Perhaps it’s a bit premature to have a
Mat Kearney collection -- he’s only had two major-label albums, 2006’s
Nothing Left to Lose and 2009’s
City of Black & White -- but Sony’s 2010 budget-line
Playlist collection does a nice job of rounding up his five charting Billboard hits (“All I Need,” “Nothing Left to Lose,” “Breathe in Breathe Out,” “Undeniable,” “Closer to Love”), adding some nice album tracks, an acoustic version of “Chicago,” and a new mix of “Trainwreck” for good measure. It winds up being a good sampling of
Kearney’s best, even if it is a tad on the premature side.