Ten returned in the forefront again with the release of "Return to Evermore" in 2004 initially through Gary Hughes' own record label Intensity Records, while in 2005 the band announced that they would release a double disk "Best Of" collection, aptly named "The Essential Collection 1995-2005", in order to celebrate the band's tenth anniversary. "The Essential Collection 1995-2005" featured newly recorded versions of the songs, which were divided into two disks – one containing the ballads and one the heavier material.