Varese Sarabande
had already issued two
Johnny Tillotson
compilations, one (
Poetry in Motion
) covering his
Cadence
output and the other (
The Very Best of Johnny Tillotson
) his later
MGM
era, prior to the appearance of this anthology. It's the most comprehensive of the lot, spanning both
and
from 1958 to 1967, and in fact including everything from
, although lacking some songs from
The Very Best of
. The compilation does have some songs not on either
or
, though, among them the 1964 Top 40 hit
"I'm a Worried Guy"
and the surprising
P.F. Sloan
-penned 1967
pop/rock
45
"Cling to Me."
Should you be mindful of keeping your shelf space to a minimum,
25 All-Time Greatest Hits
is the best single-disc
Tillotson
collection to invest in, covering the
country
,
pop
, and
teen idol
rock
facets of the versatile if unexciting singer on his 1950s and 1960s releases. ~ Richie Unterberger