Hard as it is to believe but there has not been a proper hits collection since the first, 1975's -- that's not counting 1989's , which was designed as a companion to that earlier set -- until 2007's . was released just five years after his debut, , but it ignored that collection of pop standards, along with much of its country cousin , winding up as a collection of highlights of 1973's and 1974's , with a few non-LP hit singles rounded up within the LP's tight ten-track, 30-minute span. kept recording after , working his way through several labels and ill-advised phases before settling into a nice, easy groove with 1993's , but he stopped having hits not long after 1975, after the / climbed all the way to number three, capping off a remarkable streak of seven Top Ten singles. After that, the crash was fast: was pulled off of and stalled at 31, then there was just one more hit -- peaking at 26 in 1976 -- before a five-year wait until the -written limped to 38 in 1981 before disappeared from the charts. His '90s comeback may have never dented , but it is represented on the 20-track , which also contains all the aforementioned singles (apart from no great loss) and the entirety of , albeit presented in a different running order. This doesn't just make for a compilation that's longer than the 1975 set, it makes for one that's better, since it adds the terrific to the mix, along with the amiable 1976 cover of 's a duet with on from 1989, and a well-chosen selection from each of , 1998's , 2003's , and 2005's . This may not hit all the great stuff from the early '70s -- after all, the whole of is exceptionally strong -- but it does cut out all the real embarrassing stuff from the late '70s and just concentrates on the good latter-day material that holds its own with the best of his '70s hits. Far from merely being songs that are good when graded on a curve, these hits have aged really well, especially his originals: the thundering glam rocker the cheerfully post- autobiography of and his gorgeous collaboration with , which lends this comp its title and ranks as among the very best post- songs by any of . That tune proves could deliver music every bit as memorable as his colleagues and much of this excellent, long overdue compilation is at a similar high standard. [ also includes entertaining track-by-track commentary from and was also released in a deluxe edition that contains a wonderful DVD with the videos for (which also features ), and along with an ad for .] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine