Artist: HIM
Album: AND LOVE SAID NO: : THE GREATEST HITS 1997-2004 (CD)

Release date: 2004
Media type: CD

Originally issued in 2004 and finally released in the United States during 2007, AND LOVE SAID NO culls the finest songs from HIM's pre-DARK LIGHT material. In addition to two previously unreleased tracks (the mid-tempo title song and "Solitary Man," a Neil Diamond tune famously covered by Johnny Cash), the collection features the love-obsessed Finnish goth-rock band's best-known numbers, including the ominous "Your Sweet 666" and its brooding take on Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game," a track carried by frontman Ville Valo's expressive singing and Mikko Lindstrom's blistering guitar riffs. As a solid introduction to the melancholy metal of HIM, this compilation is ideal.

TRACKLIST:

1. And Love Said No
2. Join Me in Death - (remix)
3. Buried Alive by Love
4. Heartache Every Moment
5. Solitary Man
6. Right Here in My Arms
7. Funeral of Hearts, The
8. In Joy and Sorrow
9. Your Sweet Six Six Six
10. Gone With the Sin
11. Wicked Game
12. Sacrament, The
13. Close the Flame
14. Poison Girl
15. Pretending
16. When Love and Death Embrace

LINE-UP:

Valo (vocals)
Linde (guitar)
Burton (keyboards)
Mige (bass guitar)
Gas (drums)