Sleeve: Surreal doodlings by Icelandic artist Gabriela Fridriksdottir.

Sleeve notes: Booklet containing more of the same, with titles such as "The elliptic mouthed illusionist" and "The conquest of the polyconsoler". Which probably says as much about Bjork and her love of mixing avant-garde oddness with the pop mainstream as any amount of gushing sleevenotes.

Content: A comprehensive 15-track retrospective, which rounds up Bjork's solo career without always being tied to the obvious singles.

High point: Army Of Me is still awesome. As is David Arnold's memorable string intro to Play Dead.

Low point: Depends how much Bjork you can take at one sitting.

Glaring omissions?: It's Oh So Quiet. Maybe a good thing.

Anything new?: Not really, but Fluke's remix of Big Time Sensuality replaces the original version.

Excuse for release: Ten years since Bjork escaped Iceland and The Sugarcubes to become Britain's favourite eccentric pop goddess.

Ideal Christmas gift for?: Anyone who remembers there was a lot more to music in the 1990s than retro Britpop and schoolyard tiffs between Blur and Oasis. Any of these tracks would sound as original and groundbreaking if released now, ten years on.

Updated: 10:12 Thursday, December 19, 2002