Gathering the best of his all-too-brief recording career, includes most of his best-known songs, including and The collection does a good job of representing each of 's albums, ranging from the rough-and-ready sound of ; ' dark, swampy feel (exemplified here by the title track and ); the dense sonics of 's title track; and the gritty, uncompromising edge to 's For anyone unsure where to dive into 's catalog, offers the ideal starting point. ~ Heather Phares