Switchfoot Entertainment Art "The Best Yet" (Sony) Released November 4, 2008

Unlike many greatest hits, this doesn’t provide the obligatory new or previously unreleased track or two to wet the whistles of the long-time fan. If you’re a die-hard Switchfoot fan there is no reason to purchase this disc as you already have everything it offers unless you never got around to picking up the soundtrack to The Chronicles of Narnia Prince Caspian which features “This is Home,” the only non-LP track in the 18 song collection.

Mainstream radio hits “Dare you to Move” and “Meant to Live” take center stage opening the disc but The Best Yet delves so much deeper than that. Switchfoot balances hit songs from all their releases, providing at least two cuts from every album after their The Legend of Chin debut, which offers only “Concrete Girl” over the fan-favorite, yet sophomoric track “Chem 6A.” While many of the tracks are mid-tempo, top-40 type rock songs “Stars” and “Oh! Gravity” are less radio-ready and more rock and roll jams the latter of which shows a more experimental and aggressive side of the band as they allow themselves to slop it up a little.

If you’ve never given Switchfoot a chance, The Best Yet isn’t a bad place to start. Fans of bands like Our Lady Peace and Collective Soul, if not already fans of Switchfoot, would almost certainly take to this band as well. A very friendly rock band with positive messages never hurt any of us and if you trek into it without preconceived notion of what a Christian band should and would sound like; you’ll be alright!

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