launched the Digging Deep podcast in 2019 as a way for him to explore the intricacies and oddities of his body of work. A year later, he released , a double-disc deep dive that effectively functions as a soundtrack to the podcast. talks about tunes on Digging Deep, but pointedly concentrates on his solo career. It's a compilation that strives to make overarching connections, so it doesn't proceed in a chronological order, nor does it have all of his hits. Neither his oldies folly nor , his Grammy-winning collaboration with , are here, nor are there big rock radio hits like "Little by Little" and "Tall Cool One." Instead, places 1993's at the forefront and follows its strands front and back, creating a moody, adventurous bit of autobiography. Maybe it doesn't deliver the hits the way most compilations do, but it certainly captures the musical wanderlust that defines 's career. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine