Composer of hits for the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt and others, Souther is the archetypal LA songwriter: catchy, wistful but erring towards the insipid. This freshly recorded selection of his songs presents the Eagles' "Best of My Love", Ronstadt's "Faithless Love" and more in stripped-down form, albeit flossed and glossed by elite sessioneers. Souther sings in a mid-70s croon, tuneful but grain-free and, for a man inspired by Roy Orbison, oddly unemotional. The songs can handle rougher treatment – "New Kid in Town", an acute look at social dynamics, perhaps even a piece of political commentary, comes across as post-hippy schmaltz.