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Release Date: 05/23/2006
There have been many
Huey Lewis & the News hits compilations released overseas, but 2006's simply named
Greatest Hits is only the second U.S. 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 a better-chosen 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 latter-day 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 non-chronological 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 a previously unreleased version of
"Do You Believe in Love."]
~Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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