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The latter is what I have in front of me right now. I just can't warm up to this "Best Of" album celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Hamburg band SPANDAU, but that is solely due to my taste in music. The sound, technically, lyrically, etc., is all top-notch, as long as you enjoy melodic, emotional German-speaking indie pop-punk-rock in the style of Hamburger Schule (Tomte, Blumfeld, Selig, Virginia Jetzt!, Die Sterne, Tocotronic, etc.). Personally, I find it too slow, too emo, too colorless. If I had a sharp tongue, I would say "boring," but I don't (at least not always *fg*)....
However, I do notice that the older the songs are, the more "raw" they are, at least to some extent.... Since the 21 songs are arranged chronologically on the album, I like the songs a little better from track to track. This is to the detriment of the first four songs, which are from 2013 and 2016. The other 17 songs, which I like "a bit better," are from 2010 or earlier (2007, 2005.....1998). While the first track "Lyon" is completely new, meaning it was unreleased until this "Best Of" album, the other 20 songs were released on the band's seven demo tapes, CDs, as well as EPs and full albums.
Nevertheless, SPANDAU (the band, not the Berlin district!) is not my world. Fans of Tomte and the like will surely have fun with SPANDAU for an impressive 75 minutes. The CD is packed to the brim (yes, I know there is only one groove, take that "symbolically"!) and earns a bonus point !!!!
