If there was anything guaranteed to put a smile on my wife’s face it was arriving home with this double CD to review.

For her it was a case of stepping back in time and then travelling forward over three decades to the present time - lost in a world of her own.

For the CD has every one of Rea’s hits, many newly re-mastered, plus two brand new songs. All I know is that I’ll be driving home for Christmas several times. Every CD collection should have this one without a doubt.

Malcolm Hoddy