As Good As It Gets: The Best Of Gene compiles tracks off the three studio albums Brit-rock band
Gene released starting with their stellar 1995 debut,
Olympian, and ending with 1999's
Revelations. As such, it works nicely as a roundup of the best of what they put out before 2002's
Libertine -- largely considered a return to form after an extended commercial and creative slump. Suffering justified comparisons to
The Smiths from their inception,
Gene however always managed to rock with a bit more grandeur and classicism than the boys from Manchester.
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