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Editorial Review: As Greatest Hits--and particularly the busking pavement jazz of"Lovecats"--reminds us, the best Cure singles were very often tangentialexercises; they offered a goth-free playtime divergence from some of theweightier studiousness of those early albums.

(Reach Up for the) Sunrise
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by Sony Int'l
Audio CD (04 October, 2004)

13 Going on 30
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by Hollywood Records
Audio CD (20 April, 2004)
(34 reviews)

Customer Review: If you liked the music here are most of the movie's songs: Listening to the soundtrack for "13 Going on 30" only confirms for me that this script was kicking around Hollywood for a couple of years (they were originally thinking of doing it with Renee Zellwegger).

20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Donnie Iris
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Audio CD (18 September, 2001)
(13 reviews)

Customer Review: Nice New Wave Rock From Donnie Iris!: I really liked Donnie Iris's L.P. "Back On The Streets" and it does include the hit "Ah Leah" which is his best song.

20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection
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by Polydor / Pgd
Audio CD (18 March, 2003)
(2 reviews)

Customer Review: The Waitresses a Great Band Lost Too Soon: The Waitresses were a very unique and talented pop band that, unfortunately, have never really been given the attention they deserve.

80's Pop Hits
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Audio CD (21 August, 2001)
(7 reviews)

Customer Review: NOT the 80s!!!: Just listened to my friend's CD. This was NOT the 80s I remember. This compilation is the kind of lowest of lowest common denominator garbage that gives the 80s a bad name.

99 Luftballons
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Audio CD (25 October, 1990)
(25 reviews)

Editorial Review: Gabriela "Nena" Kerner's American debut combines tracks from her first two European releases, including everyone's favorite antinuclear dance-pop single in both English and German. Likable as "99 Red Balloons" and "99 Luftballons" were,

Add It Up (1981-1993)
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by Warner Brothers
Audio CD (14 September, 1993)
(29 reviews)

Editorial Review: Aside from the Milwaukee trio's 1981 debut, the Violent Femmes have made a career of tacking one or two great songs onto otherwise mediocre albums--so this 1993 best-of is perfect for consumers. It has all the good stuff,

Ani DiFranco
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by Righteous Babe
Audio CD (26 July, 1994)
(31 reviews)

Editorial Review: Ani DiFranco was a star from the get-go. It just took the world a little while to catch on to that fact. In 1990, folksingers didn't shave their heads, wear nose rings, or sing about the feelings in their jeans,

Antbox
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by Sony Int'l
Audio CD (10 November, 2003)
(1 reviews)

Customer Review: Superb: I've already reviewed this on the Amazon UK site.If you like Adam Ant or are a collector of Box Sets....do not pass this one up.

Anthology
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by Interscope Records
Audio CD (02 November, 1999)
(25 reviews)

Customer Review: Must Have for Mystic Knight or Churlish Tender Lumpling!: This is a CD that should be in any collection that enjoys music for the pure need for music.

Armed Forces
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by Rhino Records
Audio CD (19 November, 2002)
(9 reviews)

Editorial Review: Armed Forces was the last title in a trilogy of albums that rank with the greatest three-LP series in pop-rock history. In retrospect, it also now appears to be the one on which the young Costello's pop tendencies peaked,

Astronaut (With Bonus DVD)
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Audio CD (12 October, 2004)
Editorial Review: The reflexes of those old enough to remember when "The Reflex" and "Rio" went rocketing up the Hot 100 in the 1980s may not be what they used to, but certain reactions to the first full spin of Astronaut can't help kicking in anyway.

Astronaut
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Audio CD (12 October, 2004)
Editorial Review: The reflexes of those old enough to remember when "The Reflex" and "Rio" went rocketing up the Hot 100 in the 1980s may not be what they used to, but certain reactions to the first full spin of Astronaut can't help kicking in anyway.

At Last
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Audio CD (18 November, 2003)
(416 reviews)

Editorial Review: The girl who just wanted to have fun has matured into a sensitive interpreter of eclectic standards. Taking a cue from Rod Stewart Cyndi Lauper applies her formidable pipes to an eclectic collection of covers that range from a few Edith Piaf tunes ("La Vie En Rose" and "Hymn to Love") to classics from the songbooks of Bacharach/David,

At Worst...The Best of Boy George and Culture Club
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by Capitol
Audio CD (02 November, 1993)
(27 reviews)

Editorial Review: At best, Boy George and his band Culture Club were a dizzy mix of camp, drag, dub, disco, reggae, and new wave. The androgynous George rhumba-ed his way through hits like "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" and crooned with white boy soul through their reggae classic "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" as well as the Delta-inspired "Karma Chameleon."

Beat This: The Best of the English Beat
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by Sire / Wea
Audio CD (11 September, 2001)
(9 reviews)

Customer Review: 4.5 rounded up: Solid disc for any Beat fan, but I would have liked to see the instrumental version of Rotating Heads (from Ferris Bueller's Day Off) thrown on this disc for good measure.

Beauty & The Beat
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by A&M Records
Audio CD (25 October, 1990)
(30 reviews)

Editorial Review: When the 1970s punk scene was washed away by the undertow of '80s new wave, few bands surfed the transition as well as the Go-Go's. These Valley grrrls dressed up their punk heritage with a sense of glamour so that their music was at once ballsy and fanciful.

Belinda Carlisle - Her Greatest Hits
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Audio CD (30 June, 1992)
(30 reviews)

Customer Review: HEAVEN WAS TRULY A PLACE ON EARTH WITH HER MUSIC: Bittersweetly music by Belinda's such a guilty pleasure, all the songs had that rock and roll fast beat with a sour voice,

Best of 1980-1990
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by Island
Audio CD (10 November, 1998)
(196 reviews)

Editorial Review: One need hear only the first notes of this collection--the Edge's ringing guitar notes ushering in "Pride (In the Name of Love)"-to be taken back to 1984: Ronald Reagan and Maggie Thatcher rule the Western world,

Best of Bowie
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by Virgin Records
Audio CD (22 October, 2002)
(55 reviews)

Editorial Review: Though one of rock's most influential figures, David Bowie's accomplishments are pocked by some distinct ironies. His willful efforts at being a musical and visual chameleon spurred triumphs in genres as diverse as folk,

Best of David Bowie
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by Virgin Records
Audio CD (22 October, 2002)
(11 reviews)

Best of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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by Warner Brothers
Audio CD (26 May, 1998)
(28 reviews)

Editorial Review: This culling of the "best" cuts from the Bad Seeds' songbook avoids the pratfalls of many best-of compilations. First off, the songs aren't arranged chronologically, but instead for effect, raveling new with old,

Billboard Top Hits: 1980-1984
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by Rhino Records
Audio CD (06 June, 1995)
(4 reviews)

Customer Review: Like being at the skating rink in the 80s: Listening to this collection is like spending the evening at the roller rink when you're 14!

Billy Idol - Greatest Hits
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by Capitol
Audio CD (27 March, 2001)
(48 reviews)

Editorial Review: Billy Idol's secret is one that he shares with, of all people, Trent Reznor--the ability to take a pop base and disguise it with layers of other genres, most notably hard rock. His adaptability is on display throughout this 16-song career retrospective.

Blondie - Greatest Hits
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by Capitol
Audio CD (01 October, 2002)
(26 reviews)

Customer Review: Crystal clear hit sounds: This is the best Blondie hits compilation by far and the sound is crystal clear; the hits are not arranged chronologically however,

Bloodflowers
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by Elektra
Audio CD (15 February, 2000)
(239 reviews)

Editorial Review: No one revels in the sumptuous pleasures of melancholy like Robert Smith, the Cure's leading mopemeister. In Smith's world, it is always raining, comfort and happiness are fleeting, love is epic and torturous.

Boys Don't Cry
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by Elektra
Audio CD (25 October, 1990)
(35 reviews)

Editorial Review: When Robert Smith's long-running group made this debut (actually the resequenced American version of the British Three Imaginary Boys), they weren't the Goth-and-reverb, new wave heroes they later became;

Cars - Complete Greatest Hits
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by Rhino Records
Audio CD (19 February, 2002)
(38 reviews)

Editorial Review: If rock's most successful and memorable acts have usually succeeded by wrapping their own distillation of music history and personal tastes in whatever fashionable trappings are currently gripping the culture,

Celtic Season, Vol. 2 [Windham Hill]
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by Windham Hill Records
Audio CD (17 September, 1996)
(4 reviews)

Editorial Review: A lullaby of an album, Celtic Christmas II features two James Galway flute pieces ("The Wexford Carol" and "I'll Rock You to Rest") that set the tone for this gentle collection. Some of the usual suspects,

Cheap Trick At Budokan: The Complete Concert
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Audio CD (28 April, 1998)
(23 reviews)

Editorial Review: Originally released as a 10-track live album in the late 1970s when live albums were all the rage, At Budokan neatly summed up this oddball power-pop/hard rock band with the added ferocity a live show brings.

Closer
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by Warner Brothers
Audio CD (25 October, 1990)
(104 reviews)

Editorial Review: In retrospect, the second and final album by this Manchester postpunk band seems to point straight at singer Ian Curtis's suicide, which happened a few months before it was released. The band's reverberating mesh of minor-key lines and Curtis's tremorous bass voice are doomy enough on their own,

Compact Snap
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by Polygram Int'l
Audio CD (04 August, 1997)
(12 reviews)

Customer Review: The only punk band with both heart and ability to grow.: The Jam never cared about making it in America, which is why they are so unfamiliar here.

Contraband: The Best of Men at Work
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Audio CD (02 April, 1996)
(23 reviews)

Customer Review: Durable goods: Few bands epitomize the 1980s like Men At Work did. Out of nowhere (well okay, Austraila), the Men burst open the scene with funny videos and songs with irresistible hooks.

Crystal Days: 1979-1999
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by Rhino Records
Audio CD (17 July, 2001)
(20 reviews)

Editorial Review: Though a much-ballyhooed phenomenon that influenced modern bands as diverse as Pavement, Hole, and Flaming Lips, Liverpool's Echo & the Bunnymen tellingly had their biggest American successes ("Lips Like Sugar" and a cover of the Doors' "People Are Strange") just as they were beginning to come apart at the seams.

Cut
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by Universal Int'l
Audio CD (23 October, 2000)
(11 reviews)

Customer Review: pretty amazing stuff: I discovered this album by accident, and it is SOOO GOOD! Its less punk, though still some punk, and much more high energy dub/reggae.

Dead Man's Party
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Audio CD (25 October, 1990)
(23 reviews)

Editorial Review: Before he wrote half the soundtracks in the world (Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Batman, The Nightmare Before Christmas) Danny Elfman led himself an eccentric little rock band called Oingo Boingo. Actually they weren't so little;

Decade: Greatest Hits
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by Emi Int'l
Audio CD (31 October, 1989)
(16 reviews)

Editorial Review: Decade is a greatest hits album containing singles recorded between 1981 and 1989 ranging from "Planet Earth" to "Notorious." This CD provides any Durannie a chance to reflect on the transgression the group had made from the stark pop of "Girls on Film" to the New Romantic chariot "Save a Prayer" and finally to the dismal Brit funk embarrassment "All She Wants Is."

Devo - Greatest Hits [Warner Brothers]
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by Warner Brothers
Audio CD (29 December, 1990)
(23 reviews)

Editorial Review: Even after all of the musical trends, fads, waves, genres, and sub-genres, Devo still sound fresh. There was a certain zeal and enthusiasm that went into works like "Satisfaction," "Through Being Cool," and "Gates of Steel" that belied all of their cynicism.

Dial-A-Song: 20 Years of (Dig)
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by Rhino Records
Audio CD (17 September, 2002)
(30 reviews)

Customer Review: The Way Compilations Were Meant to be Made: For all those They Might Be Giants' fans hoping that "Dial-A-Song" will attract new fans,

Dilate
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by Righteous Babe
Audio CD (21 May, 1996)
(56 reviews)

Editorial Review: Following up two of her strongest records, Not a Pretty Girl and Out of Range, Dilate takes a different tack. It's quieter and more lush than previous efforts but just as intensely personal, with songs like "Untouchable Face" that are easier to identify with than many other DiFranco tunes.

Direction Reaction Creation
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by Polygram Int'l
Audio CD (26 May, 1997)
(19 reviews)

Customer Review: Four Stars: This set is not widely available in the USA, but if you liked more than half of the Jam's six studio LPs, it might be worth the investment.

Disintegration
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by Elektra
Audio CD (01 May, 1989)
(208 reviews)

Editorial Review: Disintegration is a pop album realized on an epic scale. Most of its 12 songs are long mood pieces that develop slowly around the listener. Anchored by complex drum patterns, the layered guitars, soaring bass lines,

Duran Duran
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by Capitol
Audio CD (05 August, 2003)
(22 reviews)

Customer Review: Duran's First: Duran Duran's self-titled debut was released in the UK in 1981 and was a smash hit. The album did not catch on in the US.

Duty Now for the Future/New Traditionalists [US]
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by Emi Int'l
Audio CD (27 May, 1993)
(24 reviews)

Customer Review: Only four stars because of New Traditionalists.: Duty Now For The Future is one of DEVO's finest creations. All of the songs on this dark masterpiece are killer futurist,

Educated Guess
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by Righteous Babe
Audio CD (20 January, 2004)
(50 reviews)

Editorial Review: In form, this is the disc DiFranco fans have wanted for years: a return to her naked roots of words and guitar, entirely played, sung, and taped to eight-track by Ani herself. But in important ways, Educated Guess suggests there is no going back.

Entertainment! [Bonus Tracks]
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by Emi Int'l
Audio CD (20 January, 1995)
(48 reviews)

Customer Review: One of the most "in your face" albums of ALL time: Gang of Four took punk and turned it onto its funky edge. This strongly political album came out in a year that also gave us "Fear of Music" (Talking Heads),

Essential Cyndi Lauper
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Audio CD (10 June, 2003)
(21 reviews)

Customer Review: Best Cyndi Collection Yet: Sure, before you could buy the pricey imports, but "The Essential Cyndi Lauper" is much better than her previous American "hits" collections.

Eurythmics - Greatest Hits
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by Arista
Audio CD (14 May, 1991)
(55 reviews)

Editorial Review: One of the earliest things that we learned about Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart was that the duo had style. In their first few MTV videos, including "Sweet Dreams" and "Love Is a Stranger," they were just as notable for their androgynous suits and rubber utility coverall,

Every Breath You Take: The Classics
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by Interscope Records
Audio CD (04 March, 2003)
(65 reviews)

Customer Review: One of the finest greatest hits releases ever!: I'm not big on greatest hits packages. I believe the artist has an idea in mind when they release an entire album.

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