Customer Reviews

Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits [Vinyl]

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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.

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!!!

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.

This was the first Janis CD I got and wasn't too impressed, so didn't pursue her career any further. After hearing several vinyl records at my friends' house of her, I bought her albums on CD and boy, is this GREATEST HITS a sorry excuse for a representation! I GOT 'DEM OL' KOZMIC BLUES AGAIN MAMA! has only one song, "Try", while the whole album is great. PEARL has the majority of cuts, plus a few from CHEAP THRILLS, IN CONCERT and one from BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY (yet to be released on CD!). The live cuts are horrible and there's nowhere to turn to get better, so accept this! For those who want to try her for the first time, get 18 ESSENTIAL SONGS.

Don't buy this album unless you're already a Janis Joplin fan. I bought it to check her music out and was disappointed. The greatest hits could simply be a single of the first song.

When I was in high school, I first got into this album on LP back in the mid 90s when my uncle gave it to me. When I first heard this album, I became an instant fan of Janis Joplin. Shortly after I was given this album on LP, I got it on cassette tape, and bought a used copy on CD a few years ago (the CD I got is an original issue containing 10 songs). This Greatest Hits has the best of Janis' work, and is a great start for someone who is just getting to know her musical style. I just read some reviews from folks about this album stating that the sound quality is awful. To me, the sound quality is excellent, the way it should be on CD. Here is what I can say to the persons who were dissatisfied about the original CD issue of this album: it was reissued in '99 with remastered sound and bonus tracks (the same thing about Pearl). If you've already bought the remastered issue of it, then you shouldn't complain. I don't have the remastered CD issue of this album, but I'm certain that the sound quality on that should not displease you. Be happy that this album came out on CD instead of it being stuck on vinyl or cassette.

It's good for what is is, but it isn't what the description says. It has only 10 songs. The 2 bonus tracks aren't on it. I bought it so I could have "Mercedes Benz." It's not there. I didn't lose much money, but it was a let-down.

I must say that I bought her cd not really knowing who she was as a person and after listening to her cd, I felt like I really did get to know a little about her. I love this cd!! My purpose in buying it has succeeded!

Janis is the best blues/rock singer of all time. This is the collection of her best works. However, this album is not perfect because it excludes such a strong social commentary song, Mercedes Benz...

I love Janis's bluesy, shaky voice accompanied with that dirty blues-rock sound. This is great weekend partyin' music. There are some real classic moments on this collection, moments that every American music fan should not be without.