The 2000 mastering of The Best of is widely praised for avoiding the "Loudness Wars" that plagued later 2000s remasters.
Disc 3 — Later-Career Gems and Covers
Why? The 2000 CD version (the exact one referenced in this keyword) has a different loudness curve than the 2015 "remastered for iTunes" version. The original 2000 master is warmer, with less dynamic range compression. It represents the final era before streaming normalized -14 LUFS loudness. tom jones the best of 2000 eacflac vtwi top