Bob Dylan has described Jeff Buckley as "one of the great songwriters" of our time. Jimmy Page considers Grace one of his favorite albums. This 2007 "best of" compilation album not only offers a good introduction to those new to the music of compelling singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley (1966-1997), but the album also offers a few interesting surprises for Buckley's cult following. Of course all the Buckley studio standards from Grace and Sketches (For My Sweetheart the Drunk) are here: "Mojo Pin," "Grace," Cohen's "Hallelujah," and "Je n'en connais pas la fin," together with tracks from his live album, Live at Sin-é. The album also features an alternate take of "Dream Brother," a road version of "Eternal Life" (both from the Grace Legacy Edition) and a live acoustic rendition of "So Real." The album offers a previously unavailable live cover of "I Know It's Over" from The Smiths' album The Queen Is Dead. As this album title suggests and as the songs collected here reveal, the music of Jeff Buckley is best described as authentic. Complete album tracks include:

1. Last Goodbye
2. Lover, You Should've Come Over
3. Forget Her
4. Eternal Life
5. Dream Brother
6. The Sky Is A Landfill
7. Everybody Here Wants You
8. So Real
9. Mojo Pin
10. Vancouver
11. Je n'en Connais Pas La Fin
12. Grace
13. Hallelujah
14. I Know It's Over

G. Merritt