the Greatest Hits album at The Grauniad’s CiF.

My comment:

The purpose of the Greatest Hits album always seemed to revolve around the last three to half a dozen tracks on the album. These always seemed to be from the band/artist's later years after they'd hit their peak - i.e. made more than three albums.

It seemed that the record companies put these later tracks on in the hope that whoever bought the album for the earlier good stuff might be tempted into buying some of the later albums by these tracks from the later albums, thus freeing up some valuable warehouse space for the company.

However, in the age of the CD this tactic failed because the listener could either stop the Greatest Hits album before it got to the naff tracks, or programme the machine to avoid all the embarrassing songs.