#1 Record/Radio City
Artist: Big Star
Community Score: 8.00

A two-fer combining Big Star's first and second albums, #1 Record/Radio City remains a definitive document of early-'70s American power pop and a virtual blueprint for much of the finest alternative rock that came after it. The lone Big Star record to merit the full participation of founder Chris Bell, the brightly produced #1 Record splits the... Read More

BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
Artist: Ultravox
Community Score: 10.00
Antics in the Forbidden Zone
Artist: Adam & the Ants

A companion to the album of the same name. These groundbreaking videos, while primitive by today's s, were as important to this band's success as was the music. Several of the clips westandardre conceived and directed by Adam Ant himself. ~ Chris Woodstra, All Music Guide Read More

The Best of Tracey Ullman - RHINO
Artist: Tracey Ullman

Long before the variety show, HBO specials, or successful standup career, there was Tracey Ullman, the singer. And while her releases were scarce and garnered little attention in the U.S., she was met with moderate success elsewhere. This Rhino collection compiles every last notable thing she committed to tape, including the hit "They Don't... Read More

Popular Favorites 1976-1992: Sand in the Vaseline
Artist: Talking Heads
Community Score: 9.25

Featuring material from every Talking Heads album except the live The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads, Sand in the Vaseline is a terrific double-disc retrospective of the band's long and varied career. Featuring all of their hit singles and trademark songs ("Psycho Killer," "Take Me to the River," "Burning Down the House," "And She Was,"... Read More

Singles 45's and Under
Artist: Squeeze
Community Score: 8.00

Above all, Squeeze were a great singles act -- among the finest of the era -- and Singles 45's and Under offers proof of that fact, giving a chronological survey of their biggest hits from their early, pre-breakup period. Most of the songs can be found on the actual albums, aside from the slightly different single version of "Goodbye Girl" and... Read More

From Time to Time: The Singles Collection
Artist: Paul Young
Community Score: 1.00

Paul Young's retrospective From Time to Time: The Singles Collection brings together all his major U.S. and European hits from the 1980s and early 1990s. Some of these, including his only U.S. number one "Every Time You Go Away," were remixed when released as singles and to radio -- this collection intelligently includes those versions. Young's... Read More

Greatest
Artist: The Go-Go's
Community Score: 7.67

The hits collection Greatest tries to reduce the Go-Go's' career to that of a mainstream pop/rock band, downplaying their punk and new wave roots. Of course, those can't be entirely erased, especially since the hits "Our Lips Are Sealed" and "We Got the Beat" form the core of the collection, but the song selection on the 14-track compilation... Read More

Greatest Hits
Artist: Paul Young