Tracks All Over The World: The Very Best Of ELO
- Turn To Stone
- Confusion
- All Over The World
- Alright
- Hold On Tight
- Strange Magic
- Evil Woman
- Rockaria!
- Don't Bring Me Down
- Livin' Thing
- Telephone Line
- Rock and Roll Is King
- Xanadu
- Showdown
- Sweet Talkin' Woman
- Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
- The Diary Of Horace Wimp
- Wild West Hero
- Shine
- Mr Blue Sky
Release date: 2005-06-06
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.61
Review All Over The World: The Very Best Of ELO / Electric Light Orchestra:The Electric Light Orchestra were one of the biggest and most successful bands of the late 1970s, producing a massive string of hit singles and albums that almost any other band would envy. Their works have been cited as influences by such hip acts as Grandaddy and Super Furry Animals. Their frontman and leader Jeff Lynne has been the producer of choice for people like Paul McCartney, Tom Petty and George Harrison. From "Evil Woman", "Don't Bring Me Down" and "Mr Blue Sky" to "Livin' Thing" and "Hold On Tight", there are few duds amongst these 20 remastered tracks. ELO produced some of the biggest and best singles in rock & roll's history, and All Over The World: The Very Best Of ELO is an excellent reintroduction to this great band. Hopefully, this also signals the beginning of a long-overdue revival and re-evaluation. -Robert Burrow.
Tracks All The Fun Of The Fair
- Dangerous
- Hold Me Close
- A Winter's Tale
- Father And Son
- Pretty Thing
- He Noticed Me - David Essex, Samantha Janus
- It's Gonna Be Alright
- If I Could
- Rock On
- Me And My Girl (Night-Clubbing)
- Silver Dream Machine
- Here We All Are Together
- All The Fun Of The Fair
- I'll Call Ya (She's Leaving Home)
- You're In My Heart
- Lamplight
- Gonna Make You A Star
- Alice (stay young and free)
- Streetfight
Release date: 2008-09-15
Run time: 75 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £6.49
Review All The Fun Of The Fair / David Essex:
Tracks Piano Man: the Very Best of Billy Joel
- We Didn't Start The Fire
- Piano Man
- Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
- New York State Of Mind
- Innocent Man
- My Life
- Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
- Uptown Girl
- It's Still Rock 'n' Roll To Me
- River Of Dreams
- All About Soul
- Goodnight Saigon
- Tell Her About It
- She's Got A Way
- She's Always A Woman
- Honesty
- Only The Good Die Young
- Just The Way You Are
Release date: 2008-07-14
RRP: £16.99
Price: £4.89
Review Piano Man: the Very Best of Billy Joel / Billy Joel:
Tracks 10 (+ 3 Bonus Tracks)
- Porch
- Black
- Deep
- Master/Slave
- Release
- Once
- Even Flow
- Alive
- Garden
- Jeremy
- Oceans
- Why Go
Release date: 2002-12-09
RRP: £9.99
Price: £3.77
Review 10 (+ 3 Bonus Tracks) / Pearl Jam:
Tracks Brothers In Arms
- One World
- Ride Across The River
- Your Latest Trick
- Walk Of Life
- Why Worry
- Brothers In Arms
- Man's Too Strong
- So Far Away
- Money For Nothing
Release date: 1996-06-03
Run time: 55 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.99
Review Brothers In Arms / Dire Straits:Dire Straits' fifth album will probably be remembered as the record that ushered in the CD generation, and therefore (depending on your affiliations) a work of extreme evil or an object lesson in craftsmanship. In truth though, it's neither. Inevitably, some moments haven't dated so well. "Money For Nothing", Mark Knopfler's satire of the MTV generation, seems as vacant as its target; while the jukebox jive of "Walk Of Life" could have used a little roughing up. In fairness though, such low points constitute a minority. In latter years, indie bands such as Gomez and Spiritualized have eagerly cited JJ Cale and Dr John as pivotal influences on their work. Perhaps so, but it's the less fashionable Knopfler and his intuitive feel for the fretboard who comes closer. You needn't dig too deep to identify the roots of beauties such as "So Far Away" and "Why Worry". -Peter Paphides.
Tracks Overloaded: The Singles Collection
- Caught In A Moment
- Red Dress
- Stronger
- Easy
- Freak Like Me
- Ugly
- Push The Button
- Round Round
- In The Middle
- Too Lost In You
- Shape
- Hole In The Head
- Good To Be Gone
- Run For Cover
- Overload
Release date: 2006-11-13
Run time: 58 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.98
Review Overloaded: The Singles Collection / Sugababes:It's been a slightly tumultuous but hugely successful ride to the top for UK superstars The Sugababes. They've lost not one, but two band members since forming in 1998, but have nonetheless achieved three Brit Awards, an ESKA, a slew of chart hits (including four number ones), four well-received LPs and - more recently - an inclusion in the Guinness Book Of Records for 'Best Female Act Of The Century'. Overloaded, their fifth official album, is a Greatest Hits package, bringing together most of their main singles so far. Beginning with their Richard X produced hit "Freak Like Me" (their first number one), the album profiles most of their hits, including all their most addictive moments - such as "Hole In The Head", "Round, Round" and "Push The Button" - but excluding more lukewarm releases like "New Year", "Soul Sound", "Angels With Dirty Faces" and "Follow Me Home". There's some new material too, notably "Easy", the band's lascivious collaboration with Californian rock band Orson, and the catchy "Good To Be Gone", which is slated to be the second single from the album. -Danny McKenna.
Tracks Revolver
- And your bird can sing
- I'm only sleeping
- Yellow submarine
- Dr Robert
- Here there and everywhere
- She said she said
- Tomorrow never knows
- I want to tell you
- Got to get you into my life
- Taxman
- Good day sunshine
- Eleanor Rigby
- Love you to
- For no one
Release date: 1998-11-01
RRP: £16.99
Price: £5.50
Review Revolver / The Beatles:There are only three stories worth knowing from the last 2,000 years of history: the life of Mohammed, the life of Jesus and the career of The Beatles. They invented all music ever. John was the best one; but Paul is-despite the knighthood and everything-still the most under-rated songwriter of the 20th century. This is the album with "Eleanor Rigby", "Here, There and Everywhere", "For No One", "I'm Only Sleeping" and "Tomorrow Never Knows" on it-but then, you knew that anyway. We presume you have this album already and you're just getting a second copy in case you lose the first. -Caitlan Moran.
Tracks Talking Book
- Tuesday Heartbreak
- Blame It On The Sun
- I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)
- Superstition
- Big Brother
- You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
- You And I
- Lookin' For Another Pure Love
- Maybe Your Baby
- You've Got It Bad Girl
Release date: 2000-05-01
Run time: 43 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.96
Review Talking Book / Stevie Wonder:The songs from this 1972 album perfectly illustrate the contrasting sides of Wonder's complex personality: "Superstition" is a strong rocker, a paranoid bit of wah-wah guitar funk that's as persistent as the best punk music; the opening track, "You Are the Sunshine of My Life", is a pure love song that would sound corny coming from any other voice. A hint of bitterness, perhaps owing to Wonder's then-dissolving marriage, gives Talking Book its edge. But overall it's obsessed with love, and while "Sunshine" is still one of the singer/keyboardist's most beloved songs, the closing "I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)" is much deeper and more rewarding. -Steve Knopper.
Tracks Who's Next
- Won't Get Fooled Again
- Bargain
- My Wife
- Love Ain't For Keeping
- Getting in tune
- Baby Don't You Do It - Leslie West, The Who
- Pure And Easy
- The song is over
- Behind blue eyes
- Baba O'Riley
- Going Mobile
- Naked Eye
- Behind Blue Eyes
- Water
- Too Much Of Anything - Nicky Hopkins, The Who
- I Don't Even Know Myself
Release date: 1999-12-06
Run time: 78 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.92
Review Who's Next / The Who:A mix of old favorites and buried treasures makes this edition of Who's Next a definite must. One of the defining albums of 70s hard rock from one of the 60s most successful bands, the original album includes some of The Who's best-known work, such as the anthemic "Baba O'Riley" and "Won't Get Fooled Again", the by turns sorrowful and angry "Behind Blue Eyes", and perennial favorite "My Wife". The new tracks on this album are equally worth hearing, including "Pure and Easy" (an alternate edition of which is available on Odds & Sods) and the original version of "Behind Blue Eyes". A hard rock classic, Who's Next is required listening for rock fans of all ages. -Genevieve Williams.
Tracks 101 80s Hits
- Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves
- Reflex - Duran Duran
- Leave A Light On - Carlisle, Belinda
- Ashes To Ashes - Bowie, David
- Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
- Room In Your Heart - Living In A Box
- She Makes My Day - Palmer, Robert
- I Just Died In Your Arms - Cutting Crew
- White Wedding - Idol, Billy
- Girls On Film - Duran Duran
- Enola Gay - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
- We Close Our Eyes - Go West
- It's My Life - Talk Talk
- Tarzan Boy - Baltimora (1)
- Our House - Madness
- Body Rock - Vidal, Maria
- Vienna - Ultravox
- Hand On Your Heart - Minogue, Kylie
- Chant No 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) - Spandau Ballet
- Dancing With Tears In My Eyes - Ultravox
- Best - Turner, Tina
- If Only I Could - Youngblood, Sydney
- Rebel Yell - Idol, Billy
- 9 To 5 - Easton, Sheena
- Let's Go All The Way - Sly Fox (1)
- Solid - Ashford & Simpson
- 19 - Hardcastle, Paul
- Turning Japanese - Vapors
- Come Live With Me - Heaven 17
- Living In A Box - Living In A Box
- Labour Of Love - Hue & Cry (1)
- Time (Clock Of The Heart) - Culture Club
- Good Heart - Sharkey, Feargal
- Message To You Rudy - Specials
- Together In Electric Dreams - Oakey, Philip & Giorgio Moroder
- Rush Hour - Wiedlin, Jane
- Never Never - Assembly
- Wired For Sound - Richard, Cliff
- Souvenir - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
- Stop - Erasure
- Golden Brown - Stranglers
- Black Man Ray - China Crisis
- King Of Wishful Thinking - Go West
- Keep On Movin' - Soul II Soul & Caron Wheeler
- Power Of Love - Lewis, Huey & The News
- Cambodia - Wilde, Kim
- Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
- Our Lips Are Sealed - Fun Boy Three
- Mary's Prayer - Wilson, Danny George
- Geno - Dexys Midnight Runners
- Kids In America - Wilde, Kim
- Lavender - Marillion
- I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - Proclaimers
- Criticize - O'Neal, Alexander
- Straight Up - Abdul, Paula
- Save A Prayer - Duran Duran
- Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
- We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) - Turner, Tina
- Road To Nowhere - Talking Heads
- Every Day Is Like Sunday - Morrissey
- Kiss Me - Duffy, Stephen 'Tin Tin'
- Echo Beach - Martha & The Muffins
- Embarrassment - Madness
- It Started With A Kiss - Hot Chocolate (1)
- Don't Go - Yazoo
- Too Much Too Young - Specials
- Church Of The Poison Mind - Culture Club
- I Got You Babe - UB40 & Chrissie Hynde
- Hey You The Rock Steady Crew - Rock Steady Crew
- Baggy Trousers - Madness
- Alive And Kicking - Simple Minds
- I Want That Man - Harry, Deborah
- We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off - Stewart, Jermaine
- Gold - Spandau Ballet
- Call Me - Blondie
- I Should Be So Lucky - Minogue, Kylie
- True - Spandau Ballet
- Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds
- Temptation - Heaven 17
- Thinking Of You - Colourfield
- Nothing Has Been Proved - Springfield, Dusty
- Missing You - Waite, John
- Little Respect - Erasure
- Red Red Wine - UB40
- Let's Dance - Bowie, David
- Respectable - Mel & Kim (1)
- Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - Culture Club
- Kayleigh - Marillion
- It Ain't What You Do It's The Way That You Do It - Fun Boy Three & Bananarama
- Ghost Town - Specials
- Classic - Gurvitz, Adrian
- Good Life - Inner City (1)
- Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Carlisle, Belinda
- I Want To Break Free - Queen
- Only You - Yazoo
- Tide Is High - Blondie
- Don't Worry Be Happy - McFerrin, Bobby
- Rio - Duran Duran
- China In Your Hand - T'Pau
- Whole Of The Moon - Waterboys
- Never Ending Story - Limahl
Release date: 2007-02-26
RRP: £17.99
Price: £7.89
Review 101 80s Hits / Various Artists:
Tracks Overloaded: The Singles Collection
- Red Dress
- In The Middle
- Too Lost In You
- Easy
- Good To Be Gone
- Shape
- Run For Cover
- Round Round
- Push The Button
- Ugly
- Freak Like Me
- Caught In A Moment
- Stronger
- Overload
- Hole In The Head
Release date: 2006-11-13
Run time: 58 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.98
Review Overloaded: The Singles Collection / Sugababes:It's been a slightly tumultuous but hugely successful ride to the top for UK superstars The Sugababes. They've lost not one, but two band members since forming in 1998, but have nonetheless achieved three Brit Awards, an ESKA, a slew of chart hits (including four number ones), four well-received LPs and - more recently - an inclusion in the Guinness Book Of Records for 'Best Female Act Of The Century'. Overloaded, their fifth official album, is a Greatest Hits package, bringing together most of their main singles so far. Beginning with their Richard X produced hit "Freak Like Me" (their first number one), the album profiles most of their hits, including all their most addictive moments - such as "Hole In The Head", "Round, Round" and "Push The Button" - but excluding more lukewarm releases like "New Year", "Soul Sound", "Angels With Dirty Faces" and "Follow Me Home". There's some new material too, notably "Easy", the band's lascivious collaboration with Californian rock band Orson, and the catchy "Good To Be Gone", which is slated to be the second single from the album. -Danny McKenna.
Tracks Can't Buy A Thrill
- Brooklyn (Owes The Charmer Under Me)
- Midnite Cruiser
- Only A Fool Would Say That
- Do It Again
- Turn That Heartbeat Over Again
- Fire In The Hole
- Kings
- Dirty Work
- Change Of The Guard
- Reelin' In The Years
Release date: 1999-07-13
Run time: 41 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.74
Review Can't Buy A Thrill / Steely Dan:Songwriters Walter Becker and Donald Fagen launched Steely Dan with a seductive, poker-faced 1972 debut as smoothly accessible in its music as it was elusive in its thematic concerns. The opening "Do It Again" snagged swift commercial success as one of the most mysterious pop hits in history, a sultry rock cha-cha that chronicled a series of harrowing catastrophes far removed from the reheated love songs and pro forma counter-cultural rebellion of the day. Though the core band boasted two formidable guitarists, Jeff Baxter and Denny Dias, it was the bloom of Fagen's keyboards and his reedy, smart-ass vocals that carried Thrill light years beyond modal, blues-based rock. That said, an enduring highlight remains the furious six-string fantasia of "Reelin' in the Years", spiked by Elliot Randall's downright historic solos, at once dour and giddy in its indictment of a poser, while "Dirty Work" (featuring short-lived, nominal lead singer David Palmer) offers a decidedly adult vignette of adultery. There isn't a weak track here, astonishing, considering how much growth future Dan albums would display. -Sam Sutherland.
Tracks The Very Best Of Cat Stevens
- Father And Son
- Can't Keep It In
- The First Cut Is The Deepest
- Just Another Night
- Here Comes My Baby - Cat Stevens, Alan Tew, Orchestra
- Wild World
- Peace Train
- Hard Headed Woman
- Into White
- Where Do The Children Play?
- Another Saturday Night
- If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out
- Oh Very Young
- (Remember The Days Of The) Old Schoolyard
- Don't Be Shy
- Sitting
- Lady D'Arbanville
- Moonshadow
- Matthew & Son - Cat Stevens, Alan Tew, Orchestra
- How Can I Tell You
- Morning Has Broken
- I Love My Dog - Cat Stevens, Alan Tew, Orchestra
- Sad Lisa
- Rubylove
Release date: 2006-10-30
Run time: 77 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £3.73
Review The Very Best Of Cat Stevens / Cat Stevens:This set surveys all of Stevens's stages, from the orchestrated late-1960s sides through his early-'70s peak to his more eclectic late-1970s experiments. Following the progression makes for an interesting endeavor as Stevens learns to harness his ambitious ideas with arrangements that don't obscure his rhapsodic messages. Few artists of his generation were more gifted when it came to plucking timeless melodies out of thin air, and his sumptuous voice was always able to movingly convey his bittersweet lyrics. As a career overview this set achieves its goal, hitting all of the chart successes along the way and basically defining his role as a sensitive '70s singer-songwriter, but some fans may opt for the classic early-'70s studio records, which find Stevens at his most consistently touching. -Marc Greilsamer.
Tracks Immaculate Collection: the Best of Madonna
- La Isla Bonita
- Lucky Star
- Papa Don't Preach
- Justify My Love
- Live To Tell
- Vogue
- Express Yourself
- Into The Groove
- Holiday
- Material Girl
- Open Your Heart
- Rescue Me
- Borderline
- Like A Virgin
- Cherish
- Crazy For You
- Like A Prayer
Release date: 1990-11-01
RRP: £15.99
Price: £4.18
Review Immaculate Collection: the Best of Madonna / Madonna:This is the perfect way to hear Madonna: no album filler, just one hit after another. As a singles artist, she works wonders: quick, danceable tunes that are occasionally "controversial" but never set out to change the world (and don't). The Immaculate Collection begins with her earliest work ("Holiday", "Borderline") and matures from there ("Papa Don't Preach", "Like A Prayer"), ending in 1990. The highlight is the inclusion of "Justify My Love", a track recorded specifically for this compilation. One caveat: since Madonna is a true video artist, it'd be even nicer to "see" these songs. -Rob O'Connor.
Tracks All The Fun Of The Fair
- Rock On
- Alice (stay young and free)
- Here We All Are Together
- He Noticed Me - David Essex, Samantha Janus
- Lamplight
- It's Gonna Be Alright
- Me And My Girl (Night-Clubbing)
- Pretty Thing
- I'll Call Ya (She's Leaving Home)
- Hold Me Close
- Silver Dream Machine
- Gonna Make You A Star
- Father And Son
- If I Could
- Dangerous
- All The Fun Of The Fair
- A Winter's Tale
- Streetfight
- You're In My Heart
Release date: 2008-09-15
Run time: 75 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £6.49
Review All The Fun Of The Fair / David Essex:
Tracks Immaculate Collection: the Best of Madonna
- Live To Tell
- Material Girl
- Open Your Heart
- Crazy For You
- Papa Don't Preach
- Borderline
- Vogue
- Rescue Me
- Holiday
- Like A Virgin
- Cherish
- Justify My Love
- Into The Groove
- La Isla Bonita
- Like A Prayer
- Express Yourself
- Lucky Star
Release date: 1990-11-01
RRP: £15.99
Price: £4.18
Review Immaculate Collection: the Best of Madonna / Madonna:This is the perfect way to hear Madonna: no album filler, just one hit after another. As a singles artist, she works wonders: quick, danceable tunes that are occasionally "controversial" but never set out to change the world (and don't). The Immaculate Collection begins with her earliest work ("Holiday", "Borderline") and matures from there ("Papa Don't Preach", "Like A Prayer"), ending in 1990. The highlight is the inclusion of "Justify My Love", a track recorded specifically for this compilation. One caveat: since Madonna is a true video artist, it'd be even nicer to "see" these songs. -Rob O'Connor.
Tracks 10 (+ 3 Bonus Tracks)
- Jeremy
- Black
- Porch
- Oceans
- Alive
- Release
- Why Go
- Once
- Even Flow
- Master/Slave
- Deep
- Garden
Release date: 2002-12-09
RRP: £9.99
Price: £3.77
Review 10 (+ 3 Bonus Tracks) / Pearl Jam:
Tracks The Album
- I Wonder (Departure)
- Eagle
- Hole In Your Soul
- Take A Chance On Me
- One Man One Woman
- Thank You For The Music
- Name Of The Game
- Move On
- Thank You For The Music
- I'm A Marionette
Release date: 2002-02-01
RRP: £9.99
Price: £3.36
Review The Album / ABBA:
Tracks Revolver
- I want to tell you
- She said she said
- Yellow submarine
- Here there and everywhere
- Got to get you into my life
- Eleanor Rigby
- Tomorrow never knows
- Dr Robert
- And your bird can sing
- Good day sunshine
- For no one
- Taxman
- I'm only sleeping
- Love you to
Release date: 1998-11-01
RRP: £16.99
Price: £5.50
Review Revolver / The Beatles:There are only three stories worth knowing from the last 2,000 years of history: the life of Mohammed, the life of Jesus and the career of The Beatles. They invented all music ever. John was the best one; but Paul is-despite the knighthood and everything-still the most under-rated songwriter of the 20th century. This is the album with "Eleanor Rigby", "Here, There and Everywhere", "For No One", "I'm Only Sleeping" and "Tomorrow Never Knows" on it-but then, you knew that anyway. We presume you have this album already and you're just getting a second copy in case you lose the first. -Caitlan Moran.
Tracks The Very Best Of Cat Stevens
- Hard Headed Woman
- Don't Be Shy
- Peace Train
- Sad Lisa
- Morning Has Broken
- Wild World
- Sitting
- Lady D'Arbanville
- (Remember The Days Of The) Old Schoolyard
- If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out
- Moonshadow
- Another Saturday Night
- Oh Very Young
- Matthew & Son - Cat Stevens, Alan Tew, Orchestra
- Just Another Night
- Father And Son
- Where Do The Children Play?
- Rubylove
- Here Comes My Baby - Cat Stevens, Alan Tew, Orchestra
- Can't Keep It In
- I Love My Dog - Cat Stevens, Alan Tew, Orchestra
- How Can I Tell You
- The First Cut Is The Deepest
- Into White
Release date: 2006-10-30
Run time: 77 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £3.73
Review The Very Best Of Cat Stevens / Cat Stevens:This set surveys all of Stevens's stages, from the orchestrated late-1960s sides through his early-'70s peak to his more eclectic late-1970s experiments. Following the progression makes for an interesting endeavor as Stevens learns to harness his ambitious ideas with arrangements that don't obscure his rhapsodic messages. Few artists of his generation were more gifted when it came to plucking timeless melodies out of thin air, and his sumptuous voice was always able to movingly convey his bittersweet lyrics. As a career overview this set achieves its goal, hitting all of the chart successes along the way and basically defining his role as a sensitive '70s singer-songwriter, but some fans may opt for the classic early-'70s studio records, which find Stevens at his most consistently touching. -Marc Greilsamer.
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