Weighing in at 14 tracks,
Greatest Hits
is a good, basic collection of
the Bangles
' biggest singles, containing all the hits, including the previously non-LP
"Hazy Shade of Winter,"
plus a couple of album tracks and, for the dedicated, a new cover of
the Grass Roots
'
"Where Were You When I Needed You."
It may be easy to carp about fine album tracks from
All Over the Place
and
Different Light
that should have been included, yet this is a fine sampler/introduction that might not necessarily capture
' best -- in this context, their ties to the Paisley Underground and college rock seem nonexistent -- but still finds them as masters of irresistible pop singles. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine