The Collection is a double CD compilation album of the all-female British heavy metal band Girlschool.

[3] Castle was the owner of Girlschool back catalogue, acquired from Bronze and GWR.

All the tracks of the album were re-mastered by Robert M. Corich and Mike Brown in August 1998.

[5] The first CD contains all the singles released by Girlschool since 1983 with their b-sides, including the duet with Motörhead on the song "Please Don't Touch", originally released on the EP St. Valentine's Day Massacre.

The second CD contains more singles and b-sides, some album songs, the unreleased tracks and the covers of Mud's "Tiger Feet" and of Sweet's "Fox on the Run".