greatest hits... or not?

my lovely sister just gave me rivermaya's latest greatest hits compilation for christmas. (i know... medyo belated. but that's okay.)

now, i think the cd is great. really. it's just that i have some gripes about it.

rivermaya cannot declare it as a [complete] greatest hits collection. the thing is, it only has things from the rico blanco era (which was since the departure of bamboo to present). i don't know whether that decision was influenced from a vendetta with bamboo or what. now, granted that, yeah, there were some hits in the aforementioned era like balisong, liwanag sa dilim and et cetera, most of the real gems belonged to the rivermaya songs bamboo sang.

if you don't know what i'm talking about, let me put it this way: what's a rivermaya greatest hits without kisapmata, 214, ulan, and hinahanap-hanap kita?

if i were to compile a rivermaya greatest hits cd, it would be like this:

1. Posible*
2. Sunday Driving
3. Himala
4. Balisong
5. Umaaraw, Umuulan
6. Makaaasa Ka
7. Kung Ayaw Mo Huwag Mo
8. Kisapmata
9. 214
10. A Love to Share
11. Ulan
12. You'll Be Safe Here
13. Hinahanap-Hanap Kita
14. Ambulansya
15. Basketbol
16. Liwanag Sa Dilim
17. Alab ng Puso
18. Awit ng Kabataan

* - I included Posible because it's in the original list. and where else would you get it?

anyway, i thought awit ng kabataan was a suitable ending.

so, the general review for this cd is that if you're an old-school rivermaya fan, you would rather get himig ng dekada nobenta over this (provided you don't have it yet), but don't get me wrong: this one is also a solid buy. the tracks that win it over are makaaasa ka, basketbol, and ambulansya.

good evening.