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Yes, Twin Stars is special, fusing those two such distinctively contrasting sections it could have sounded clumsy in a lesser bands hands. Of disc one the immediate stand outs for me were Radiant 1934 remix, the rhythm track is so much more uptempo but it somehow fits like a glove and Distant x Unseen (Invisible) extends the trancey / trippy / floaty sensation generated by the original. It's right to say don't think of the Numbers soft mix and expect the tracks to sound like that when buying this album, they're far more radical re-workings than that, although ten soft mixes wouldn't have been un-apealing either. What stands out for me is that the strength of the vocal melodies even more than ever are so memorable you could put anything behind them and have an effective end product but that's no dis-service to the remixers here, it just means they can strip a lot away and the song doesn't collapse through lack of melody. They thankfully haven't given one set treatment to all ten songs which if you don't like, rules you out of liking any of it, there's a variety of ideas, some more simplistic some more adventureous. Fortunate to have an advance copy it's been through a series of scenario tests to reach the following opinions on disc 2 and along the way I discovered the mixes in particular sound great on a walkman, on a bus in the dark, looking up at the stars with no other distractions. Missed my stop mind, long walk home that night !
Of disc two as on another thread (revising AENT) I'd rate the six songs and their case for inclusion on AENT as follows-

First Woman On The Moon - Deliciousley atmospheric, trance inducing track, similar pace and feel to MATS, will be labelled boring by those who heckled MATS on the last tour but will have it's place in a darkened room for those with the required attention span. On the album ? I feel one more slow track would be one too many, so no.
Espionage - Could've been, maybe should've been, slick & classy like Song for the asking but is it stronger than any of the album tracks ? Borderline decision, a toss of a coin. Maybe.
Reward - Sung by Peter, similar in rhythmic style to his recent solo album, a Koppes vocal track would give the album yet more variety so Yes it's on !
There You Go - With it's loose jamming style feels very spontaneous and live another borderline one but maybe not quite making it.
Night Flower - remember those short songs on Aura like Old Flame, Witch Hunt and Swan Lake, short but complete, delicate gorgeous and fragile it has to be on, it may bring the tempo down briefly but it one and a half minutes it's a harmless diversion at worst, a sublime interlude at best. Put it on !
Twin Stars - A song of two distinctive musical themes, a heavy energetic riff going down to a sublime chiming part harking back to Tresspass / Nursery Cryme era Genesis, I love it, it would be a great closer but where would that leave Invisible ? (Use Invisible as a 'hidden' last track)

But at the end of the day the material's come out, with fewer and fewer singles around they've found another avenue for the material and that's the important thing, congratulations to all who made it happen, 2002 will go down as a very healthy year in the bands history.