After just writing a review for "The Essential Collection" and referencing this collection many times within that review, I figured I should write a quick one singing the praises of this CD.

I rate this CD 5 stars because it sounds the best of all of the Barry Manilow Collections I own ("The Essential Collection", "Greatest Hits", "Greatest Hits Vol. 2" and "The Complete Collection And Then Some")

There are quite a few tracks that I would include on an "Ultimate" collection that are missing here (New York City Rhythm, All The Time, Beautiful Music to name a few) but the record company can't give us everything we want on one collection, or we'd just buy that one. For the casual fan who wants a good starter CD, this one is perfect.

Sounds great, good cross-section of hits, there's not a bad track or bad version of a hit on this collection.