Sleeve: Just a bland band pic, which at least proves you don't have to be beautiful to be in pop.

Sleeve notes: Hmm, slapdash effort with no real revelations.

Content: The moustachioed Rob and Co present an album which bristles with 18 tracks. Nothing new, with tracks cherry-picked from the group's previous four albums.

High point: Connected and Step It Up are still the only tracks worth caring about.

Low point: The rest of the album.

Any glaring omissions?: Originality and enterprise. Two decent dance tracks do not a greatest hits album make.

Excuse for release: Memo to the world - we still exist, please buy our new album next spring.

Ideal Christmas gift for: Those who never left 1992.

Updated: 10:08 Thursday, December 19, 2002