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Away man, it's clearly The Police.
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Roxette must be in the mix
Roxy Music-Greatest Hits. Vinyl and Casette release only, never on cd. Nowt after 1975 and no solo career nonsense.No absolutely not.
But I'm just sat in the garden listening to The Smiths Singles album, and before that The Very Best of The Jam.
The Rolling Stones - The London Years comes close as well
Three finer singles compilations you will not find.
If that’s true I’m moving.Just go and look up and down the road you live in and, statiscally, every 3rd house has a copy of Queen Greatest Hits.. I think that answers the original question.
I’m moving marra24 million dwellings in the uk and Queen Greatest Hits sold 6 million, so one in 4. Mad that like. If I ever need borrow a copy I'll knock at 3 of my neighbours to get it because I wouldn't have that shite in my house
They did. They also had a ridiculous amount of other great songs and several top to toe classic albums. So they're not a singles band.As with all questions on pop music the answer is The Beatles.
They had many many many hit singles.
But that's not what a singles band means. Nope, I've listened to a few Madness records. Canny whack of shite on every one of them.But they also released loads and loads of great singles.
Pretty sure Madness had some big albums as well and if your going off that then OPs Smith's and Stones aren't gonna count either.
That yellow “20 golden greats” album (?) from the late 70s was superb. Though editing and sound quality obviously suffered. All of those albums gig Beach Boys with the surger cover, Supremes with the lipstick n mics, Shadows, Buddy Holly etcThe Kinks have a great back catalogue of singles:
All Day and All of The Night
You Really Got Me
Sunny Afternoon
Waterloo Sunset
Days
Dedicated Follower of Fashion
Till The End of the Day
Everybody's Gonna Be Happy
Wonderboy
Plastic Man
Shangri-la
Victoria
Lola
Celluloid Heroes
Apeman
Picture Book
Where Have All The Good Times Gone
Superman
Moving Pictures
Do It Again
Living On A Thin Line
Dandy
See My Friends
Set Me Free
Tired of Waiting
Dead End Street
Crazy amount of hits.
They did. They also had a ridiculous amount of other great songs and several top to toe classic albums. So they're not a singles band.
But that's not what a singles band means. Nope, I've listened to a few Madness records. Canny whack of shite on every one of them.
Apparently its The BeatlesAway man, it's clearly The Police.
This up here re The Smiths (album heaters vs. singles)Many of their best songs were album tracks or on b sides, 12 inches, or compilation albums
Not to mention Wacko Jacko
They'd make the criteria as their albums, on the whole, are absolutely shite.Well the original question was are madness the best singles band ever.. The stats say in the UK it's Queen, Fact not opinion.
Now opinion is completely different of course.
They did. They also had a ridiculous amount of other great songs and several top to toe classic albums. So they're not a singles band.
But that's not what a singles band means. Nope, I've listened to a few Madness records. Canny whack of shite on every one of them.
You do read some toilet literature on here at times, like - that the mind boggles.Apparently its The Beatles
..... That no one ever listens to WHOLE3 absolutely class huge selling albums.
People keep missing the point of what a singles band is marra. Yes the Beatles had great singles. Because they formed a part of many classic albums. The latter point means they can't be defined as a singles band.27 tracks on the original release of The Beatles- 1.
You could probably put together an album of 25 tracks that weren't released as singles which would be just as good as 1.
The extremely high quality and consistency of their albums just means the singles will automatically be good. It can't be helped
YupYou do read some toilet literature on here at times, like - that the mind boggles.
This up here re The Smiths (album heaters vs. singles)
'I Won't Share You'
'Well I Wonder'
'Cemetry Gates'
'Stop....'
'Asleep'
Total smash bang wallops compared to the bouncy singles crap. (hopefully none are sly singles catching me out tho)
Beegees?, mebbesI would say casual fans or people who aren't fans at all would probably struggle to name two Smiths albums.
If somebody was asked to name two or three Police, Queen or ABBA albums they'd probably struggle unless you have extensive music knowledge.
But most people would name half a dozen or more hit singles by those bands.
I think the smiths fall into that category
People not just buying them for the odd track?3 absolutely class huge selling albums.
5 albums in the top five in the charts, two went to number 2. Clearly a lot of people think they are a good albums band and they've had success with it.They did. They also had a ridiculous amount of other great songs and several top to toe classic albums. So they're not a singles band.
But that's not what a singles band means. Nope, I've listened to a few Madness records. Canny whack of shite on every one of them.
I reckon most on here would struggle to name two of their albums. They were a singles band, make no mistake marra.5 albums in the top five in the charts, two went to number 2. Clearly a lot of people think they are a good albums band and they've had success with it.
Were the other tracks on their albums crap? Would people struggle to name their albums? If so, aye.If a singles band can be defined by releasing loads of great singles, I'm plumping for The Ramones.