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How Can I Refuse to buy this superb Heart Greatest Hits

Brian O'Marra | Little Rock, AR USA | 03/29/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a much improved greatest hits package of Heart over the 1980 Greatest/Live. Instead of stopping with the 1980 cover of Aaron Neville: Tell It Like It Is, it covers the early eighties albums Private Audition and Passionworks.This boasts superb sound, excellent sequencing (chronologically), and fine liner notes.However, one curious choice seems to go unnoticied by a number of reviewers...Dreamboat Annie is NOT the familiar version. Instead of choosing the two minute title track, which is the popular version and which launched their career, they opt for the reprise! Not too bad a version, slower, heavier, but an odd choice. Had they chose the title track, there may have been room for another cut (Mistral Wind or Allies, perhaps).True, at the time the title song to their first lp was on the Capitol These Dreams best-of, so that meant less overlapping, but this has now been deleted. The replacment will be due in late May and will drop all of the seventies tracks (it will be Greatest Hits 1985-1995). Maybe Epic will fix this error and put the original version of Dreamboat Annie on this. Still, it's great to have fine cuts from Little Queen like Kick It Out, and Love Alive that were not on the previous best-of.A terrific greatest hits of the prime era of Heart."

Heart ~ The Original Female Rock Pioneers

mimi126 | New York City | 09/26/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have all their albums but still decided to buy "The Greatest Hits", I just couldn't resist. Ann Wilson has been a major influence to me. I remember reading my sister's rock mags and seeing her voted top female rock artist in all of them for several years, mags such as Creem, RIP etc. I've always credited the Wilson sisters as being the first "true" female "rockers" in music. Pioneers paving the way for groups like "The Runaways" and "Hole." Ann's voice is to this day the best and she definitely could have given Robert Plant a run for his money during the 70's. Nancy just showed all the guys that it wasn't a boys club anymore.I love their songs, especially the early ones, and will forever love the vocals. Wow, what power, expression and range...my boyfriend even learned 3 of their songs on guitar due to my "Heart" obsession. Sure, they're alot of cool bands around, Creed, Live, Fuel etc., but "Heart" always touches my soul.I love this compilation of songs...what more can I say...they're incredibly talented woman."

Half the hits

H3@+h | VT | 01/28/2003

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Though this is good, as is the later hits collection, there is a MUCH better one out there. It's Greatest Hits 1997 which I believe is out of print but can't imagine why because it is far superior to the other two packages and even the new "Essential" collection thats out. You may have to find it used, but Hits 97 is 17 tracks from their entire career with not one weak song. I found it very worth looking for."