THE BEST OF (1985)

In my opinion, to call it "best of" is not really a good wording. You might call it a compilation of their most successful hits, maybe. I believe that lots of great numbers are skipped here and I am not even talking about numbers which format does not fit on a compilation effort like "July Morning". This compilation is too much "Return To Fantasy" and "Sweet Freedom" oriented.

Songs like "Traveller In Time", "Circle Of Hands", "Tears In My Eyes" and "Love Machine" only to name a few should have sit here.I understand that it is not easy to release a first compilation after sixteen studio albums. But the CD format would have allowed to be more generous in terms of lenght.

Therefore, I will rate this one with three stars. If their management / record companies did take a long time to release the first Heep compil, do not worry, you'll get a lot to choose from on later releases which will use the double CD format which is more appropriate for a band with such a long career.