Resonance: Best of Anathema [ENHANCED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Anathema

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 31, 2004)
• Original Release Date: October 9, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced, Original recording remastered
• Label: Peaceville UK
• ASIN: B00020QX2C
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #340,352 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
UK compilation for doom/death metal act includes six tracks never before available outside Japan & Germany plus an unreleased live version of 'Angelica'. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Truly Unique Best of Album, May 14, 2002

By	"hypocritical" (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Resonance, Vol. 01: The Best of Anathema (Audio CD)

Im gonna be frank here. This review is getting bad reviews, people are [upset] that Peaceville has cheated its fans out of money with this peice of [junk] best of album.

However I disagree with the masses, this album kicks [butt] and is my favorite doom metal cd that i own. The beauty of it is that is so quiet and so incredibly mellow that its a treat to listen to. The album starts off with a short instrumental song and then goes on to, two great songs with female vocals, j'fait une promesse being one of the best on the album.

The two most popular songs on the album or of course the acoustic versions of far away and eternity (part 3), also great songs.

This is my sleeping album and to tell you the truth I have never slept better then when I fall asleep with this album. This really is the ultimate chill out album.

The songs are also very catchy after a few listens. One problem with it is that its a bit short, the songs are often just over 1 minute long making go by a bit fast.

This isn't your typical best of album and I recommend it to any doom metal fan. I still recommend the full length albums over it but this one still should not be missed.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A two track cd would have been more appropriate, October 20, 2001

By	"cof_tabs" (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Resonance, Vol. 01: The Best of Anathema (Audio CD)

The problem with this cd is the length of the tracks. What I mean exactly is no matter if this is a retrospective album or not, hearing 10 sec. tracks like Horses is completely useless. All the tracks from the Peaceville X compilation (Better off dead, One of the few and Goodbye cruel world do not sound like anathema at all since they are covers. Only better off dead is a "real" full-length song, the two others being a minute or so.

The ONLY reason one wants to buy this album is the presence of two acoustic versions of Far away and Eternity part III. These two quality tracks stand out from the rest of this short album. (By the way, the first part of the retrospective includes only the mellow side of the band.)

The live Angelica version is REALLY bad, not because the band ... when they play live, but because they must be coming from a cheap bootleg. How stupid it is for an artist to include such a badly recorded song on their retrospective album??

The hope video is fine if you haven’t seen it before, but no more. For me, this album has two tracks, if you are fan enough to pay for it go ahead, but prepare yourself to hear too many one minute tracks!

3 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars WHY!!!!, October 27, 2001

By	D. Haglin "jesterraceif" (over there) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Resonance, Vol. 01: The Best of Anathema (Audio CD)

Why did peaceville (anathema's former record company) need to cheat anathema's fans out of (money) by releasing such a load of garbage. Personally, everything anathema released before "eternity" is worthless (which takes up the vast majority of this "compilation"....

With peaceville releasing this at the same time as anathema released their "proper" new album, "a fine day to exit", fans will be confused... maybe accidentely buying this piece of garbage... buy anything they released from "eternity" on....

mp3 swapping programs such as napster were created for albums like this.... nobody should have to pay for this....