The Best Greatest hits album of all time?

[Mystic]

Lynyrd Skynyrd-Platinum and Gold.

Another excellent example.

 

[Mystic]

Leonard Cohen
The Best Of Leonard Cohen
(Columbia 1975)

This one is an excellent starting point for folks interested in becoming familiar with Cohen's work.

 

[hi*ball]

"Substance" - Joy Division

 

[Chrisxo55441]

im torn between santana and fleetwood mac

 

[BlindBoyGrnt]

From the CD era:
Steppenwolf - "16 Greatest Hits"
Dr. John - "The Ultimate"

 

[Chrisxo55441]

this one is just called chicago its a compilation album from 1975 so i dont know if it counts as a greatest hits but its one hit after another and one of my most played LPs the past few months, awesome album

 

[slow_jazz]

First one that came to mind was Beatles 62-66 the red album.

 

[KrisM]

How about those Queen CD releases from the 90s?

In all seriousness, I'd put Bob Marley - Legend, The Best Of Muddy Waters(the old late 50s one), and The Ramones - Ramones Mania up as personal favorites.

 

[DogsPart2]

Smithereens - Blown to Smithereens.

 

[SA-708]

Squeeze's Singles: 45's and Under is a great one, the later-and-longer CD-era Greatest Hits improves on it, in my opinion.

 

[KrisM]

Another one:

Chuck Berry - The Great Twenty Eight.

Gets bonus points for omitting My Ding-a-Ling.

 

[brian222]

Leo Sayer - All the Best. Never see his name here and probably don't need to ask why. Anyway I like him.

 

[cgoroo]

all excellent choices above,

My choice is Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd

 

[J English]

I'm not a big fan of her later work, but Madonna's The Immaculate Collection is quite good. Heart: Greatest Hits 1985-1995 is also quite good.
I do agree that Hot Rocks is really good - while the Stones catalog is so deep and wonderful, this is a very satisfactory introduction to them. Good suggestions on here overall!

 

[Beatnik]

I'll thow in a live one. Ozzy Speak of the Devil is basically a very well recorded best of Black Sabbath double album.

 

[bobsvinyl]

Strange Brew: The Best of Cream

Smash Hits: Jimi Hendrix Experience. I have a copy with great SQ and I always like LPs that come with a poster.

 

[TudorTurtle]

The Best of Badfinger

 

[icenine]

I like the OPs choice but this has to be the best one ever on a single platter...the Steve Hoffman mastered MCA CD is easily found and a bargain.
I was playing the CD at work and my co-worker, who knew nothing about Hoffman or remastering, remarked on how well this cd sounded. I think it is a Canadian import.

 

[nailer]

With Hot Rocks already mentioned I'll toss CSNY's So Far into the ring.

 

[cnolanh]

Great choices so far. A little more off the beaten path, I'd nominate Bruce Cockburn — Waiting for a Miracle. Great collection spanning his career to that point, and with a few new/remixed items.