The Very Best of the Standells (1998)

About this title: The Standells were a one-hit wonder, and that hit was "Dirty Water," which appropriately opens and closes this compilation (the second version is in stereo). Among the 15 other tracks are the group's less successful follow-ups to their hit, notably "Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White," and LP tracks from their three albums of 1966-67, including their versions of standards like "Hey Joe," "My Little Red Book," and "Ninety-Nine and a Half." Of course, nothing is as good as "Dirty Water," even if many of the tracks echo its snotty garage rock appeal, especially the taunting "Try It," a single ... read more

Tracks:

1. Dirty Water [Cobb]
2. Hey Joe [Roberts]
3. Medication [Allton/DiTosti]
4. Why Did You Hurt Me? [Dodd/Valentino]
5. Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White [Cobb]
6. Black Hearted Woman [Cobb]
7. Mainline [Chellis/Huntress]
8. Mr. Nobody [Tamblyn]
9. My Little Red Book [Bacharach/David]
10. Why Pick on Me [Cobb]
11. Riot on Sunset Strip [Bellissimo/Fleck]
12. Try It [Levine]
13. Did You Ever Have That Feeling [Safir]
14. Barracuda [Cobb]
15. Can't Help But Love You [McElroy/Bennett]
16. Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do) [Pickett/Cropper/Flo]
17. Dirty Water [Stereo Remix] [Cobb]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.