''The Ultimate Collection'' is a three-CD compilation of music by the Dutch symphonic rock band

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. The first in-depth retrospective of the group, it was released by

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and Hunter Entertainment in 2005. The sound is

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The first two discs feature studio recordings and the third comprises the entirety of their 1983 album ''Solution Live''. Every song from their debut album ''

'' is included on the first CD, and five of the six from the follow-up ''

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''. The track "Fever" was omitted from previous CD editions of ''Solution/Divergence'' and makes its first digital appearance at the end of the live disc. ''The Ultimate Collection'' features one version of every song Solution released, meaning that the studio recordings of tracks performed on ''Solution Live'' are not included. The rest of the set takes in three tracks from third album '' Cordon Bleu'', and four each from ''

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'', '' ...It's Only Just Begun...'' and ''

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''. The 1975 song "Third Line" is split into two parts to end the first disc and begin the second. On ''Cordon Bleu'' they segue into each other and are virtually indistinguishable.

Packaging

The three discs are housed in a fold-out

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case with a biographical booklet. The photograph of the band on the front cover itself is from the vinyl edition of the ''Divergence'' LP.

Track listing

CD 1

#"Koan" #"Preview" #"Phases" #"Trane Steps" #"Circus Circumstances" #*The album ''Solution''. #"Second Line" #"Concentration" #"Theme" #"New Dimension" #*From ''Divergence''. #"Whirligig" #"Third Line (Part 1)" #*From ''Cordon Bleu''.

CD 2

#"Third Line (Part 2)" #*From ''Cordon Bleu''. #"Carousel" #"Sonic Sea" #"Free Inside" #"French Melodie" #*From ''Fully Interlocking''. #"On My Own" #"Mirror" #"Logic" #"It Happened In September" #*From ''...It's Only Just Begun...'' #"Shame On You" #"Evil Love" #"Who's to Blame" #"Lovin' You Was Easy" #*From ''Runaway''.

CD 3

#"Move On" #"Downhearted" #"Black Pearl" #"Song for You" #"Give Some More" #"Last Detail" #"It's Only Just Begun" #"Divergence" #"Bad Breaks" #"Captain Willie" #"Runaway" #"100 Words" #"Chapaqua" ''(sic)'' #"Empty Faces" #*The album ''Solution Live''. #"Fever" #*From ''Divergence''.

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