Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
Released22 February 2002
Recorded1985–2001
Length57:15
LabelAlphabet Business Concern
ProducerTim Smith
Cardiacs chronology
Cardiacs and Affectionate Friends
(2001)
Greatest Hits
(2002)
The Special Garage Concerts
(2005)

Greatest Hits (or Cardiacs Greatest Hits) is a compilation album by the English rock band Cardiacs, released on 22 February 2002.

The album is amusingly titled[1] as it lacks many better-known songs including their biggest hit "Is This the Life".[2]

Greatest Hits features one new and otherwise unavailable track, called "Faster Than Snakes With a Ball and a Chain". This is described as having been taken from the then-forthcoming and as-yet untitled album that was to follow Greatest Hits, the creation of which has evidently been abandoned by the band (not to be mistaken for LSD, a later album left in a similar incomplete state.)

Release

On 22 February 2002,[3] the Alphabet Business Concern released Greatest Hits through CD, distributed by Plastic Head Distribution (PHD).[4] The Cardiacs website announced its release on 2 April.[5]

Critical reception

In a retrospective review of On Land and in the Sea (1989), Nick Reed of The Quietus highlighted the Greatest Hits track "Faster Than Snakes With a Ball and a Chain" as "excellent".[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tim Smith, except where noted

No.TitleFrom the albumLength
1."There's Good Cud"Guns 19992:22
2."Manhoo" (Jon Poole)Sing to God (part one) 19953:22
3."Buds and Spawn"On Land and in the Sea 19896:40
4."Core"Heaven Born and Ever Bright 19912:32
5."Fairy Mary Mag"Sing to God (part one) 19953:09
6."Odd Even"Sing to God (part two) 19953:18
7."She Is Hiding Behind the Shed"Heaven Born and Ever Bright 19914:09
8."The Breakfast Line"A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window 19884:55
9."Mares Nest" (William D. Drake, Smith)On Land and in the Sea 19894:16
10."Wind and Rains Is Cold"Guns 19993:20
11."Faster Than Snakes With a Ball and a Chain"The forthcoming album with no title yet 20015:54
12."Victory Egg"A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window 19883:04
13."Dirty Boy"Sing to God (part two) 19958:56
14."Plane Plane Against the Grain"Songs for Ships and Irons 19881:18
Total length:57:15

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Greatest Hits.[7]

The people who are in...or have once been in Cardiacs

Photographers

  • Val Langmuir
  • Caroline and Lucy Cook
  • Steve Payne
  • Matt Anker
  • David Oliver
  • Marc Palmer
  • Simone Buddemeijer
  • Steve Randall
  • Dominic Search
  • Robin Francella
  • Des Berkensure
  • Loads more

"Faster Than Snakes With a Ball and a Chain"[8]

Guest:

  • Sarah Smith – saxophones, vocals

Notes

    References

    1. Phillips, Lance (2003). "The Cardiacs". In Buckley, Peter (ed.). The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). London: Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-85828-457-6.
    2. Sgrignoli, Marco (20 July 2022). "Cardiacs - biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto". Ondarock (in Italian). Retrieved 27 May 2023.
    3. "Greatest Hits [Explicit] by Cardiacs". Alphabet Business Concern. Retrieved 27 May 2023 via Amazon Music.
    4. "Greatest Hits". The Consultant's Memorabilia Collection. The Cardiacs. Archived from the original on 16 April 2002. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
    5. "News". The Cardiacs. 2 April 2002. Archived from the original on 8 April 2002. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
    6. Reed, Nick (20 May 2014). "Once In A Lifetime: On Land And In The Sea By Cardiacs Revisited". The Quietus. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
    7. Greatest Hits (liner notes). Cardiacs. Alphabet Business Concern. 2001. ALPH CD029.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
    8. Benac, Eric (27 August 2021). The Cardiacs: Every Album, Every Song. On Track. Sonicbond Publishing. p. 140. ISBN 9781789521313.
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