Audio CD review:
Fear Factory - Best of Fear Factory

Fear Factory - Best of Fear Factory

Band: Fear Factory Title: Best of Fear Factory Rating: Release Date: 26 September, 2006 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Martyr 2: Scapegoat 3: Scumgrief 4: Demanufacture 5: Self-Bias Resistor 6: Zero-Signal 7: Replica 8: Shock 9: Edgecrusher 10: Resurrection 11: Cars 12: Linchpin

Customer Reviews where is ''descent''? Unforgiveable that they left descent off. I like all the songs on this album. They could of easily added that as a 13th song on this compilation. What a rip-off!. Ah yes, another cash-in from Roadrunner Now with most of those bands not even with Roadrunner anymore, there have been a slew of "best of" compilations released by the label in an attempt to cash in even more so. Fear Factory is one of the handfull of bands (along with Type O Negative and Sepultura among others) responsible for Roadrunner Records gaining notoriety before bands like Slipknot blew the label up even more so. As you've probably guessed, this "Best of Fear Factory" compilation hardly covers the best material the band ever released. Not to mention that their best album, "Soul of a New Machine" is hardly covered here at all, as well as the excellent "Demanufacture", which isn't done justice at all, while their more well known material, including the deliriously cheesy cover of "Cars" from "Obsolete" and fan favorite "Zero Signal", are here as well. That being said, if you already own every one of Fear Factory's releases, then you already know that this compilation is pretty much worthless. However, this is worth a look if you are a new listener to the band and want to give them a look. However, if you want to go down that route, the better thing to do would be to check out "Soul of a New Machine" and "Concrete". Just...Don't Buy This Like with quite a lot of other bands that have previously been on the label's roster, Roadrunner Records just picks a few of Fear Factory's most well-known tracks and makes a CD out of these. This is the most half-*ssed way that Roadrunner could rake in a few more dollars. How pathetic. I can already do that with a blank CD-R and those tracks I ripped to my computer years ago. Okay, I give this an extra star for picking out some great tracks, but the CD lacks heavily of what Fear Factory's Roadrunner career was. There is only one track off "Digimortal", three tracks off their first three albums, and the Gary Numan cover of "Cars". Come on. Seriously. You could have at least put some B-sides or rarities on there as well. All I have to say is that if you want a GOOD retrospective to this legendary band, DON'T BUY THIS. Pitch in a few more bucks and buy their whole discography. It will benefit you (and Roadrunner) better if you just do that. Same thing with all the other bands that have best-of CD's out (Sepultura, Type O Negative, Deicide, etc. ). . You can see a complete list of all Fear Factory discography, or go back to the Fear Factory tabs