One Hit Wonder Greatest Hits Album
There are plenty of musicians out there that have one hit wonder songs. A one hit wonder, for those who do not know, is a song that is a hit, but it's the only hit song that the musician ever puts out. Many groups have had this happen, probably the most notable one hit wonder is "Take On Me" by Ah-Ha, from the 1980's. There is even a list of the top 100 One Hit Wonders:
Top 20 One Hit Wonders
Where am I going with all of this? Well, I'm in Best Buy the other day and I see SilverChair's Greatest Hits album. SilverChair???? They had one hit song, ONE!! Not only that, but they called the greatest hits album "Silverchair: The Best Of, Volume 1". HUH???? Is this supposed to imply that there is more to come? I sure as hell hope not.
Another one is Wilson Phillips. In 1990,Wilson Phillips released a self titled album with four top 10 hits on it. They released another album 2 years later that flopped, a pile of crap called "Shadows & Light", after which the band unceremoniously broke up. Obviously the record companies involved with Wilson Phillips must think pretty highly of them, because they have THREE GREATEST HITS ALBUMS, yep, count 'em, three!!
I actually owned a single cassette of "Hold On", arguably their best song, but even as a fan (yah, I liked them, so what, shut up) I have to admit they didn't have near enough material for one greatest hits album, much less THREE. I doubt though that they had much say in it, after all, they were broke up. Something tells me that for them, and even bands like SilverChair, a crappy band still trying to put out music, that the record label puts the greatest hits albums out whether they like it or not.
ALL HAIL THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR, and those consumers stupid enough to buy albums such as these.
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