# Most ridiculous greatest hits collection? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 25, 2002, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-greatest-hits-collection/115864 "2002-06-25T12:36:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jmpride62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@jmpride62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmpride62)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-greatest-hits-collection/115864/1 "2002-06-25T12:36:21Z")
I know that sometimes artists/bands have little control over when greatest hits cd’s are released, but it seems to me that sometimes these collections are ludicrous when there has only been one or two hits or the band/artist’s career was very short lived. So what would be your candidate for the most ridiculous greatest hits album/cd? ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-greatest-hits-collection/115864/2 "2002-06-25T13:37:56Z")
If anyone can come up with something more absurd than [this one](http://shopping.yahoo.com/shop?d=product&id=1921617114&subpage=main&clink=) I will be impressed. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-greatest-hits-collection/115864/3 "2002-06-25T14:05:43Z")
I was gonna say that **Snow** ’s greatest hits album is not so crazy, he at least has two albums. When I read the date a little more closely, it was released before his last album. I think I’ve got a winner though, I’ve got the greatest hits of **Fine Young Cannibals**. I have only heard of two songs on the entire album. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-greatest-hits-collection/115864/4 "2002-06-25T15:05:28Z")
I suppose it’s odd to see a Greatest Hits album or CD by ? and the Mysterians, Norman Greenbaum, the Count 5, Status Quo, the Kingsmen, or any band that only had one hit single. But hey, at least those bands HAD one hit single! What gets me is how many “Greatest Hits” collections I see by people who never even managed THAT! Like, when I’m watching TV, and see a commercial for “Jim Nabors’ Greatest Hits.” I mean, when did Jim Nabors EVER have a hit??? ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-greatest-hits-collection/115864/5 "2002-06-25T15:24:37Z")
Well, Jim Nabors did have 5 gold and 1 platinum album. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-greatest-hits-collection/115864/6 "2002-06-25T17:41:00Z")
Britney Spears has a Greatest Hits coming out. I had assumed that this was the cause of the OP when I was reading the thread title. And she is ?? years old? The Kingsmen were far more than one-hit-wonders. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![Opus1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/858c86/32.png) [@Opus1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Opus1)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-greatest-hits-collection/115864/7 "2002-06-25T17:54:01Z")
C’mon people, are we all forgetting Shaquille Oneal’s greatest hits album, which came out when he had a total of two albums and no hits? Can it get much worse than that? ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-greatest-hits-collection/115864/8 "2002-06-25T19:05:41Z")
[Shatner](http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=427376486/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/album.html/ArtistID=NIMOY*LEONARD%5CWILLIAM+SHATNER/ITEMID=552438) 'nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-greatest-hits-collection/115864/9 "2002-06-26T06:29:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astorian \* > **I suppose it’s odd to see a Greatest Hits album or CD by _snip_ Status Quo _snip_, or any band that only had one hit single. But hey, at least those bands HAD one hit single!** Maybe in the USA, but in Europe, Status Quo had a string of monster hits in the seventies (Down down, Roll over lay down being the two most succesful ones). ---
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-greatest-hits-collection/115864/10 "2002-06-26T07:36:33Z")
Arrested Development had a greatest hits album too. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kid\_Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_Gilligan)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-greatest-hits-collection/115864/11 "2002-06-26T10:23:57Z")
John Denver’s first real hit album was his Greatest Hits album. It was a ploy by his manager, Jerry Weintraub, to get him noticed, and it worked. Within a year, he was the nations number one selling pop artist. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kid\_Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_Gilligan)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-greatest-hits-collection/115864/12 "2002-06-26T10:25:49Z")
…and Sunshine on My Shoulders first appeared on that album. It eventually became a hit, so I guess that counts, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-greatest-hits-collection/115864/13 "2002-06-26T11:05:53Z")
Would you believe [Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen’s Greatest hits](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00003ZL3V/qid=1025089325/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-0819093-9207220)??? ---
**Author:** ![jmpride62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@jmpride62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmpride62)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-greatest-hits-collection/115864/14 "2002-06-26T12:04:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Who\_me? \* > \*\*Would you believe Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen’s Greatest hits??? \*\* Now that’s just evil!!! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-greatest-hits-collection/115864/15 "2002-06-26T12:45:58Z")
Tiny Tim (_shudder_) ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-greatest-hits-collection/115864/16 "2002-06-26T15:29:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Who\_me? \* > \*\*Would you believe [Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen’s Greatest hits](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00003ZL3V/qid=1025089325/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-0819093-9207220)??? \*\* From that link… “Great Buy Buy this album with Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 today!” You have got to be kidding! Not one but **two** greatest hits albums? I didn’t even know they sang. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-greatest-hits-collection/115864/17 "2002-06-26T18:48:36Z")
David Hasselhoff also has two “Greatest Hits” CDs. ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-greatest-hits-collection/115864/18 "2002-06-26T20:44:40Z")
**Mullinator** , the funniest thing is that on the Snow link the title says “Greatest **Hit** of Snow.” Hee! ---
**Author:** ![jmpride62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@jmpride62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmpride62)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-greatest-hits-collection/115864/19 "2002-06-27T21:57:13Z")
98 Degrees has one coming out now :eek: ---
**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-greatest-hits-collection/115864/20 "2002-06-28T09:29:03Z")
I know there is an album called: Pachelbel’s Greatest Hit containing only Canon in D. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-greatest-hits-collection/115864.md?page=2)