Rake It In: The Greatestest Hits
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| Rake It In: The Greatestest Hits | ||||
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| Released | April 7, 2017 | |||
| Recorded | 1995–2014 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 39:37 | |||
| Label | Fat Wreck Chords | |||
| Me First and the Gimme Gimmes chronology | ||||
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Rake It In: The Greatestest Hits is a greatest hits album by the punk rock supergroup Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. It was released on April 7, 2017, on Fat Wreck Chords.[1] The album has songs from throughout their career, from their first release, the "Denver" 7" in 1995, to their last, Are We Not Men? We Are Diva! in 2014. The track selection was based on the live set list the band had developed over the course of its career.[2][3]
In March 2017, the band released a track from the album, "City of New Orleans", which had previously only been available on vinyl.[4]
Critical reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Maximum Rocknroll | (favorable)[5] |
| Maximum Rocknroll | (unfavorable)[6] |
| New Noise |    [7] |
| Paste |    [8] |
| PunkNews.org | [9] |
Will Hodge, writing in Paste, said that the album was a perfect distillation of the band's career, and demonstrated how adept they were at keeping their music sounding fresh despite being a cover band.[8] Philip Fairbanks of New Noise Magazine was similarly positive, describing the album as "frenetic" and "irresistibly satisfying".[7] Julie River of PunkNews.org found that the album was not a good reflection of the band's career, and particularly decried the exclusion of Rocket Man, which had previously appeared on the album Have a Ball.[9] Maximum Rocknroll published a pair of dueling reviews: the first, by Ramsey Kanaan, praised the record out of a general appreciation of the band's work,[5] while reviewer Kenny Kaos said he was "not really sure what the point is" of the compilation album or of the band's existence in general.[6]
Track listing
[edit]Track origins
[edit]- Track 1 originally appeared on Turn Japanese EP (2001) and on Bob 7" (2001)
- Tracks 2, 4 and 7 originally appeared on Are a Drag (1999)
- Track 3 originally appeared on Willie 7" (2007)
- Tracks 5, 9 and 15 originally appeared on Blow in the Wind (2001)
- Track 6 originally appeared on Are We Not Men? We Are Diva! (2014)
- Track 8 originally appeared on Denver 7" (1995) and later Have Another Ball (2008)
- Tracks 10 and 13 originally appeared on Love Their Country (2006)
- Track 11 originally appeared on Billy 7" (1996) and later Have a Ball (1997)
- Track 12 originally appeared on Shannon 7" (2001)
- Track 14 originally appeared on Kenny 7" (2008)
- Tracks 16 and 17 originally appeared on Take a Break (2003)
Personnel
[edit]- Spike Slawson – vocals
- Chris Shiflett (a.k.a. Jake Jackson) – lead guitar
- Joey Cape – rhythm guitar
- Fat Mike – bass guitar
- Dave Raun – drums
References
[edit]- ^ "Me First And The Gimme Gimmes add West Coast dates, greatest hits LP". Punknews.org. February 7, 2017. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
- ^ Setnyk, Jason (2017-04-05). "Interview with Me First and the Gimme Gimmes vocalist Spike Slawson". The Cornwall Seeker. Cornwall, Ontario. Archived from the original on 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
The "Rake it in" record is a reflection of many of the songs that we're playing in our set these days. We're really very proud of where we've gotten our live set.
- ^ Callwood, Brett (2017-05-04). "Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Play Trash Music". Westword. Denver – via Access World News.
Although it does represent us in our live element. It's an overview of our traveling circus.
- ^ "Me First And The Gimme Gimmes release ultra rare track digitally for the first time". Alternative Press. March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
- ^ a b Kanaan, Ramsey (June 2017). "Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - "Rake It In: The Greatestest Hits"". Maximum Rocknroll. No. 409. Berkeley – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b Kaos, Kenny (July 2017). "Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - "Rake It In: The Greatestest Hits"". Maximum Rocknroll. No. 410. Berkeley – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b Fairbanks, Philip (2017-05-12). "Album Review: Me First and the Gimme Gimmes – Rake It In: The Greatestest Hits". New Noise Magazine. Berkeley. Archived from the original on 2024-03-03. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
- ^ a b Hodge, Will (2017-04-12). "Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Rake It In: The Greatestest Hits". Paste. Atlanta. Archived from the original on 2020-09-27. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
- ^ a b River, Julie (2017-04-04). "Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Rake It In: The Greatestest Hits". PunkNews.org. Archived from the original on 2023-01-31. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
