November 09, 2022

U2 - U218 Singles (2006)

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U218 Singles is a greatest hits album by Irish rock band U2, released in November 2006. In most markets, the album contains 18 songs: 16 of their most successful and popular singles, and two new songs. 
The 17th track is a cover version of the Skids' "The Saints Are Coming", recorded with Green Day to benefit Hurricane Katrina charities. 
The 18th and closing track was a new song entitled "Window in the Skies". 
In some markets such as the United Kingdom, an extra song, "I Will Follow", was included as the opening track. A DVD compilation of music videos from throughout the group's career entitled U218 Videos was released concurrent to U218 Singles.

U2's first two greatest-hits albums neatly divided themselves by decade, with the first covering the '80s and the second summing up the '90s. Their third hits comp, 2006's U218 Singles, is at once more ambitious and more concise, offering an overview of their first 26 years on a single disc comprised of 18 tracks -- and since two of those are new songs, that leaves just 16 songs to tell their whole story. That's not much space for a band with a career as lengthy and ambitious as U2, so it's inevitable that some painful cuts have been made. 
Nothing from October, Zooropa or Pop is here, and unless you're buying various import editions that have "I Will Follow" as a bonus track, there's nothing from Boy, either. There's only one cut each from The Unforgettable Fire and Rattle and Hum -- and bucking conventional wisdom, none of their three widely accepted masterpieces -- War, The Joshua Tree, or Achtung Baby -- provide the most songs here. No, out of all their albums the one that dominates U218 Singles is All That You Can't Leave Behind, their 2000 comeback from the depths of the misguided Pop, and one of two records that they've released since their last hits compilation, The Best of 1990-2000.

The other record they've released since then is How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, which provides two songs here -- or, as many as there are from War and Achtung Baby. 
What this means is that this compilation skews very heavily toward latter-day U2 -- eight out of 18 tracks, a full 44 percent of the collection, are from 2000 on, which means that U218 Singles presents the classicist version of the band, featuring the anthems from U2 at their peak, plus the highlights from when U2 were trying their best to sound like U2 at their peak. 
They did it quite well, of course, from both a commercial and artistic standpoint, sometimes writing songs that stood proudly alongside "Pride (In the Name of Love)" and "Sunday Bloody Sunday" (as in "Beautiful Day") and sometimes not ("Elevation"). When it's all mixed together, it paints a portrait of a band that's a little slicker and streamlined than it often was, and it's hard not to miss the big-hearted yet moody band that made "Bad," "Gloria," and "A Sort of Homecoming," not to mention the middle-aged Euro experimentalists responsible for "Numb" and "Stay! (Faraway, So Close)," two essential components of the band that has been forced aside by the arena rock pros on display here.

Then again, U2 always were the best arena rockers of their generation, and for those who love the spectacle and sound of the band in full flight, U218 Singles serves up that side of the band quite well, along with two new entries that find the band continuing the assured, even-handed sound of Atomic Bomb: a cover of the Skids' "The Saints Are Coming," recorded with Green Day and rewritten to vaguely address the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and "Window in the Skies," an anthemic pop number that relies too heavily on synth strings yet is saved by the band's sturdy songwriting and reliable performance. 
As such, it might not cover all the bases, but it covers enough of the major ones to be a good summary for fellow travelers who just know U2 from the radio, and it's also a good one-stop introduction to the basics for neophytes. 

The art direction and design for U218 Singles was handled by Shaughn McGrath. Many different photographs were used in the album's packaging with front and back cover photographs taken by David Corio and Anton Corbijn, respectively with booklet photographs by Corbijn, Paul Slattery, Andrew McPherson, Colm Henry, Matt Mahurin, Pennie Smith, and Sheila Rock.


Track listing

1.  Beautiful Day  (From the album: All That You Can't Leave Behind) (2000) - 4:05 
2.  I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For The  (From the album: Joshua Tree) (1987) - 4:38 
3.  Pride (In the Name of Love)  (From the album: The Unforgettable Fire) (1984) - 3:48 
4.  With or Without You  (From the album: The Joshua Tree) (1987) - 4:56 
5.  Vertigo  (From the album: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb) (2004) - 3:10 
6.  New Year's Day (Japanese single version)  (From the album: War) (1983) - 4:17 
7.  Mysterious Ways  (From the album: Achtung Baby (1991) - 4:02 
8.  Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of  (From the album: All That You Can't Leave Behind) (2000) - 4:31 
9.  Where the Streets Have No Name (Single version)  (From the album: The Joshua Tree (1987) - 4:46 
10.  Sweetest Thing (Single mix)  (From the album: The Best of 1980–1990) (1998) - 3:00 
11.  Sunday Bloody Sunday  (From the album: War (1983) - 4:40 
12.  One  (From the album: Achtung Baby) (1991) - 4:35 
13.  Desire  (From the album: Rattle and Hum) (1988) - 2:59 
14.  Walk On (Edited version)  (From the album: All That You Can't Leave Behind) (2000) - 4:26 
15.  Elevation  (From the album: All That You Can't Leave Behind) (2000) - 3:47 
16.  Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own  (From the album: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb) (2004) - 5:05 
17.  The Saints Are Coming (with Green Day)  (New song; originally by Skids from Scared to Dance) - 3:21 
18.  Window in the Skies  (New song) - 4:08 
19.  I Will Follow  [UK Bonus Track]  (From the album: Boy) (1980) - 3:38
20.  Smile  [iTunes Bonus Track] - 3:16


Companies, etc.
Credits

Notes
Released:  20 November 2006
Recorded:  1980–2006, new material recorded in September 2006 with Rick Rubin in France and at Abbey Road Studios 
Genre:  Rock, Pop 
Length:  1:21:32

Label - Mercury, Interscope 

November 07, 2022

Kate Bush - Aerial (2005) [2CD]

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Aerial is the eighth album by English singer-songwriter and musician Kate Bush. It was released as a double album in 2005, twelve years after her 1993 album The Red Shoes. 

Aerial was Bush's first double album, was released after a twelve-year absence from the music industry during which Bush devoted her time to family and the raising of her son, Bertie. 
The anticipation leading up to the album's release was immense, with press articles devoted to Bush being printed months, even years before. 
Like Bush's previous album, The Red Shoes, Aerial does not feature a cover photograph of Bush, but rather one that is emblematic of the album's celebration of sky, sea, and birdsong. 
The cover image, which seems to show a mountain range at sunset reflected on the sea is in fact a waveform of a blackbird song superimposed over a glowing photograph.

Aerial is one of Bush's most critically acclaimed albums. Musically, the album is a multi-layered work, incorporating elements of folk, Renaissance, classical, reggae, flamenco, and rock. As with 1985's Hounds of Love, the album is divided into two thematically distinct collections. 
The first disc, subtitled A Sea of Honey, features a set of unrelated songs including the hit single "King of the Mountain", a Renaissance-style ode to her son Albert "Bertie" McIntosh performed with period instruments, and a song based on the story of Joan of Arc named "Joanni". 
In the song "", Bush sings the number to its 78th decimal place, then from its 101st to its 137th decimal place. 
The piano and vocal piece "A Coral Room", dealing with the loss of Bush's mother and the passage of time, was hailed by critics as "stunning" in its simplicity, "profoundly moving" and as "one of the most beautiful" pieces Bush has ever recorded.

The second disc, subtitled A Sky of Honey, consists of a single piece of music reveling in the experience of outdoor adventures on a single summer day, beginning in the morning and ending twenty-four hours later with the next sunrise. 
The songs are saturated with the presence of birdsong, and all refer to the sky and sunlight, with the sea also featuring as an important element. Beginning with blackbirds singing in the dawn chorus, a woodpigeon cooing, solo piano, and Bush's son saying, "Mummy, Daddy, the day is full of birds," the piece begins with an early morning awakening to a beautiful day of sun shining "like the light in Italy"; it proceeds through a visit with a painter who is working on a new piece of pavement art ("An Architect's Dream" and "The Painter's Link") and then passes on to a crimson "Sunset". 
The interlude "Aerial Tal", consists of Bush imitating various samples of birdsong, while "Somewhere in Between" celebrates the ambiguous nature of dusk. 
"Nocturn", features a pair of lovers bathing in the sea after dark under a star-studded "diamond sky". The song cycle ends with "Aerial" and its euphoric welcome of the following morning's sunrise with the refrain "I need to get up on the roof...in the sun."

In the album's initial release, A Sky of Honey features Rolf Harris playing the didgeridoo and providing vocals on "An Architect's Dream" and "The Painter's Link". Following Harris' 2014 conviction for indecent assault, his vocals were replaced on the 2018 remaster with new recordings by McIntosh. 
Other guest artists include Peter Erskine, Eberhard Weber, Lol Creme and Procol Harum's Gary Brooker. 
In one of his final projects before his death in 2003, long-time Bush collaborator Michael Kamen arranged the string sections, performed by the London Metropolitan Orchestra.

The only single from the album was "King of the Mountain". The song makes references to Elvis Presley and the film Citizen Kane.



Disc one: A Sea of Honey

1. King of the Mountain - 4:53 
2. π - 6:09 
3. Bertie - 4:18 
4. Mrs. Bartolozzi - 5:58 
5. How to Be Invisible - 5:32 
6. Joanni - 4:56 
7. A Coral Room - 6:12 

Disc two: A Sky of Honey

1. Prelude - 1:26 
2. Prologue - 5:42 
3. An Architect's Dream - 4:50 
4. The Painter's Link - 1:35 
5. Sunset - 5:58 
6. Aerial Tal - 1:01 
7. Somewhere in Between - 5:00 
8. Nocturn - 8:34 
9. Aerial - 7:52 

All tracks are written by Kate Bush.

Personnel
  • Kate Bush – vocals, keyboards (1 –3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13 –16), piano (4, 7, 9, 12)
  • Dan McIntosh – electric and acoustic guitar (1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 12, 14 –16)
  • Del Palmer – bass guitar (1, 5, 6, 14, 16)
  • Paddy Bush – backing vocals (1)
  • Steve Sanger – drums (1, 16)
  • Stuart Elliott – drums (2, 5, 12, 14)
  • Eberhard Weber – electric upright bass (2, 9)
  • Lol Creme – backing vocals (2, 15)
  • Eligio Quinteiro – renaissance guitar (3)
  • Richard Campbell and Susanna Pell – viol (3)
  • Bill Thorp – string arrangement (3)
  • Robin Jeffrey – renaissance percussion (3)
  • Chris Hall – accordion (5)
  • Michael Wood – male vocal (7)
  • Albert McIntosh (Bertie – Kate Bush's son) – "The Sun" (8), "The Painter" (10, 11, in 2018 edition)
  • Peter Erskine – drums (9, 10, 15)
  • London Metropolitan Orchestra strings (9, 11)
  • Michael Kamen – orchestral arranger and conductor
  • John Giblin – bass guitar (10, 12, 15)
  • Rolf Harris – "The Painter" (10, 11), didgeridoo (11) (first release only)
  • Gary Brooker – backing vocals (12, 14), hammond organ (14, 15)
  • Bosco D'Oliveira – percussion (15, 16)
Production
Notes
Released:  7 November 2005 
Recorded:  1996–2005 Studio Abbey Road Studios 
Genre:  Art rock, Progressive pop
Length:  79:58 

Label - EMI / Columbia (US)

November 06, 2022

Meat Loaf - Midnight at the Lost and Found (1983)

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Midnight at the Lost and Found is the third studio album by Meat Loaf, released in May 1983. This would be the final Meat Loaf release under Epic Records until The Very Best of Meat Loaf (1998).
Following a dispute with his former songwriter Jim Steinman, Meat Loaf was contractually obliged to release a new album. 
According to Meat Loaf, Steinman gave him "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" for the album, but Meat Loaf's record company refused to pay for Steinman. 
The songs Steinman had given to Meat Loaf were then given to Bonnie Tyler and Air Supply respectively, which both became hits in their respective countries and worldwide. 
Struggling for time and with no resolution to his arguments with Steinman seemingly on the horizon (eventually, Steinman and Meat Loaf would sue one another), he was forced to find songwriters wherever he could, including writing the songs himself.
Meat Loaf is credited with being involved in the writing of numerous tracks on the album, including the title track. However, as Meat would later admit, he was not much of a songwriter and did not like the songs he had written for the album.

The '80s didn't start out easy for the previous decade's rock sensation, and after Jim Steinman had bailed out of the album Meat Loaf was left all alone, and with no help from his native US as well as mysterious health issues Midnight at the Lost and Found was seemingly doomed. But, as always Europe provided an outlet of success, especially in the UK where Meat was still a big concert draw, and where the album performed reasonably well in the charts.

Despite this, it has always been considered his weakest record and I’d have to agree with that analysis. The watery and thin production lacked the power and emotion of years gone by and highlights were few and far between. One such high point is Keep Driving which is faster and louder than most of the album, and the closing romantic number Fallen Angel stands up well too, but apart from these to there is little else to write home about 

"Razor's Edge", "If You Really Want To" and the title track were released as singles, but none made top chart positions. The song "Lost Love", which was originally recorded during the sessions for the album, was released as the B-side to "If You Really Want To".


Track listing​

1.  Razor's Edge  (Steve Buslowe, Paul Christie, Mark Doyle, Meat Loaf) - 4:07 
2.  Midnight at the Lost and Found  (Steve Buslowe, Paul Christie, Meat Loaf, Dan Peyronel) - 3:29 
3.  Wolf at Your Door  (Leslie Aday, Steve Buslowe) - 4:05 
4.  Keep Driving  (Paul Christie, Paul Jacobs, Meat Loaf) - 3:30 
5.  The Promised Land  (Chuck Berry) - 2:44 
6.  You Can Never Be Too Sure About the Girl  (Steve Buslowe, Meat Loaf) - 4:28 
7.  Priscilla  (Sarah Durkee, Paul Jacobs) - 3:33 
8.  Don't You Look at Me Like That  (Marshall James Styler) - 3:27 
9.  If You Really Want To  (George Meyer, Ted Neeley) - 3:38 
10.  Fallen Angel  (Dick Wagner) - 3:38 


Personnel
Companies, etc.
Credits
Notes
Released:  May 1983 
Recorded:  October 1982–February 1983
Recording Location:  Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, FL / Hit Factory, New York, NY / Power Station, New York, NY
Genre:  Hard rock, glam rock 
Length:  35:26 

Label - Cleveland International, Epic

November 05, 2022

Herman Brood & His Wild Romance - Bühnensucht / Herman Brood Live (1984)

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Het verdienstelijke live-album Bühnensucht verschijnt, voorlopig zijn laatste plaat. 
Recorded Live at "Parkzicht" Rotterdam in
The Netherlands

Heerlijk live album! Brood speelde in die tijd liever covers dan eigen nummers en heeft er hoorbaar plezier in. Het obligate Saturday Night weet hij toch een nieuwe draai te geven. 
De weergegeven titels zijn kernwoorden uit de eigenlijke titels.

De totale toewijding en energie uit de jaren '70 ligt inmiddels al achter ons en de nummers op de plaat worden gespeeld in tempo's die meer aan de studio-opnames doen denken.
Wat wel verfrissend is, is de setlist; heel veel rock 'n' roll covers en dat zelfs in een dusdanige hoeveelheid dat het een verrassende leuke plaat is geworden. Bühnensucht is geen bombastische indrukwekkende live-plaat zoals Cha Cha maar toch zeker een lekker stukje live rock 'n' roll, prettig en strak uitgevoerd
De Bombitas waren een fijne aanvulling van het Romance geluid, en mogen even laten zien wat ze kunnen in Heatwave.
Een erg fijne, swingende rock & roll plaat, met als hoogtepunt voor mij de ballad (When) Something (Is Wrong With My Baby).


Track listing​

1.  Tune (Intro  (Peer Gynt Suite)) (E. Grieg) - 0:50 
2.  (Get) Married  (Hollestelle, Brood) - 2:20 
3.  (There Ain't) No Love  (Bobby Bland) - 2:53 
4.  Checkin' Out  (Brood, Hollestelle) - 3:35 
5.  Heatwave (Heat Wave)  (Holland-Dozier-Holland) - 2:30 
6.  (Hell On) Wheels  (Brood, Hollestelle) - 2:32 
7.  Saturday Night  (Brood, Danny Lademacher) - 3:22 
8.  Kissed (Then She Kissed Me)  (Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry) - 2:30 
9.  (No More) Dancin'  (John Hiatt) - 2:44 
10. Something (Wrong)  (David Porter, Isaac Hayes) - 3:14 
11 . Workin' (The Road)  (Brood, Hollestelle) - 2:55 
12.  Stay Alive  (Brood, Hollestelle, Angelo) - 5:45 
13.  Don't (Do)  (Brood, Hollestelle) - 2:05 

Companies, etc.
Credits

Personnel
Notes
Release: 1984
Genre:  Rock, Rock & Roll
Tijdsduur:  36:22

Label - Sky Records

November 03, 2022

Venice - Pacific Standard Time (2004)

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Venice was started in Venice, California in 1977 by cousins Michael Lennon (born 17 July 1959) and Kipp Lennon (born 12 March 1960). 
Michael's brother Mark (born 28 March 1963) joined the band in 1978, followed by Kipp's brother Pat (born 9 November 1951) in 1980. 
Kipp and Pat are two of eleven siblings, and are younger brothers of the Lennon Sisters. Michael and Mark are two of thirteen siblings.

In hun vaderland zijn ze totaal onbekend, maar de in Benelux loopt men met de band weg. 
De Amerikaanse close harmony groep Venice, uit het gelijknamige dorpje in Californië, brak hier eind jaren negentig door na een geslaagde Twee Meter Sessie bij Jan Douwe Kroeske. 
In een intieme setting komt de meerstemmige muziek van de zongebruinde broertjes Lennon (Pat, Kipp, Michael en Mark) dan ook het best tot zijn recht. Venice baseert zich op de akoestische westcoastmuziek van de jaren zeventig van The Eagles, Jackson Browne en vooral Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. 
Dat schaamteloze teruggrijpen op oude muziek wordt in Amerika als een minpunt gezien maar in Nederland zijn we wat minder streng in de leer. De eerste single Everybody's Opium is, in de week dat deze cd verschijnt, weer in hoge rotatie te horen op Radio 2. 
Ook de veertien andere liedjes op het derde album Pacific Standard Time vallen op door muzikaal vakmanschap en vlekkeloze samenzang. Conclusie: voor originaliteit een zes min maar voor kwaliteit een dikke acht.

Dit is van de meest afwisselende Venice cd imo. Indiase invloeden op Everybody's Opium in de vorm van een sitar in het begin van het nummer. Zuid-amerikaanse geluiden op Right Where We Left Off, het Eagles- achtige Back To The Well en het vrolijke Pebble In A Pond. 
Twee nummers wil ik nog even speciaal noemen Two Places In One Time en All Or Nothing At All. Beide tekstueel en melodieus zo ontzettend mooi.


Track listing

1.  I'll Keep My Fingers Crossed - 4:24 
2.  Cotton Candy - 4:13 
3.  Alive Again - 3:37 
4.  Everybody's Opium - 4:14 
5.  Back To The Well - 6:15 
6.  You And Me Doing Nothing - 4:22 
7.  When Your Ship Comes In - 4:22 
8.  Right Where We Left Off - 4:15 
9.  Two Places At One Time - 3:46 
10.  Blue Ocean Park Waltz - 3:53 
11.  Don't Worry Worry - 4:03 
12.  All Or Nothing At All - 3:23 
13.  Fifteen Presents - 4:38 
14.  Pebble In A Pond (Karma's Rewarded) - 3:01 
15.  Happiness Is The Best Revenge - 3:41 

Companies, etc.
Credits
Notes
Release Date:  March 1, 2005
Genre:  Folk
Styles:  Pop/Rock
Duration:  1:02:07

Label - Flow Records

November 02, 2022

The Nits - Nits 1974 (2003)

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1974 is een muziekalbum van de Nederlandse band Nits. De titel van het album refereert aan het oprichtingsjaar van de band. 
Het was de bedoeling dat met dit album en de daar op volgende tournee het 30-jarige bestaan van de band werd gevierd. 
Oud-toetsenist Robert Jan Stips werd gevraagd om deel te nemen aan de albumsessies en de tournee. Oorspronkelijk was het de bedoeling dat ook andere oud-leden mee zouden doen tijdens enkele concerten van de tournee, maar dit is uiteindelijk niet gebeurd. De tournee beviel zo goed dat Stips besloot bij de band te blijven.

De invloed van Stips op het geluid van het album is zeer duidelijk. In tegenstelling tot de Stips-loze albums Alankomaat en Wool staan allerhande keyboardpartijen en originele samples weer centraal. De nummers zijn zeer gevarieerd in stijl en komen ruwer over dan het meer gepolijste geluid van de meeste Nits-albums. Met het album werd een dvd meegeleverd met zes live-nummers uit de periode 1981-2000.

De tournee bracht de band door heel Europa en bevatte naast Hofstede, Kloet en Stips ook toetseniste Laetitia van Krieken, die op de eerdere albums en tournees de plek van Stips had ingenomen. 
Er bleek minder ruimte te zijn voor twee toetsenisten en van Krieken besloot na afloop van deze tournee de band te verlaten. Oorspronkelijk zou bassiste Arwen Linneman ook mee gaan, maar vanwege haar recente moederschap besloot ze af te zeggen. Ze is daarna niet meer teruggekeerd bij de band.

Tijdens deze tournee trad de band op in verschillende tv-programma's zoals Barend en Van Dorp en Vrienden Van Amstel Live, waarvan ze ook deelnamen aan de Ahoy-concerten gebaseerd op dit programma. Verder vond er een gastoptreden plaats tijdens een concert van BLØF, eveneens in Ahoy. 
Dit optreden werd uitgebracht op een dvd van deze band. Ondanks deze promotie wist het album slechts 1 week de Album Top 100 te behalen op positie 95. 


Track listing
  1. With Used Furniture We Make A Tree (2:43)
  2. Aquarium (4:39)
  3. Chain Of Ifs (3:37)
  4. Between The Buttons (3:46)
  5. Doppelganger (3:02)
  6. Canigo (3:15)
  7. Welcome Back (3:12)
  8. Eifersucht (2:27)
  9. Savoy (5:07)
  10. Espresso Girl (4:06)
  11. Rumspringa (6:03)
  12. Athens (4:26)

Alle tracks door Hofstede, Stips, Kloet, behalve Welcome Back (Stips) en With Used Furniture We Make A Tree (Hofstede/Kloet) en Chain Of Ifs (Hofstede/Kloet).


Musici

Companies, etc.
Credits
Notes
Uitgebracht: 2003  
Opgenomen: 2003  
Genre:  kamerpop  
TijdsDuur:  46:23  

Label(s) - PIAS (Sony buiten Nederland)

November 01, 2022

Toto - Greatest Hits...And More (2002) [3CD]

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De 2 CD plus unplugged bonus CD Greatest Hits & More is één van de betere Toto verzamelaars. 
Plus punten zijn dat alle hits er op terug te vinden zijn, zoals oa Hold The Line, 99, Rosanna, I Won't Hold You Back, Africa, I'll Be Over You, Stop Loving You, Pamela, Out Of Love, Don't Chain My Heart & I Will Remember. 
Ook de kleinere hits als I Suply The Love, If It's The Last Night, Mushanga, Love Has The Power & Melanie ontbreken niet. 
Het more zijn songs die sterk waren maar geen hits werden & de songs die alleen en exclusief op dit album staan, exclusieve songs zoals de 2 instrumentale nummers Moodio & Dune (film muziek door Toto), en de songs In A Word (non album B kant van de Single I'll Be Over You (1986) en het voor eigenlijk voor Past To Present album bedoelde Going Home (1989), alleen werd zanger Joseph Williams toen kort daarop uit de band ontslagen en bleef dit sterke nummer toen op de plank liggen, gelukig is het later weer bij gelegd, en trad Joseph Williams de laatste tijd regelmatig naast Bobby Kimball die in 1998 terug kwam in de band als lead zanger op, vooral om zijn Toto aandeel Stop Loving You & Pamela ten gehore te brengen. 
Williams is ook weer te horen op één van de songs vam het laatste studio album Falling In Between (2005) van de band. 
En Toto leden zijn te horen op Joseph's sterke nieuwe solo album This Fall (2008). Groot nadeel van dit album "Greatest Hits & More" is dat veel nummers er in Edit version (ingekort) op staan, sommige zijn de originele Single of Radio versies. 

The "more" in the title of Greatest Hits...And More of Sony Music Media's 2002 release refers to both the abundance of album tracks and relative rarities (such as excerpts from the Dune soundtrack) that fill out the 36 songs on the first two CDs of this set, as well as the third disc of unplugged performance of hits -- hits that appear in their original studio incarnations earlier on the collection. 
There is also another incarnation of this set that includes a bonus DVD of live performances from Toto, which includes a performance of Hendrix's "Little Wing.") 
For the casual fan who just wants the radio hits this is surely too much, but there are plenty of single-disc hits sets that will fulfill their needs. 
For those serious listeners who want a good, accurate overview of what Toto was all about, this is an excellent choice. 


Track listing

CD1
1.  Hold The Line - 3:31 
2.  Georgy Porgy - 4:08 
3.  I'll Supply The Love - 3:47 
4.  99 - 3:28 
5.  St.George And The Dragon - 4:04 
6.  If It's The Last Night - 4:32 
7.  Rosanna - 4:01 
8.  Make Believe - 3:43 
9.  Africa - 4:22 
10.  I Won't Hold You Back - 4:54 
11.  Waiting For Your Love - 4:14 
12.  Moodido (The Match) (Boxing Theme) - 4:24 
13.  Stranger In Town - 4:44 
14.  Holyanna - 4:17 
15.  Take My Hand - 2:35 
16.  Dune (Desert Theme) - 4:30 
17.  I'll Be Over You - 3:49 
18.  In A Word - 4:02 
19.  Without Your Love - 4:29 

CD2
1.  Stop Loving You - 4:29 
2.  Pamela - 4:30 
3.  Mushanga - 4:51 
4.  Goin' Home - 4:06 
5.  Love Has The Power - 4:29 
6.  Out Of Love - 4:22 
7.  Can You Hear What I'm Saying - 5:00 
8.  Don't Chain My Heart - 4:42 
9.  Only You - 4:21 
10.  2 Hearts - 5:07 
11.  The Other Side - 4:40 
12.  I Will Remember - 4:23 
13.  The Turning Point - 4:04 
14.  The Other End Of Time - 4:11 
15.  If You Belong To Me - 4:01 
16.  Melanie - 4:00 
17.  Mindfields - 6:02 

CD3  'Unplugged' Bonus CD  
1.  Georgy Porgy - 3:51 
2.  99 - 3:01 
3.  I Won't Hold You Back - 2:10 
4.  Don't Stop Me Now - 2:36 
5.  Out Of Love - 2:59 
6.  Mama - 2:13 
7.  You Are The Flower - 1:54 
8.  The Road Goes On - 2:33 


Credits
Notes
Release Date:  2002
Genre:  Soft Rock
Duration:  2:55:39

Label - Sony Music Media