Unglued Reviews

This greatest hits collection from American pop-punk group New Found Glory draws together between two and three songs from each of their four full-length releases from 2000ā€™s self-titled record to 2006ā€™s Coming Home (ignoring 1999ā€™s Nothing Gold Can Stay album, released when the band was still called A New Found Glory, and 2007ā€™s covers album From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II). The 12-song track listing is completed by the inclusion of Constant Static ā€“ originally an eSingle and Japan-only bonus track ā€“ and the previously download-only rarity Situations.

The song choices include most (but not all) of the bandā€™s singles (including gems like Hit Or Miss and My Friends Over You) plus a few representative album tracks (such as Understatement). However, despite the fact that 2004ā€™s Catalyst explored the heavier side to the band and Coming Home focused on gentler pop songs, the songs selected for inclusion here fit together so well you could easily believe they all came from the same recording session. But although Hits (which finalises the now-independent bandā€™s contract with the Universal Records family) doesnā€™t really feature a lot of variety, it is an excellent collection of catchy, melodic pop-punk. What more could you ask for?

Owen Heitmann