(New Talk Talk remixes had been released on the 1991 compilation album History Revisited which the band disowned and tried to block the release of).
It followed the successful greatest hits collection Natural History, released the year before.
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New remixes for the singles' 12-inch and CD formats were commissioned and all four reissues peaked within the top 100 of the UK Singles Chart.
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Around the time of Spirit of Eden (1988), the band attempted to extract themselves from their recording contract with EMI.
In light of Natural History
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It features the same style Talk Talk logo as on History Revisited, the hanging goose from Asides Besides, the butterfly "face" from The Colour of Spring, the canary from The Very Best of Talk Talk, the tree of birds from Spirit of Eden, as well as numerous other animal related images.