The Go-Go’s Greatest

THE GO-GO’S GREATEST

Greatest is a 1990 compilation album by the rock group The Go-Go’s from California, United States. The record, which represents the first best-of album by the Go-Go’s, includes most of the hits and stand-out tracks from the band’s first three studio albums, 1981 Beauty and the Beat, 1982 Vacation, and 1984 Talk Show, only omitting two minor hit singles, “He’s So Strange” and “Yes or No”. The collection does not include any new songs, except for a re-recording of the 1960s cover version of “Cool Jerk” (the ‘original’ version of the cover was already on the Go-Go’s second album, Vacation). (More from Wikipedia)

Two more albums followed in quick succession, though the Go-Go’s began to run out of steam by the mid-1980’s when they were unable to match the giddy fun of their first album. While officially breaking up in 1985, the band has periodically toured and released albums over the years, including a cover of “Cool Jerk” for their 1990 The Go-Go’s Greatest album, Return to the Valley of the Go-Go’s (1994) and God Bless the Go-Go’s (2001).

(November 2013)