After what had seemed like a promising start with She Blinded Me With Science in 1983, Thomas Dolby only charted with two other singles in the U.S. (though he had nine chart singles in his native U.K., 1981-1992). This 16-track compilation, embracing both his Capitol\u002FEMI and Warner Bros. recordings, demonstrates that Dolby deserved better. His synthesizer-based songs are consistently catchy and clever, and especially notable are early songs like Urges and Leipzig that have not previously appeared on a U.S. album. One of Our Submarines, Dolby's cover of Dan Hicks' I Scare Myself, and Hyperactive! all hold up well. Some of the later (non-hit) material from the albums Aliens Ate My Buick and Astronauts & Heretics is less impressive; a better choice could have been made from those records. But for the most part, this is an efficient collection that justifies its name.