Tracks The Very Best Of Curiosity Killed The Cat
- Keep On Trying
- Curiosity Killed The Cat
- Down To Earth
- Something New, Something Blue
- Cascade
- Misfit
- Shallow Memory
- We Just Gotta Do It (For Us)
- Treat You So Well
- Free
- Ordinary Day
- Name And Number
- Bullet
- Who Are You
- Go Go Ahead
- First Place
- Ball And Chain
- Mile High
Release date: 1996-09-23
Run time: 72 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £1.98
Review The Very Best Of Curiosity Killed The Cat / Curiosity Killed The Cat:
Tracks The Best of Carly Simon
- Right Thing To Do
- Why
- Legend In Your Own Time
- We Have No Secrets
- Night Owl
- Attitude Dancing
- That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be
- Haven't Got Time For The Pain
- Mockingbird
- Anticipation
- You're So Vain
Release date: 2005-09-26
RRP: £15.99
Price: £3.56
Review The Best of Carly Simon / Carly Simon:Almost any way you look at it, the Carly Simon of the '70s was pretty cool. Her acerbic wit and nasally expressive voice had people comparing her to Carole King, but there was also a weary androgyny to her that wouldn't be seen again until the arrival of Chrissy Hynde. Her songs rocked without quite being rock songs, and were folk-evocative without falling into the singer-songwriter bins. She scored multiple singles hits yet pulled off albums with the best of her contemporaries. This is an early collection, so it misses "Nobody Does It Better" and other later hits. Regardless, nearly all the songs here are worth having. Flavorful and nourishing-and a good package, besides. -Gavin McNett.
Tracks Four Calender Cafe
- My Truth
- Squeeze-Wax
- Essence
- Oil Of Angels
- Pur
- Theft, And Wandering Around Lost
- Evangeline
- Bluebeard
- Know Who You Are At Every Age
- Summerhead
Release date: 2006-07-24
Run time: 41 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.73
Review Four Calender Cafe / Cocteau Twins:
Tracks LifeBlood
- Fragments
- A Song for Departure
- Emily
- Solitude Sometimes Is
- 1985
- Always/Never
- Glasnost
- Empty Souls
- The Love Of Richard Nixon
- Cardiff Afterlife
- I Live To Fall Asleep
- To Repel Ghosts
Release date: 2004-11-01
RRP: £16.99
Price: £0.93
Review LifeBlood / Manic Street Preachers:Testing times for the Manic Street Preachers: their seventh studio album, Lifeblood, comes hot on the heels of a commercial flop-2001's brave but unfocused Know Your Enemy-and renewed rumours that the band themselves are in the twilight of their existence. One thing's for sure, this is the right record at the right time: inspired by the widescreen melancholy of post-punk acts New Order, early U2, and The Cure, this "elegiac pop" LP finds the Manics acting their age, shelving the slash'n'burn punk in favour of a sound that is simultaneously graceful, epic and for these dedicated controversialists, unusually low-key. The album's lead-off single, the disco-lite "The Love Of Richard Nixon", is a meandering dud-but luckily it's book-ended by a couple of strong tracks: the string-laden "1985", which both sings the praises of The Smiths and quotes Nietzsche, and "Empty Souls" (with its "Collapsing like the Twin Towers/ Falling down like April showers," couplet - one of the few tracks here that boasts that good ol' Manics trait of near-to-the-knuckle motor-mouthing). Quality elsewhere is variable - there's a couple of tracks here so inoffensively beige we won't waste words - but it's worth hanging around for "Cardiff Afterlife", a sweet closer decorated with harp and vibraphone. -Louis Pattison.
Tracks Lodger: Remastered
- Fantastic Voyage
- Repetition
- Move On
- African Night Flight
- Yassassin (Turkish for: Long Live)
- DJ
- Red Money
- Look Back in Anger
- Boys Keep Swinging
- Red Sails
Release date: 1999-09-20
RRP: £13.99
Price: £4.45
Review Lodger: Remastered / David Bowie:
Tracks Familiar to Millions
- Acquiesce
- Cigarettes & alchohol
- Don't look back in anger
- Who feels love?
- Wonderwall
- Gas panic!
- Roll, with it
- Supersong
- Shakermaker
- Champagne supernova
- Go let it out
- Live forever
- Rock 'n' Roll star
Release date: 2001-10-01
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.48
Review Familiar to Millions / Oasis:
Tracks 18 Til I Die
- It Ain't A Party - If You Can't Come 'Round
- We're Gonna Win
- Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?
- 18 Til I Die
- You're Still Beautiful To Me
- The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You
- I'll Always Be Right There
- Star
- I Think About You
- (I Wanna Be) Your Underwear
- Black Pearl
- Let's Make A Night To Remember
- Do To You
Release date: 1996-06-10
Run time: 52 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.50
Review 18 Til I Die / Bryan Adams:Bryan Adams is a Bruce Springsteen for blue collar workers. Perennially in love with rock & roll, on this mid-90s album he struts his stuff with an unselfconscious, schoolboy swagger. "I'll be 18 'til I die", the Canadian boasts on the title track-and this determination is soon made apparent on unsubtle tracks like "The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You", the appallingly-titled "Your Underwear (I Wanna Be)" and "Black Pearl" (a paean to black women, crooned about in lazy stereotypes). The 12-bar boogie rules on this album-that is, when Adams isn't falling back on his Unique Selling Point, The Ballad, as on the epic "I Think About You". Still, many hipsters enjoy Adams more than they'd care to admit, and 18 Til I Die is such snotty, unashamed Cochran-loving rock, it's hard not to feel affection for it. -Everett True.
Tracks World Of Mann: The Very Best Of Manfred Mann & Manfred Mann's Earth Band
- Sweet Pea
- Oh No Not My Baby
- The Mighty Quinn
- Joy Bringer - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
- Fox On The Run
- Ragamuffin Man
- California
- Do Wah Diddy Diddy
- The One In The Middle
- Spirits In The Night
- My Name Is Jack
- Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
- Just Like A Woman
- Davy's On The Road Again - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
- Semi-Detached Surburban Mr James
- 54321
- Ha! Ha! Said The Clown
- It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
- Lies
- Come Tomorrow
- You Angel You
- For You - Manfred Mann's Earth Band, The Disco Boys
- Sha La La
- The Runner
- Pretty Flamingo
- Handbags & Gladrags - Mike D'Abo
- Don't Kill It Carol
- Pleasure and Pain
- Redemption Song
- The Mighty Quinn
- If You Gotta Go, Go Now
- Father Of Day Father Of Night
- Demons And Dragons
- Hubble Bubble (Toil & Trouble)
- Demolition Man
- Questions
Release date: 2006-06-05
Run time: 124 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £9.73
Review World Of Mann: The Very Best Of Manfred Mann & Manfred Mann's Earth Band / Manfred Mann:
Tracks In My Tribe
- Cherry Tree
- Peace Train
- Gun Shy
- City Of Angels
- Hey Jack Kerouac
- Verdi Cries
- Painted Desert
- Campfire Song
- Don't Talk
- Like The Weather
- What's The Matter Here
- My Sister Rose
Release date: 1999-10-01
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.26
Review In My Tribe / 10,000 Maniacs:In My Tribe was 10,000 Maniacs' second (and best) album and the record that made the band collegiate favourites and singer/songwriter Natalie Merchant a star. Producer Peter Asher's rich balance of acoustic and electric instruments gave muscle to the group's folk-rock. "Hey Jack Kerouac" found Merchant musing on the literary beats of the 1950s but the song's musical hook was the rich bed of rhythm guitars laid atop the solid drums. "Don't Talk" offered a similarly propulsive rock sound, with lyrics that advised troubled lovers to keep it to themselves. REM singer Michael Stipe offered hipster credibility by guesting on "A Campfire Song", while a cover of Cat Stevens's "Peace Train" offered listeners a familiar port of entry. However, when Muslim convert Stevens announced his support of Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini's call for the execution of Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie, the band rereleased the album without "Peace Train". -John Milward.
Tracks Get the Message: the Best of Electronic
- Imitation Of Life
- Like No Other
- Twisted Tenderness
- For You
- Get The Message
- All That I Need
- Vivid
- Late At Night
- Getting Away With It
- Forbidden City
- Feel Every Beat
- Second Nature
- Out Of My League
- Prodigal Son
- Disappointed
Release date: 2006-09-18
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.49
Review Get the Message: the Best of Electronic / Electronic:
Tracks Auberge
- Sing A Song Of Love To Me
- Gone Fishin'
- Auberge
- Every Second Counts
- Looking For The Summer
- And You My Love
- Set Me Free
- Mention Of Your Name
- Red Shoes
- Heaven
- You're Not A Number
Release date: 1991-01-01
RRP: £15.99
Price: £7.97
Review Auberge / Chris Rea:
Tracks Sonic Temple
- Sun King
- Soldier Blue
- New York City
- American Horse
- Sweet Soul Sister
- Edie (Ciao Baby)
- Soul Asylum
- Automatic Blues
- Fire Woman
- Wake Up Time For Freedom
Release date: 1997-04-21
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.95
Review Sonic Temple / The Cult:
Tracks Mystery White Boy
- Kanga Roo
- What Will You Say
- Last Goodbye
- Dream Brother
- Grace
- Moodswing Whiskey
- Eternal LIfe
- I Woke Up In A Strange Place
- Hallelujah/I Know It's Over (medley)
- The Man That Got Away
- Lilac Wine
- Mojo Pin
Release date: 2002-04-22
RRP: £8.99
Price: £2.81
Review Mystery White Boy / Jeff Buckley:Most live albums are usually a pretty tawdry affair, blighted by the whoops and catcalls of a teeming mass of drunken humanity. But Mystery White boy, taken from Buckley's eight-month world tour of the same name, is not just any old live album. Such was the reverence granted to Buckley's electrifying confessionals that hardly a whimper issued from the audience in 78 minutes-not, at least, until each gargantuan heart-and-soul epic ended. Buckley was no small-time singer songwriter-he treated music like it was epic Shakespearean tragedy, and it's this grandiosity of performance that makes "Grace" and "Mojo Pin" at least the equal of their recorded counterparts. The gems, though, are the cover versions found here-especially the closing nine-minute rendition of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" that lurches into a whispered chorus of the Smiths' "I Know It's Over" as it passes away. This is an utterly captivating live album. -Louis Pattison.
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Tracks Do You Know [Us Import]
- Still Don't Stop Me
- Man Enough
- Do You Know - Dolly Parton, , Jessica Simpson
- Come on Over
- Might as Well Be Making Love
- When I Loved You Like That
- Pray out Loud
- Still Beautiful
- Remember That
- You're My Sunday
- Sipping on History
Release date: 2008-09-09
RRP: £15.99
Price: £8.50
Review Do You Know [Us Import] / Jessica Simpson:
Tracks The Greatest Songs of the Sixties
- Strangers In The Night
- This Guy's In Love With You
- Can't Take My Eyes Off You
- Everybody Loves Somebody
- When I Fall In Love
- California Dreamin'
- There's A Kind Of Hush
- Can't Help Falling In Love
- Yesterday
- Blue Velvet
- Cherish/Windy - Manilow, Barry & The Association
- And I Love Her
- What The World Needs Now Is Love
- Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
- You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
Release date: 2006-11-27
RRP: £8.99
Price: £1.50
Review The Greatest Songs of the Sixties / Barry Manilow:The premise is debatable (can you really call a disc with only one Beatles song a compendium of top '60s tunes?), but the product is anything but. The success of The Greatest Songs of the Fifties, released eight months prior to this latest exercise in musical time-travel, must have stoked Barry Manilow's interpretive skills, or else he's more a flowerchild at heart than his once overly wide lapels and disco shoes let on. Because formulaic as this disc is, it bespeaks a not easily achieved vocal mastery and a gift for gently prying a song away from its original owner. Which is to say it's better than its predecessor. Hand Manilow a Righteous Brothers tune ("You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'") and he magically minimizes its scale, making it seem more intimate still; pass him a classic made famous by both the Carpenters and Herman's Hermits ("There's a Kind of Hush"), and instead of sending his listeners off on undulating waves of nostalgia, he quietly makes them aware he should have sung it all along (no offense, Herman). "Cherish/Windy," a medley with the Association, works well, but it's the Bacharach numbers that will nudge themselves to the top of easy-listening fans' favourites lists. "This Guy's in Love with You," "What the World Needs Now is Love," and "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head," memorable as the original renditions are, have been reawakened; given the Manilow spin, they become the kind of songs the whole world wants to sing. -Tammy La Gorce.
Tracks The Very Best of Bucks Fizz: +DVD
- One Of Those Nights
- Run For Your Life
- Talking In Your Sleep
- You And Your Heart So Blue
- Making Your Mind Up
- Keep Each Other Warm
- When We Were Young Exclusive DVD - 17 videos including the hits featured
- Love The One You're With
- New Beginning
- Piece Of The Action
- Now Those Days Are Gone
- Heart Of Stone
- Golden Days
- I Hear Talk
- If You Can't Stand The Heat
- The Land Of Make Believe
- London Town
- My Camera Never Lies
Release date: 2007-05-14
RRP: £15.99
Price: £8.65
Review The Very Best of Bucks Fizz: +DVD / Bucks Fizz:
Tracks Shrek The Third
- Other Ways - Trevor Hall
- Cat's In The Cradle - Harry Chapin
- Best Days - Matt White
- Final Showdown - Maya Rudolph, Rupert Everett
- Barracuda - Fergie
- Losing Streak - Eels
- Thank You (Falletin' Me Be Mice Elf Again) - Eddie Murphy, Antonio Banderas
- Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
- Live And Let Die - Wings
- Charming's Plan - Soundtrack
- Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio? - Ramones
- Royal Pain - Eels
- Joker And The Thief - Wolfmother
- What I Gotta Do - Macy Gray
Release date: 2007-05-14
Run time: 47 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £2.97
Review Shrek The Third / Soundtrack:Anybody who owns the first two Shrek soundtracks knows that ogres inspire not only charming films but great music-last time out, Pete Yorn, Counting Crows, and Joseph Arthur left monster-sized impressions, and the original movie let loose a masterful rendition of "Hallelujah" by a still-under-the-radar Rufus Wainwright. This go-round the proceedings are playful but backward-looking: Fergie's freewheeling take on the Heart standby "Barracuda" leavens Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle," and Wolfmother's guitar-heavy "Joker and the Thief" stands up straighter than classic rock fans might like alongside Led Zeppelin's classic "Immigrant Song. " Eels returns, this time with two doleful but sweet selections, and Eddie Murphy and Antonio Banderas again cut up (but still manage to carry off) a classic: Here, Sly & the Family Stone's "Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Again)" gives up the funk and the fun. The court will be split on a certain actor's absence from the disc; King Arthur, played by Justin Timberlake, might have done a mean cover of Moody Blues' "Nights in White Satin. " But we'll never know. -Tammy La Gorce.
Tracks Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
- Heart Of The House
- Can't Not
- Unsent
- I Was Hoping
- So Pure
- Couch
- Your Congratulations
- One
- Would Not Come
- Sympathetic Character
- UR
- That I Would Be Good
- Front Row
- Thank U
- Are You Still Mad
- Joining You
- Baba
Release date: 1998-11-02
RRP: £13.99
Price: £1.35
Review Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie / Alanis Morissette:When Alanis Morissette visited Mother India in 1997, she gained new composure and, in a state of numinous bliss, wrote 17 songs for Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, each suffused with the search for enlightenment and self-knowledge. To the likely dismay of many fans, Morissette now rages at herself. But this long-awaited follow-up to 1995's record-smashing Jagged Little Pill is far from a disappointment. Imbued with dark, swirling psychedelic licks borrowed from Jimmy Page's song book, the disc is paradoxically both more enigmatic and revealing than Pill. And while Junkie shows that Morissette is no less stingy about revealing herself to her fans-her staccato stream-of-consciousness style is again employed to surrender her secrets and foibles a little too easily in these tales of abuse, lost love, and self-flagellation-Junkie also makes one wonder what this musical sphinx holds back. In "Baba" she takes on competitive spirituality, sneering at the fashionable grasp for enlightenment. "Would Not Come" returns to a similar theme-taking us on a tour of her diary. "Would Not Come" and "Your House" offer the only hints of sexual innuendo. The only revenge she wreaks on an errant lover is in the percussive "Are You Still Mad", this time dishing up a much subtler payback than on "You Oughta Know". The record's standouts, meanwhile, are "Thank U" and the hip-poppy "So Pure". [+]One complaint (and there is only one): Morissette's rapid-fire wordplay is at times engulfed by ponderous instrumentation. The worldbeat rhythms and elaborate guitar play add fresh twists to the album, but they also sometimes bury her message. -Jaan Uhelszki.
Tracks No Need To Argue
- I Can't Be With You
- Twenty One
- Empty
- Yeat's Grave
- Disappointment
- Daffodil Lament
- Zombie
- Everything I Said
- Ode To My Family
- No Need To Argue
- Dreaming My Dreams
- Ridiculous Thoughts
- Icicle Melts
Release date: 1994-08-01
RRP: £12.99
Price: £5.24
Review No Need To Argue / The Cranberries:
Tracks Zeitgeist: Remastered & Expanded
- Forgotten Ground
- Leave This Town
- Your 'Ouse
- Hope St
- Saturday To Sunday
- Maid Of The River
- Fear
- Men An Tol
- PC Keen
- Just The One
- 4am
- Searchlights
- Haven't Made It
- Exodus
- Fantasy
- Miles Away
- Drinking For England
Release date: 2007-07-16
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.46
Review Zeitgeist: Remastered & Expanded / Levellers:
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