Advanced version of the official greatest hits album

In "We Built This City - The Very Best Of Starship" it is a de facto five pieces enhanced version of 1991 appeared ends Best of album "Greatest Hits (10 years and Change 1979-1991)" (including the two new Songs of this), the last official album before the final dissolution of the band by manager Bill Thompson.

Of the five-added pieces submitted two ("Rock Myself To Sleep" and "Hearts of the World (Will Understand)") from the first (all-) Starship album "Knee Deep in the Hoopla" and two others ("Babylon" & "Set the Night to Music") by the successor "No Protection". From the subsequent "Love Among the Cannibals", the title track was finally adopted. The Reheinfolge was compared to the original "Greatest Hits" album this changed, it is not now longer chronoligsch.

Also included are also still the four songs ("Jane", "Find your way back", "Stranger" and "No way out") from the time when the band was still called "Jefferson Starship" and after singer Mickey Thomas her had joined. (After the departure of Paul Kantner - who held the rights to the original name "Jefferson Starship" - Thomas was also the sole frontman of the band.)
As with the original "Greatest Hits" album, the inclusion of these four songs the biggest shortcoming of this compilation is because Jefferson Starship worked before the access of Mickey Thomas for several years -. And it's for the whole period of 1974-1984 Best are of albums - would have been much more sense a clear separation and concentration on the period after the abolition Kant former (and its high impact on the band).

In this expanded Best of compilation this fall still much more significant because the four "Jefferson Starship" songs make up less than a quarter of the songs (on the old "Greatest Hits" album after all, a good third), the center of gravity by the added songs was thus placed clearly on the three "Starship" albums. In this respect, would the four JS-song - should be better replaced by more Starship songs, preferably above the most successful album "Knee Deep in the Hoopla" - in spite of their (especially in comparison) high quality.

Nevertheless, this compilation under the various Starship Best of albums that are in circulation now, probably with the most successful cross-section since. The most important songs are included with 13 pure Starship songs most quantitatively is offered for this period on. And even if I feel this personally as much weaker than all Jefferson Starship albums and thus musically only 3 stars would be awarded - as best-of compilation is "We Built This City - The Very Best Of Starship" its function mainly justice and gets so 4 stars from me.

As viellecht better alternative especially for beginners is still the "Platinum & Gold Collection [Original Recording Remastered]" would be an opportunity. On this are, with one exception ("I'll Be There" was "Love rusts" replaces) any official singles from the Starship period brings. (A total of 12 pieces, the track list is open only on amazon.com, not on Amazon.com; Whether it is the actual versions Single-versions in the three "remix" / "Rock" mix ", I can not say.) Here the personal taste then must decide which is the better compilation.