AMG Review of 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Sublime

Heather Phares
All Music Guide

One of the newer bands to receive the 20th Century Masters treatment, Sublime gathers most of their definitive singles and tracks on 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Sublime. The collection covers the obvious inclusions like "What I Got," "Santeria," "Date Rape," "Doin' Time," and "The Wrong Way," and like 1999's Greatest Hits, weighs in only ten tracks. Indeed, this compilation is almost identical to Greatest Hits, except it replaces "Pool Shark" and "40 Oz. to Freedom" with "April 29 (Miami)" and "Greatest Hits" from Stand by Your Van. These changes put the emphasis more on Sublime's dub and pop aspirations rather than their thrashy punk side, but 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Sublime is still a decent, if small, retrospective that is worthwhile for casual fans.