title: The Definitive Collection (Edgar Winter album)
text: # The Definitive Collection (Edgar Winter album)
  
  The Definitive Collection is a compilation album by American musician Edgar Winter, released on 3 June 2016, and includes tracks from The Edgar Winter Group and Edgar Winter's White Trash days. It is a re-packaging of the 2014 digital-only release The Essential Edgar Winter.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | PopMatters | |
  
  Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic believes The Definitive Collection "surpasses any previous Edgar Winter collection by providing 30 tracks recorded between 1972 and 1981."
  
  PopMatters says "The Definitive Collection takes great efforts to improve on greatest hits packages of yore by putting literally everything in one place, going through his discography in chronological order and cherry-picking hits and quirks along the way, doing what it can to best concise packages".
  
  ## Release history
  
  | Date | Label | Format |
  | - | - | - |
  | October 23, 2014 | Real Gone Music | Digital download |
  | June 3, 2016 | Real Gone | CD |
  