release date: Oct. 2000
format: 2 cd
[album rate: 3 / 5]
producer: David Sylvian, Steve Nye
label: Virgin Records - nationality: England, UK
2-disc compilation album by David Sylvian. The album covers most of his vast repertoire from his days with Japan, various collaboration works and recent solo works.
I don't think it's as good as it could've been. First thing that bothers me is the way the tracks in chronological order are randomly put together, or so it seems. Another difficult thing is that the album offers room for all Sylvian's various musical styles and experiments, which makes it more of a document than a digestible album; however, the quality of the single compositions do not justify my rating of the album.
[ allmusic.com 4 / 5 stars ]
