This is a fantastic compilation by Collective Soul. This was one of the groups that actually got me interested in opening my mind to listen to rock music when I first heard them as a teenager via watching their "Shine" music video on MTV (I really only started to listen to rock music more frequently around the time I turned 14, and there was something about the "Shine" video that drew me in). I just wish that they would have included more songs on their greatest hits collection. I would say that many of these songs have a strong alternative rock sound with a heavy southern influence (the group was originally formed in Georgia). Lead singer Ed Roland sings with much conviction and intensity in many of the songs that one can get a sense that he really cared about communicating important messages through his songs. For example, in the song "Shine" I think that Ed and the rest of his band members were trying to send a vital message about seeing the good and what is appealing in everyone regardless if they fit into the mainstream of society (that is the message that I appeared to pick up after watching the video to "Shine"). There are some other musical tracks that compare to "Shine" in a great way such as "Precious Declaration", "Gel", "December", "Run", and "The World I Know". "The World I Know" appears to be about staying emotionally strong and laughing at oneself through the process of change. "Run" appears to be content with where you are at, and making peace with whatever is in your life regardless of what you are planning on your journey. "December" appears to be a musical number about the strong impact that someone close to you can have in all areas of your life. "Precious Declaration" appears to be about the values of freedom and staying hopeful regardless of external circumstances. My personal overall favorite song is "Gel" which appears to be about accepting others in your immediate environment for who they are, even when it may be different from someone's personal belief system and/or shatters their paradigm of their expectations. This is a quality greatest hits to have if you like 90's rock music.