Sleeve: Playful cut-and-paste job with headshots of the band as if in a children's disguise game, adopting false beards, turbans and so on.

Sleevenotes: They do the job.

Content: Impressive 18 tracks spans the band's career, with selections from 1977 onwards, taking band from art-house punk to something more sophisticated, yet individual.

High point: You may find you have may have some difficulty answering this one. Psycho Killer, or course. Once In A Lifetime. Girlfriend Is Better. Road To Nowhere. And She Was. Take your pick.

Low point: None.

Glaring omissions? No.

Anything new? No.

Justified or feeble excuse for release? Feeble but satisfying.

Where might this end up at Christmas? In the hands of middle-aged people who used to be a bit cutting edge.

Updated: 09:24 Thursday, December 09, 2004