1984年にイングランドはケント州で結成。ケビンとポール・ウェザリル、アンディとピーター・ロス、2組の兄弟からなるインディ・ポップ・アクト、イマキュレイト・フールズ。A&Mから1985年にファースト・アルバム『HEARTS OF FORTUNE』をリリースし、同作からカットされたバンド名と同名のシングル"IMMACULATE FOOLS"がヒットするなど、特にスペインで人気を博しました。
彼らは1997年に解散するまでの11年の間に6枚のアルバム『HEARTS OF FORTUNE』『DUMB POET』『ANOTHER MAN'S WORLD』『THE TOY SHOP』『WOODHOUSE』『KISS AND PUNCH』をリリース、その独特なポップ・サウンドは世界中で支持されています。本作は彼らが残した全アルバムに加えて、レアなBBCセッションと未発表音源が収録した決定的7CD BOX。ワンダースタッフのマイルズ・ハントによるライナーノーツ、
豊富な写真とディスコグラフィーを掲載したブックレットも付属しております。
DISC ONE:『HEARTS OF FORTUNE』
DISC TWO:『DUMB POET』
DISC THREE:『ANOTHER MAN’S WORLD』
DISC FOUR:『THE TOY SHOP』
DISC FIVE:『WOODHOUSE』
DISC SIX:『KISS AND PUNCH』
DISC SEVEN:『IMMACULATE FOOLS LIVE』
ソングリスト
Disc 01
1. SEARCHING FOR SPARKS
2. NOTHING MEANS NOTHING
3. SAVE IT
4. HEARTS OF FORTUNE
5. IMMACULATE FOOLS
6. WHAT ABOUT ME
7. I FELL
8. COUNTING ON YOU
9. DAY BY DAY
10. WAITING
11. LITTLE TICKETS (B-side)
12. TUMBLING DOWN (B-side)
13. SAVE IT (New Recording)
14. HEARTS OF FORTUNE (New Version)
15. IN THE PALM OF YOUR HEART (B-side)
16. IMMACULATE FOOLS (Acoustic Version)
17. AS THE CROW FLIES (B-side)
Disc 02
1. NEVER GIVE LESS THAN EVERYTHING
2. TRAGIC COMEDY
3. ONE MINUTE
4. DUMB POET
5. SO MUCH HERE
6. WISH YOU WERE HERE
7. DON’T DRIVE HOPE FROM MY HEART
8. SHE FOOLS EVERYONE
9. PRETTY PRIZE NOW
10. STAY AWAY
11. LOVE BITES (B-side)
12. WISH YOU WERE HERE (7” Version)
13. ALL I WANT IS YOU (B-side)
14. TRAGIC COMEDY (7” Version)
15. ALL FALL DOWN (B-side)
16. DUMB POET (Live B-side)
Disc 03
1. ANOTHER MAN’S WORLD
2. SAD
3. THE PRINCE
4. THIS IS NOT LOVE
5. BAD SEED
6. FALLING APART TOGETHER
7. COME ON JAYNE
8. GOT ME BY THE HEART
9. STOP NOW
10. FIGHTING AGAIN
11. FALLING APART TOGETHER (7” Version)
12. GOT ME BY THE HEART (7” Version)
13. THE PRINCE (Radio Edit)
14. WILL WE RISE (B-side)
15. LAST TIME I SURRENDER (B-side)
Disc 04
1. STAND DOWN
2. HEAVEN DOWN HERE
3. POLITICAL WISH
4. COTILLAS
5. THE LEAVING SONG
6. WONDER OF THINGS
7. GOOD TIMES
8. THROUGH THESE EYES
9. BED OF TEARS
10. HOW THE WEST WAS WON
11. STAND DOWN (Edit Version)
12. THANKS, BUT NO THANKS (B-side)
13. ALL IN A DAY (B-side)
Disc 05
1. RAIN
2. SOME OF US
3. THE SHIP SONG
4. TIME TO KILL
5. PROFITS FOR PROPHETS
6. PASS THE JUG
7. RUDY
8. HOME
9. BURY MY HEART
10. WISH YOU WERE HERE
11. IF YOU GO
Disc 06
1. LITTLE BIRD SING
2. READY FOR ME
3. KISS AND PUNCH
4. NO I DON’T THINK SO
5. LOVE US?
6. GOVERNMENT WALL
7. TINDERBOX
8. NO GODS, NO MASTERS
9. RAIN SONG
10. HARD PEACE
11. KILLING FIELD
12. WHOLE WORLD DOWN
13. EL AMANACER
14. NO DANCING (B-side)
15. HEARTS OF FORTUNE (Live B-side)
16. WHAT ABOUT ME (Live B-side)
17. IMMACULATE FOOLS (Live B-side)
Disc 07
1. LITTLE TICKETS (Live at the BBC, January 12th 1985)
2. TUMBLING DOWN (Live at the BBC, January 12th 1985)
3. DAY BY DAY (Live at the Paris Theatre London, September 29th 1984)
4. SAVE IT (Live at the Paris Theatre London, September 29th 1984)
5. HEARTS OF FORTUNE (Live at the Paris Theatre London, September 29th 1984)
6. NOTHING MEANS NOTHING (Live at the Paris Theatre London, September 29th 1984)
7. IMMACULATE FOOLS (Live at the Paris Theatre London, September 29th 1984)
8. COUNTING ON YOU (Live at the Paris Theatre London, September 29th 1984)