Diving into a new collection is all about comfort. The listener should land somewhere between the reliable pool of radio staples like and and the deep water of fan favorites like 's three-disc does an awfully good job of placating fans of both reservoirs, focusing on 's mercurial 1969-1987 offerings. Each disc covers an era -- 1969-1974, 1974-1979, and 1980-1987 -- allowing time for both classics ( ) and obscurities ( ). gets high marks for the inclusion of oft-overlooked gems such as but it's the appearance of nuggets like from the animated nuclear war fable of the same name, from , and from the play that sets this anthology apart from others. ~ James Christopher Monger