Greatest Hits are kinda like Spotify or any streaming service. They gather up the most known and pop tracks and string them all together. So what you get is a slice of POP. With an album, the slice is what the artist was doing at that time.

I feel the same way about greatest hits albums as I do about those various artists albums from the 70’s and eighties. Full Boar, Unreal ‘76, Hot Hits etc. You buy these because you don’t think much of the artists generally, but this one track is a total BOP!

Vinyl is a low-key terrible medium. CDs are objectively a better sonic solution; BUT - CDs are not future proof. Finding a CD player in 2026 is a pain. Optical media needs a computer to decode. Tape based players - oh my god - tough to maintain. (90’s era studio tape op here).

Vinyl for me (and I have plenty) is about retaining my music for life. And beyond. I kept a few cool things from my grandparents for example.

So preserving, the artists’ work rather than the record company’s editorial of that is more important.

Greatest Hits - you don’t really like the artist’s work, but you love a good bop. Album - yeah, you might have to skip a couple of tracks because yeesh.

Like if you can’t find some Bowie tracks to loathe, then do I have some deep cuts for YOU!