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Sum 41
All the Good Shit: 14 Solid Gold Hits, 2001-2008 [CD & DVD]
Genres: Alternative Rock, International Music, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (15) - Disc #1
1. Still Waiting
2. The Hell Song
3. Fat Lip
4. We're All To Blame
5. Walking Disaster
6. In Too Deep
7. Pieces
8. Underclass Hero
9. Motivation
10. Makes No Difference (alt vers)
11. With Me
12. Handle This
13. Over My Head (Better Off Dead)
14. Pain For Pleasure
15. The Hell Song (live)

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All Artists: Sum 41
Title: All the Good Shit: 14 Solid Gold Hits, 2001-2008 [CD & DVD]
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Island Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2009
Re-Release Date: 3/17/2009
Genres: Alternative Rock, International Music, Pop, Rock
Styles: Hardcore & Punk, North America
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 602527007366

Synopsis

Album Description

As they begin work on their fifth full-length studio album (due for release later this year), RIAA platinum Island Records group Sum 41 takes time out to assess their career so far on ALL THE GOOD SHIT: THE BEST OF SUM 41 . The newly-compiled album, first issued November 2008 in Japan (Sum 41's biggest international territory outside their native Canada and the U.S.), will arrive in the North American physical and digital marketplace on March 17th. The collection also offers a bonus dvd featuring the band's eclectic videos over the course of their career This marks Sum 41's first collection, 14-songs and 13 videos that draw from their debut mini-album Half Hour Of Power (2000), and their four full-length albums, All Killer No Filler (2001), Does This Look Infected? (2002), Chuck (2004), and Underclass Hero (2007). Also featured on ALL THE GOOD SHIT is a live version of "Hell Song." ALL THE GOOD SHIT is Sum 41's first new release since Underclass Hero, which debuted at #1 (and earned instant gold certification) in Canada and Japan - where it ousted fellow Island band Bon Jovi's Lost Highway from the top in Japan after a one month run at #1. Underclass Hero was self-produced (for the first time) by the band's own Deryck Whibley, who wrote and produced tracks for (his wife) Avril Lavigne's then-current album, The Best Damn Thing. Underclass Hero was Sum 41's long awaited follow-up to Chuck (October 2004), #10 on the Billboard 200 with more than 1 million copies sold worldwide. The album was named for the United Nations worker who daringly rescued Sum 41 from bombs and gunfire during the filming of a documentary in the Congo with the nonprofit group War Child Canada. The CD + DVD will be packaged in a brilliant box. The DVD tracklisting will be as follows: * Still Waiting
* Hell Song
* Fat Lip
* We're All To Blame
* Walking Disaster
* In Too Deep
* Pieces
* Underclass Hero
* Motivation
* Makes No Difference
* With Me
* Over My Head
* Pain For Pleasure

CD Reviews

It's A Greatest Hits For Better or For Worse

Flap Jackson | State Road, NC | 07/21/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"In describing the sound of Sum 41 I'd say it's Blink-182 meets Beastie Boy meets Rage Against The Machine, then all of them get into a fight & the result is strangely original if not inconsistent. Their sound changed so much from song to song it was hard to tell if it was even the same band, but they always had an anti-authoritarian feel to their music & lyrics.

Highlights Include:

Still Waiting

Fat Lip

In Too Deep

Pieces

Underclass Hero

With Me

What's probably most disjointed about the album is not the sound, but the tracklisting, as it bounces from album to album, so it all runs together after awhile, which makes things a bit confusing. One minutes they're angry, the next minute they're bouncing off the walls in rebellion. In terms of song selection, they got the major highlights, but then they reached too far into the bin and pulled out some songs best left in. These tracks could have best been replaced by some alternative versions of their hits, and no, not the lames excuses for "live" tracks at the ends. Sure, the sound quality is different, but where's the crowd?

Anyways, if you want to get to know Sum 41, and you don't own any of the band's previous work, then this will set you up. For fans however, this album provides really nothing, and in fact it shows a bit too much of the bad side of the band. However, the DVD portion is nice. So, it's all the good stuff, then some. But again, a new album should be releasing soon, so did we really need this?

Real Score: 3.5"