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So Much for Ten Year Plan: Retrospective 1990-2000

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Therapy epitomize the overlooked band that could be huge if merely exposed to the right audience at the right time. Their particularly vitrioloic brand of alt-metal would seem like a can't-miss prospect for worldwide (and especially US) success, but such has never really been the case. Sure they have their fans, but not any sort of notoriety or legacy beyond the hardcore fans.

So when I saw that Therapy, of all bands, was putting together a freaking Greatest Hits, I was... surprised... to say the least. Shouldn't "Greatest Hits" packages be reserved for overblown hype jockeys like Fleetwood Mac, or Foreigner? Then I figured that maybe this is their effort to reach a wider audience, package all their best stuff, sit it out there and hope for the best.

One problem, though. This AIN'T their best stuff. It's weighted too heavily with Suicide Pact material, forsake's Infernal Love's best track (Misery) for its most superfluous (Diane, why a cover?!) and attempts to reel in existing fans with 2 mediocre unreleased tracks. The result is a Best Of that neither hits all the highlights that it could from a great career, nor has enough decent rare material for the dedicated.

Therapy have had so many b-sides and toss-offs that a compilation of those simply begs to be done. The fans would eat it up, even it took 2 volumes or so to do. Then commence with a good anthology/overview that took tracks from all the stuff, without favoring one album or another, and be sure to include the best from said albums, not just the most palatable or friendly.

I didn't have the heart to rate this lower than 4-stars, but I probably should have. It just doesn't fulfill on any level. So much promise wasted.

Not bad. Almost really the best of the Irish guys playing a good good good (and good) rock music.

Some nice songs are surely missing. It happens, especially when the space on a cd is slightly limited.

But most of their famous stuff is right here, ready to please your ears with every memorable sound. Just do yourself a favour, enjoy the every track this unique band put on the cd, trace their history from the glorious 1993 to the less successful recent years, and be sure Therapy? are not gone, and we may easily expect their new chedevres with their new albums.

As one of the most diehard Therapy? fans in the United States, I recommend this album to the new listener who hasn't previously heard them. As a greatest hits album of sorts, it covers most of the diverse sound of Therapy?. Although Semi-Detached and Troublegum are the best albums(and the hardest to get in the U.S.), this album is a good idea of what Therapy? sounds like for the new fan. For the Diehard fan like myself(who collects as much Therapy? stuff as I can get), this is not really worth picking up. But being that Therapy? isn't the most popular band in the world, this album is likely a worthwhile buy for most music fans.

I think this CD gives a good summary of all the albums that were released previously. It reflects the development of Therapy? through the albums perfectly, the greatest hits being present on the album as well. Other classics, like Meat Abstract and Teethgrinder, are present as well. Although I do miss Opal Mantra. My personal favourites are present: Nowhere, Screamager, Straight Life. However, for the real T? fans, this album would be a waste of money. The two new tracks, which are OK, do not justify this. The other edition of this album, with some B-sides, would be a better purchase. Still, if you're new to Therapy?, this album would be a good one to start at.

Therapy? have always been one of my favorite bands, and I've always been disparaged at how little commercial success they've recieved in the US. This retrospective serves as a strong reminder of the success this band has deserved. While I have some problems with the track selection, as "Disintergrators" from NURSE, "Turn", "Femtex", and "Trigger Inside" from TROUBLEGUM, "A Moment of Clarity", "Loose", and "Bad Mother" from INFERNAL LOVE; "Lonely, Cryin, Only", and "Don't Expect Roses" from SEMI-DETACHED; and "Sister" and "Jar Jar Jail" from SUICIDE PACT: YOU FIRST are all absent. This is the kind of collection that could have been a great 2-disc set, as Therapy? has put out a great deal of wonderful material. In addition, the incentives for the dedicated fan to buy this are rather weak. The two new tracks, "Bad Karma", and "Fat Camp" are so-so at best, with the former sounding like a very early pre-NURSE outtake, and the second a slow plodding rocker. Anyways, none of my gripes can counter the fact that any collection of Therapy? song's is going to be rock solid, and all the most important ones are here: "Screamager", "Die Laughing", "Teethgrinder", and "Stories". For any casual fan taking a look at the crazy world of Therapy? this is a must buy. For the dedicated, however, the extra songs aren't strong enough to warrant the purchase.

I lost one original CD and the other got damaged over the years but this has some of my favorite Therapy tracks on it!

I love Therapy? endlessly and this is a good best-of, containing the band's most "famous" songs, but lacking the real great ones. , as the band says, it's a retrospective album, ten years of great music indeed. But I miss my personal favorites in here : "Turn", "Animal Bones", "Me vs you", "Little tongues first", "Hate Kill Destroy" or "Black Eye, Purple Sky". It would also be cool if they would have recorded the guitar-live version of "Diane", the one that was on "Infernal Love" is in my opinion one of the weakest Therapy? songs ever. On the other hand, I like "Bad Karma follows you around" - it's a great live song. I didn't get to hear "Fat Camp" yet, but I will as soon as one of my friends is buying this CD. A big recommodation for everyone that is getting new to Therapy? but it isn't quite great as a best of. Get the original albums for eternal listening pleasure.

is what this album is. The songs are very comically delightful but if you're a HARD rock fan this album may not be for you. Though packed with quite a few nice beats, and the ever popular (if only in my mind) "Screamager", it proved to not be quite the Therapy? I was looking for. It did however keep me laughing, maybe it will do the same for you.

is what this album is. The songs are very comically delightful but if you're a HARD rock fan this album may not be for you. Though packed with quite a few nice beats, and the ever popular (if only in my mind) "Screamager", it proved to not be quite the Therapy? I was looking for. It did however keep me laughing, maybe it will do the same for you.