The release comes in a glossy & colourful fold-out mini  six panel gatefold. This features a selection of pictures of members of the project in their classic eyeball & top hat get up, and as far as I’m aware these have been released before. We also of course get details on each tracks origin, and these are just kept fairly short, running around a line for each.

The compilation really jumps all over the place chronologically, though it does mainly stick to the 90’s/ 2000’s- we start off in 1992 with the original instrumental arrangement for "The Sour Song", which appeared on the album Our Finest Flowers- which saw the band combining elements of different songs to create something new. After this we move to the year 1999 for their take on the Prince classic "1999", and as we’ve come to expect from The Resident’s it’s a daring, different & wonderful off-kilter cover. It wrings all the funk & joy out of the track, and replaces it with  uneasy intent & sleaze- with a blend of electro beats, slurred synth strings, subtle chirming angular guitars,  and wavering/ creepy male vocals intoning the tracks lyrics- it really does feel like a pop song for the end of the world.

Further in we get more recent tracks, not from the original dot com compilations- like “There’s Blood (On The Bunny)" a 2013 remix from Charles Bobuck; which takes the original track from 2008’s The Bunny Boy- adding in a more jarring beat, as well as more stripped back creepy moments with the singing Residents. After this we 1992’s "Eskimo Opera"-a snippet of what the operatic version of the bands 1979 album might of sounded like, and it’s a great and unbalancing snap-shot of warbling voices, bent ethnic music, and the Residents distinct brand of sonic oddness.

One of the early tracks here comes from 1969 in the form of “I Hear You Got Religion”- which is great lopsided & wonky blend of strummed along gospel folk, ranting & seesawing vocals, and the occasional off-colour horn-work.  And the whole compilation gets topped off with "Fire 99/ Santa Dog 2nd Millennium"- which was their late 90’s version of their early Xmas classic…it brings in electro beats, moments of snarling guitar, dips into discordant orchestration, & moments of lazy-yet-off angular lounge. It nicely tops off the release highlighting the projects ability to create both sonic surprise & distinct oddness.

As Resident’s compilations/collections goes this will be mainly of interest to the more long-term fan of the project, as you’ll be able to get more out of the tracks & link in their relevance to the bands history & back catalogue- though there are some great moments everyone should hear like their Prince cover. All in all it’s great to have this back in a unlimited form, and the new additions make it worth getting for those who picked up one of  original 1200 copies of the  Ralph America release.