The Raspberries: Raspberries' Best (Capitol/1976)

Cleveland, Ohio's The Raspberries were, along with Big Star, Badfinger, and Blue Ash the main purveyors of what became known as Power Pop. The Raspberries were easily the most successful band of this genre (with Bandfinger coming a near second) and later Cheap Trick. Critics were split in their decision on them. Some deemed them square/unhip, others loved their blend of the music of Who and harmonies of the Beatles/Beach Boys. The band had four big hit singles in “Go All The Way”, “I Wanna Be With You”, “Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)” and “Let's Pretend” before breaking up in 1975.

Raspberries' Best, released in 1976, is a near-perfect vinyl-era compilation of the bands singles. 
“I Can Remember” and “Starting Over” as album tracks and as fine as song “Starting Over” is, it could've been easily replaced here by “Crusin' Music” and “I'm A Rocker” ; both two fine singles that were omitted here for reasons unknown.

If you've not heard the band but have read their name countless times on various Power Pop articles, this is a fine collection that probably won't cost you more than a few dollars.

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