Hot Hits & Hot Ones: Is This the Way That You Get Your High? (1993)

About this title: No one's confusing it with Hot Rocks, but this Big Beat collection is the biggest, best yet available on the Standells, beginning with the A-side of their 1965 breakout "Dirty Water" and ending 20 songs later with the B-side of their final original single. Along with a copious band biography in the liner notes, Hot Hits & Hot Ones also boasts a few better tracks than any other CD-era compilation, including additions like a faithful cover of "19th Nervous Breakdown," "There Is a Storm Comin'," and the surprisingly soulful "Animal Girl" (the A-side of their parting shot). Of course, a Standells ... read more

Tracks:

1. Dirty Water [Cobb]
2. Rari [Cobb]
3. Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White [Cobb]
4. Medication [Alton/DeTosti]
5. There Is a Storm Comin' [Cobb]
6. 19th Nervous Breakdown [Jagger/Richards]
7. Why Did You Hurt Me? [Dodd/Valentino]
8. Why Pick on Me [Cobb]
9. Paint It Black [Jagger/Richards]
10. Black Hearted Woman [Houle]
11. Mainline [Huntress/Chellis]
12. Mr. Nobody [Tamblyn]
13. Wild Thing [Taylor]
14. Riot on Sunset Strip [Valentino/Fleck]
15. Try It [Levine]
16. Barracuda [Cobb]
17. Poor Shell of a Man [Dodd]
18. Can't Help but Love You [Bennett/McElroy]
19. Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do) [Cropper/Floyd/Picke]
20. Animal Girl [Moore]
21. Soul Drippin' [Monda]

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