A Truly Unique Best of Album - Im gonna be frank here. This review is getting bad reviews, people are [upset] that Peaceville has cheated its fans out of money with this peice of [junk] best of album.However I disagree with the masses, this album kicks [butt] and is my favorite doom metal cd that i own. The beauty of it is that is so quiet and so incredibly mellow that its a treat to listen to. The album starts off with a short instrumental song and then goes on to, two great songs with female vocals, j fait une promesse being one of the best on the album.The two most popular songs on the album or of course the acoustic versions of far away and eternity (part 3), also great songs.This is my sleeping album and to tell you the truth I have never slept better then when I fall asleep with this album. This really is the ultimate chill out album.The songs are also very catchy after a few listens. One problem with it is that its a bit short, the songs are often just over 1 minute long making go by a bit fast.This isn t your typical best of album and I recommend it to any doom metal fan. I still recommend the full length albums over it but this one still should not be missed.
WHY!!!! - Why did peaceville (anathema s former record company) need to cheat anathema s fans out of (money) by releasing such a load of garbage. Personally, everything anathema released before eternity is worthless (which takes up the vast majority of this compilation.... With peaceville releasing this at the same time as anathema released their proper new album, a fine day to exit, fans will be confused... maybe accidentely buying this piece of garbage... buy anything they released from eternity on....mp3 swapping programs such as napster were created for albums like this.... nobody should have to pay for this....
A two track cd would have been more appropriate - The problem with this cd is the length of the tracks. What I mean exactly is no matter if this is a retrospective album or not, hearing 10 sec. tracks like Horses is completely useless. All the tracks from the Peaceville X compilation (Better off dead, One of the few and Goodbye cruel world do not sound like anathema at all since they are covers. Only better off dead is a real full-length song, the two others being a minute or so.The ONLY reason one wants to buy this album is the presence of two acoustic versions of Far away and Eternity part III. These two quality tracks stand out from the rest of this short album. (By the way, the first part of the retrospective includes only the mellow side of the band.)The live Angelica version is REALLY bad, not because the band ... when they play live, but because they must be coming from a cheap bootleg. How stupid it is for an artist to include such a badly recorded song on their retrospective album??The hope video is fine if you haven’t seen it before, but no more. For me, this album has two tracks, if you are fan enough to pay for it go ahead, but prepare yourself to hear too many one minute tracks!