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New Test Leper is a bit of an odd choice; if I were to pick a non-single off of New Adventures I'd go with So Fast So Numb.
On how many Hits compilations have the new songs become as famous as the Hits?
I'm speaking specifically of Wake-Up Bomb, Departure, So Fast, So Numb and (to an extent) Low Desert.
How The West Was Won
New Test Leper
Undertow
E-Bow
Leave
Be Mine
Electrolite
Tom Petty's "Mary Jane's Last Dance" was a new song on the Greatest Hits, and is one of his biggest songs. Possibly even the biggest among a certain age demographic.
That's one example that immediately sprung to mind.
I'm speaking specifically of Wake-Up Bomb, Departure, So Fast, So Numb and (to an extent) Low Desert.
How The West Was Won
New Test Leper
Undertow
E-Bow
Leave
Be Mine
Electrolite
Okay, there is the occasional new song that's actually a hit. But this R.E.M. comp has, what, 5 or 6 new songs? Not really "hits" then... That could have been 5 or 6 really classic R.E.M. tunes. Put out the new ones on a cheap E.P. or something...
Aygo said:Curiously, I'm not a fan either of "Wake-up Bomb", "So Fast, So Numb" and "Low Desert". They seem too unidimensional and quickly-made to me. "Departure" suffers from that too, although I like it better and the main riff is contagious.
lazarus said:Thank you for not even mentioning Bittersweet Me.
For real.
I understand your displeasure with Wake Up Bomb, and Departure doesn't really do much. But I do like the latter two.
And I've grown to appreciate Binky the Doormat over the years (another one you overlooked).
Yep, it's definitely Out of Time which had much bigger worldwide sales than Monster and Automatic For The People. In the United States though, it's close between all three and they were all four times platinum last time I checked.
Personally, I think Out of Time being half-baked and overexposed may have cost them some potential sales for Automatic For The People. No question in my mind that Automatic would have sold more had their releases been switched.
lazarus said:I don't think the sales figures are as close as you think IIRC.