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Rock
Release Date: 12/20/1991
Run Time: 47:34
With
The Best of the Band,
Capitol Records began the inevitable process of repackaging the music of
the Band, which the company would do at increasing length without solving the fundamental problem that
the Band, despite the quality of their individual songs, was not a singles act and was hard to summarize in a compilation. That said, for the real neophyte, this single-disc, 11-song album may be as good as anything. It contains
the Band's two most famous songs,
"The Weight" and
"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," as well as the group's only Top 30 hit,
"Up on Cripple Creek," and such songs as
"Tears of Rage" and
"Stage Fright" that they probably played at nearly every show they performed. It's true that if you really want to understand
the Band, you have to hear all of
Music From Big Pink and
The Band. But if you just want a snapshot, here it is.
~William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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