In our continuing Pick A Dozen series, we're going to give you the opportunity to create your own Greatest Hits album! Pick twelve of your favorite popular TJB hits, from hits that charted to popular tunes the band is known for. (Don't worry--we're doing another Pick A Dozen for the "sleeper" songs that are our personal favorites, which weren't necessarily hits.)
My own choices weren't too difficult. I am a fan of the TJB's original Greatest Hits album, but always felt that a few songs didn't belong there, like "Never On Sunday" (a song I have never liked, no matter who has done it). And any TJB anthology has to end with "Zorba!"
And if I split the list up into two 6-track album sides, "Lollipops" inevitably has to end side 1. It was hard eliminating "Sentimental" and "Whipped Cream," but adding "So What's New?" and "Lollipops" were more to my liking. Almost like the original Greatest Hits, my picks are primarily from the first five albums, which after five decades of listening to them, still remain my favorites. (My "sleepers" for the next Dozen-series post pull more from the later albums, as many were penned by the "insiders" like Sol Lake, Julius, John Pisano, etc.)
Here's my dozen, split into two album sides (and yes, I still sequence many of my own compilations into album sides):
A1 The Lonely Bull
A2 Spanish Flea
A3 South of the Border
A4 A Taste of Honey
A5 Mexican Shuffle
A6 Lollipops and Roses
B1 Tijuana Taxi
B2 So What's New?
B3 What Now My Love
B4 America
B5 Love Potion No. 9
B6 Zorba The Greek
My own choices weren't too difficult. I am a fan of the TJB's original Greatest Hits album, but always felt that a few songs didn't belong there, like "Never On Sunday" (a song I have never liked, no matter who has done it). And any TJB anthology has to end with "Zorba!"
And if I split the list up into two 6-track album sides, "Lollipops" inevitably has to end side 1. It was hard eliminating "Sentimental" and "Whipped Cream," but adding "So What's New?" and "Lollipops" were more to my liking. Almost like the original Greatest Hits, my picks are primarily from the first five albums, which after five decades of listening to them, still remain my favorites. (My "sleepers" for the next Dozen-series post pull more from the later albums, as many were penned by the "insiders" like Sol Lake, Julius, John Pisano, etc.)Here's my dozen, split into two album sides (and yes, I still sequence many of my own compilations into album sides):
A1 The Lonely Bull
A2 Spanish Flea
A3 South of the Border
A4 A Taste of Honey
A5 Mexican Shuffle
A6 Lollipops and Roses
B1 Tijuana Taxi
B2 So What's New?
B3 What Now My Love
B4 America
B5 Love Potion No. 9
B6 Zorba The Greek
