Harry Nilsson was always a maverick artist, turning out carefully crafted -- even baffling -- songs that shared no direct affinity with any other artist of his day. He was also a gifted interpreter of other people's songs, a talent that is on full display on this sprawling three-disc overview of Nilsson's recorded legacy. Along with his definitive covers of Badfinger's "Without You" and Fred Neil's "Everybody's Talkin'," this collection also features Nilsson's interesting takes on Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" and Jimmy Cliff's "Many Rivers to Cross," as well as Nilsson originals "One" (a huge hit for Three Dog Night), "Coconut," and "Jump into the Fire." That he had hits at all really seems more accidental than by personal design, however, and maybe because of that, Nilsson never ended up being simply a musical commodity. This is a fine collection, but it moves through the times and phases of Nilsson's career in a rather random fashion, and it can get a bit disorienting. Listeners new to this unique artist may be better served by picking up a single-disc compilation and getting their feet wet first before tackling this much Nilsson. For those unconcerned with deeper water, though, there are a lot of treasures here.