Title: This is exactly what GBV sounds like
Review: This collection --- a CD completely filled with smart, simple rock songs --- continues the Robert Pollard "shotgun" method. He releases as many songs as he can, knowing that some of them will be winners. Dedicated GBV fans have the task of sifting through dozens of albums (and hundreds of songs) to find the cream of the crop. You'd hope that this compilation would do the sifting for the casual listener. But no. Out of 32 songs, less than half are keepers. The others are okay, but each is slightly off for one reason or another: bad production, too simple, too short, too little of something to make it worthwhile. Instead of a true 'best of,' this is a condensed version of the whole GBV catalogue.
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