1 of 6 customers found the following review helpful:
 Strong overview for inconsistent artist, 2000-06-15
This is a fine, affordable best of collection for a relatively minor artist. All of Winwood's best work was done in in his late 60s, early 70s trio of bands - Spencer Davis Group, Blind Faith and Traffic. This collects all the best tracks in a concise package. Essential
8 of 10 customers found the following review helpful:
 Umm... Where's the Winwood?, 2000-06-02
As has oft been noted in the Millennium series, these collections are far less than they could be. Most run about 35-40 minutes and have no more than 12 tunes. Inexcusable to leave that much blank space on a CD. With some artists, like The Who or Bing Crosby, the amount of material left off is criminal. With less lights such as Burt Bacharach or .38 Special, finding 10 tracks is a stretch.Steve Winwood presents a unique problem: His solo albums, with great tracks like Roll With It, Higher Love, While You See A Chance, and Valerie, were not recorded for MCA. Similarly, his earlier work with Traffic, Blind Faith (only one album) and Spencer Davis, were separately insufficient to justify a "Greatest Hits" release. So instead, MCA has merged these disparate groups into a single desparate album. Not a single track is credited to Winwood as a solo act. The soul-pop of Davis jars with the heavy prog rock of Faith & Traffic. If you're really interested in those groups, there are better collections that don't skim the most obvious surfaces. If you want a complete overview of the Winwood career, check his box set "The Finer Things". But if you already have the Steve Winwood Chronicles, consisting of his biggest hits while on the Virgin label, then this is an adequate place to catch up on his earlier work without duplication.
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