Luther Vandross' 1999
Greatest Hits
may not be as generous as 1989's
The Best of Luther Vandross
, which contained 20 tracks on two discs, but it's a good, concise, 14-track collection that includes many of his very best songs. There is a lot of overlap with
Best Of
-- it shares no less than nine tracks with that collection -- but it also has such-'90s hits as
"Don't Want to Be a Fool"
and
"Power of Love / Love Power."
It is a tight, single-disc collection, which may make it preferable to some listeners. However,
does cover
Vandross
' prime period better, and since
covers much of that same territory while missing several big-'90s hits, it isn't quite all it could be. Essentially, it's for casual fans who want all the big hits on one disc -- serious listeners will want to stick with
. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine