The Definitive Collection

Review: By "nikko_b"
You have to respect the genius of a group that can, without having to resort to using thunderous guitars (Megadeth, Pantera) or earth quaking bass (almost all modern R&B groups) can still somehow grab your very soul and take it for an emotional ride not letting go until the very last harmonic crescendo. "Air Supply: The Definitive Collection" sets out with a very defined mission. To allow the listener to experience the deepest levels of romantic musical expression in the most profound ways possible. And man does it ever deliver (Remember almost ninety percent of Air Supply's songs include "love" in the title)! This is simply the best single-CD compilation of the band's hits. The sound quality surpasses all previous collections, and the versions included are digitally remastered from the original and are full length (an earlier Greatest Hits collection shaved off a few seconds here and there).

The Definitive Collection was released August 26, 1999 with all the hits, plus the original version of Lost in Love and other songs that became classics (although not all were actually singles). The package has new artwork and notes from Graham and Russell about every song. All their biggest hits of the 80's on one album--you can't go wrong. Russell Hitchcock and his nearly 4 octave range voice are showcased beautifully on these songs. His ability to hold a note for the record books is evident in "All Out of Love" whose last note is the longest held note by a singer in music history. Then there are the great harmonies along with Graham Russell. They've continued to give us so much good music in the years since but it's always nice to go back and hear where it all began for them in the USA. These songs are HUGE hits and every one is a classic.