Definitive Collection

Compilation producers: Steve Bartels, Gary Pacheco.
Includes liner notes by Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock.
Digitally remastered by Al Quaglieri.
Liner Note Authors: Graham Russell; Russell Hitchcock.
Photographer: Graham Russell.
The Definitive Collection more than lives up to its title's promise, delivering 18 tracks, including all of Air Supply's Top 40 singles -- "Lost in Love," "All Out of Love," "Every Woman in the World," "Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You)," "Sweet Dreams," "Even the Nights Are Better," "Young Love," "Two Less Lonely People in the World," "Just as I Am" -- plus the original Australian version of "Lost in Love." A pair of latter-day singles that didn't make the Top 40 are missing, but they're not missed, since what is here is prime Air Supply -- the best songs they ever recorded. Granted, it won't convince any doubters, but this is the ideal collection for both dedicated and casual fans, while being perhaps the most listenable item in their catalog. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine