With 1974's placed itself in a spotlight that would last until left the group for a solo career some two years later. A darling of New York's , the group never compromised, delivering its fiery, passionate exactly as its members wanted to. Leaving behind the cookie-cutter big hair and lookalike dresses of its era, took the stage after dropping out of sight to reinvent itself, and emerged as a group of glamorously modern individuals -- three strong styles that melded into a universal whole of staggering proportion. This compilation rounds up the group's best songs and includes many of its covers, alongside original material. The members of were masters of interpretation, blessed with the uncanny ability to completely co-opt a song -- to turn it into something of their own without disturbing the integrity of the original and, in most cases, elevate it to heights previously unimagined. Through the use of classic , , and dance beats that foreshadowed the movement, turned its audience's attention to something vitally fresh and unique. This collection opens with 's reinvention of 's Black Power manifesto which bleeds out of a revolutionarily version of 's Coincidentally, that band's producer, , then gets in on the act, as gives the classic treatment -- both bratty (in a good way) and strong. ' also becomes an entirely different song, slowed down and harmonized. Treatments of and folksinger are also included. The band's own songs, meanwhile, round out this chunky set with the classics and The eternal winds the whole thing down with what remains, for many people, 's defining moment. An anthem for everybody, it stood apart by serving as a signpost for future generations. After all, without to pave the way, would , or the striking images of exist nearly 30 years later? ~ Amy Hanson