Scanning the track listing of this album, it's hard not to conclude that Blur aren't a little embarrassed by their early work. Opening with the chart one-two of "Beetlebum" and "Song 2" (from their eponymous 1997 watershed album) rather than the baggy groove of their debut single, "She's So High," it's apparent that they desire to accentuate their more recent efforts. Running order aside, it's hard to fault the 18 songs which chart the life and times of one of Britain's smartest, most inventive bands. From the tuxedoed ballad "The Universal" through the cartoon Brit-pop of numbers such as "Parklife" and "Country House" to the freshly recorded indie-influenced "Music Is My Radar," their searching intelligence and deft hooks are never less than admirable.

Beetlebum
Song 2
There's No Other Way
The Universal
Coffee And TV
Parklife
End Of A Century
No Distance Left To Run
Tender
Girls And Boys
Charmless Man
She's So High
Country House
To The End
On Your Own
This Is A Low
For Tomorrow
Music Is My Radar