Greatest Hits & Videos

There have been many Huey Lewis The News hits compilations released overseas, but 2006’s simplynamed Greatest Hits is only the second US comp, following Time Flies, which appeared a decade earlier. At a generous 21 tracks Greatest Hits is not only five songs longer than Time Flies, but it’s also a betterchosen collection too. It may be missing “Bad Is Bad,” but it has a stronger selection of early songs, like the wonderful “Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do,” plus a better selection of latterday songs, including Huey’s duet with Gwyneth Paltrow on Smokey Robinson’s “Cruisin’.” That doesn’t mean the disc is perfect, however although this does have a stronger representation of their earlier material, it could use just a little bit more, and the nonchronological sequencing is a bit of a headache. That said, this has all the hits and no weak songs, making it the best Huey Lewis The News compilation yet. [It's even better in the CD/DVD version, which contains a DVD with nine videos, including an original edit of "Doing It All For My Baby," a long version of "The Power of Love" and an previously unreleased version of "Do You Believe In Love.]

- Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Product Specification :

Release Date :05/23/2006
Format :Audio CD
UPC :094636338026
Label :Capitol
List Price :22.98

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