{"id":25179,"date":"2023-04-29T05:30:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T09:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=25179"},"modified":"2026-04-10T12:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:30:13","slug":"album-review-little-river-band-ultimate-hits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/29\/album-review-little-river-band-ultimate-hits\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Little River Band &#8212; Ultimate Hits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-25180\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lrb_hits.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lrb_hits.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lrb_hits-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lrb_hits-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Call it soft rock if you like. Label it as yacht rock if you must. Formed in Melbourne <i>waaay<\/i> back in the mid 1970s, the band enjoyed worldwide success, placing ten singles on the <i>Billboard<\/i> Top 20. The scored a #1 with \u201cHelp is on Its Way,\u201d and did nearly as well with the breezy, sentimental \u201cReminiscing.\u201d Popular worldwide, they were a massive draw in their native Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The classic lineup \u2013 in other words, the one that recorded all the hits \u2013 finally splintered in the late \u201890s. Today there is a group using the name, but it features only one musician who was involved with the group during its heyday. But one can avoid such topics and instead spend time listening to Ultimate Hits.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-25181\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lrb_masterpieces.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lrb_masterpieces.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lrb_masterpieces-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lrb_masterpieces-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>There have been LRB best-of collections before \u2013 I count five prior to this one \u2013 but <i>Ultimate Hits<\/i> gets the nod nevertheless thanks to its availability in the classic vinyl format. A 3LP set, it features 25 songs, giving listeners most everything they\u2019d want from the band. The package includes plenty of color and b&amp;w photos plus a historical essay.<\/p>\n<p>And hey: if all that isn\u2019t enough, you\u2019re still in luck. A companion set, <i>Masterpieces<\/i> is also available. Featuring 26 more songs \u2013 and with no overlap with <i>Ultimate Hits<\/i> \u2013 it\u2019s a collection of some of the (original) band\u2019s \u2013 and fans\u2019 \u2013 favorite selections from their deep catalog. Sidestepping the issue of exactly how much hype is involved in titling an album in such a manner, it\u2019s certainly a well-selected set. The liner notes feature quotes from the players themselves, making this more special than some random, slapped together collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Call it soft rock if you like. Label it as yacht rock if you must. Formed in Melbourne waaay back in the mid 1970s, the band enjoyed worldwide success, placing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,49,51,65,73],"tags":[5122],"class_list":["post-25179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-compilation","category-new-release","category-pop","category-review","category-vinyl","tag-little-river-band","cat-19-id","cat-49-id","cat-51-id","cat-65-id","cat-73-id","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25179"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31347,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25179\/revisions\/31347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}