It may be a budget-line, ten-track collection, but 's is pretty much the definitive retrospective on the pop-metal quartet 's career. The disc wisely concentrates on the group's first two records, 1991's and 1992's , which was when the band was at the peak of their popularity. All their hits from these two records are here -- and -- except for which just barely scraped the charts at the height of grunge-mania. The other half of the record is devoted to album tracks, including selections from the little-heard . They might not be as memorable as the hits, but they're pleasant hair metal in the same vein. Truth be told, this music works best as nostalgia for anyone who came of age during the early '90s -- those who remember slow dancing to or waving their lighters to power ballads from -- and anyone who is of that mindset will likely enjoy this concise and rather thorough compilation. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine