Recall's
Greatest Hits/Light Inside Colin Blunstone compilation includes the former
Zombies' 2000
Greatest Hits collection and 1998's
Light Inside on two discs. The latter, a set of new material co-penned by
Nik Kershaw, consists of mostly over-produced adult contemporary pop in the vein of
Sting and '80s-inspired rock anthems that echo Top Gun-era
Kenny Loggins, while the former boasts a pair of the singer's finest singles from 1971's
One Year ("Say You Don't Mind") and 1972's
Ennismore ("I Don't Believe in Miracles"). It's scant at best, trading out many of
Blunstone's better moments for lame remakes of
Zombies classics like "She's Not There" and "Time of the Season." Listeners would be better off picking up 2002's Japanese import
I Don't Believe in Miracles: The Best of Colin Blunstone or the recent reissues of either
One Year or
Ennismore.
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James Christopher Monger, Rovi