To say that Warner/Rhino/Sire's 2006 four-CD, one-DVD box set is for the die-hard fan may be stating the obvious -- after all, career-spanning multi-disc sets heavy on rarities are by definition for diehards. But die-hard fans are different than other die-hard fans, since they can be easily split into two separate camps: those who followed throughout her career, and those who lost interest somewhere after 1983's, the triumphant third album that proved was above all a survivor. After that, records were notoriously hit-or-miss affairs, sometimes holding together a little better than others, but patchy enough to whittle down their audience to just the dedicated, while still indicating that a killer comp could be pieced together from these records.

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Is that comp? No, not really.

It has almost all of their charting singles and many of their best album tracks, but it's not a lean collection of nothing but the best from; it has too many rarities and treats each portion of their career too evenhandedly to be that. By the end of the first disc, has already dipped into, and well over half the collection is devoted to music released from 1990 on -- an era that had two solid albums (1994's and 2002's ) and one strong one (1999's ), plus a popular if subdued live album (1995's ). This era was certainly good, but in no way matched the intensity of their first five years as a band, particularly in its first incarnation when was in a gang with guitarist, bassist, and drummer. The first disc bears this out through its rarities, where the original 1978 demo of 'Precious' is nearly as tough as the one on the group's peerless debut, while the -produced single version of 'The Wait' has a reckless energy.

Even songs that seemed like throwaways at the time have aged into mini-masterpieces: there are the two songs that had been stranded on the 1981 EP -- the tense, dramatic 'Porcelain' and the infectious 'Cuban Slide' -- plus a dynamic take on ' 'What You Gonna Do About It.' All three enhance the reputation of the original while filling out corners in their history, something that can't quite be said about the deluge of rarities that follows over the next three discs. Not that the 13 previously unreleased cuts and six stray songs (mostly from B-sides and tribute singles) are bad by any means -- there are quite a few gems in this batch, particularly the terrific country tune 'Tequila' (dating from the first days of the band, but cut during ), the searching outtake 'When I Change My Life,' and a bunch of covers, including takes on ' 'Not a Second Time,' 's 'Reconsider Me,' 's 'Creep,' and 's 'Angel of the Morning.' But as the box shifts into second gear halfway through the second disc, it stops being a set that holds appeal to both camps of fans and becomes the province of those who have faithfully followed throughout her ups and down. For those fans, is pretty much an unqualified delight. It rounds up the best of the uncollected songs, it presents an accurate and thorough history, it sounds terrific, it has great and comprehensive notes from (along with some track-by-track comments from ), and the DVD is filled with thrilling television performances (eight of the 19 clips on the disc are from the original lineup, plus there are two from the group), which is alone worth the price of the set for the truly devoted. And ultimately that's who is for -- for fans who love, warts and all.