Hard to believe, but there's never been a good single-disc overview of 's biggest hits available in America until 2007's 18-track . (The American release subtracted one track and was titled .) He's had plenty of collections, including a good single-disc European set that circulated in the late '90s, but is the first to really offer a solid career-spanning overview as a single-disc set. Of course, even though this pulls number ones from various charts in the U.S. and U.K., there are big hits missing -- whether it's classics like which never reached the pole position in the U.S., or latter-day number ones like which did top the adult contemporary chart -- but it's hard to argue with what's here (with the possible exception of which does represent his late-'80s/early-'90s adult contemporary work but isn't one of his best hits). All the big songs -- -- are here, which will satisfy the casual fan for whom this is designed. Those who would lament the absence of or should turn to another compilation: this is not the set for them. But for the fan who wants a good sampling of throughout the years, this is ideal. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine