DubCoffman62;1997232; said:
If you don't know which songs you're gonna like? They're good for people who see them as an excuse to check out an older band they otherwise might not have. You don't have to dig, you don't have to sample anything - all the best stuff (supposedly) has been gathered into a nice, neat package for you already.
Or, what if you already know you like all the songs and want to get them at a discount? An album like this might be a double album or have at least 20 tracks. On iTunes it would be a better value to buy them all as an album for $9.99 rather than paying for each track individually.
And then there are people like me, who don't just listen to music, but collect it (and still buy physical copies). People like me who keep full albums on their iPod and never individual tracks. Compilations are can be good for bands like this because it helps keep things simple and organized. I wouldn't necessarily have to keep 3/4 of their catalog on my iPod just to have all of the songs I want. Now granted, I have no interest in this particular compilation because I like R.E.M. enough that I want 3/4 of their catalog anyway - but if a band like AC/DC would actually put out a real Greatest Hits album I'd be all over it. In their case I sacrifice some of their music that I like because I don't want to clutter/disorganize my collection with a orphan tracks or a shitload of album cuts spanning several decades that I'll never listen to.
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