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Last weekend, one of my old college roommates came up from San Diego for a quick visit. His name is Chris and it's always a hoot (did I just say "hoot"??) when he visits. He's an artist and teaches down in SD so I'm always learning new things about art, culture, anything! from him. But what's also cool is that he loves music just as much as I do so we're always trading info back and forth--tunes that are "new" (used loosely) to us, artists we think the other might like, etc.
We were on our way back from Santa Cruz late Friday night after watching Ozomatli (Crown City Rockers opened) at the Catalyst (pause: if you *ever* have the chance to watch these guys live, try and do it. They so rock! ok, unpause) and randomly started talking about Top 10 "Best of" compilations. You know the ones: So and So's Greatest Hits, or The Best of Whatchamahoohoo...you might have even heard of WhosTheGroup: The Essentials.
We just got the list going before the late drive, the rain and the bad driving directions from Yahoo! de-railed our attention. So, I thought I'd finish it off. Of course, it'll probably change tomorrow and I can only list what I personally have so I'm sure his list would be a bit different. In any case, here goes:
10. Best of ABBA (Umm, hello?? Can't you hear the drums, Fernando?)
9. Betty's Diner: The Best of Carrie Newcomer
8. Easy Rock (don't laugh...it's one of my many guilty pleasures) (tied with The Doobie Brothers: Best of the Doobies)
7. Anthology: Jackson 5
6. Earth, Wind and Fire: Greatest Hits
5. Rock 'N' Soul, Pt. 1: Greatest Hits (Hall & Oates)
4. Jimi Hendrix: The Jimi Hendrix Collection
3. Immaculate Collection: Madonna (tied with Prince's Greatest Hits--or Purple Rain, which technically doesn't count as a Best of compilation--or does it??)
2. Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook (a *must have* for any collection!)
and for number one.....
1. Stevie Wonder: The Definitive Collection (with Ribbon in the Sky, thrown in)
Ok, ok...so I made some minor exceptions here and there, but as of today, anyway that's my list. Chris (and anyone else who happens to come across this), lemme know what you think. Keep an eye out for my Top 10 movie Soundtracks....I already started compiling the list on my BART ride home the other day. hmmm......
