Although nine of the ten songs on Dan Fogelberg's 1982 release Greatest Hits also show up here, this is a definite improvement on that prior disc. It has more songs (17), and extends its chronological reach all the way up to 1993. A few post-1982 chart singles are on here that weren't on Greatest Hits, though only one of them, "The Language of Love," was a big hit, and it could be argued that Fogelberg's most popular and familiar material is adequately summarized by Greatest Hits anyway.
I was cruising through SongFacts, when I saw a Music News item that stopped me cold. Dan Fogelberg succumbed to Cancer at age 56. He's not a cool Indie sort, or a great musical pioneer, but I'll miss him. It's time to play old Dan's records, so I'll put on this dedication to his father in song. It's going to be hard to celebrate 2008 or sing Auld Lang Syne this year. (And yes, I'll try to get a...