Big Mouth: This and Dirty were the first two singles released by Smith, Hyde, & Emerson, under the name of Lemon Interupt. Big Mouth features a 'crazy' harmonica riff, and some elements that would be used in Dark & Long.

Dirty: Would later be remade as Dirty Giutar (and Dirty Epic). Personally I'm not quite feeling this one as much, perhaps because I've got the Dirty Epic version pounded into my brain.

MMM Skyscraper I Love You: The second single released by the trio as Underworld MK2 (following Mother Earth), and later appeared on their debut Dubnobasswitmyheadman album. 13 minutes long: my favourite part being when the chords from the beginning re-emerge at about the 8 minute mark.

Rez: This track was once available with Born Slippy.nuxx on the Second Toughest in the Infants double CD. A similar sounding song to Cowgirl, hence the two of 'em were combined on Underworld Live - Everything Everything.

Spikee: Another awesome early single by the trio, this is one of the group's most 'trance'-like tracks. If there's an Underworld fan without this track in their collection, pick up 1992-2002 immediately!

Dirty Epic: My personal favourite Underworld track, with some of my favourite Hyde lyrics too. On the Dubnobass CD, Dirty Epic fades into Cowgirl. Here, however, both tracks are separate.

Dark And Long (Dark Train): A trance remix of the opening track off Dubnobass. Personally I far prefer the dark and brooding original. This track is widely available on the Born Slippy.nuxx single and the Trainspotting Vol 2 soundtrack.

Cowgirl: A huge fan favourite, and with good reason. A unique classic. The 3rd selection from Underworld's fantastic debut album.

Born Slippy.nuxx: Y'all know this one. However this version is slightly different; the second half of the song is shorter than on the full version. I enjoyed hearing this version.

Pearls Girl: The only selection from my personal favourite Underworld album, Second Toughest In The Infants. Contains the unmistakable 'circling helicopter' intro. I would've liked to have seen Rowla or Cherry Pie (from the Pearls Girl EP) included on this compilation as well.

Jumbo: A standout track from the Beaucoup Fish album, which is well represented in this collection.

Push Upstairs: This is a slightly longer version of the B. Fish album track. It contains the 'missing' verse which was included on the Push Downstairs track, plus a longer intro, etc. To me, Push Upstairs sounds more natural in this form.

Moaner: This track appeared on the Batman & Robin soundtrack, and then a year later on Beaucoup Fish, with the last 3 minutes chopped off. Included on 1992-2002 is the long version.

Shudder/King of Snake: The 4th cut taken from Beaucoup Fish. Still, get the album, its good!

8Ball: Appeared on The Beach soundtrack in 2000. A really underrated track in my opinion. I love the climax! (Feel happy)

Two Months Off: Represents Underworld's latest album, 100 Days Off, released by Hyde and Smith as two-piece. The album's disappointing by Underworld's own standards, but this track's pretty good.

I wish Underworld had simply released only the 1st disc, and charged less for the set. Disc 1 is great, as it offers several rare tracks; Big Mouth, Dirty, mmm Skyscraper I Love You, & Spikee. These songs are all great, and make the CD worth purchasing... or at least purchasing used. Disc 2, however, is less exciting. It contains 9 tracks, 4 of which are either identical or slightly modified copies of songs from Beaucoup Fish. CD 2 is basically filled with slight variations on songs that are already in any Underworld fan's collection. I wish that instead of re-releasing a bunch of songs that people already have, Underworld had released more rare material. If anything, I think that the original songs are better than the remixes. In general, the originals tend to have longer and more complex lyrics.

Well, here it is, the UW "greatest hits" collection. Contrary to what the Amazon tracklist claims, all these tracks have actually been released as singles at one point or another. There are no "unreleased" tracks (although 8-Ball was only released as a promo and on the The Beach soundtrack).

Some of the tracks (Dirty, Bigmouth) were singles brought out under the Lemon Interupt monicker, back in 92. So basically this is a singles collection like the Chemical Brothers' , with a few omissions like Rowla (which was released as a single together with Juanita) and Bruce Lee (which was the 5th single off Beaucoup Fish) which explains why there are more tracks from Beaucoup Fish than from Second Toughest, and also why Dinosaur Adventure is not on there since this was released in 2003, and the collection spans '92-2002.

All in all, it's not a bad release at all, especially since tracks like Spikee, Bigmouth, Dirty, and 8-Ball are rather hard to find these days but the hardcore fan might not find much new here though. Somehow it's a bit of a shame that a band as innovative and original as UW couldn't come up with an anthology a bit more special (the Chemical Brothers DVD comes to mind). On the other hand, there's already the amazing Underworld DVD Everything Everything which is also sort of a "best of" but cooler because it's live :)

Unless you have been following the English band's entire career since its formation in the early-90s, and through its radical transformation from rock to ambient trip-hop to intelligent dance music, and hence have every single they've ever made, `1992-2002''s variety of the band's stylistic trends should provide an enjoyable retrospective glance at Underworld's classics.

The highlights on Disc 1 are definitely the trippy 1994 hits `Mmm Skyscraper I Love You' (with otherworldly lyrics - `..and I see Elvis, and I hear God on the phone...'- and a muted, eerily perpetual beat); `Dirty Epic` (the complexity of this dub track rivals the best of Orbital and q-ziq); and `Dark & Long' (close your eyes, pretend the world just exploded and you're floating through space - the impact of this long and amazing track).

Those songs led to the opening track of Disc 2: the incredibly dark and energetic `Cowgirl' astounds with its ever-increasing layers of rhythm and melody. 1994 track `Born Slippy' is a modern dance classic, the monotonous lyrics have become the symbol of Danny Boyle's druggie hit `Trainspotting'. The film's extended soundtrack belongs to Underworld's composition, which masterfully represents the addled mind of an addict. `Push Upstairs', from Beacoup Fish, is a classy dance track, visualized very well in an amazing video everyone should check out - it dilutes the song's pretentiousness with fuzzy gorgeous landscape images; by itself `Push Upstairs' wears itself out after three minutes. `Moaner', on the other hand, benefits from its regularity - it starts off with an instrumental accelerating beat that doesn't let up until the last second, and then starts from the beginning with the supplement of emotionally charged lyrics. `Moaner' would be a craze at any club.

The rest of the tracks do not particularly stand out, but they do emphasize the quality of Underworld's highlights. Complex and stunningly vivid, `1992-2002' is Underworld's reminder that they are one of the most complex and gifted trios in contemporary dance music.

Underworld deserves more than just a listen. So here it is in 2003, an anthology of some of their most well-know tracks and otherwise unreleased or unheard rare tracks.

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On Disc 2, you'll get a disc of non-stop greatness which also celebrates the best of Underworld's music in the last 11 years. the most illustrious of all must be the 1996 wonder Born Slippy Nuxx which still sounds as fresh and invigorating as it was way back then. Incidentally, it has been remade for 2003 with additional remixers on baord. Pearls Girl, Jumbo and Push Upstairs then lead the trail. Another track worth mentioning is their 2000 contribution to The Beach soundtrack, 8 Ball. This track is good enough to stand on its own but when fused into the movie, things couldnt have been more perfect. Finally, the sole track from last year's Hundred Days Off is Two Months Off which marks Darren Emerson's absence on an Underworld album. But still the track retains the energetic elements that have made Underworld a trademark in the dance arena.

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