Greatest Hits

1	Never Too Much 3:51
2	Don't Want to Be a Fool 4:35
3	Here and Now 5:22
4	Love the One You're With 5:03
5	Any Love 5:00
6	Superstar/Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) 9:15
7	A House Is Not a Home 7:07
8	Give Me the Reason 4:45
9	There's Nothing Better Than Love / Gregory Hines 4:42
10	Creepin' 4:04
11	So Amazing 3:39
12	Stop to Love 5:10
13	Power of Love/Love Power 6:41
14	How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye / Dionne Warwick 3:25

Barnes & Noble

Though he began his musical career as a backup singer, commercial jingle man, and session artist, Luther Vandross has long since been regarded as a master of love ballads. His nuanced vocals surge, then relent, twirling and softly flitting between notes as Luther travels pathways of romance, introspection, and bliss. GREATEST HITS is a pared-down follow-up to the 1989 two-disc set BEST OF LUTHER VANDROSS…THE BEST OF LOVE, with several worthwhile tracks that were not included in that defining collection. Highlights include the crossover pop smash "Power of Love/Love Power," from 1991's POWER OF LOVE, and a remake of Crosby, Stills & Nash's "Love the One You're With" (from 1994's SONGS), juiced up with a gospel choir and spirited organ to lend a reverent, down-home feel. "How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye," a melancholy duet with Dionne Warwick from 1983's BUSY BODY, finds beauty in a breakup. But unquestionably, the collection's strength comes from Luther's dance-floor packers ("Never Too Much"), the quintessential wedding song "Here and Now," and the nine-minute-plus update of the Stevie Wonder classic "Superstar/Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)." This is vintage Luther -- the man with the voice that touches and caresses with soulful grace. Brett Johnson

All Music Guide

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, 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 who want all the big hits on one disc -- serious listeners will want to stick with Best Of. Stephen Thomas Erlewine