the.com/greatest hits
The artist's apology for all those albums you didn't buy.
means A compilation of someone's best or most popular songs, gathered onto one record so you can skip the filler.
from A record-industry term from the mid-20th century, when labels realized that bundling an artist's chart hits onto a single LP was an easy way to sell to casual fans who hadn't bought the original albums — and to squeeze extra sales from a back catalog between proper releases.
- contract clause
- often legally required to end a label deal
- new material
- usually one token single to lure you back
- timing
- frequently released right before an artist quits or dies
- irony
- rarely includes the song that aged best