Janis Joplin - Greatest Hits

Janis Joplin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00000250H
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  | 
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #84,113 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Piece of My Heart

2. Summertime

3. Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)

4. Cry Baby

5. Me and Bobby McGee

6. Down on Me

7. Get It While You Can

8. Bye, Bye Baby

9. Move Over

10. Ball and Chain

11. Maybe [*]

12. Mercedes Benz [*]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My first introduction to Janis., December 30, 2004

By 

Jason Grant (Alberta, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Janis Joplin - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

First I must say that this CD will always be special to me, as it introduced me to Janis Joplin. I would like to point out that most of Janis' best songs are not featured here. I would really recommend buying "The Essential Janis Joplin". However, this album is an excellent place to start.

What I love most about Janis on this album is her signature raspy vocals, unleashed raw energy and the real true gem of this record, is the live version of "Ball And Chain".(Which is one of my VERY favorite songs of hers).

One cannot deny the power and substance of such stellar tracks here such as "Piece Of My Heart", "Me And Bobby McGee" and "Move Over". Another exciting highlight on this greatest hits compilation would be Janis' cover of the Gershwin classic "Summertime".

Overall an excellent snapshot of Janis and the music of the late 60's.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars my favorite singer, May 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Janis Joplin - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

i truly do love janis, but "18 essential songs" is a far better collection. If i were you, i'd wait till about june, cause that's when they're supposed to release remastered works of her albums, so if your a new fan, be patient!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars music good, sound bad, February 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Janis Joplin - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

The music deserves four stars, but one should be taken off because the sound is horrible. WARNING: don't buy anything from Columbia reissued in 1987. The sound is not remastered and it sounds horrible. The other bad thing is that her albums aren't remastered either so you really don't have anywhere to turn. I thought it was hopeless for Columbia until they reissued Santana's work, not only that but it was one of the best, clearest remasters I've ever heard, the same with the Byrds. So I'm just waiting patiently until Columbia, hopefully, will remaster her work, and hopfully they will remaster Bob Dylan's albums too.