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The Band - Greatest Hits | 
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| Artist: The Band
Label: Capitol
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
Buy New: $10.99
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Rating:  35 reviews
Sales Rank: 2102
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 24941
UPC: 724352494125
EAN: 0724352494125
ASIN: B00004YL5D
Release Date: November 10, 2003
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It seems odd that the Band emerged in 1968, defying the counterculture's extravagant rejections of U.S. culture with literary, often Southern-tinged musical and lyrical vehicles. Hearing this 18-song anthology, with its heavy weighting toward the Canadian quintet's first three albums--Music from Big Pink (four tunes), The Band (five tunes), and Stage Fright (three tunes)--what still stands out is the Band's command of yearning vocal harmonies, their sense of plainly laid melodies that reveal acoustic depth, and a nostalgia for an imagined American culture. With all their quirkiness and the advance of Robbie Robertson as their centerpiece, the Band lost their celebrated place in the rock pantheon within a decade. This set, which opens so magnificently with "The Weight," "Tears of Rage" (cowritten with Dylan), and the big organ-vamping "Chest Fever," declines rather steeply on the final tracks, "Acadian Driftwood" and "The Saga of Pepote Rouge." Up till then, however, this set is fantastic. --Andrew Bartlett
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| Customer Reviews: Read 30 more reviews...
 Great CD November 27, 2008
My parents are pretty cool and listen to many things from the 60s and 70s which has let me hear alot of different rock music that I probably would not have heard otherwise.
And one of those bands is the Band, which really is a great Band, mixing a blend of soul, sothern rock and rock and roll to make memorable songs. You just have to listen to The Night They Drove Old' Dixie Down or Cripple Creek and you will be hooked.
I still like my Disturbed albums and the rest, but it is nice to listen to some things with my parents when I come home to visit and enjoy it with them.
Great CD! September 17, 2008
After wearing out the cassette I bought of this album many years ago, I just had to get the CD. A great selection of The Band's best songs. If you like classic rock, this is a necessity.
Pleasant Transaction. July 18, 2008
The seller provided fast shipment and the cd was in new condition. A very pleasant transaction.
The Band fan July 9, 2008
If you like The Band you will like this cd. It contains all my favorite songs.
Bar room magic Music July 3, 2008
The BAND is like fine wine the older you get the more you learn to love them.There a beautiful band with harmony and melody that will be around longer then cock roaches at the end of time.
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