 | "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. |
 | 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong
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by Island
Audio CD
(16 November, 2004)
Editorial Review: Playing off of Elvis Presley’s 1959 album 50 Million Elvis Presley Fans Can’t Be Wrong, right down to the gold-lame suits the quartet dons on the cover, stalwart rockers Bon Jovi make a strong case that they&# |
 | 50 Number Ones
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by Mca Nashville
Audio CD
(05 October, 2004)
Editorial Review: When George Strait's "She'll Leave You With a Smile" moved to the top of the country charts in early 2003, the handsome Lone Star crooner bested Conway Twitty for the most No. 1 singles by a solo artist. |
 | 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, |
 | Afterglow Live (CD/DVD)
list: $21.98 - our price: $17.99
by Arista
Audio CD
(23 November, 2004)
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 | Afterglow
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by Arista
Audio CD
(04 November, 2003)
(519 reviews) 
Editorial Review: Is Sarah McLachlan a secret punk rocker? To be sure, her rebellion is hushed. On Afterglow, her first studio album since 1997’s Surfacing, McLachlan’s music is as tempered as ever; at times, |
 | All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions
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by Rhino Records
Audio CD
(20 April, 2004)
(7 reviews) 
Editorial Review: Jerry Garcia fed an insatiable appetite for music in the '70s, a decade when the Grateful Dead released seven studio albums and three live collections. Simultaneously, he embarked on a solo career that, |
 | All I Want for Christmas Is You
list: $13.98 - our price: $11.99
by Waldoxy Records
Audio CD
(08 December, 1995)
(25 reviews)
Customer Review: My very favorite Christmas CD!: This is one outstanding Christmas CD -- it would be outstanding if it only contained the title cut. |
 | Almost There
list: $16.98 - our price: $16.98
by Word/Curb
Audio CD
(05 March, 2002)
(59 reviews)
Editorial Review: In today's worship-crazed phase of Christian pop, Mercy Me fits right in with smooth melodies, passionate lyrics, and a vertical focus. Yet the transition from worship band to major-label act demands more. |
 | Alone in IZ World
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by Mountain Apple Company
Audio CD
(25 September, 2001)
(45 reviews)
Editorial Review: The artist behindFacing Future,the top-selling Hawaiian album of all time, the lateIsrael "IZ"Kamakawiwo'ole was possessed of a voice so sweet, so tender, and so lovelythat it continues to deeply stir those who hear it long after he died. |
 | American Idiot
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by Warner Brothers
Audio CD
(21 September, 2004)
(4 reviews)
Editorial Review: For its first new set of music since 2000's Warning, Green Day tears up the blueprint and comes up with something unexpected: A punk rock concept album built around elaborate melodies, odd tempo changes, |
 | Andrea
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by Philips
Audio CD
(09 November, 2004)
Editorial Review: It's no mean feat being the world's foremost crossover artist--a task that risks alienating two disparate audiences and everyone in between--but somebody had to do it, and Andrea Bocelli again walks that artistic tightrope with impressive deftness. |
 | Anthology of American Folk Music (Edited by Harry Smith)
list: $84.98 - our price: $76.49
by Smithsonian Folkways
Audio CD
(19 August, 1997)
(24 reviews)
Editorial Review: This impressive--and frankly, fun--musical document is still sending out shock waves almost 50 years after its original 1952 vinyl release. The Smithsonian's six-CD reissue is painstakingly researched, annotated, and packaged (even boasting an enhanced disc for the techno-capable). |
 | Antics
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by Matador Records
Audio CD
(28 September, 2004)
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 | Anywhere But Home (w/ bonus DVD)
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by Wind-Up
Audio CD
(23 November, 2004)
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 | Around the Sun
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by Warner Brothers
Audio CD
(05 October, 2004)
Editorial Review: Having delivered their last great album with 1992's haunting Automatic For the People, R.E.M. spent more than decade attempting all kinds of reinvention, from the pointlessly noisy Monsterto the painfully dull Up. |
 | 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. |
 | Barenaked for the Holidays
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by Warner Brothers
Audio CD
(05 October, 2004)
Editorial Review: Few bands are better suited than the Barenaked Ladies to take obnoxious old Christmas jingles to an entirely new level of obnoxiousness. The Canadian pop group does a smack-up job on this generous collection, |
 | Beautiful Letdown
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Audio CD
(22 June, 2004)
(39 reviews)
Customer Review: Best CD in the history of the world!...Ever!: Wow is this CD incredible! Not only does it have the hit single "meant to live" but it has one of my favorite switchfoot songs, |
 | Best: 1991-2004
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by Warner Brothers
Audio CD
(09 November, 2004)
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 | Beyond Description 1973-1989
list: $149.98 - our price: $134.98
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, |
 | Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Vol. 1-2
list: $31.98 - our price: $28.99
Audio CD
(20 October, 1998)
(117 reviews)
Customer Review: THE definitive Joel Collection: Billy Joel has always been better as a singles artist than he is at recording albums. By condensing the highlights from the best part of his career (1973-1985) onto two discs, |
 | Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970-1978)
list: $99.98 - our price: $89.99
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; |
 | Breakaway
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Audio CD
(30 November, 2004)
Editorial Review: Kelly Clarkson could have played her American Idol-propelled career much differently, languishing in the role of dippy ingénue or shunting her musical development by leaning too heavily on overnight stardom. |
 | Bridget Jones's Diary, Vol. 2
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by Universal Int'l
Audio CD
(01 November, 2001)
(13 reviews)
Customer Review: Re:help me find the song/artist: I enjoyed this soundtrack a ton, but the exclusions are annoying.The song Melissa mentioned is called "Woman Trouble" by Artful Dodger (singers are Craig David/Robbie Craig). |
 | Buzz Buzz
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by Two Tomatoes
Audio CD
(01 January, 2001)
(32 reviews)
Editorial Review: Anybody who's gotten a boogie-inducing earful of Buzz Buzz will back the claim that Laurie Berkner sailed right past the sophomore slump. On this, her 1998 release, the Ani DiFranco of kids' music, as she's been tagged, |
 | Can't You Hear Me Callin: Bluegrass 80 Years
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Audio CD
(28 September, 2004)
Editorial Review: No musician in modern times has cast a greater shadow over a genre of music than Bill Monroe. Indeed, the father of bluegrass's sway over the music he nurtured is so overwhelming that the casual fan might forget that his predecessors laid the groundwork for his revolutionary innovations, |
 | Careless Love
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by Rounder / Pgd
Audio CD
(14 September, 2004)
Editorial Review: When Madeleine Peyroux's debut, Dreamland, was released in 1996, its success threw her for a loop. She's taken eight years to create this follow-up, and, at age 30, she brings a confidence and resilience to this dozen-song set. |
 | Carry It On
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by Warner Brothers
Audio CD
(24 February, 2004)
(7 reviews)
Editorial Review: Peter, Paul and Mary weren't the first folk group to scale the music charts in the early 1960s, but they were far and away the most commercially successful. Carry It On is a four-CD (plus one DVD) box set that gathers all of their hits, |
 | Chris Isaak Christmas
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by Warner Brothers
Audio CD
(12 October, 2004)
Editorial Review: There are those who will argue that Chris Isaak's Christmas is worth the sticker price for its rendition of "Blue Christmas" alone, and you'll be hard-pressed to find a pack of listeners to debate them. |
 | Christmas Collection
list: $22.98 - our price: $18.99
by A&M Records
Audio CD
(22 September, 1998)
(45 reviews)
Editorial Review: Rainy days and Mondays always made Karen Carpenter blue. Maybe sheshould have played her two Christmas records, Christmas Portrait and An Old Fashioned Christmas. Both are combined in this 31-piececollection, |
 | Christmas Collection
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by Amer Gramaphone
Audio CD
(30 October, 2001)
(5 reviews)
Customer Review: Ultimate Collection: This is a must for the Christmas season! With the unique musical variations that have made Manheim Steamroller so popular and the classic songs of Christmas, |
 | Christmas Eve and Other Stories
list: $15.98 - our price: $13.49
Audio CD
(15 October, 1996)
(142 reviews)
Editorial Review: Is the Trans-Siberian Orchestra's Christmas Eve and Other Stories a holiday rock opera? Or perhaps just a holiday prog-rock disc? Or maybe it's New Age? Whatever the case may be, this isn't your typical Christmas album. |
 | Christmas Portrait
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by A&M Records
Audio CD
(25 October, 1990)
(33 reviews)
Editorial Review: Hipper now than they ever were in their day, Karen and Richard Carpenter achieved a rare feat: They saw one of their songs become a holiday classic. "Merry Christmas, Darling" sold like mad in the late 1970s and cemented the identity of the song with the band. |
 | Christmas Trilogy
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by Rhino Records
Audio CD
(02 November, 2004)
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 | Christmas with the Rat Pack
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by Capitol
Audio CD
(22 October, 2002)
(28 reviews)
Editorial Review: Just as irony is being pronounced dead, along comes this boozy holiday compilation to suggest that rumors of its demise may be premature. Given the culture's simmering lounge mania, this collection (with its cheesy homage/rip-off Oceans 11 art direction) may be belated--but hey, |
 | Chutes Too Narrow
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by Sub Pop
Audio CD
(21 October, 2003)
(198 reviews)
Editorial Review: The Shins' sophomore album is a joy from start to finish, though it's rather different from their 2001 leftfield pop genius stunner Oh, Inverted World. That album was like a warm embrace from a long-lost pal. |
 | Classic Disney: 60 Years of Musical Magic
list: $52.99 - our price: $34.99
by Disney Int'l
Audio CD
(12 June, 2002)
(29 reviews)
Customer Review: Disney lovers young and old: I highly recommend this set of Disney Music. What a great assortment of songs from All the Disney Classics. |
 | Closer
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by Warner Brothers
Audio CD
(11 November, 2003)
(411 reviews)
Editorial Review: Thanks to a fortuitous intersection of talent and fate, 22-year-old Josh Groban hasn't finished his senior year in performing arts school but has already released his sophomore effort on a major major label. |
 | Come Away with Me
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by Blue Note Records
Audio CD
(26 February, 2002)
(1262 reviews)
Editorial Review: It is not just the timbre of Norah Jones's voice that is mature beyond her 22 years. Her assured phrasing and precise time are more often found in older singers as well. She is instantly recognizable, blending intimations of Billie Holiday and Nina Simone without sounding like anyone but herself. |
 | 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; |
 | Concert For George
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by Warner Strategic
Audio CD
(18 November, 2003)
(62 reviews)
Customer Review: Amazing Tribute to George!: If you are a fan of George this is a must-buy CD. Every cut on side two is awesome. Best cuts: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers cover of "I Need You," |
 | Confessions
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by La Face
Audio CD
(05 October, 2004)
Editorial Review: A CD is always more compelling when you know it's lifted from the artist's autobiography, and that's certainly the case with Confession, Usher's first record since 2001's 8701. The Atlanta singer's string of hits over the past decade have been decidedly PG-13 rated, |
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