There's no arguing with the quality of the 20 songs on this compilation, stuffed as it is with popular numbers from the Meditations' initial heights back in the late '70s. However, the album's claim as being a best-of suggests the group's biggest hits are included, and too many are missing to justify that claim. The trio has a complicated early history; each member had songs released under their own names, with one or both future Meditations on backing vocals. The ample sleeve notes, taken from an extensive interview with singer Ansel Cridland, help make sense of the group's embryonic stage. Unfortunately, the album itself glosses over this crucial period while culling little from their debut album and masterpiece, Message From the Meditations. The trio's career continued apace, both as backing vocalists -- harmonizing behind such superstars as the Wailers, Jimmy Cliff, and Gregory Isaacs -- and across a clutch of their own crucial albums. Whe...