Greatest Hits

Procol Harum | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 31, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Musicrama/Koch
• ASIN: B0000DENRO
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,588,130 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Whiter Shade of Pale

2. She Wandered Through the Garden Fence

3. Something Following Me

4. Mabel

5. Cerdes (Outside the Gates Of)

6. Conquistador

7. Kaleidoscope

8. Salad Days (Are Here Again)

9. Repent Walpurgis

10. Homburg

11. Quite Rightly So

12. Shine on Brightly

13. Magdalene (My Regal Zonophone)

14. In the Wee Small Hours of Sixpence

15. A Salty Dog

16. The Devil Came from Kansas

17. Boredom

18. Whisky Train

19. Whaling Stories

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

43 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This is Getting Ridiculous..., April 18, 2004

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John D. Pride (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Procol Harum - Greatest Hits [Metro] (Audio CD)

Why can't anyone compile a decent "Best Of" CD for this great band? Well, probably because most of these incompetent "record execs" have been raised on crap music, and don't know enough about Procol Harum to handle the task. The fact that no one seems to be able to put this band's 10 or 12 classic songs onto one disc makes it clear as to why the record biz is in trouble, and it's not from downloading. It's overpricing and bad staffing, pure and simple. The songs that are here are just fine, but this disc is lacking.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BACK TO THE FUTURE, December 16, 2002

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gary seppa "eno" (unionville, ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Procol Harum - Greatest Hits [Metro] (Audio CD)

... I thought that anything that was compared, in signifcance, to the Guttenberg Press ought to be worthy of further investigation.

I had been a casual fan of Procol Harum during my youth (the 60's) but I was not overly familiar with their music. Although, I had always felt that their tunes 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' and 'Shine on Brightly' to be, perhaps, two of the finest examples 60's explorative rock. I must admit to never having owned a single disc of theirs. As a matter of fact, I do not believe that until very recently I had ever listened to one of Procol Harum's albums in it's entirety.

... I picked up this disc only to realize just how great a band they were. For the most part, this disc is utterly brilliant from beginning to end musically and lyrically. The scale of the sound, the sheer surrealistic brilliance of the lyrics and the extraordinary depth of emotions therein left be stunned, elated and emotionally electrified. This is, simply, one of the great bands of all time. A stellar example of what popular music can be but seldom is.

'Shine On'

sonics 8/10

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Music - But a Bit Dated, January 22, 2006

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J Martin Jellinek (Memphis, TN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Procol Harum - Greatest Hits [Metro] (Audio CD)

I remember seeing Procol Harum at the Fillmore East when they were at their prime. It was during the height of psychadelia, and they blew the audience away. Their mixture of classical, jazz, and pop, along with lyrics that were beautiful but cryptic were perfect.

The music, at its best, is still great. Unfortunately, some of their later material just doesn't seem to stand the test of time. If I were to do it over, I would probably get their first album, with that wonderful cover, instead of this greatest hits collection. However, this is CD is worth the money and nice selection from a classic rock group.