![]() Doesn't fare so well by the number one rule. For some artists, sticking to number one hits isn't a bad way to make a collection - are a perfect example, actually, since even if didn't contain such seminal items as 'Strawberry Fields Forever,' it still offered a full, representative portrait of their career. ![]() An avalanche of similar-minded compilations by other titans followed, notably ' and ', and 's is part of that wave. This second collection, was released in the wake of the 2000 blockbuster, which rewrote the rules of modern-day hits collections from major artists, since it not only contained a generous, representative cross section of hits, it had a specific focus and did gangbuster business. Since botched his first hits collection by pairing it with a new album of material in a double-disc set, making it considerably less attractive for those legions of listeners who want just a single disc of hits, it's both inevitable and welcome that he attempted another compilation a few years later.
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