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An honest title for this disc would be Several #1's, a Bunch of Top Tens, and a Couple New Songs, but obviously has a greater -- if false -- ring to it. isn't formatted any differently than scores of other anthologies packaged in time for the holiday shopping season, but it's also timely in that it comes after four albums, all of which produced a handful of hits and roughly twice as much filler. Few problems could be had with the track selection. Containing each of 's charting singles, with the exception of and the inconsequential the disc reaffirms that released some of the biggest singles of the late '90s and early 2000s. For instance, you didn't have to be a fan of , or even music, to cross paths with the likes of -- an overblown song with a form of success that had more to do with its mega-anthem quality and opportunistic title (the show of the same title was extremely popular at the time). As strategic as were, they still have enough substance in their discography to place them as one of the best groups of the '90s and early 2000s. Though they didn't follow the previous top female group, , with nearly as much brilliance or finesse, they've left behind several singles that will be remembered for something other than their mainstream success. ~ Andy Kellman