Nope, it’s not a greatest hits album. As the band guitarist, Benji Madden, explains: “We just feel like even though we’re in the process of making our fifth album and we have had a lot of hits, we’re a little too young for a greatest hits (album).” Young indeed! Even Bon Jovi is just starting to make their greatest hits and they’ve been around for a looooong time! Adds Benji’s twin brother, Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden, “We’re not as accomplished as I guess we feel a band with a greatest hits should be.”
And so, instead of a greatest hits album, Good Charlotte came out with “The Greatest Remixes” which is due out this November 25 from Epic. Fifteen songs appear on the standard edition of the album, while another five remixes will be available via iTunes. Good Charlotte also brought a pair of new songs to the project, the socially conscious “WAR” for the iTunes edition and “Anxiety” for both sets. Joel Madden describes it as “probably the most Good Charlotte record we’ve ever written” — more rock and pop-oriented, with fewer dance and hip-hop influences.
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