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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
You're the right stuff, get my head straight, going up town!, 3 Jun 2006
The thing about greatest hits/best of/singles albums is that they are usually released at a time when the band is in decline. The startling thing about Feeder The Singles is that right now, at this moment, Feeder have never been better. The three brand new singles included on this record are three of the best songs they've ever done, on a par even with their biggest hit to date, Buck Rogers.
After the latest studio album Pushing The Senses received a mixed reaction from fans and critics alike, many were left wondering if Feeder had anything left in them. The release of Shatter late last year literally shattered that notion and Feeder were back doing what they do best - rocking out with tremendous rock/pop attitude. Lost & Found follows in a similar vein and demonstrates aptly that Feeder have finally turned a corner and are back to their very best. Burn the Bridges is an anthem in the making, as is Save Us which has one of those memorable choruses, "don't say goodbye, I know you can save us" and a few guitar solos to boot.
There are plenty more reasons to buy Feeder The Singles even if you already own the five previous studio albums. Including the new songs, five of the twenty singles here were never a part of any of Feeder's original albums (although Just A Day and Shatter appeared on the Japanese versions of Echo Park and Pushing The Senses respectively). There are also two songs here which that been reworked or re-recorded. Suffocate is the little known sixth cut from Feeder's debut album that has been transformed for The Singles into an achingly beautiful song to end the album.
I also urge everyone to get the DVD version of The Singles as it includes all 26 Feeder videos ever made, from the bad ones where they wear orange suits to the good ones where they drive trucks down busy highways.
What I love about Feeder The Singles more than anything is that it takes you on a musical ride from beginning to end, like you would expect any decent record to do, but which is not often found in a 'greatest hits' collection such as this. It's a shame that Feeder still remain so underated but for me, Feeder The Singles firmly entrenches Feeder as one of the best indie/rock bands of the last ten years, and Grant Nicholas as one of the greatest song writers of a generation. Awesome.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
What Can I Say..., 20 May 2006
I think I should probably start off this review by telling you that I'm totally in love with Feeder's music, I love everything they've done from the rough edges of the Two Colours EP to this new singles album.
I waited with baited breath for several months, ever since I got the e-mail from Feederweb telling me that the album was in the pipeline, knowing I wouldn't be disappointed. I already had most of the tracks from the album, and knew them back to front, before I even clapped eyes on it. I had a minor heart attack when the university post room was broken into and I thought somebody might have stolen my CD, but luckily it arrived the next day.
The album does exactly what it says on the tin; it is Feeder's singles (albeit not all of them). There's absolutely no reason for this CD not to be in everyone's collection. I defy anyone not to jump around to Buck Rogers - Feeder's most famous single. For the last 5 years people have been hearing Feeder's songs on the radio, in clubs, in films, even on videogames. For those who don't like Feeder enough to buy one of their albums, here are all the songs you know and love, together on one CD.
Grant Nicholas knows how to put together a good record, and with the songs at his disposal this album is no exception. It's all too easy to go down the "chronological order" path but this CD has been put together in a way that flows. Lots of singles albums lack the continuity of an album that has been written all together but I don't think that accusation can be levelled at this effort.
The new songs on the album aren't brilliant, but they'll still be welcomed into my vast collection of Feeder material. Some less-enthusiastic listeners also mightn't be knocked out by lesser-known, pre-Echo Park tracks such as Suffocate and Yesterday Went too Soon. There's also a few dodgy (to say the least!) early videos on the DVD, heavier tracks such as Stereo World and Tangerine won't cut it with most of the new wave of Feeder fans. But you must remember that they were still very much a band finding their voice and their place at that point and those songs can be enjoyed in the context of what has been released since.
Unfortunately, with the limitations on time on a CD Feeder couldn't possibly fit all their singles onto one disc, but if you buy the DVD version, you will get all of them in video form. Even the Piece by Piece video, which was never actually released as a single dontchaknow.
My only complaint is that picking songs in this way inevitably misses out some of the best ones. Everyone has their own personal favourites, and whilst my beloved Just a Day is included, so many of my favourite Feeder songs were never released so don't make the album. Indeed, some of my favourites are b-sides. The only way to solve this problem is to buy the entire Feeder back catalogue, which isn't even as expensive as it sounds these days. Me, I'll just have to make do with my own "Best of Feeder" playlist on my mp3 player!
This album is a celebration of a brilliant band that has been performing consistently on the British rock scene for 10 years now. Here's hoping there's more to come from Grant and the boys because there's still nothing that gets my spine tingling quite like the news of a new Feeder album.
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21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
great start point for newbies to feeder, 1 May 2006
i know that its not out yet, but i have most of the songs on the album as i have all of thier old ones...to be fair it covers all of feeder's history from the hard, grinding tracks of the mid 90's to the more up to date, methodical rock that feeder have been playing since the late jon lee. There are 3 new tracks, one of which i was lucky enought to hear the first ever live performance of at the hammersmith apollo on march 21st. lost and found has got all the energy of just a day but the stop-start style of buck rodgers and the up lifting vibe of hole in my head. all in all this album is a must for all feeder fans, and those who have just got into them, its a perfect start point. very few bands have achieved what feeder have done with out such media attention as bands such as the arctic monkeys have done. at the end of the day they are one of the mos under-rated bands in the uk, but definatley one of the best and this album proves it.
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