The Best of The Band

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The Best of The Band
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Compilation album by The Band
Released July 15, 1976
Recorded Early 1968 - Mid-1975
Genre Rock
Length 47:34
Label Capitol
Producer(s) The Band, John Simon
Professional reviews
The Band chronology
Northern Lights - Southern Cross
(1975)		 The Best of The Band
(1976)		 Islands
(1977)


The Best of The Band was the first greatest hits package by Canadian-American rockers The Band. Featuring ten tracks taken from six of their first seven albums (not counting 1974's Before the Flood or 1975's The Basement Tapes, both with Bob Dylan), it featured two tracks from the first, second, third and seventh albums, one each from the fourth and fifth, rounded out by the early 1975 single "Twilight".

No substitute for the albums themselves, as the group certainly were no singles act, for the uninitiated, it was still the best way to get into the group without purchasing a multi-disc anthology or all of the original LPs until the release of 2000's Greatest Hits.

[edit] Track listing

  1. Up On Cripple Creek (from The Band) (Robertson; - 4:34)
  2. The Shape I'm In (from Stage Fright) (Robertson; – 4:00)
  3. The Weight (from Music From Big Pink) (Robertson; – 4:38)
  4. It Makes No Difference (from Northern Lights/Southern Cross) (Robertson; – 6:34)
  5. Life Is A Carnival (from Cahoots) (Danko-Helm-Robertson; – 4:00)
  6. Twilight (from the 1975 single) (Robertson; – 3:17)
  7. Don't Do It (from Rock of Ages) (Holland-Dozier-Holland; – 5:00)
  8. Tears Of Rage (from Music From Big Pink) (Dylan-Manuel; – 5:23)
  9. Stage Fright (from Stage Fright) (Robertson; – 3:43)
  10. Ophelia (from Northern Lights/Southern Cross) (Robertson; – 3:32)
  11. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (from The Band) (Robertson; – 3:33)

[edit] Group Members and Other Participants

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