Favorite Albums: 114 - 113

So, yeah, I said in the last post that the Greatest Hits and singles collections and stuff were going to be farther apart. There was one in the last post, two in this one. Go me.
I am still amazed that Bat Out Of Hell got zero comments, by the way. Amazed.

115. Standing On a Beach - The Singles (And Unavailable B-sides) by The Cure (1986)

This collection included all The Cure's singles from Three Imaginary Boys through The Head On the Door. The cassette version was called Standing On a Beach, and included all the b-sides to all the singles. Every other version was called Staring At the Sea and only had the singles. I am going with the cassette version, because some of the b-sides are just as good as a lot of the singles.
All the singles are here, in chronological order, from "Killing An Arab" through "Close To Me." It is a pretty definitive collection of The Cure's first decade, with nothing at all missing. Throwing the b-side collection in just makes it that much more fulfilling. "Happy the Man," "The Exploding Boy," "New Day," "Stop Dead" and "A Few Hours After This," all b-sides, rival many of the songs The Cure ever put on any album up to this point. I'm really not going to get into much detail about the singles, because most of the albums the songs are off of appear in this list at one point or another, so it would be a bit redundant. Just... Go get this album. It is well worth it.
5 Best Songs (Singles):
5. "Primary"
4. "A Night Like This"
3. "10:15 Saturday Night"
2. "Boys Don't Cry"
1. "The Caterpillar"

5 Best Songs (B-sides):
5. "Happy the Man"
4. "New Day"
3. "Stop Dead"
2. "The Exploding Boy"
1. "A Few Hours After This"

"10:15 Saturday Night"


"Boys Don't Cry"


"The Caterpillar"



113. Who's Better, Who's Best by The Who (1988)

This is, for some reason, the only Who album I own. But damn is it good. I used to listen to this all the time, but kind of burned myself out on it, and haven't listened to it in nearly a year. Basically every Who song worth a damn is on here. The only real complaint I have is the version of "Won't Get Fooled Again" that is on here. It says it's the "extended version," yet there are parts completely cut out, and it is shorter than the actual album version by a full 5 minutes. I can understand not wanting to put an 8 minute song on here, but it ends up being so chopped up that it's annoying as hell. Actually, I do have one other complaint, and that is that "Behind Blue Eyes" isn't on here. Love that song. There are a few songs on here, like "I'm a Boy" and "See Me, Feel Me" that I would have put "Behind Blue Eyes" in place of, but for the most part this is a really good collection. They got all the main hits on here, so that's what matters most in the end, right?
5 Best Songs:
5. "Magic Bus"
4. "Squeeze Box"
3. "Happy Jack"
2. "You Better, You Bet"
1. "I Can See For Miles"

"Happy Jack"


"You Better, You Bet"


"I Can See For Miles"