{"product_id":"the-band-greatest-hits-cd-1","title":"The Band - Greatest Hits - [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt 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 BartlettProduct DescriptionEx-Band members Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson and Garth Hudson supervised this release, which does an impressive job of boiling down some of the greatest rock albums ever into one 18-track collection. Four tracks each from Music from Big Pink (The Weight; Tears of Rage; Chest Fever; I Shall Be Released ) and The Band (Up on Cripple Creek; The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down; Rag Mama Rag; King Harvest ) join 10 more from their other classic LPs. Essential.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"POP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47618662695130,"sku":"724352494125","price":17.16,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/7787\/3626\/files\/GREATESTHITS_qdr9nb.jpg?v=1771687619","url":"https:\/\/shopmusic247.com\/products\/the-band-greatest-hits-cd-1","provider":"Shopmusic247","version":"1.0","type":"link"}