Rheostatics - Greatest Hits [Import]

Rheostatics | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 9, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Outside
• ASIN: B00000JAK1
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #659,284 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Crescent Moon (Again)

2. Canadian Dream

3. The Ballad of Wendel Clark, Pts. 1 & 2

4. Ditch Pigs

5. Higher and Higher

6. OK by Me

7. Churches and Schools

8. Public Square

9. Delta 88

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great Rheos album...but shouldn't be your first., July 29, 2001

By A Customer

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

This shouldn't be your first introduction to the Rheostatics. For that, you should listen to Melville or Whale Music. Once you know the Rheos, however, this will be a great part of your collection. You can tell this is an early album - it has a "recorded in the basement" quality to it. However, it has some gems, including Crescent Moon, Ditch Pigs, and, of course, the Ballad of Wendel Clark (Parts I and II). Give it a listen, but only after you have already heard the Rheostatics' other albums.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Bad Idea. Buy any other Rheostatics CD!, February 11, 2000

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chr!s c. (canada) - See all my reviews

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

An idea for a clever title for their first album. "Greatest Hits" is NOT a collection of their greatest hits. It is easily their worst album, and thats saying something because I LOVE every other Rheos album. The best song on the CD (The Ballad of Wendell Clark) is on their DOUBLE LIVE album. Buy that instead.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You might like this album if..., April 28, 2004

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A. Caldwell "green sprout" (Ingleside, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rheostatics - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

- you want to see Martin without his sideburns or Dave Bidini with hair
- you would like to know if Dave Clark can eat tinfoil (yes)
- you are a rabid Tielli fan and need clues as to the origins of "OK by Me" and the "Double X" mythology.
- you already love the Rheos and can forgive them for being young and inexperienced.

This CD has some good moments on it, but as others have said, don't buy it if you have no idea what I'm talking about above. "Crescent Moon" is decent, "Canadian Wish" is a standout, and "Ditch Pigs", "OK by Me", and "Delta 88" are good songs too--the big mark against them is that the Rheos later made so much music that was, frankly, better.

The art is black and white, but I like Martin's tree, and of course the reconstruction of Christopher Jane at Shopper's World Albion will make any young Green Sprout giggly with delight.