Rake It In: The Greatestest Hits is a greatest hits album by the punk rock supergroup Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. It was released on April 7, 2017, on Fat Wreck Chords.[1] The album has songs from throughout their career, from their first release, the "Denver" 7" in 1995, to their last, Are We Not Men? We Are Diva! in 2014. The track selection was based on the live set list the band had developed over the course of its career.[2][3]
In March 2017, the band released a track from the album, "City of New Orleans", which had previously only been available on vinyl.[4]
Will Hodge, writing in Paste, said that the album was a perfect distillation of the band's career, and demonstrated how adept they were at keeping their music sounding fresh despite being a cover band.[8] Philip Fairbanks of New Noise Magazine was similarly positive, describing the album as "frenetic" and "irresistibly satisfying".[7] Julie River of PunkNews.org found that the album was not a good reflection of the band's career, and particularly decried the exclusion of Rocket Man, which had previously appeared on the album Have a Ball.[9]Maximum Rocknroll published a pair of dueling reviews: the first, by Ramsey Kanaan, praised the record out of a general appreciation of the band's work,[5] while reviewer Kenny Kaos said he was "not really sure what the point is" of the compilation album or of the band's existence in general.[6]
^Setnyk, Jason (2017-04-05). "Interview with Me First and the Gimme Gimmes vocalist Spike Slawson". The Cornwall Seeker. Cornwall, Ontario. Archived from the original on 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2024-03-02. The "Rake it in" record is a reflection of many of the songs that we're playing in our set these days. We're really very proud of where we've gotten our live set.
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