Most of
Paul Simon's great songs and singles of the '70s and '80s are on The Paul Simon Collection: On My Way, Don't Know Where I'm Goin', keeping this collection humming through its first 14 songs. Where it stumbles is in representing his '90s, where idiosyncratic choices take precedent -- the hit single "Obvious Child" from
The Rhythm of the Saints is missing -- but this is merely a bad finish to a collection that is, overall, on the money. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide