The Best Of The Lemonheads: The Atlantic Years - The Lemonheads

THE LEMONHEADS - BEST OF (THE ATLANTIC YEARS) --------------------------------------------- Best of albums are always a hit or miss affair, they either do what they say on the tin and give you the best possible tracks from a bands career, or on the other hand they could just pick a bunch of singles and call it a best of. The good thing with best of albums is that you don't always have to wade through a tonne of album filler material to find a decent track, and if you haven't brought a bands complete back catalogue they can give a good insight into what the band is all about, giving you the option at a later date to trawl through their ...  Read the complete review

I bought this album years ago after hearing 'Mrs. Robinson' on 'Wayne's World 2'. I had never really heard any other Lemonheads songs, and when I saw their Best Of, I thought it would be the best way to hear them. On this album are 19 very different songs. They trail Evan Dando and his band's time with Atlantic Records, who snapped them up after hearing about them on Taang! Records. The band's line up has never really remained constant, and in more recent time, the band has virtually disintergrated. It is quite a shame, as Dando is an excellent writer. One of the main reasons for the defunction of the band is Dando's mammoth ...  Read the complete review

So Atlantic records decide to release a Best of the Lemonheads album and being a sad Lemonheads fan like I am have to go out and buy it just for the acoustic tracks. This album just has all the singles on it and a few choice tracks compiled form the Lemonheads last few albums. It's not really worth paying full price for if you have all the albums (I got mine for £3 luckily) but as a fan it's always nice to have all the singles that you know and love collected together on one cd. For people without the albums and who like a few of the Lemonheads songs they should definitely own this album. Such a great band. ...  Read the complete review