Sleeve: Lazy graphic

Sleevenotes: Glossy notes on each track.

Content: 34 rip-roaring tracks, in random order.

High point: Photograph, the first Def Leppard song to make an impact, or Animal, the track that hooked me.

Low point: Choosing which disc to play first.

Glaring omissions? Nothing from their first EP.

Anything new? Decent cover of Waterloo Sunset on limited-edition double CD version.

Justified or feeble excuse for release? This updated compilation replaces Vault; about time they revised their greatest hits collection, but given that there are two versions (single CD and double), they are skating on thin ice.

Where might this end up at Christmas? Well played.

Updated: 09:00 Thursday, December 23, 2004