The album covers material released between his 1988 debut album Viva Hate and his 1995 single "Boxers".
It features different cover work, and a different booklet (it has a photograph of a billboard for Beethoven Was Deaf and drops the lyrics), and features 8 bonus tracks — only one of which was contemporaneous with the album.
Viva | Theatre of Hate | Viva La Bam | Viva Las Vegas | Musica Viva Australia | hate speech | Boston Musica Viva | A Thin Line Between Love and Hate | 10 Things I Hate About You | Viva (TV station) | VIVA | Hate Dept. | Viva (bus rapid transit) | Vauxhall Viva | The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas | Hate Me | Hate Eternal | hate crime | Westworld (Theatre of Hate album) | Viva Zapata! | Viva La Internet/Blank CD | VIVA Germany | The Project Hate MCMXCIX | New Hate EP | Let's All Hate Toronto | I Hate Myself for Loving You | I Hate Myself and Want to Die | Aquí no hay quien viva | 10 Things I Hate About You (TV series) | Viva voce |
They are also widely known in the popular music field, and appeared on Morrissey's Viva Hate album, and have also worked with The Pretenders, Blur, Catatonia, Simple Minds, The Cranberries and The Corrs.