"There have been plenty of Waylon Jennings compilations released over the years, most of them good but few capturing the full scope of his career. RCA/Legacy's 2007 double-disc set The Essential Waylon Jennings - not to be confused with the single-disc comp of about a decade earlier - comes the closest, just edging out the previous two-CD standard-bearer, RCA Country Legends (...), as the best concise overview on the market".