Luther Vandross - Greatest Hits (CD)

All Music Guide

1999's 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 The 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, The Best of does cover Vandross' prime period better, and since Greatest Hits 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 that want all the big hits on one disc -- serious listeners will want to stick with The Best of.

- Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide