Playlist: The Very Best of Harry Nilsson

Liner Note Author: Andrew Sandoval.Photographers: David Gahr; Julian Wasser.2013's budget-line compilation Playlist isn't a bad sampler of Harry Nilsson's peak, as it's helped considerably by the inclusion of his '60s and '70s staples "One," "Everybody's Talkin'," "Me and My Arrow," "Without You," "Coconut," "Jump Into the Fire," and "You're Breakin' My Heart." Apart from these, the collection favors his softer material and crooned classics, which is good enough for a budget-line collection but can't quite be considered a definitive Nilsson retrospective. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine