The Definitive Pye Collection (2008)

"This set is nicely comprehensive at 75 songs, limited as it is to finished masters and official releases -- there are no vault finds here, just singles, B-sides, EP tracks, and LP tracks covering four years in their history (163-1967). Along the way, in addition to oft-anthologized cuts, the producers have included their harder sides like "Some Other Guy," "Bye Bye Johnny," and "Twist and Shout," as well as their almost premature venture into folk-rock with "All My Sorrows"; the second and third discs are filled with their better ventures into soul ("I'll Be Doggone," etc.) and more advanced pop/rock amid the obligatory singles. This set does represent their best (if not always their most interesting) work. The music not only has great detail and a very close, emphatic sound but has been centered, so that on the stereo cuts one gets the stereo effect without the widely spaced, highly artificial ping-ponging between voices and instruments that was common on their early CD compilations." (Bruce Eder, Allmusic)

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