 | "Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle, Vol. 1: The 20 Greatest Hits"
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by Fantasy
Audio CD
(25 October, 1990)
(152 reviews) 
Editorial Review: Few bands of the 1960s retained as much a sense of the roots of rock and roll as did Creedence Clearwater Revival. Their music is rife with country, rockabilly, and R&B influences, a combination that produced several hit singles--most of which are present on this collection. |
 | "Queen - Greatest Hits, Vols. 1-2"
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by Hollywood Records
Audio CD
(14 November, 1995)
(115 reviews) 
Editorial Review: Queen brought a whole new meaning to the phrase over the top. While rock & roll flamboyance stretched back at least as far as Little Richard, Freddie Mercury continued to camp it up, taking little seriously and smirking at the music's growing pretensions while partaking in them no small bit. |
 | "Queen - The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III"
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by Hollywood Records
Audio CD
(24 September, 2002)
(47 reviews)
Editorial Review: What once seemed Queen's greatest liabilities--a preening flamboyance and pompous, overwrought theatricality--have ironically become their most enduring charms in a gray, postmodern pop-music landscape. |
 | 1962-1966
list: $34.98 - our price: $31.49
by Capitol
Audio CD
(05 October, 1993)
(160 reviews) 
Editorial Review: The closest the Beatles came to a greatest hits package, this document of the early part of their career features hit singles (in chronological order) and selected album tracks, running from "Love Me Do" through the groundbreaking Rubber Soul and Revolveralbums. |
 | 1967-1970
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by Capitol
Audio CD
(05 October, 1993)
(176 reviews)
Customer Review: Second half of their career together: While the first compilation contained 26 tracks lasting 65 minutes, this one contains 28 generally longer tracks lasting 95 minutes. |
 | 4 Way Street
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by Atlantic
Audio CD
(23 June, 1992)
(49 reviews)
Editorial Review: This is one of those albums where you'll want to cherry-pick favorites. Recorded live when the supergroup was at its commercial zenith, it's sloppy in spots where precision is called for. And the hyperbolic counterculture rants sound a bit silly these days (Bellows Stills: "Jesus Christ was the first nonviolent revolutionary! |
 | 461 Ocean Blvd. [Deluxe Edition]
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by Polydor / Pgd
Audio CD
(09 November, 2004)
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 | A Night at the Opera [Hollywood]
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by Hollywood Records
Audio CD
(03 September, 1991)
(124 reviews)
Editorial Review: Nothing succeeds like excess--at least that's the case with Queen's breakthrough classic, A Night at the Opera. On one level, the title is a reference to the band's operatic pretensions, best in evidence here on the classic "Bohemian Rhapsody," |
 | Abbey Road
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by Capitol
Audio CD
(25 October, 1990)
(747 reviews)
Editorial Review: The Beatles' last days as a band were as productive as any major pop phenomenon that was about to split. After recording the ragged-but-right Let It Be, the group held on for this ambitious effort, an album that was to become their best-selling. |
 | Absolute Animals 1964-1968
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by Raven [Australia]
Audio CD
(04 November, 2003)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: Two decades overdue....comprehensive and reasonably priced!!: I have been searching for a comprehesive collection of The Animals since I was collecting vinyl. |
 | Acoustic
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by Capitol
Audio CD
(02 November, 2004)
Editorial Review: John Lennon was celebrated for the ornate and avant-garde adornments he brought to the Beatles, but he also at times responded to a powerful impulse to strip his music to its raw essence. Indeed, Lennon would have flourished in the unplugged era, |
 | Aerosmith's Greatest Hits
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Audio CD
(07 September, 1993)
(100 reviews)
Editorial Review: Even before their second fling with the pop mainstream, Aerosmith were one of Top 40's favorite hard-rock bands, so ubiquitous--and so funky--that Run-D.M.C. were vociferous fans. Their '70s output included at least three classic albums (Aerosmith, |
 | After The Gold Rush
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by Warner Brothers
Audio CD
(25 October, 1990)
(78 reviews)
Editorial Review: After laboring in Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Neil Young finally hit perfect pitch--if his endearing off-center whine can be called "perfect"--with his third album. He's equally passionate with trippy riddles (has anybody figured out what "We've got mother nature on the run" means in the title track?) |
 | Alchemy: Dire Straits Live
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by Warner Brothers
Audio CD
(25 October, 1990)
(38 reviews)
Customer Review: The best Live concert in the 80's....it must be..!: This 2 CD album has many very terrific tracks which are totally perfect to play live, |
 | America - The Complete Greatest Hits
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by Rhino Records
Audio CD
(21 August, 2001)
(28 reviews)
Customer Review: America Gets Their Complete Greatest Hits On One CD!: Finally, America gets a Complete Greatest Hits on one cd, without having to buy their expensive box set. |
 | Animals
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by Capitol
Audio CD
(25 April, 2000)
(361 reviews)
Editorial Review: Although not in the same vein as the deliciously hallucinogenic earlier Floyd works such as Ummagumma and Dark Side of the Moon, Animals is innovative and musically diverse in its own right. Inspired in part by George Orwell's political fable Animal Farm, |
 | Anthology-Through the Years
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Audio CD
(31 October, 2000)
(31 reviews)
Editorial Review: The most striking thing about this two-disc overview of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers is the powerful case it makes for its creators as the most consistent band of not only their era, but of all time. |
 | Anthology
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by Universal Int'l
Audio CD
(13 September, 2004)
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 | Are You Experienced
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by Experience Hendrix
Audio CD
(22 April, 1997)
(193 reviews)
Editorial Review: As emblematic of its time as of its sorcerer-like creator, 1967's Are You Experienced unleashed Jimi Hendrix onto a world in the midst of such cultural and musical shakeups that it really didn't seem as "far out" as it actually was. |
 | As Time Goes By...The Great American Songbook: Volume II
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by J-Records
Audio CD
(21 October, 2003)
(121 reviews) 
Editorial Review: At least Rod Stewart is consistent. Long accused by critics of selling his considerable interpretative talents short and playing it safe for the trappings of fame, Stewart revisits the font of his latest career revival here. |
 | Astral Weeks
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by Warner Brothers
Audio CD
(25 October, 1990)
(175 reviews)
Editorial Review: Never mind that Van Morrison is one of the most indelible songwriters of the 20th century--take each album on its own terms. On 1968's seminal Astral Weeks, a twentysomething Van Morrison can be found belting his gospelly, |
 | Axis: Bold As Love
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by Experience Hendrix
Audio CD
(22 April, 1997)
(101 reviews)
Editorial Review: Jimi Hendrix's second album doesn't resonate through rock history the way its gatecrashing predecessor, Are You Experienced?, does. In places, it almost seems as if Hendrix is cruising, albeit sublimely. |
 | Band
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by Capitol
Audio CD
(29 August, 2000)
(57 reviews)
Editorial Review: Popularly known as the "Brown Album," this is the collection people first think of when this august outfit's name is mentioned. The four-parts Canadian, one-part Arkansan quintet's sophomore effort boasts more soon-to-be-staples than any other Band studio recording, |
 | BBC Sessions
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by Atlantic
Audio CD
(18 November, 1997)
(101 reviews)
Editorial Review: Frequently bootlegged and now digitally remastered by Jimmy Page, these tapes capture a 25-month (1969 to 1971) arc in which Zep's sound grew to encompass the speed rush and jazz/blues festival stuff of their 1969 debut, |
 | Beach Boys - Vol. 1-Greatest Hits
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by Capitol
Audio CD
(21 September, 1999)
(62 reviews)
Editorial Review: The three-volume Good Vibrations series is designed with the hits-hungry fan in mind. Eschewing a strict chronological approach, the best-of sets are arranged according to charting position. Thus the initial collection is laden with the group's trademark tunes, |
 | Beyond Description 1973-1989
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by Rhino Records
Audio CD
(26 October, 2004)
Editorial Review: As the Grateful Dead story continues with this 12-disc sequel to the equally outsized The Golden Road (1965-1973), the band leaves the relative comfort of the '60s (hey, it suited them just fine) and heads into a period that will provide them with greater rewards as a performing outfit, |
 | Biograph
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Audio CD
(19 August, 1997)
(19 reviews)
Customer Review: Great intro to Dylan..: I had the pleasure of seeing Bob Dylan in concert last year, and while I wasn't familar with the songs he played, |
 | Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970-1978)
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by Rhino Records
Audio CD
(27 April, 2004)
(44 reviews)
Editorial Review: One can make the case that the Beatles, while the most important band of all time, wasn't the most influential. Decades after Black Sabbath laid down the commandments of heavy metal--lyrically, not for the squeamish; |
 | Blind Faith [2000 Deluxe Edition]
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by Polydor / Pgd
Audio CD
(09 January, 2001)
(52 reviews)
Editorial Review: Short-lived classic-rock supergroup Blind Faith's sole album (1969) has aged remarkably well. Blind Faith fused the psychedelic blues of Eric Clapton and the soulful vocals and keyboards of Steve Winwood with the polyrhythmic, |
 | Blonde on Blonde
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Audio CD
(16 September, 2003)
(41 reviews)
Editorial Review: Considered an unprecedented magnum opus when it arrived on two records in May of 1966 (1997's Time out of Mind is actually only about a minute shorter), Blonde on Blonde featured Dylan continuing to demonstrate remarkable powers over the course of 14 new numbers. |
 | Blood on the Tracks (Hybr)
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Audio CD
(16 September, 2003)
(43 reviews)
Editorial Review: Inevitably, when critics praise a new Dylan album, they label it the "best since Blood on the Tracks," and with good reason. Inspired by a crumbled marriage, and recorded after a tour with The Band had apparently re-ignited his creativity, |
 | Blues
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Audio CD
(26 April, 1994)
(72 reviews)
Editorial Review: After the disorganized and often unlistenable Alan Douglas-produced reissues in the '70s and '80s, MCA has been releasing the vast Hendrix archives in an intelligent and methodical manner. Blues is a perfect example, |
 | Bob Dylan - Limited Edition Catalog Box Set
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Audio CD
(16 September, 2003)
(14 reviews)
Customer Review: It's about flippin' time...: My initial reaction upon observing the new Dylan remasters in the store was... we waited all this time for this? |
 | Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
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Audio CD
(01 June, 1999)
(32 reviews)
Customer Review: A remarkable collection of underappreciated songs: I was busy learning how to breathe and walk about the time this second Greatest Hits album was released in 1971, |
 | Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits
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Audio CD
(01 June, 1999)
(73 reviews)
Customer Review: An Excellent Starting Point for the Uninitiated: All excellent songs, 10 of Dylan's best and most famous ever, really. If you are not a big Dylan fan yet, |
 | Bob Seger - Greatest Hits
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by Capitol
Audio CD
(25 October, 1994)
(95 reviews)
Editorial Review: Bob Seger has racked up a lot of worthy tracks over the years, but it took until 1994 for a greatest hits package to appear. Voilà. The bad news: We're missing an awful lot of songs here. Night Moves is Seger's crit-pick album, |
 | Bootleg Series 6: Concert at Philharmonic Hall
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Audio CD
(30 March, 2004)
(38 reviews)
Editorial Review: The brooding Bob Dylan of the 1966 live collection in the Dylan bootleg series gave way to an even more hooded character on the second live bootleg album from 1974. Which makes the jump back to a younger Dylan in this set all the more jarring. |
 | Boston - Greatest Hits
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Audio CD
(03 June, 1997)
(109 reviews)
Customer Review: Uneven, Yet Still Rocks: A compilation of greatest hits should be just that: greatest hits. Having stated that, now I'll contradict myself by thanking Boston for including "Higher Power" (both tracks)and an energized, |
 | Boston
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Audio CD
(25 October, 1990)
(164 reviews)
Editorial Review: "Better music through science" was the Epic Records-coined slogan that Boston leader Tom Scholz hated, but this masterwork of studio-happy, high-school-parking-lot music earned it. Scholz fine-tuned his overdubbed guitar orchestra to a pitch that a thousand subsequent album-rockers couldn't resist. |
 | Box of Fire
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Audio CD
(22 November, 1994)
(11 reviews)
Customer Review: Good music, but not worth the price: The "Box Of Fire" brings together all of Aerosmith's releases for Columbia records, as well as a few rare tracks (of which the excellent "Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu" is by far the most interesting).A |
 | Box of Pearls
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Audio CD
(31 August, 1999)
(11 reviews)
Editorial Review: Janis Joplin was one of the most exhilarating performers of an era blessed with riveting stage artists, but all but her most emphatic champions must concede her recorded oeuvre is problematic. With Big Brother & |
 | Carry On
list: $31.49
by Wea International
Audio CD
(30 June, 1998)
(15 reviews)
Customer Review: Don your dyes and sandals!!!!: Years ago, a friend of mine taped a CSN compilation album called "Replay" for me. Having migrated to CDs, |
 | Christmas With the Beach Boys
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by Capitol
Audio CD
(05 October, 2004)
Editorial Review: The never-out-of-style Beach Boys do a great job convincing the world that a SoCal Christmas is as snowy and cold as the rest of the world's winter wonderland. Featuring the classic "Little St. Nick," Christmas with the Beach Boys also offers the immense pleasure of the group's inimitable harmonies, |
 | Chrome Smoke & Bbq: The Zz Top Box
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by Warner Brothers
Audio CD
(14 October, 2003)
(15 reviews)
Customer Review: Chrome, Smoke, and BBQ: This newly remastered, four cd-set, "Chrome, Smoke, and BBQ", is the best way for one to start a ZZ Top collection. |
 | Chronicle Vol. 2: Twenty Great CCR Classics
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by Fantasy
Audio CD
(29 June, 1989)
(16 reviews)
Customer Review: A Second Great Anthology Album: There aren't too many bands who could put out an anthology album containing 20 songs ("Chronicle") and still have enough first rate material left to issue a second album that's equally strong. |
 | Citizen Steely Dan: 1972-1980
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Audio CD
(14 December, 1993)
(52 reviews)
Editorial Review: As should be expected, Steely Dan's four-disc box set isn't like all the other rectangular pop-music retrospectives/tombstones. Not for Messrs. Walter Becker and Donald Fagen the typically bloated, ego-jacking crate padded out with childhood recordings, |
 | Classic Queen
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by Hollywood Records
Audio CD
(10 March, 1992)
(76 reviews)
Editorial Review: This is an excellent collection of one of the most popular and influential rock bands of all time, though it omits "We Are the Champions" and "Fat Bottomed Girls" (these, however, can be found on the Greatest Hits album, |
 | Closing of Winterland
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by Rhino Records
Audio CD
(16 December, 2003)
(10 reviews)
Customer Review: Preserved in amber: The Dead acknowledge the imminent closing of the decrepit Winterland venue with this five-hour New Years Eve musical extravaganza, |
 | Complete Hit Singles
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by Utv Records
Audio CD
(25 May, 2004)
(15 reviews)
Customer Review: What's a little mono?: I have both 'The Best of 3 Dog Night' and this new collection. Whilst I'm not thrilled that Geffen did not specify which tracks are in mono, |
 | Complete Studio Recordings
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by Atlantic
Audio CD
(24 September, 1993)
(115 reviews)
Editorial Review: As Basil Bunting wrote about Ezra Pound's Cantos, "There are the Alps... you will have to go a long way round/if you want to avoid them." Led Zeppelin's work is the central fact of 1970s rock & roll; |
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