Good As It Gets: Best of [Import]

Gene | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 4, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal I.S.
• ASIN: B00005AY16
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #346,103 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. As Good As It Gets

2. For The Dead

3. Fighting Fit

4. Olympian

5. We Could Be Kings

6. Sleep Well Tonight

7. Fill Her Up

8. You'll Never Walk Again

9. Where Are They Now?

10. Haunted By You

11. London, Can You Wait?

12. Speak To Someone

13. Mayday

14. I Can't Help Myself

15. Drawn To The Deep

16. Be My Light, Be My Guide

17. Town Called Malice

Editorial Reviews

UK 'Best Of' for the morose Brit-pop act. Includes 17 tracks , 'As Good As It Gets', 'For The Dead', 'Fighting Fit', 'Olympian', 'We Could Be Things', 'Sleep Well Tonight', 'Fill Her Up', 'You'll Never Walk Again', 'Where Are They Now?', 'Haunted By You', 'London Can You Wait?', 'Speak To Me Someone', 'Mayday', 'I Can't Help Myself', 'Drawn To The Deep End', 'Be My Light Be My Guide' & 'A Town Called Malice' (Jam cover).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Haunted by Gene, October 7, 2005

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Brian Swatek - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Good As It Gets: Best of (Audio CD)

Amid the BritPop resurgence of the mid-1990s (Morrissey, Radiohead, Oasis, &c.) Gene delivered solid songs with haunting melodies & lyrics that still stand up, as evidenced by this collection. Listening to these songs, I can still remember where I was, who I was with, & what I was feeling. The songs resonate with a time & place, but they are also (for the most part) timeless works.

In addition to these "greatest hits," I would highly recommend picking up Gene's first two albums. Their first album, _Olympian_, was an elegy to lost love, & an incredible cycle of songs that took the listener on a journey through pubs & down city streets haunted by memories. The title track is a catharsis of intense pain, yearning, & hope not to be forgotten. Their follow-up, _Drawn to the Deep End_, dealt with emotional breakdown & recovery. It is more musically cohesive than the first album, with repeated themes, motifs, & structures throughout.

Personally, I like a lot of the later work Gene has put out as well, & there are lots of stand-out tracks on their subsequent albums. However, I would highly recommend the 1st 2 albums as essential listening.

5.0 out of 5 stars Gene, August 8, 2006

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cooperandre (Fullerton, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Good As It Gets: Best of (Audio CD)

As Good as It Gets simply is as good as it gets with Gene, this is a CD where you don't have to worry about only enjoying a couple songs, once in your CD player each song compliments the next. I suggest listening while have some alcohol on hand, great sounds to drink to.

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Collection!, January 25, 2005

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Brad Shorr "Brad Shorr" - See all my reviews
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Definitely hits a lot the high points. Would be worth five stars except for the price ($35??) and it's missing one of my favorites, Truth, Rest Your Head, from Olympian. If you're willing to spend $35, Rising for Sunset might be a better value. That's live recording of great Gene songs. The band sounds quite a bit different live, a little rougher around the edges, and has some arrangements that are quite a bit different from the studio versions.