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The Guess Who - Greatest Hits [1999]

Primary Artist
The Guess Who
Album Title
Greatest Hits [1999]
Release Date
February 23, 1999 
Time
68:21 
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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
There have been plenty of Guess Who collections on the market, from the original Best Of The Guess Who to the multi-disc Track Record. Of all of these, the best is the 1999 collection Greatest Hits, which contains a generous 18 songs, including all but two of their charting American singles -- not counting 1965's "Shakin' All Over," the missing songs are "Broken" (the B-side to "Albert Flasher") and "Runnin' Back to Saskatoon" (which barely scraped the charts). Although the Guess Who's albums are distinctive (more so than their reputation would lead you to believe), there's little question that they're best heard as a singles band, and this is the best place to hear them that way. Read More