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Aha Shake Heartbreak
(2005)
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Kings of Leon
The mysterious Followill family returns to the front porch/garage on the Kings of Leon's engaging sophomore effort, Aha Shake Heartbreak. On Youth & Young Manhood, the Kings gave Southern rock a swift kick in the rear, sounding like Lynyrd Skynyrd posing as a bunch of N.Y.U. film students (or vice versa). For their latest, the Nashville quartet ...
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Candy-O
(1979)
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The Cars
Since the Cars had created a perfect album with their 1978 self-titled debut, it would be nearly impossible to top it. Instead of laboring long and hard over a follow-up like many '70s bands did after a huge commercial success, the band cranked out their sophomore effort, Candy-O, almost exactly one year later from the first LP. And while the ...
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The Stage Names
(2007)
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Okkervil River
Okkervil River broke away from the crowded indie rock pack with 2005's superb Black Sheep Boy, a ragged but ornate barroom romp that drank its way to the top of countless year-end lists by finding that thin vein that separates triumph and desperation and hammering as many nails into it as they could in under 50 minutes. Fans used to Will Sheff's ...
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The Very Best of Nat King Cole [Capitol]
(2006)
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Nat King Cole
This generous anthology, with 28 tracks and close to 80 minutes of music, is one of the best single-disc sets on the market of Nat King Cole's pop side. Spanning over 20 years, from 1943 to 1964, The Very Best of Nat King Cole includes most of his biggest hits for Capitol Records, like 1946's "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66," 1950s "Mona Lisa," 1951 ...
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Nouvelle Vague [14 Tracks]
(2004)
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Nouvelle Vague
The best compliment that can be paid to Nouvelle Vague's self-titled debut album: it isn't as arch and smirking as a collection of bossa nova versions of new wave classics by fetching French and Brazilian chanteuses would suggest. Based on the concept alone, Nouvelle Vague seems similar to the work of jokesters like the Mike Flowers Pops or ...
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Generation X [UK Bonus Tracks]
(2002)
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Generation X
Generation X had punk attitude and subject matter on their debut album, which includes their answer song to the Who, "Your Generation," and the generic "One Hundred Punks." But the group's music already had more of a melodic mainstream rock sound than punk's raw assault, and frontman Billy Idol's snarl was straight out of Elvis Presley. [The U.K. ...
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Pleasant Dreams [Expanded]
(2002)
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The Ramones
End of the Century didn't make the Ramones into the stars they so wanted to be, so they hooked up with another '60s icon, Graham Gouldman, for their follow-up, Pleasant Dreams. Oddly, Gouldman directs the band away from their bubblegum, British Invasion, and surf fetishes and points them toward acid rock and heavy metal. The production may be too ...
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Greatest Hits
(1967)
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Paul Revere & the Raiders
Paul Revere and the Raiders scored seven chart hits between the fall of 1965 and the winter of 1967, and all of them -- "Steppin' Out," "Just Like Me," "Kicks," "Hungry," "The Great Airplane Strike," "Good Thing," and "Ups and Downs" -- were included among the 11 tracks on the group's first hits collection. Also included were "Louie, Louie," the ...
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Something Cool
(1953)
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June Christy
June Christy's classic Something Cool has been expanded from 11 songs to 24 on this essential CD with two unreleased cuts and six songs only previously out as singles. Christy's attractive "cool" tone was a trademark of jazz in the 1950s, her version of "Something Cool" remains a classic, and many of the other numbers are nearly as memorable. ...
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Just Say Yesterday: Volume VI of Just Say Yes
(1992)
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Various Artists
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This Island
(2004)
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Le Tigre
The wails of riot grrrls ages 7 to 77 echoed throughout the music world (and as a result, Internet message boards) when Le Tigre announced that their next release would be on Universal, the complete antithesis to riot grrrl pioneer Kathleen Hanna's ethos for over a decade. Longtime devotees waited with baited breath and questions of anticipation ...
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Pop Music: The Golden Era 1951-1975
(1999)
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Various Artists
To commemorate the end of the century, Sony Music assembled the 26-disc box set Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century. The title was imposing, as was the idea behind it -- to chronicle the life of the oldest record label in the music industry. To be clear, Sony Music has not existed for 100 years, but the heart of its catalog, Columbia ...
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Open Our Eyes: The Anthology
(2002)
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The Nazz
An anthology is usually understood to be a selection of material, but Sanctuary's compilation of recordings by the Nazz, Open Our Eyes: The Anthology, actually collects all of the band's legitimately released tracks on two CDs with a running time of over two hours and ten minutes. That's the 34 songs that made up the albums Nazz, Nazz Nazz, and ...
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Noble Creatures
(2007)
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The Gourds
Prolific Austin, TX hillbilly scholars the Gourds' eighth full-length release is the veteran group's most relaxed since 2000s excellent Bolsa de Agua. Noble Creatures, a title gleaned from the Beach Boys-kissed "Gyroscopic," a classic Jimmy Smith rumination on everything from Ulysses to bottle-nose dolphins that ends with the line "Only in ...
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DJ-Kicks
(2007)
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Booka Shade
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No Thanks! The '70s Punk Rebellion
(2003)
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Various Artists
Like all the great rock revolutions, punk was fueled by singles. Sure, there were a lot of tremendous albums, but all the artists that cut great LPs also had great 7"s -- and in the case of Television and Patti Smith, they had independent singles released prior to their first albums that never appeared on their debuts. Since rock criticism tends ...
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Power of the Trinity
(2000)
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Israel Vibration
Israel Vibration is virtually unique amongst vocal groups in that all three (later two) of the members have contributed equally to the songwriting. This rare talent gives them further distinction, as each composer sings lead on his own songs, the others stepping back to provide the harmonies. These forever-shifting perspectives and lead vocals ...
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The Capitol Collectors Series
(1943)
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Nat King Cole Trio
This 20-song single CD gives one an excellent introduction to the very popular singing of Nat King Cole. Concentrating on his hits, it contains virtually all of the biggest, including "Route 66," "The Christmas Song," "Nature Boy," "Mona Lisa" and even "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer." It has since been succeeded by the more ambitious four ...
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Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel
(2005)
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Asleep at the Wheel
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Bad Football
(2007)
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Takeovers
Although Robert Pollard (Guided by Voices, etc., etc.) rarely displays a clear comical side in his musical endeavors (though as of 2007 he had released two albums of his hysterical drunken stage banter), his sense of humor is evident on Bad Football, the second alliance with Chris Slusarenko (also of the departed GBV). There are numerous self ...
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Crazy World
(1990)
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Scorpions
After the release of Savage Amusement in 1988, the Scorpions expressed disdain toward the album, feeling that it was too polished when compared to their other work. Their longtime producer, Dieter Dierks, was replaced with well-known rock producer Keith Olsen, who would produce Crazy World and assist in making it one of the Scorpions' greatest ...
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Rev-Up: The Best of Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels [Rhino]
(1990)
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Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
Perhaps the most raucous White soul band of the 60s, Ryder and the Detroit Wheels scored a series of hits, 1966-1968, by souping up rock and R&B ravers to fever pitch. This is hard party music. William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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Busted [2004]
(2004)
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Busted
Busted's US debut grabs the strongest tracks from the youthful British trio's two albums, their 2002 debut (also called Busted) and its rapid-fire follow-up Present for Everyone, both of which were smash hits in their home country. Sort of a rock reinvention of the boy band concept, Busted's James Bourne, Mattie Jay, and Charlie Simpson match ...
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DJ-Kicks
(1996)
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Kruder & Dorfmeister
Though it's a close race, Kruder & Dorfmeister make for better DJs than producers, as witnessed by their volume in the DJ-Kicks series. Beginning with downbeat trip-hop including Herbaliser, Statik Sound System, and Thievery Corporation, Kruder & Dorfmeister flow through jazzy drum'n'bass (with Aquasky and JMJ & Flytronix) and techno (with ...
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Poets & Pornstars [Wenzl Hopper]
(2007)
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Poets & Pornstars
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