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Edward The Great: Greatest Hits (Average Rating: 6.62 out of 10)
Neither a "best of" or "greatest hits" (Rated this album with 4 out of 10) Reviewed by
sdbaker70
from Phoenix, Arizona United States
As the fans seem to agree, this third compilation suffers from a bad song choice (e.g., 4 songs from one record - a record that is arguably not among their best). Frankly, I do not see much need for a "best of" when there are so many subjective opinions out there among hardcore fans, but a well-compiled "greatest hits" covering a broader range of records might have reached a more superficial audience and would have included: 1. Run to the Hills (#35 in 1982; #9 in 2002 re-release)* 2. The Number of the Beast (#18)* 3. Flight of Icarus (#11) 4. The Trooper (#12)* 5. 2 Minutes to Midnight (#11)* 6. Aces High (#20)* 7. Wasted Years (#18)* 8. Stranger in a Strange Land (#22)* 9. Can I Play with Madness (#3) 10. The Evil That Men Do (#5)* 11. Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter (#1) 12. Holy Smoke (#3) 13. Be Quick or Be Dead (#2)* 14. Man on the Edge (#10)* 15. The Angel and the Gambler (#18) 16. The Wicker Man (#9)There are no singles from the Paul D'Anno records because there is a conspicuous absence of "hits", but see optional second-disk below. For the fans, there could be an optional two-disk "limited edition" which includes the following (to round out the "best of"): 1. Running Free [Live at the BBC 1979] 2. Phantom of the Opera* 3. Sanctuary (#29) 4. Wrathchild* 5. Killers* 6. Hallowed Be Thy Name* 7. Revelations 8. Powerslave* 9. The Clairvoyant (#6) 10. Tailgunner* 11. Fear of the Dark* 12. Futureal* 13. The Clansman* 14. Out of the Silent Planet (#20?) 15. Iron Maiden [Live at Rock in Rio 2001]* This would cover all the "hits" and the other fan favorites (# is top UK chart position and "*" were the top 20 fan favorites compiled in the 1999 compilation). All in all, there would be 2-3 entries from each of the 12 studio records.
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