maleficent

the problem with these 'greatest hits' or 'the essential...' series from sony... is there's nothing new on the cds... I have 3 michael jackson cd's -- the songs that are on "the essential..." cd I have on each on the cds I already have... Any music I get these days, goes directly into my IPod - and I don't think I am unique here... I dont need another cd that already has all the same music that I have already.

I think that any performer who's been around for more than a decade, and has put out more than one 'greatest hits' cd, will have a tough time selling an additional 'greatest hits' cd unless it's got new stuff on it...

Unless you are truly a fan, there's no reason to get the new cd...

I'm not sure who Sony is marketing these "essential" cd's to... the most logical would be to the generation that didn't grow up listening to the artists... but they don't seem to be doing a very good job of it.

The last Essential cd i got was Bruce Springsteens... and I didn't buy it -I am a lifelong Bruce fan.... Love his music.. but I couldn't see spending the money on a CD that I already had pretty much every song that was on the cd... I don't play cd's at home anymore, my ipod goes into my sounddock... and I'll play bruce that way....

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