Discuss “Hold the phone, Stop The Clocks”

There comes a time in most bands’ lives to release a greatest hits collection. It is a delicate decision requiring careful song selection and deliberate release timing. Such a compilation represents a milestone in the career of a musical group, and for most new bands, it is a reaffirmation of the legitimacy of past success and a pledge of future proliferation.

Some groups are sloppier and more impatient than others. When Best of Silverchair was released in 2000, Silverchair had recorded three albums in five years, with just 36 tracks to its name. The 21-track compilation represented almost 60 percent of the group’s entire library. For a band with such a an allegedly high ratio, I find myself at a loss to recall the last time I heard a...