2002 compilation album by Cardiacs
Greatest Hits (or Cardiacs Greatest Hits) is a compilation album by the English rock band Cardiacs, released on 22 February 2002.
The album is amusingly titled[1] as it lacks many better-known songs including their biggest hit "Is This the Life".[2]
Greatest Hits features one new and otherwise unavailable track, called "Faster Than Snakes With a Ball and a Chain". This is described as having been taken from the then-forthcoming and as-yet untitled album that was to follow Greatest Hits, the creation of which has evidently been abandoned by the band (not to be mistaken for LSD, a later album left in a similar incomplete state.)
Release
On 22 February 2002,[3] the Alphabet Business Concern released Greatest Hits through CD, distributed by Plastic Head Distribution (PHD).[4] The Cardiacs website announced its release on 2 April.[5]
Critical reception
In a retrospective review of On Land and in the Sea (1989), Nick Reed of The Quietus highlighted the Greatest Hits track "Faster Than Snakes With a Ball and a Chain" as "excellent".[6]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Tim Smith, except where noted
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Greatest Hits.[7]
The people who are in...or have once been in Cardiacs
Photographers
- Val Langmuir
- Caroline and Lucy Cook
- Steve Payne
- Matt Anker
- David Oliver
- Marc Palmer
- Simone Buddemeijer
- Steve Randall
- Dominic Search
- Robin Francella
- Des Berkensure
- Loads more
"Faster Than Snakes With a Ball and a Chain"[8]
Guest:
- Sarah Smith – saxophones, vocals
Notes
References
- ^ Phillips, Lance (2003). "The Cardiacs". In Buckley, Peter (ed.). The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). London: Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-85828-457-6.
- ^ Sgrignoli, Marco (20 July 2022). "Cardiacs - biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto". Ondarock [it] (in Italian). Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ "Greatest Hits [Explicit] by Cardiacs". Alphabet Business Concern. Retrieved 27 May 2023 – via Amazon Music.
- ^ "Greatest Hits". The Consultant's Memorabilia Collection. The Cardiacs. Archived from the original on 16 April 2002. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ "News". The Cardiacs. 2 April 2002. Archived from the original on 8 April 2002. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ^ Reed, Nick (20 May 2014). "Once In A Lifetime: On Land And In The Sea By Cardiacs Revisited". The Quietus. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ Greatest Hits (liner notes). Cardiacs. Alphabet Business Concern. 2001. ALPH CD029.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Benac, Eric (27 August 2021). The Cardiacs: Every Album, Every Song. On Track. Sonicbond Publishing. p. 140. ISBN 9781789521313.
External links
- Greatest Hits at Discogs (list of releases)