The Best of Grin
Artist: Grin
Community Score: 10.00

While Grin-1+1 remains Grin's most consistent record, The Best of Grin pieces together ten compelling cuts from their three CBS albums. As a writer and player, Nils Lofgren was adept at dreamy love songs ("Like Rain") and straightforward rock 'n' roll ("Direction"). Despite its brevity, this compilation spotlights both tendencies. ~ J.P. Ollio,... Read More

Randalls New York
Artist: Elliott Randall
Vintage Years
Artist: The Pretty Things

A double album of their 1964-67 material, well-packaged (with extensive liner notes by Greg Shaw), but not quite as good as either the Get a Buzz CD or the British double album collection documenting the same era, Greatest Hits 1964-1967. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide Read More

Greatest Hits - PHILIPS
Artist: The Pretty Things

A double album of their prime early material. The Get a Buzz CD largely duplicates the track selection, and is much more easily available, though this 28-track comp is certainly just as good when judged by the music alone. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide Read More

Doors/Strange Days
Artist: The Doors

Elektra reissued the Doors' first two albums, The Doors and Strange Days, as a double-LP set in the early '80s. For casual listeners, this may not be a bad way to purchase these records, but the packaging and sound on this set are subpar. Most fans, even casual ones, will be better served by the original vinyl editions or subsequent CD reissues.... Read More

Jasmine Nightdreams
Artist: Edgar Winter

Not since his debut, Entrance, had Edgar Winter appeared in a solo capacity. This time out, he reverts to his heavy jazz and gospel influences to produce an album that merits much more attention than what it ultimately received. Winter is decidedly laid-back on tracks such as "Hello Mellow Feelin'" and "Tell Me in a Whisper," which serve as the... Read More

This Time It's for Real
Artist: Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes
Community Score: 8.00

Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes' second album suffers a bit in comparison to their debut, I Don't Want to Go Home; while the first album boasted a number of songs that would become staples of the band's killer live show for years to come (such as "The Fever," "Broke Down Piece of Man," and "I Don't Want to Go Home"), This Time It's for... Read More

Night Moves
Artist: Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
Community Score: 9.33

Bob Seger recorded the bulk of Night Moves before Live Bullet brought him his first genuine success, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that it's similar in spirit to the introspective Beautiful Loser, even if it rocks harder and longer. Throughout much of the album, he's coming to grips with being on the other side of 30 and still rocking. He... Read More

Setting Sons
Artist: The Jam
Community Score: 7.50

The Jam's Setting Sons was originally planned as a concept album about three childhood friends who, upon meeting after some time apart, discover the different directions in which they've grown apart. Only about half of the songs ended up following the concept due to a rushed recording schedule, but where they do, Paul Weller vividly depicts... Read More

Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones
Artist: The Rolling Stones

An excellent 28-track collection that hits all of the highlights once again, one after the other. Unfortunately, thanks to the overactivity of Andrew Loog Oldham and Decca Records following the Stones' move to their own label, this particular compilation is also rather redundant. ~ Steven McDonald, All Music Guide Read More