Annie Lennox - The Annie Lennox Collection (RCA)

I'm possibly not the best person to review a Best Of Annie Lennox, or at least not the most typical of Lennox fans. One of my favourite albums of all time is The Eurythmics' For The Love Of Big Brother, their aborted soundtrack to Michael Radford's 1984 feature film. But the rest of the Eurythmics catalogue leaves me indifferent – either because the hyper-exciting surreal electronica of the early 80s has since become daily regional radio fodder, or because of the whole late-80s leather jackets and rock-out period, full stop.

When Annie Lennox started out on her solo career, there was a hint of getting back to something a little more arty than Be Yourself Tonight. There was the Little Bird EP, complete with a monumental dance mix by N-Joi. And then there was the ballad of the early 90s, the strangely since-overlooked gothic anthem Love Song for a Vampire.

Both are present here (although Little Bird is the standard 7” version) alongside others you'll be familiar with (like Walking on Broken Glass, No More 'I Love You's and Why) and half a dozen tracks that you'll come to afresh (like a cover of Ash's Shining Light). It's all solo material of course, so nothing from 1984. But it's still well worth a listen, and a handful of one-track spot-buys from iTunes.