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All Star: The Smash Hits of Smash Mouth

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The key to accepting and loving this disc is in the understanding that it is not great art (so it's not Houses of the Holy by Led Zeppelin, who cares?) What it is, is fun music.

Smash Mouth may be one of the most successful party bands in history. Listening to them you get the feeling that they do not take themselves seriously at all. But you always get the sense they do love music, love having fun and putting on good shows.

All Star Smash Hits pulls together 20 songs from their 5 released disc as well as soundtrack songs (Can't Hardly Wait and Shrek, Cat In The Hat. Me, Myself and Irene) and four covers tunes.

Infectious hooks and upbeat grooves is what drives the music. It is pop music at its finest with roots in Ska and Punk. The pacing of the music is good, starting with there biggest single and then going to earlier tracks before mixing in the soundtrack tunes.

Overall this CD is fun and lite, which is nice at time when there are a lot of heavy things in life going on right now everywhere. It's also good to have music I can listen with my kids while in the car.

Take this disc for what it is, fun party music for the car or a trip to the beach.

Some critics deride Smash Mouth as a middle-of-the-road rock band with no real backbone to them, but as a fan I can say that rock bands don't always need to be the Biggest, Best, and Loudest to be great. Let's face it, Smash Mouth is a FUN band. This greatest hits collection is a perfect sampler of all their best stuff as well as songs from various soundtracks (Shrek, Can't Hardly Wait, etc.), all in one place.

The truth is, we need bands like Smash Mouth, we need bands that are fun, and we need good music in the summertime. There are a few bands around similar to Smash Mouth, but I'd honestly take these guys over Sugar Ray in a heartbeat. This is a generous 20 tracks, and includes about everything it should. We get the addictive big hits like "Walking On The Sun" and "All Star", we get the minor hits like "Then The Morning Comes" and "Pacific Coast Party", and we get a ton of soundtrack songs and covers. My favorites of those are "Why Can't We Be Friends", "Can't Get Enough Of You Baby", and "Getting Better". I like these guys enough to keep the albums I have, but if you're looking for your first or only Smash Mouth disc, this is obviously it.

When this band came along, with their first big hit, WALKIN' ON THE SUN, I immediately noticed their being highly influenced by that 1960's band, ?(Question Mark) & The Mysterians of "96 TEARS" fame, circa 1966. The lead singer of SMASHMOUTH sounds eerily like the lead singer of that blast from the past band. Then, the follow up, CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOU, BABY was a hit, and an almost note-for-note remake of a track right off the "96 TEARS" album by that 60's band! Nobody's ever mentioned or noted this - am I the only one who noticed?!!! Yup, I have the ?(Question Mark)& The Mysterians album, which I bought at a vintage records shop a few years ago. SMASHMOUTH is a fun band, but, let's give influential credit where credit is overdue.

This CD is a must have. Included are their most popular songs. Because of shrek and other movies, this cd is a whole family favorite. The Kids love dancing to the music in this cd. Highly reccomend!

I've always loved Smash mouth, and this CD is the way to go for all fans. Or even if you're starting out, this is the one to get as it has several tracks on it you can't find on their other cds. such as Mystery Man and Pacific coast party. This is a good cd to get to sample all their works.

Beside's it has several of my favorite songs on it, such as Walking on the sun, When the morning comes, better do it right ( a song you can't find anywhere else except for the Grinch cd) and Waste. I'm just disappointed they didn't come out with this cd sooner before I spent money on buying soundtracks just for one single smash mouth song.

These guys have an old sounding but at the same time new twist on music that is quite refreshing after hearing all the hip hop, rap and grunge music out there.

This has most of the songs I was looking for. Since I live in a small town, my only option for buying music is the dreaded Wal-Mart. I didn't have to leave my home only to find they didn't have it. It was right at my fingertips. Thanks!

What would you expect from a hits package? This is all the best from Smash Mouth and as a fan of the band I feel this is a very good compilation.

This CD is an All Star hit! It has many of my favorite songs from Smash Mouth.