's collection is the perfect middle ground for those who found 2004's four-disc box a bit too daunting. Each and every one of the 34 tracks is indispensable, chronicling the group's rise from -worshipping debutantes to revolutionary gods. It's often the case that when career retrospectives take a non-linear approach to their sequencing, the resulting play list becomes a mess of clashing recording techniques and jarring style changes, but has always held true to its vision, experimenting early on with the in ways that seamlessly bridged the gap between their and years. From the opening avatar scream of 2005's comeback single to the introductory guitar swells of -- no live cuts or -era tracks were included -- this is one compilation that's worthy of its moniker. ~ James Christopher Monger