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Why does Sugar Ray have a frickin' Greatest Hits CD?

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Originally posted by: dwell
Originally posted by: rh71
I hate Mark McGrath with a passion.
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It's funny how he hosts Hollywood Extra now. I guess Sugar Ray broke up.
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My wife and I watch that over dinner most nights. We both despise him. 🙂

 
Originally posted by: L3p3rM355i4h
They have, what, 3 CD's or something? Most people only remember one, maybe 2 songs by them. They were pretty crappy, and now they're cashing in on the "Lets make a re-hash of all of our old music, so we can make more money" scene.

:thumbsdown:
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hmmm what's wrong with making money? No one has to buy it.
 
Listened to an interview on the Howard Stern show. Apparently they cover some song of Howard's from years ago ("Psychadelic Bee"), a track that helped get them a record deal.

At any rate, Mark McGrath had mentioned that at this point in a band's career you put out a greatest hits cd. He's plenty into the self-deprecation, and they did name one album 14:59 (reference to being on the way out of their 15 minutes of fame).

With the advent of being able to buy individual songs on the net, I can't imagine picking this cd up, but if you're some sort of collector or into buying whole cd's, particularly of Sugar Ray, it could be for you.
 
F*** you haters. Listening to it right now in fact. I... Just want... Toooo fly!
 
You all realize that releasing a Greatest Hits album is basically saying "My career is over, here's my best work."? lol

Doesen't really have much to do with how many albums or how long you've been around.
 
Originally posted by: nater
Artists put out greatest hits/best of collections either to make money or fulfill contractural obligations. Artists with integrity frequently do the latter so they can change labels.
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i.e U2 with their 'Best of Collection 1980-1990' so they could jump from Island records.
 
Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
Originally posted by: L3p3rM355i4h
Originally posted by: NissanGurl
I actually blurted that out when I saw they had issued a "Greatest Hits" CD. The bf just gave me the standard "Do you have to mock every commercial" look.
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Great minds think alike. 😉

It seems that like every damn band/group is making a greatest hits CD. Some of them are OK, like the 311 GH, but the KoRn? :thumbsdown: to crappy remakes of Pink Floyd songs. I thought a band had to have a 10 year album history to make one too.
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I thought so, too....but:
Their first album was released 10 years ago.

They've had 3 multi-platinum albums.

They've had 9 hits on the charts, so that's about enough to make a greatest hits album if that's what you want to do.
9 songs on the charts
203 weeks on the charts
On 16 different charts
Total of 844 days on the charts in all.

"Fly" was a #1 hit.

Not defending them, just the facts.
Sugar Ray's okay with me, but I generally think that you don't release a greatest hits album until the band is done. But it happens all the time, so what do I know?
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I was going to post this too.
They are far, far from being a one hit wonder.
They have at least 5 songs that made the Top 10.
Can't be that bad if people are buying their music.
I've seen much worst people with a "greatest hit album"
 
It's pretty much a standard to have to put out a "Greatest Hit's Album" as a contractural obligation. Usually it's after the artists' 3rd or 4th album. It gives the label one last chance to mop up any residual revenue from the one-hit wonders. They feel that people wouldn't buy 3 crappy albums with one good song each.
 
Originally posted by: matstars
personally I like their music ... just a matter of preference.
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whether or not you like it is irrelevent when they only released like 4 singles in their entire lifespan.
 
Originally posted by: FreshFish
Originally posted by: Ilmater
They're up there with Goo Goo Dolls as the greatest sellout bands of all time. They both started with ultra punk music, and they both only made the airwaves with their pop singles, so they changed their music to sound like that.

I'm not saying I wouldn't do it to make millions, but I don't have to respect those fvcks.
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WTF? Sugar Ray and the Goo Goo Dolls were ultra punk bands? Either I don't know much about the beginnings of these bands, or our views of "ultra punk music" greatly differ...
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IDKL about sugar rays early stuff but the first goo goo dolls album was much more hard rock/punk then the rest of their stuff was, jed their first album which ium sure most of you have never heard was much different

 
Originally posted by: Anubis
Originally posted by: petejk
i don't know what moron wrote this...but comparing sugar ray to smashmouth..


O M F G
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well they both suck.....
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Yep, from what I remember they both started out with like two hits. Then all songs after sounded like the same old sh!t.
 
Originally posted by: thomsbrain
Originally posted by: matstars
personally I like their music ... just a matter of preference.
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whether or not you like it is irrelevent when they only released like 4 singles in their entire lifespan.
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i dont know if u've realized the evolution of music, but it doesnt matter what gets released as a single these days. the days of the beatles are long gone.
 
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