The two original tracks, Sympathique and Lullabye are respectfully fun and moving. Instrumentals are nicely balanced with vocals and the lack of camp is refreshing. On the down side, morose covers of Qu Sera Sera and Never on Sunday add nothing and go on a bit too long. Despite a few flaws, we're giving it our highest rating. It's easy to complain about what the major labels do wrong when it comes to reissuing their back catalogues.
Real fans tend to prefer entire album releases with the original cover art and liner notes.
The labels prefer compilations that rarely make a real fan happy. We can think of dozens of favorite LPs that haven't been transferred to CD while mediocre compilation after compilation gets made. It's a reason to celebrate. In a few short years they set the standard for things to come. We think the first disc is their finest but all of them have much to recommend.