This compilation, whose release was sparked by the 1972 success of
"Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress,"
the Hollies
' most successful American single, contains 12 of their 14 biggest U.S. hits, 1964-1972, missing only
"Jennifer Eccles"
and
"I Can't Let Go,"
for which it substitutes the slightly lower-charting, but perhaps more familiar
"Dear Eloise"
"King Midas in Reverse."
As such, it is very nearly as good a one-LP hits collection as there could be for the U.S. market at this time. [The 2002 reissue features one extra song:
"Air That I Breathe."
] ~ William Ruhlmann