Frankie Avalon - 25 All-Time Greatest Hits

This package is part of the Varese Sarabande label's general campaign to put out new greatest-hits packages of artists they've already given the best-of treatment to, the chief difference being the inclusion of more tracks the second time around. The company's The Best Of Frankie Avalon, issued in 1995, had 18 songs; 25 All-time Greatest Hits, as is self-evident, has seven more. The biggest hits are on both CDs, but alas it's not an automatic given that 25 All-time Greatest Hits makes other Avalon anthologies redundant, since it's missing a number 56 chart hit that was on The Best Of Frankie Avalon, "The Puppet Song." Granted that tune's not a world-beater, but its inclusion would probably mean something to a lot of fans who bother to select an Avalon best-of off the shelves. Read More