The Vinyl Countdown # 66
Mama Cass, Mama’s Big Ones: Her Greatest Hits (1970) Those rose-tinted fuckers that tell you there was only great music back in the day and nothing great has ever come out today, I wonder if they ever...
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Donna Summer, On The Radio: Greatest Hits – Volume I & II (1979) Donna Summer was one of the queens of 1970s radio – her disco-fied pop, R’n’B and funk was everywhere for me growing up in the early...
View ArticleBeastie Boys: Beastie Boys Music
Beastie Boys Beastie Boys Music Capitol There are at least two other (very good) Beastie Boys compilations on the market and still (and always) available and the best one is absolutely The Sounds of...
View ArticleSleaford Mods: All That Glue
Sleaford Mods All That Glue Rough Trade Granted, I was a little slow to the party with Sleaford Mods. I heard a few tracks and thought they were clever, biting, funny – but I couldn’t commit to the...
View ArticleAretha Franklin: The Genesis of Aretha: 1960-1966
Aretha Franklin The Genesis of Aretha: 1960-1966 Columbia There are so many Aretha compilations on the market – but this one, one of the first since her passing, is a goodie. Its well established that...
View ArticleGenesis: The Last Domino?
Genesis The Last Domino? Atlantic Catalog Group Something made me very nostalgic about this – a Genesis compilation that no one actually needs, and maybe hardly anyone wants. This material is available...
View ArticleSimply The Best. And Then Some Of The Rest As Well
I still own Bruce Springsteen’s single-disc Greatest Hits and the triple-disc set, The Essential Bruce Springsteen. What about when he released that four-disc box-set Tracks. Then the bastards put out...
View ArticleShit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 51 – Toto, “Past To Present 1977-1990″
Toto, Past To Present 1977-1990, 1990 My brother has this thing for Greatest Hits comps; he’s got this CD collection (still) and he likes to just cap an artist with a compilation. He has a few other...
View ArticlePlaylist: Tears For Fears Sampler
The brand new album by Tears For Fears is their first record together in 17 years. It’s there for you to check out in that link. I’ve given it a couple of listens, some of it is really great. Some of...
View ArticlePlaylist: Phil Spector’s Greatest Hits
Okay, okay, Phil Spector is obviously a despicable – and probably fully cancelled – individual. But the music he made, stood over, demanded from people…that’s not going anywhere. Some of it is some of...
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