Ultravox The Collection 2025 6-Disc Deluxe Box Set, 4CD/2-Blu-ray

The 4CD/2-Blu-ray format brings Ultravox’s singles, B-sides, extended versions, music videos, and TV appearances together in one set. It gives listeners both a broad audio collection and a substantial video archive to explore.

The set revisits the band’s first 14 singles from 1980 to 1984, then adds a second volume covering 1986 to 2024. Alternative and unreleased versions add more ways to hear material from across the group’s catalog.

A rigid slipcase, two illustrated booklets, and a 12-inch-sized presentation make this a substantial edition for fans who want more than a standard greatest-hits release.

Tips for day-to-day use

Use the CDs for straightforward listening, whether you want to revisit familiar singles or move through the collection chronologically. The first volume gathers the early run of singles, including “Vienna,” “Dancing With Tears in My Eyes,” “All Stood Still,” “Hymn,” and “The Voice.” The second volume extends the listening span with 14 more singles, alongside alternative and unreleased versions.

For a different take on the material, explore the 10 newly created ’80s-style 12-inch extended versions. They were mixed by Midge Ure, Steven Wilson, Blank & Jones, and others. The dedicated B-sides CD gives those tracks their own place in the set rather than folding them into the main singles sequence.

The Blu-ray discs are designed for viewing the collection’s promotional videos, alternative versions, and BBC television appearances, including Top of the Pops and live performances. The booklets offer a useful companion while listening or watching, with previously unseen photos and images, plus lyrics.

Benefits

This edition combines familiar hits with material that makes a deeper catalog visit worthwhile. Instead of choosing between a concise hits package and separate archival releases, buyers get the original best-of collection expanded with a second singles volume, B-sides, alternate material, extended mixes, and video footage. What better way to move from a best-known track into the surrounding history of the band?

The range of formats also makes it easy to choose how to spend time with the set: put on a CD for an audio-focused session, or turn to the Blu-rays for videos and television performances. With nearly four hours of footage across the two Blu-rays, the visual material forms a major part of the collection, not just an extra track or two.

Quick overview

• Format: Limited-edition 4CD/2-Blu-ray box set
• What’s included: Six discs, two 20-page booklets, and a rigid slipcase
• Audio content: Singles, B-sides, alternative and unreleased versions, and 10 extended versions
• Video content: Promotional videos, alternative versions, and BBC TV appearances
• Dimensions: 12.67 x 12.44 x 0.95 inches
• Weight: 2.36 pounds

The set is a limited pressing of 5,000 units worldwide. Its 12-inch-sized box presentation and booklets give the six-disc collection a format suited to shelf display as well as regular listening and viewing.

Should you buy it?

It’s a great fit if you want Ultravox’s best-known singles alongside a much wider selection of related audio and video material. The early singles, later second volume, B-sides, extended mixes, and nearly four hours of footage serve different listening and viewing moods within one collection. For fans building a focused Ultravox library, this set brings the hits and the deeper archival content together with printed images and lyrics in a distinctive boxed edition.