5/5 If you don't have any Mancini, why not?
  by Rich Ernst (Bridgeton, NJ USA)
This album is a great survey of Henry Mancini's work. I am only 20 so I didn't get to hear all his hits the first time around and I've really enjoyed listening to this CD. There are a lot of great instrumentals here and some songs have singing as well, of course. This album made me appreciate Henry Mancini's prolific career. I would highly recommend this album.

4/5 Mancini Delivers
  by Long time fan
As always, the music of Henry Mancini never fails to deliver the range of sounds associated with his talented career. This album showcases a wide variety of his music, and that's the key to his charm. He could never be expected to do the same thing, and his talent led him from the growly notes of the Peter Gunn theme to the wild polka music of the slapstick pie fight in The Great Race. Whether sentimental like The Sweetheart Tree or Moon River or the sneaky tiptoe of the Pink Panther, Mancini always delivered in an expert, smooth style that is so lacking in the present. The perfect album for what is now sneeringly referred to as Easy Listening, it's just the thing for a rainy afternoon, or a quiet morning sipping coffee. Too bad he's gone, the world could use a gifted talent like Henry Mancini even now.

5/5 The best of the best from the best ...
  by Jens (Montréal)
Sometimes the cover alone is worth the price, and this one really captures the spirit of the music. It's martini-retro and somewhat self-indulgent, but it's also great music. For all those (like myself) who've fallen in love with chill-out and lounge sounds, this is the real deal.

5/5 great set
  by mistermaxxx@yahoo.com (usa)
truly one of the Best composers ever.i've always enjoyed the way His Arrangements&certain instrumentations all come together.He truly understood stylings&the vocals sound timeless.you always knew a Henry Mancini by the way it was played&arranged from start to finish.He had His own Musical Signature.

4/5 The perfect mix of easy listening and cool jazz
  by Shore DJ (Oceanport, New Jersey United States)
In a one-disc hits collection, most of the usual subjects are here. One wonders, though, why RCA, BMG, or whatever it's called this week, doesn't do a proper re-mastering job, from the original tapes, and issue the albums like Peter Gunn, Mr. Lucky, Our Man in Hollywood, etc. here in the U.S. instead of making us shell out the bucks for imports from Spain? (Spain?) Yes, I know, Peter Gunn and Mr. Lucky were out on CD here for a short time because I have them. The back catalogs of RCA moneymakers like Presley and Glenn Miller have been taken care of very well here, but Mancini has been treated pretty badly compared to the others.