Rarely has a greatest-hits collection played host to so many tracks as lyrically cutting as they are musically catchy—from the initial, icy synth stabs of TV-news takedown "Dirty Laundry" to the sneering guitar rock of "The Garden of Allah”. Yet alongside Henley's sardonic decrying of the modern world, Actual Miles also gathers many of his most tender love songs, including the soulful "Not Enough Love In the World" and the impassioned "The Last Worthless Evening".