While Mick and John Head plan the reunion of their first band, the Pale Fountains, this compilation is testament to the brothers' towering achievements in their subsequent endeavour, Shack. Only one of Shack's singles, 1999's Comedy, ever reached the top 40; this is a 16-track guide to what the world's been missing for the past two decades. Shack's psychedelic Merseybeat pre-dates and outshines the Stone Roses on I Know You Well, and the band take an equally lovely mariachi-influenced direction on Meant to Be. Acoustic guitars and strings give each of Head's wry observations a swooning melancholy, apt for a band whose studio once burnt down. Two spirited new tracks, Holiday Abroad and Wanda, bode well for Shack's future; this album should enshrine their legend.