Grand Funk Railroad - Greatest Hits [Original recording remastered]

Grand Funk Railroad | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 4, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000EHQ80A
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #725 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #33 in Music > Classic Rock > Arena Rock
  • #75 in Music > Hard Rock & Metal
  • #83 in Music > Classic Rock > Album-Oriented Rock (AOR)

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39 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Close, but no Cigar, September 25, 2006

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Lonnie E. Holder "The Review's the Thing" (Columbus, Indiana, United States) - See all my reviews
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I enjoy Grand Funk's music. Several of their songs got a lot of airplay in the early 70s. The group was considered to be in the same genre as Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, and the group was typically unpopular with critics. This particular collection is one of the better ones available, though it remains less than perfect.

The easiest way to satisfy most Grand Funk fans would be to put all 20 songs that charted to 1976 into one collection. Then we would all be happy. I personally would have been happy with just one or two more songs from the aforementioned 20, particularly "Feelin' Alright." Until the 20 song collection of all charting songs happens, this CD is probably your best best. Of course, if you are missing a favorite song you have one of two choices. Either get the collection that contains your favorite song, or get the album that has that song, which is also a good idea.

Grand Funk was one of the hardest rock groups of their day. Sometimes described as the loudest rock and roll band in the world, Grand Funk was one of a very small number of bands that helped evolve rock into heavy metal. Fans of hard rock and classic rock should have at least one collection from this wonderfully talented group.

Enjoy!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What I was looking for!, April 29, 2010

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Love Good Music (Asheville, North Carolina United States) - See all my reviews

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I am pleased with this cd, but as others have posted before, there really isn't a greatest hits collection of GFR as they had so many albumns all deserving praise so I may well be purchasing some other cd's of GFR to elaborate on more of the songs they did.

If you grew up a proud blue collar middle class person as I did, GFR should be part of your musical makeup...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Grand Funk Railroad - Greatest Hits, November 29, 2010

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Daniel J. Kaufmann - See all my reviews
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I was hoping for a certain live version of "I'm Your Captain" but it wasn't on this CD (surprisingly it wasn't on the Live CDs either). Regardless, the version on this CD is excellent, as are the other selections. Even casual fans of GFR will enjoy this CD. It's full of classic hits.