Tracks The Best of George Harrison
- Taxman
- Dark Horse
- My Sweet Lord
- Here Comes The Sun
- If I Needed Someone
- Bangladesh
- Something
- What Is Life
- For You Blue
- Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- You
- Think For Yourself
Release date: 1987-05-18
RRP: £16.99
Price: £2.40
Review The Best of George Harrison / George Harrison:As the Beatles' perpetual dark horse, Harrison rarely got the chance to write and sing more than one or two songs per album. But once the band split up, the former "quiet one" was quick out of the gate with a series of memorable hit singles that seamlessly merged his budding spirituality and an epic, Phil Spector-inspired pop sensibility. This collection, originally released in 1976, combines seven of Harrison's best-known Beatles numbers, including "Something", "If I Needed Someone", "Here Comes the Sun", and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" with a half-dozen early solo hits including "My Sweet Lord", "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)", "You" and "What Is Life". As such, it's a good entry-level Harrison primer. -Scott Schinder.
Tracks Elton John
- Grey Seal
- Rock And Roll Madonna
- No Shoe Strings On Louise
- Your Song
- The King Must Die
- The Cage
- Border Song
- Bad Side Of The Moon
- Sixty Years On
- First Episode At Hienton
- I Need You To Turn To
- Take Me To The Pilot
- The Greatest Discovery
Release date: 1995-05-10
Run time: 50 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £2.88
Review Elton John / Elton John:
Tracks Dancing With Strangers
- Curse Of The Traveller
- Josie's Tune
- Gonna Buy A Hat
- I Don't Care Anymore
- Danielle's Breakfast
- I Can't Dance To That
- September Blue
- That Girl Of Mine
- Joys Of Christmas
- Donahue's Broken Wheel
- Loving You Again
- Let's Dance
- Windy Town
- Que Sera
Release date: 1988-07-04
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.39
Review Dancing With Strangers / Chris Rea:
Tracks The Best of Van Morrison
- Bright Side Of The Road
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Sweet Thing
- Warm Love
- Brown Eyed Girl (2)
- Queen Of The Slipstream
- Gloria
- And It Stoned Me
- Domino
- Full Force Gale
- Wild Night
- Did Ye Get Healed
- Dweller On The Threshold
- Brown Eyed Girl
- Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
- Whenever God Shines His Light - Morrison, Van & Cliff Richard
- Cleaning Windows
- Moondance
- Here Comes The Night
- Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)
- Wonderful Remark
Release date: 1999-06-18
RRP: £14.99
Price: £7.95
Review The Best of Van Morrison / Van Morrison:Van Morrison reputedly wasn't crazy about the idea of a greatest-hits package, and this set's haphazard programming-which leaps from period to period, style to style, tossing in two key singles by his mid-1960s band Them-speaks of his lack of involvement. Still, it rivals Moondance as Morrison's most popular album, and for a reason: like that classic, it offers one deeply soulful, spiritually and musically thoughtful track after another. Much of his more "difficult" work is ignored here; in fact, Best of. gives us an intriguing picture of a Van who's almost eager to please. -Rickey Wright.
Tracks Wings Greatest
- Mull Of Kintyre
- Hi Hi Hi
- Another Day
- Silly Love Songs
- With A Little Luck
- Junior's Farm
- Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
- Jet
- My Love
- Let `em In
- Live And Let Die
- Band On The Run
Release date: 1993-08-09
RRP: £16.99
Price: £4.44
Review Wings Greatest / Paul McCartney:Paul McCartney's primary creative drive was always his own ego-once he'd got the Beatles out of his system, he was left with a vast talent and little motivation. In a sense, Wings could never really be more than a conceit, something to do on Sundays. But it's that pure indulgence, married to McCartney's unshakeable populist instincts, that makes Wings so unique, and enjoyable. Wings Greatest is a selective hits compilation (unsurprisingly omitting "Give Ireland Back To The Irish") that proves the point-this stuff is weird. "Hi Hi Hi" is a frenzied, explicit ode to sex on drugs, "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" a shameless celebration of inactivity swimming in off-key backing vocals. In the woozy, repetitious "Let 'Em In", McCartney details early arrivals at a party he's giving: his own family, Martin Luther and the Everly Brothers. And amongst the drugged whimsy sit some real gems, moments when some thought or word nudged Macca back to a best that was no longer strictly necessary: "Jet", "My Love", "Band On The Run". Wings Greatest is often lazy, and doubtlessly counter-revolutionary, but still pretty impressive. -Taylor Parkes.
Tracks Greatest Hits : Shining Like A National Guitar
- Mother and child reunion
- The cool cool river
- Hearts and bones
- Still crazy after all these years
- Rene and georgette magritte with their dog
- Trailways bus
- Bernadette
- You can call me al
- 50 ways to leave your lover
- Late in the evening
- Slip slidin' away
- Kodachrome
- Graceland
- The obvious child
- The boy in the bubble
- Loves me like a rock
- Diamonds on the soles of her shoes
- Take me to the mardi gras
- Me and julio by the schoolyard
Release date: 2000-05-15
RRP: £15.99
Price: £4.55
Review Greatest Hits : Shining Like A National Guitar / Paul Simon:Nothing he has released since has matched the sales heights of Bridge Over Troubled Water, but the quality of Paul Simon's solo work is undeniable-indeed it could be argued that the songwriter's work post-Simon & Garfunkel has been even more rewarding aesthetically. Shining Like A National Guitar-the fourth compilation to be drawn from Simon's eight solo albums-offers another welcome opportunity to appreciate this extraordinary career arc: tracing Simon's fascinating musical odyssey from Jamaica's "Mother & Child Reunion" and South Africa's "Boy In The Bubble", to Latin America's "The Obvious Child". Along the way, marvel at the articulate precision of Simon's music-"Graceland", "Hearts & Bones", "Still Crazy After All These Years", right up to the recent undervalued album of Capeman. He may not have been particularly prolific, but it's possible to be dazzled afresh by the sheer brilliance of Paul Simon's music. -Patrick Humphries.
Tracks Midnight at the Lost and Found
- Priscilla
- Wolf At Your Door
- Fallen Angel
- Keep Driving
- Promised Land
- Midnight At The Lost And Found
- Razor's Edge
- If You Really Want To
- Don't You Look At Me Like That
- You Never Can Be Too Sure About The Girl
Release date: 2006-01-23
RRP: £6.99
Price: £2.87
Review Midnight at the Lost and Found / Meat Loaf:
Tracks Venus And Mars
- Rock Show
- Venus And Mars
- Lunch Box/Odd Sox - McCartney, Paul & Wings
- Zoo Gang - McCartney, Paul & Wings
- Magneto And Titanium Man
- Call Me Back Again
- Love In Song
- Medicine Jar
- My Carnival - McCartney, Paul & Wings
- Letting Go
- Crossroads
- Listen To What The Man Said
- You Gave Me The Answer
- Spirits Of Ancient Egypt
- Venus And Mars (2)
- Treat Her Gently Lonely Old People
Release date: 1993-06-07
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.73
Review Venus And Mars / Paul McCartney:Released in the glow of Wings' biggest and best album, Band On The Run, Venus & Mars found Paul McCartney in his element-a working rock star, being screamed at again, cheerfully riding the last rays of his youth. Adulation always brought the best out of him, and Venus & Mars is nearly the equal of its more lauded predecessor. McCartney never strays from his favourite themes (sex, drugs, rock & roll and marriage), but his confidence is audibly high, mixing gorgeous, airy production numbers such as "Listen To What The Man Said" and "Letting Go" with the ribald and hilarious. "Rock Show" matches The Who's "Long Live Rock" as the finest and funniest of those self-celebratory Seventies stomps. McCartney's effortless marshalling of melody and arrangement hoists the blander material out of trouble, and the best stuff's powered by genuine, rediscovered verve. Facile and frivolous, but not at all bad. And their version of the "Crossroads" theme tune is wicked. -Taylor Parkes.
Tracks The Best of Bob Dylan
- Mr Tambourine Man
- Forever young
- Oh sister
- Shelter From The Storm
- Gotta serve somebody
- Knockin' on Heaven's door
- Like A Rolling Stone
- Times They Are A Changin' (1)
- Tangled Up In Blue
- Lay Lady Lay
- Everything is broken
- Blowin' In The Wind
- If Not For You
- All Along The Watchtower
- I Shall Be Released
- Just Like A Woman
- Jokerman
- Don't Think Twice It's Alright
Release date: 1997-06-01
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.27
Review The Best of Bob Dylan / Bob Dylan:
Tracks Journeyman
- Hound Dog
- Anything For Your Love
- No Alibis
- Run So Far
- Running On Faith
- Breaking Point
- Before You Accuse Me
- Hard Times
- Pretending
- Old Love
- Lead Me On
- Bad Love
Release date: 1989-11-06
RRP: £9.99
Price: £3.91
Review Journeyman / Eric Clapton:
Tracks On the Beach
- On The Beach
- Light Of Hope
- Two Roads
- Crack That Mould
- Just Passing Through
- Freeways
- It's All Gone
- Hello Friend
- Bless Them All
- Little Blonde Plaits
- Auf Immerund Ewig
- Giverney
- Lucky Day
Release date: 1988-07-18
RRP: £9.99
Price: £2.46
Review On the Beach / Chris Rea:
Tracks On Tour With Eric Clapton
- Coming Home
- That's What My Man Is For
- Where There's A Will
- Things Get Better
- Only You Know And I Know
- I Don't Want To Discuss It
- Tutti-Frutti/Girl Can't Help It/Long Tall Sally/Jenny Jenny
- Poor Elijah
Release date: 1993-01-25
RRP: £9.99
Price: £3.83
Review On Tour With Eric Clapton / Delaney & Bonnie:
Tracks A New Day at Midnight
- The Other Side
- Freedom
- Dead in the Water
- Real Love
- Easy Way To Cry
- Caroline
- Knowwhere
- December
- Be Mine
- Long Distance Call
- Kangaroo
- Last Boat To America
Release date: 2002-10-28
RRP: £15.99
Price: £0.95
Review A New Day at Midnight / David Gray:David Gray's A New Day at Midnight is darker than its mega-hit predecessor, and deeper, and all the better for that. Emotionally fuelled by the death of Gray's father and the birth of his son, it possesses much the same tone as White Ladder, being simultaneously celebratory and troubled. The album, though, is slow starting. "Caroline", with its rattling percussion and quasi-Celtic pedal steel excursions is a bit messy, while "Long Distance Call", mixing an orchestra with electronic effects, is an interesting collage but not much of a song. Both give the impression that Gray's trying to appear more cutting-edge than he actually is. It's with "Freedom", when that big piano deepens and the pain enters his voice, that he really gets going. This leads to the excellent "Kangaroo" and "Last Boat to America", both yearning and teeming with striking lyrical images. Then it really takes off, with the Stones-y rock groove of "Real Love" and the gospel feel of "Knowhere", leading to the quite brilliant unrequited love song "Be Mine" and crushing closer "The Other Side". -Dominic Wills.
Tracks The Stranger
- Everybody Has a Dream
- Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
- She's Always a Woman
- Vienna
- Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
- Only the Good Die Young
- Get It Right the First Time
- Just the Way You Are
- Stranger
Release date: 2001-07-31
RRP: £13.99
Price: £7.96
Review The Stranger / Billy Joel:
Tracks Love Songs
- Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
- Blue Eyes
- True Love - John, Elton & Kiki Dee
- Your Song
- Blessed
- Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me - John, Elton & George Michael
- Sacrifice
- Circle Of Life
- Candle In The Wind
- Song For Guy
- Daniel
- Nikita
- One
- Can You Feel The Love Tonight
- Someone Saved My Life Tonight
- Please
- I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
Release date: 1999-06-18
RRP: £14.99
Price: £3.75
Review Love Songs / Elton John:Whether he's collaborating with longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin or other songwriters (such as his Lion King partner, Tim Rice) Elton John has written and performed some of the most cherished love songs in the pop-music canon. This career-spanning retrospective spotlights that particular aspect of his artistry, focusing on classics such as "Your Song", "Believe", "The One", "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word", and "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me". The album takes a rather expansive view of the concept-there are also tracks here such as "Daniel", which is less a love song than a tribute to a wounded war veteran, and a live take of "Candle in the Wind", which, kiddies, was once a song about Marilyn Monroe, not Princess Diana. John's Lion King triumphs-"Can You Feel the Love Tonight" and "Circle of Life"-are included, as are a pair of new tracks, "You Can Make History (Young Again)" and "No Valentines". The album may stray from the topic a bit, but there's little doubt that these songs are among his most essential. -Daniel Durchholz.
Tracks ... But Seriously
- I Wish It Would Rain Down
- Something Happened On The Way To Heaven
- Another Day In Paradise
- Heat On The Street
- That's Just The Way It Is
- Do You Remember
- Find A Way To My Heart
- All Of My Life
- Father To Son
- Hang In Long Enough
- Saturday Night And Sunday Morning
- Colours
Release date: 1989-11-20
RRP: £13.99
Price: £2.74
Review ... But Seriously / Phil Collins:
Tracks Blood Money
- God's Away On Business
- The Part You Throw Away
- Misery Is The River Of The World
- Another Man's Vine
- Starving In The Belly Of A Whale
- Everything Goes to Hell
- All the World Is Green
- Calliope ( instrumental )
- A Good Man
- Lullaby
- Woe
- Coney Island Baby
Release date: 2002-05-06
RRP: £9.99
Price: £5.95
Review Blood Money / Tom Waits:Based on director Robert Wilson's horrific tale of a 19th century Prussian soldier subjected to medical experiments after being driven insane by his cheating woman, Tom Waits' Blood Money is-contrarily-the funniest Waits album since his late 1970s drunken cabaret period. The musical landscape is painted by alternately stomping or swaying jazz rhythms and melodies, pizzicato strings, sexy mutant Latin guitars, wailing harmonicas, lyrical clarinets and drunken brass, while Waits utilises every voice-from poisoned croon to martial rant-that he's ever stumbled upon, as his metaphors and killing jokes turn horror into bleak hilarity. Ignore those who say that Blood Money is the evil, inaccessible twin of the concurrently-released Alice-they perhaps don't appreciate the desire for redemption and the love of humanity that lies behind the ironies of all great black comedy. Blood Money is a new musical and poetic peak, and the greatest Tom Waits album yet. -Garry Mulholland.
Tracks Greatest Hits Vol.1: History
- She's out of my life
- The way you make me feel
- Beat it
- Don't stop 'til you get enough
- Wanna be startin' somethin'
- Heal the world
- Black or white
- Bad
- Remember the time
- Billie Jean
- Thriller
- Rock with you
- I just can't stop loving you
- Man in the mirror
- The girl is mine
Release date: 2001-11-12
RRP: £16.99
Price: £8.60
Review Greatest Hits Vol.1: History / Michael Jackson:Michael Jackson's Greatest Hits Vol 1 is in fact the first disc from his previous greatest-hits collection, HIStory: Past Present & Future, which was half compilation, half new material. Despite missing a few okay songs that were included on the latter half of HIStory, none of the newer songs came anywhere near the magic of Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad or (to a lesser extent) Dangerous from which this album is made up. Starting off with the legendary groove of "Billie Jean", Michael shows exactly how he earned his reputation as the "King of Pop" for there are no album fillers on this 15-track CD. What's more, there are so many not included, as there simply isn't room to condense his very best work onto one single album. Guests include Sir Paul McCartney ("The Girl is Mine"), rock hero Eddie Van Halen ("Beat It") and top producers Quincy Jones and Teddy Riley-great songs, great performers, great moments in pop history when Michael Jackson truly was Invincible. -David Trueman.
Tracks No Jacket Required
- Don't Want To Know
- One More Night
- Who Said I Would
- Only You Know And I Know
- Sussudio
- Take Me Home
- Don't Lose My Number
- Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore
- We Said Hello Goodbye
- Long Long Way To Go
- Inside Out
Release date: 1985-02-18
RRP: £13.99
Price: £3.72
Review No Jacket Required / Phil Collins:
Tracks Heavy Soul
- Up In Suzes' Room
- Mermaids
- Heavy Soul
- Friday Street
- Golden Sands
- I Should Have Been There To Inspire You
- Peacock Suit
- Brushed
- As You Lean Into The Light
- Science / Brushed
- Driving Nowhere
- Heavy Soul
Release date: 2000-12-15
Run time: 41 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £1.49
Review Heavy Soul / Paul Weller:
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The Best of George Harrison, Elton John, Dancing With Strangers, The Best of Van Morrison, Wings Greatest, Greatest Hits : Shining Like A National Guitar, Midnight at the Lost and Found, Venus And Mars, The Best of Bob Dylan, Journeyman, On the Beach, On Tour With Eric Clapton, A New Day at Midnight, The Stranger, Love Songs, ... But Seriously, Blood Money, Greatest Hits Vol.1: History, No Jacket Required, Heavy Soul |
