Tracks The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities
- Upside Down
- 33 1/3
- Lost Star
- Happy Place
- Hardest Walk
- Ghost of a Smile
- Reverberation (Doubt)
- Walk and Crawl
- Silverblade
- My Girl
- Taste of Cindy
- Till I Found You
- Swing
- Snakedriver
- Boyfriend's Dead
- Here It Comes Again
- Hit
- I'm Glad I Never
- Taking It Away
- Shake
- Something I Can't Have
- New York City
- Little Red Rooster
- Why'd You Want Me
- Sometimes
- Don't Ever Change
- My Little Underground
- Coast To Coast
- Just Out of Reach
- Up Too High
- Drop
- Break Me Down
- Psychocandy
- Never Understand
- Rocket
- Don't Come Down
- Rollercoaster
- Cut Dead
- Vegetable Man
- 40.000k
- Alphabet Street
- Hide Myself
- Easylife Easylove
- Everything's Alright When You're Down
- Dirty Water
- Write Record Release Blues
- Bleed Me
- Just Like Honey
- Nineteen666
- Subway
- Tower of Song
- Suck
- On the Wall (Porta Studio Demo)
- Head
- Teenage Lust
- Little Stars
- Some Candy Talking
- Rider
- Deviant Slice
- Who Do You Love
- Surfin' USA
- Perfect Crime
- Terminal Beach
- I'm In With the Out Crowd
- Cracked
- In the Black
- Heat
- Shimmer
- Surfin' USA
- Penetration
- Bo Diddley is Jesus
- F.Hole
- Drop
- Lowlife
- Guitarman
- Sidewalking
- Kill Surf City
- Ambition
- Living End
- Happy When It Rains
- You Trip Me Up
Release date: 2008-10-20
RRP: £49.99
Price: £52.32
Review The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities / Jesus & Mary Chain:
Tracks The Very Best of Talk Talk
- Today
- Have You Heard The News
- Life's What You Make It
- April 5th
- Talk Talk
- Such A Shame
- Wealth
- Give It Up
- Time It's Time
- I Believe In You
- Eden
- Living In Another World
- For What It's Worth
- John Cope
- It's My Life
- Dum Dum Girl
Release date: 1997-01-27
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.60
Review The Very Best of Talk Talk / Talk Talk:
Tracks Nirvana
- In Bloom
- All Apologies
- Pennyroyal Tea
- Sliver
- You Know You're Right
- Come As You Are
- Been A Son
- Lithium
- Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Heart Shaped Box
- About A Girl
- Dumb
- Where Did You Sleep Last Night
- The Man Who Sold The World
- Rape Me
Release date: 2002-10-28
Run time: 56 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.44
Review Nirvana / Nirvana:Though fans will endlessly argue about the selection of tracks (what, no "Breed"?), there's no denying that the songs on Nirvana are all classics. Nirvana were the most influential band of their generation, galvanising the then-underground indie scene and bringing their music to the masses. Though their career was cut short by the suicide of singer and songwriter Kurt Cobain, they left in their wake a massive shift in popular music and popular culture, much like punk a generation earlier (or the Beatles before that). The 14 tracks on Nirvana chart their career, from the first album on Sub Pop ("About a Girl") to the song ("Smells Like Teen Spirit") and album (Nevermind) that changed everything, and the subsequent rarities collection (Incesticide's "Sliver", "Been a Son"), the superb follow-up album (In Utero's "Rape Me", "Heart-Shaped Box", "Pennyroyal Tea") and their classic MTV Unplugged session ("The Man Who Sold the World"). For fans and completists, there's even a previously unreleased track, "You Know You're Right". Of course, it's a superb collection, but at 14 tracks it seems a bit short. Here's hoping there's a double-CD version just around the corner. Maybe even a box set…-Robert Burrow.
Tracks Deserter's Songs
- Pick Up If You're There
- I Collect Coins
- Endlessly
- The Funny Bird
- Holes
- Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp
- Hudson Line
- Goddess On A Hiway
- Opus 40
- Tonite It Shows
- The Happy End (The Drunk Room)
Release date: 2000-09-01
RRP: £9.99
Price: £3.74
Review Deserter's Songs / Mercury Rev:That Mercury Rev avoided a messy, chemically-assisted burnout in the middle of the 1990s is remarkable; that they should return in 1998 with an album as fine as Deserter's Songs is almost unfeasible. But working by the old adage that "what does not kill us makes us stronger", Deserter's Songs is an album of unparalleled scope. Drawing on the legacy of America's pioneers and the nascent scenes of folk-rock and psychedelia, Mercury Rev have formed a living, breathing piece of heritage. "Holes" is dizzied in America's vast scope, and warmed by woodwind instruments, mellotrons and a Wurlitzer organ. It sounds like a beautiful climax, but it's only the first song, and there's better to come, what with the weathered "Goddess On A Hiway" and "Opus 40". Deserter's Songs is one of the essential American albums at the end of the 1990s. It's hard to see that they-or anyone-can top it. -Louis Pattison.
Tracks Into The Great Wide Open
- All The Wrong Reasons
- You And I Will Meet Again
- Too Good To Be True
- The Dark Of the Sun
- Learning To Fly
- Into The Great Wide Open
- Built To Last
- Makin' Some Noise
- Kings Highway
- Out In The Cold
- All Or Nothin'
- Two Gunslingers
Release date: 1999-03-20
Run time: 44 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.00
Review Into The Great Wide Open / Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers:
Tracks Songbook The Singles
- (Drawing) Rings Around The World
- Northern Lites
- Hermann Loves Pauline
- It's Not The End Of The World?
- Hometown Unicorn
- Slow Life
- Play It Cool
- Ysbeidiau Heulog
- If You Don't Want Me To Destroy You
- Hello Sunshine
- God! Show Me Magic
- The Man Don't Give A F**k
- Ice Hockey Hair
- Juxtapozed With U
- Demons
- Blerwytirhwng?
- Do Or Die
- Golden Retriever
- Fire In My Heart
- Something 4 The Weekend
- The International Language Of Screaming
Release date: 2004-10-04
RRP: £16.99
Price: £2.48
Review Songbook The Singles / Super Furry Animals:
Tracks Once Again: Remastered
- Song For The Dying
- Mockingbird
- Vanessa Simmons
- Happy Old World
- Too Much On Your Plate
- Lady Loves
- She Said
- Ball And Chain
- Vanessa Simmons
- Galadriel
- Happy Old World
- Ball And Chain
- White Sails (A Seascape)
Release date: 2002-05-27
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.07
Review Once Again: Remastered / Barclay James Harvest:
Tracks Sliver: The Best Of The Box
- Opinion
- All Apologies
- Ain't It A Shame
- Clean Up Before She Comes
- Heart Shaped Box
- Floyd The Barber
- Sliver
- Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Spank Thru
- You Know You're Right
- Old Age
- Come As You Are
- Blandest
- Mrs. Butterworth
- Do Re Mi
- Sappy
- Heartbreaker
- Rape Me
- Rape Me
- Oh The Guilt
- About A Girl
- Lithium
Release date: 2005-10-31
Run time: 74 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £3.90
Review Sliver: The Best Of The Box / Nirvana:
Tracks Comfort of Strangers
- Worms
- Comfort Of Strangers
- Absinthe
- Shopping Trolley
- Countenance
- Heartland Truckstop
- Feral Children
- Conceived
- A Place Aside
- Shadow Of A Doubt
- Heart Of Soul
- Rectify
- Safe In Your Arms
- Pieces Of Sky
Release date: 2006-02-13
RRP: £15.99
Price: £3.35
Review Comfort of Strangers / Beth Orton:
Tracks Surfing With the Alien
- Surfing With The Alien
- Lords Of Karma
- Midnight
- Echo
- Hill Of The Skull
- Always With Me Always With You
- Crushing Day
- Circles
- Ice 9
- Satch Boogie
Release date: 2000-01-10
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.24
Review Surfing With the Alien / Joe Satriani:
Tracks Mer De Noms
- Orestes
- Renholdër
- Breña
- Magdalena
- Thinking of You
- 3 Libra's
- The Hollow
- 3 Libras
- Thomas
- Over
- Sleeping Beauty
- Judith
Release date: 2000-05-22
RRP: £13.99
Price: £8.43
Review Mer De Noms / A Perfect Circle:Somewhere inside every alternative metal band lurks a platinum-selling stadium rock act looking for a way out; Perfect Circle appear intended to be Tool front man Maynard James Keenan's ticket to the big time. While Tool's uncompromising take on industrial goth metal have taken them so far, Keenan clearly dreams of bigger things: there are moments on Mer De Noms, notably "Rose", that are in meaningful danger of being confused with Jethro Tull and others, which call to mind the most wretched excesses of Whitesnake. Though there are plenty of worse metal albums out there, it is hard to imagine what conceivable use Mer De Noms will serve. -Andrew Mueller.
Tracks So Far So Good: a Collection of the Best of Bryan Adams
- Everything I Do I Do It For You
- Cuts Like A Knife
- This Time
- Somebody
- Can't Stop This Thing We Started
- Straight From The Heart
- Run To You
- Kids Wanna Rock
- Summer Of '69
- Please Forgive Me
- Do I Have To Say The Words
- Heat Of The Night
- Heaven
- It's Only Love - Adams, Bryan & Tina Turner
Release date: 1993-11-01
RRP: £14.99
Price: £4.65
Review So Far So Good: a Collection of the Best of Bryan Adams / Bryan Adams:So Far So Good offers up 13 of his previous hits plus a new song, "Please Forgive Me", a gooey, Michael Bolton-like ballad. The album starts out with "Summer of 69", the appealing autobiographical song about the 10-year-old Adams learning to play his first guitar in Ontario, and includes "(Everything I Do) I Do for You", the synth-laced ballad that wound up in the Guinness Book of World Records after topping the British singles charts for 16 weeks. With its over-the-top, gravelly vocals, So Far So Good reminds one of Rod Stewart's 1980s work when he was coasting on past achievements. Unfortunately, Adams has never had a period like Stewart's glory years in the 1970s. -Geoffrey Himes.
Tracks ...a Place on Earth: the Greatest Hits
- La luna
- Big scary animal
- California
- Leave a light on
- Love in the key of C
- (We want) the same thing
- Always breaking my heart
- Heaven is a place on earth
- Circle in the sand
- All God's children
- Feels like I've known you forever
- A prayer for everyone
- Summer rain
- I get weak
- Little black book
- Live your life be free
- In too deep
- Do you feel like I feel?
Release date: 1999-11-01
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.47
Review ...a Place on Earth: the Greatest Hits / Belinda Carlisle:Once upon a time, there was a lovely, New Wave girl group called the Go-Go's. They were poppy enough for the charts, but raw enough for the indie kids-everybody loved them and their warbly, cute-as-a-button singer Belinda Carlisle. But Belinda was unhappy; she wanted to go it alone, and why not? If Debbie was Blondie, then Belinda was the Go-Go's. So, in 1984, she quit the group and began her solo career, polishing her rough edge until it had a smooth, MOR sheen. That's when the hits started coming thick and fast: "Circle In The Sand", "Heaven Is A Place On Earth", "I Get Weak"-all huge and omnipresent throughout the 1980s. They're all collected here, with the notable exception of her first hit "Mad About You" from her debut album, Belinda. Apparently, she even kept on recording solo material right into the 1990s, but few people noticed. -Robert Burrow.
Tracks The Seventies Collection
- Angel
- Twistin' The Night Away
- You Wear It Well
- Sweet Little Rock 'N' Roller
- Reason To Believe
- Maggie May
- What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me)
- Mandolin Wind
- Country Comforts
- I'd Rather Go Blind
- Oh! No Not My Baby
- Bring It On Home To Me / You Send Me
- Handbags & Gladrags
- Farewell
- Man Of Constant Sorrow
- It's All Over Now
- Street Fighting Man
- Stay With Me
- In A Broken Dream - Rod Stewart, Python Lee Jackson
Release date: 2007-06-11
Run time: 81 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £3.18
Review The Seventies Collection / Rod Stewart:
Tracks Traffic
- You Can All Join In
- Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring
- Pearly Queen
- Don't Be Sad
- Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush
- Means To An End
- Shanghai Noodle Factory
- Feelin' Alright?
- Withering Tree
- No Time To Live
- Medicated Goo
- Cryin' To Be Heard
- (Roamin' Thro' The Gloamin' With) 40.000 Headman
- Am I What I Was Or Am I What I Am
- Vagabond Virgin
Release date: 1999-10-25
Run time: 58 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.46
Review Traffic / Traffic:Thirty years of rock radio have cast Traffic largely in the context of its later years as songwriter, singer, and keyboard player Steve Winwood's platform for jazz-inflected progressive rock, but their second, self-titled 1968 album reflects the equal weight of guitarist Dave Mason's voice, guitar, and songs. Together with drummer and third vocalist Jim Capaldi, and Chris Wood's evocative sax and flute, this is Traffic at its most earthy, most concise, and arguably most coherent-even when the bulk of the songs are set as fevered dreams, surreal ballads, or outright nightmares. Winwood showcases like "Pearly Queen" and "Forty Thousand Headmen" are matched by Mason's classic "Feelin' Alright" and Beatle-browed "You Can All Join In", while the playing and arrangements are spirited and tight. -Sam Sutherland.
Tracks Madman Across The Water
- Indian Sunset
- All The Nasties
- Tiny Dancer
- Levon
- Rotten Peaches
- Goodbye
- Razor Face
- Madman Across The Water
- Holiday Inn
Release date: 1995-07-31
Run time: 45 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.70
Review Madman Across The Water / Elton John:Named for a cut that originally appeared on his Tumbleweed Connection album, Madman Across the Water yielded some of Elton John's earliest AOR staples. "Tiny Dancer", like the previous "Your Song", was introduced and carried by John's masterful piano composition. The song's sense of longing also employed the falsetto chorus that would become as much of a trademark as his costumes. "Levon", another entry into the John/Taupin "ballad of" category, is one of their finest pieces. The orchestration gives the song not only its sense of foreboding, but also its release of tension as the song ends. "Rotten Peaches" became a favourite, as did "Holiday Inn". There's also a different interpretation of the title track than appeared on Tumbleweed Connection. -Steve Gdula.
Tracks Modern Music
- Futurist Manifesto
- Orphans Of Babylon
- Lost In The Neon World
- Dance Of The Uncle Sam Humanoids
- Modern Music (2)
- Quest For The Harvest Of The Stars
- Modern Music
- Autosexual
- Honeymoon On Mars
- Gold At The End Of My Rainbow
- Kiss Of Light
- Down On Terminal Street
- Make The Music Magic
- Bird Charmer's Destiny
- Bring Back The Spark
- Forbidden Lovers
- Dancing In The Moonlight (All Alone)
- Twilight Capers
Release date: 2004-09-20
RRP: £4.99
Price: £2.98
Review Modern Music / Be-Bop Deluxe:
Tracks Live at Royal Albert Hall 1971
- Lover of the Bayou
- Chestnut Mare
- Take a Whiff (On Me)
- Roll Over Beethoven
- Eight Miles High
- Amazing Grace
- Jamaica, Say You Will
- Nashville West
- Pretty Boy Floyd
- My Back Pages
- Mr. Spaceman
- You Ain't Going Nowhere
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- Jesus Is Just Alright
- I Trust
- So You Want to Be a Rock 'N' Roll Star
- Baby, What You Want Me to Do
- Black Mountain Rag/Soldier's Joy
- Truck Stop Girl
Release date: 2008-06-02
RRP: £20.99
Price: £8.46
Review Live at Royal Albert Hall 1971 / The Byrds:
Tracks Blaze Of Glory
- Never Say Die
- Santa Fe
- Blaze Of Glory
- Bang A Drum
- Billy Get Your Guns
- Guano City - Alan Silvestri
- Justice In The Barrel
- Dyin' Ain't Much Of A Livin'
- Miracle
- You Really Got Me Now
- Blood Money
Release date: 1994-03-08
Run time: 49 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £2.49
Review Blaze Of Glory / Jon Bon Jovi:It must have been a hard job enlisting someone to write to music for Young Guns II. There simply aren't many great songwriters capable of overblown rock ballads which keep a straight face long enough to move you. Jon Bon Jovi, though, is not without a certain pedigree in this department: "Livin' On A Prayer", "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" and "Wanted Dead Or Alive" are masterpieces of the genre that deserve far more respect than received wisdom would have you believe. And the good news is that-on Young Guns II-there is plenty more where that came from. You may be familiar with the hit single "Blaze Of Glory"; it sounds positively restrained next to "Blood Money" and "Never Say Die". There is something tremendously likeable about Jon Bon Jovi at the best of times. Like his New Jersey(tm) role model Bruce Springsteen, the blue collar sensibility has weathered the ascension to superstardom. Unlike Bruce though, Jon Bon Jovi is more than happy to dash off unabashed epics for post-brat pack celluloid homages to John Ford, boasting titles such as "Justice In The Barrel" and "Dyin' Ain't Much Of A Livin'". In a profession already bursting with people who take themselves too seriously, this is undoubtedly a good thing. -Peter Paphides.
Tracks Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (The Complete Sessions 1991-1993)
- Waltzing Back
- Liar
- Linger
- Dreams
- Still Can't...
- Pretty
- Them
- What You Were
- Pretty
- Not Sorry
- Put Me Down
- I Will Always
- Sunday
- Reason
- I Still Do
- How
- Wanted
- How
Release date: 2002-07-11
Run time: 59 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.50
Review Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (The Complete Sessions 1991-1993) / The Cranberries:
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The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities, The Very Best of Talk Talk, Nirvana, Deserter's Songs, Into The Great Wide Open, Songbook The Singles, Once Again: Remastered, Sliver: The Best Of The Box, Comfort of Strangers, Surfing With the Alien, Mer De Noms, So Far So Good: a Collection of the Best of Bryan Adams, ...a Place on Earth: the Greatest Hits, The Seventies Collection, Traffic, Madman Across The Water, Modern Music, Live at Royal Albert Hall 1971, Blaze Of Glory, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (The Complete Sessions 1991-1993) |
