If you've got six hours to kill and someone to ply you with champagne and grapes, it really would be rude not to indulge yourself in this box of delights.

Not only do you get the 11 singles, but all the accompanying remixes, weighing in at a staggering 63 tracks in at all.

The line-up read like a who's who of modern rock, with Tricky, Liz Fraser and Tracey Thorn among the artists popping up to lend a hand to 3D, Mushoom and Daddy G.

The marathon gets under way with the classic debut single Daydreaming. Eight years on and Shara Nelson's vocal chords remain as haunting and alluring as ever.

Other offerings from the legendary Blue Lines album include Unfinished Symphony and Safe From Harm, both featuring mixes by Paul Oakenfold and Nellee Hooper and guaranteed to get the nerve ends jangling.

The more you hear, the more you hate Massive Attack for being too darned cool. Even the box is a work of art.

Black and coated in heat sensitive ink which, when touched, reveals a collection of stylish drawings by Robert Del Naja.

Original sound of Bristol

Many have tried, and failed, to imitate the brains of Bristol. As Kellogg's are fond of reminding us, the original is the best, only in Massive Attack's case the goods haven't settled in transit over the years.

Teardrop is proof that the passage of time has not dimmed the creativity. Cocteau Twin Fraser is the perfect guest, while Primal Scream twiddle the knobs to give it a whole new identity.

Blur's Albarn and Coxon adopt the role of master-mixers on Angel, but after wading through a series of beeps and bleeps it would be fair to say they should stick to what they know best - for now.

Other highlights include Portishead's interpretation of Karmacoma and The Mad Professor's one-man dub war - an experience that will send you ducking for cover, feeling sure the speakers have exploded into life.

Although unlikely to get the Royal seal of approval, this collection oozes regality.

Massive Attack don't need to bad-mouth a Duchess to get noticed - they've been winning the class war for years.