About the album, Lennox said, "It seems like the time has come to release the
Collection this year. The songs are timeless, and have become 'classics' in their own right." It was eventually released in the United States on 17 February 2009 by
Arista Records and in the United Kingdom and Europe on 9 March 2009 by
RCA Records. Included on the album are songs from her four solo albums, one from the ''
Bram Stoker's Dracula'' soundtrack and two new songs. One of these is a cover version of the Northern Irish band
Ash's 2001 song "
Shining Light", which became Lennox's first UK top forty solo hit since 1995, peaking at number 39. The other is a cover version of the English band
Keane's song "Closer Now" (originally the B-side to their 2000 single "
Call Me What You Like"), retitled "
Pattern of My Life". The track was released digitally in the UK on 24 May 2009 as the album's second single. A limited three-disc edition of the album was released only in the UK on the same day, containing a second CD with unreleased live
cover versions of
R.E.M.'s "
Everybody Hurts" with
Alicia Keys and
Jimmy Cliff's "
Many Rivers to Cross". Also on the disc is Lennox's
Academy Award-winning song "
Into the West" from the 2003 film
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Other songs were drawn from multi-performer compilation albums including "
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye", written by
Cole Porter, originally released in 1990 on
Red Hot + Blue, "Mama", written by
the Sugarcubes, originally released in 1995 on ''Ain't Nuthin' But A She Thing
, the traditional lullaby "Dream Angus" on Carnival!
in 1997 and "Ladies of the Canyon" on A Tribute To Joni Mitchell'', planned for release in 1999, but not released until 2007. The
Paula Cole-penned "Hush, Hush, Hush" was taken from
Herbie Hancock's 2005 album
Possibilities The third disc is a DVD compilation containing most of Lennox's solo videos from 1992 to 2009 and two live performances. ==Commercial performance==