Cheap Thrills - BONUS TRACKS
Artist: Big Brother & the Holding Company
Community Score: 10.00

Cheap Thrills, the major-label debut of Janis Joplin, was one of the most eagerly anticipated, and one of the most successful, albums of 1968. Joplin and Big Brother had earned extensive press notice ever since they played the Monterey Pop Festival in June 1967, but their only recorded work was a poorly produced, self-titled Mainstream album,... Read More

Relish
Artist: Joan Osborne
Community Score: 5.14

"Relish" can be a sharp, bittersweet condiment; it can also suggest a determined gusto to live to the fullest. Combined, these two images provide a good taste of Joan Osborne's major-label debut (the live Soul Show was self-released in 1992). Grounded in blues, soul and gospel, the Kentucky native wields her gritty voice with personality and... Read More

Klook's Kleet '66
Artist: Cream

A significant addition to the pool of unreleased Cream material, this has eight alternate versions/outtakes from their earliest sessions in the summer of '66, as well a different version of "Lawdy Mama" from '67, a Falstaff Beer commercial, and seven songs recorded live at the Klook's Kleet club in 1966. It's the studio outtakes that you'd want... Read More

Live From the Fall
Artist: Blues Traveler
Community Score: 8.00

Like any jam-oriented band, Blues Traveler has a reputation for being better in concert than they are in the studio. Therefore, it would make sense that the double-disc Live From the Fall would be the ideal Blues Traveler album, since it allows the band to stretch out and demonstrate its true talents. In a sense, that is true. The two discs --... Read More

Complete A & B Sides: Hit Singles
Artist: Sweet
Viciously Delicious
Artist: Catfish

Catfish is Canada's answer to the Red Hot Chili Peppers. "Viciously Deliecious" is chock-full of funky rhythems and wailing guitar figures. Call it punk/funk, if you will, but that's not all for the acoustic "Masochist" and the semi-ballad "Marigold" help ease the tension which surrounds so much else of this album. And just for fun, they cover... Read More

Poison's Greatest Hits 1986-1996
Artist: Poison
Community Score: 8.62

Poison's Greatest Hits 1986-1996 is as definitive as a Poison compilation could hope to be. Featuring a full 18 tracks, including all of their Top 50 hits ("Talk Dirty to Me," "I Want Action," "Nothin' but a Good Time," "Fallen Angel," "Every Rose Has Its Thorn," "Your Mama Don't Dance," "Unskinny Bop," "Something to Belive In," "Stand," among... Read More

Gary Hoey
Artist: Gary Hoey
Community Score: 6.00