Some songs not really "essential"!!
919338
The songs "Late for Your Life," "10,000 Miles," and "The Long Way Home" are,in my opinion, in no way "essential Mary Chapin Carpenter" but, rather, a waste of time on this otherwise very satisfying CD.

Instead of them I would have included "Come On, Come On," "The Dreaming Road," and other similarly moving MC Carpenter classics which were left out.  However, it's great to have "Halley Came to Jackson," "I Am A Town," "Only A Dream," "He Thinks He'll Keep Her," "I Feel Lucky," "Stones in the Road," and "The Hard Way" all on one album. I've never been wild about "Shut Up and Kiss Me" but many of MCC's fans are, and that's on here too.  Overall a good listening experience.
2889501
There are one or two songs that I car a bit less for, but that's a personal preference. I also have a bit of trouble with "Return to Me" (I think it's on this album. SuBo gives it her all. I, personally, would prefer a bit less. No offence intended.
2840456
Cute songs- some I had never heard before; I enjoy listening to most of these songs with my toddler son, but as a Psychologist, I wish they'd change the "Ain't it Great to be Crazy?" to "Ain't it Great to be Silly" as crazy has negative connotations, especially for persons with mental illnesses (who would not agree it is "great" to be "crazy").  But these are classic songs I guess; not sure why Bill Brogan's Goat is a kid's song- it's about tying a goat to rail road tracks and it almost being killed!  Most of the songs do not have Disney character voices, but are well voiced and my toddler seems to like them.
2528781
Some of the songs are not what I call "Willie" songs.  They are not completely suited to his style of singing.  Most of them are typical "Willie" and I enjoy them.
1086836
Has some good songs, but is a weird mix, and seems like a bootleg with even non-equalized tracks...
4521165
Huge Switchfoot fan but I would disagree that the songs on here are their "greatest" hits.  Missing quite a few of my favorites.
4799780
It is rare for me to find a cd that I like most of the songs.  This one is one of the rare ones.  There are 2 songs I don't particularly care for... the rest are great.
2124945
A couple of main songs are missing from this CD, but then again... it is the "highlights" so ... if you don't want to buy the whole score (like 40 songs on it think) then this will fit your Les Mes needs.
1835260
Not as good as her other albums, but still decent! The good songs make up for the basic ones
425059
blue orchid is a great song but the rest of the album sux...the songs are kinda weird.
3404943
Such as: "Lili Marlene", "See what the Boys In The Backroom Will Have" and "Falling In Love Again". Most of the other songs are just O.K.  I'd recommend purchasing only the individual songs that you know that you like
2771480
What's wrong with new compilations? on Red hot's "Greatest hits" there are few very important tracks missing,on REM's best of there are also these - "Shiny happy people","Bang and blame","Crush with eyeliner" and famous "Drive" - one of their most known songs.also "Radio song","Near wild heaven"...too many good tracks (and they were big hits!) missed to give it more than 3 stars.everyone who want to have only 1 REM album will miss many goodies after buying.but happily new tracks are nice although "Bad day" is a real copy of their hit "It's the end of the world"...)but what the hell - i like these new tracks.anyway - this compilation is half baked idea.maybe it would be better as a double cd album.
438841
what i don't like, is that one song was posted for sale and not the complete album.  The other tracks are better....sad
4138961
A good bet for new mac fans but for us oldies :-)A bit lacking. WHen I first saw the song selections I was a little dissapointed...They've excluded the Silver Springs (live) hit fron the dance (which most of the new fans and old have grown to love) The origonal is nice but not as good as the live version. And what about Landslide (live from the dance) which was also a radio hit....And the only selection from Behind the mask (1990) was Skies the limit. ? What about Save Me wich was a much bigger hit from that album than Skies. On the other hand It was nice to see them add...Seven Wonders, Think Anout Me & Love in Store to this collection...Which in my opinion should have been added to The 1988 Greatest hits...especilly Seven Wonders. And there arn'y any new songs? Usually you throw a couple new recordings on a Greatest Hits...to not only promote it but to give something new. I actually bought this cd for the Enhanced Material...wich is a bit lacking also...The studio part is about 60 seconds and there are a few videos...It looks very much thrown together but was nice to see the rosebud version of Rhiannon...All in all I think they could have done a better Job and it seems that this was done more so to make money...I mean we all have this...Don't get me wrong F.Mac and Stevie are my fav's of all time...and i can't wait for the new material but like I said this is lacking and if you have the other albums there's no reason to get this....I gave it 3 stars 1 for the booklet...wich is very good...it includs all chart info and some great pics...And for the single versions of Rhiannon and Sisters...ANd for the inclusion of the Rhiannon Live from Rosebud..Can't wait for the new album! Will Miss Christie! Love ya Chris and hope your are well! Rock on...
4022234
2 1/2

Works best for those already into the group. It's not a terrible collection of non-album tracks, just not a very good one either.
1189958
I like having so many Strait songs together in one CD.  However, these aren't the full length, original versions, so they aren't what I'm used to hearing.  I miss the full "genuine" songs... and I would probably suggest buying more CDs that give you all the full length songs instead of buying this convenient set that cuts songs short to fit them onto the CD.
1746540
I've always had a fondness of the music of Rush, but never found myself compelled to buy one of their CD's.  With the list of CD's I'd have to buy to get just a random sampling of my favorite Rush songs growing, I figured that I should snap up a collection CD - here's two!  There are some great songs on this collection, all of my personal favorites are there, but it's not something I reach for every day to pop in and listen too.  There's also many songs that I'm not familiar with - most of which don't carry the same feel.