It is a collection of rarities, B-sides and demos previously unavailable on CD.

To capitalise on this, EMI decided to remaster and re-release all the previously unavailable songs on one double album.

Disc two opens with rare demo versions of "Talk Talk" (already featured in its extended form on disc one), "Mirror Man" and "Candy", all of which had appeared on a limited edition double 7" single of "Such a Shame".

"My Foolish Friend", appeared on the 1990 retrospective album Natural History, but was not included in the 1997 CD remaster campaign.

"John Cope" and the edited version of "Eden" appeared on the CD Single release of "I Believe In You".

Chris Woodstra of Allmusic found that the 12 inch single remixes which comprise the first disc are of only marginal interest, but that the obscure tracks featured on the second disc stand up well even against the band's contemporary album tracks.