Released to herald a reunion of the band and superseding several out-of-print predecessors, is an excellent summary of the group's hits and album highlights between 1972 and 1982. There are really two editions of , the unit that achieved widespread U.K. success from 1972 to 1975, and the more polished one that was a broader international success from 1979 to 1982. The compilers have dealt with the dichotomy and the more lasting popularity of the later recordings by presenting the compilation in reverse chronological order, so that hits like and which scored in America, come before U.K.-only hits like which rock much harder. But all the major hits are here (only a couple of less-successful British singles chart entries are missing), augmented by memorable album tracks like In print or not, this is the best single-disc collection of , since it is more complete than earlier compilations like the 1977 and 1983 LPs, and, unlike later best-ofs such as (1986), (1988), and (1995) (the latter two U.K. releases), it is not divided between solo tracks and ones. ~ William Ruhlmann