Their latest album, a fun and catchy collection, lacks the complexity of their early work.

“A fun and catchy collection” renames or describes “their latest album,” so it is an appositive phrase. It is set off by commas and interrupts the main sentence. The phrase “of their early work” is part of the comparison in “lacks the complexity of their early work,” not the appositive.

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