[5] "B.U.A" was written in collaboration with artist Charles Long for his 1998 artwork titled "B.U.A [Burnt Under Assembly] An Entanglement of Wholes" and was previously unreleased.

[5] "Free Witch and No Bra Queen" and "Speck Voice" were part of a 7" inch tour single released on 31 August 2001.

[7][9][11] Robert Ham of Pitchfork called the compilation "a bounty of highlights from a rich period when Tim Gane was writing pop songs with multi-layered, almost-proggy arrangements to better support frontwoman Lætitia Sadier’s dense sociopolitical lyrics.

[10][13] Ham said that after the first seven tracks of the EP The First of the Microbe Hunters, the compilation "naturally doesn’t move along the same deliberate course as a proper album...

wrote that while Electrically Possessed "offers no real throwaways", he said that the EP The First of the Microbe Hunters, "hasn't exactly improved with age aside from the rubbery, melodic standout 'Household Names'", and felt that tracks such as "Explosante Fixe" and "Monkey Jelly" were "uninspired".