Captain & Tennille's Greatest Hits
Artist: Captain & Tennille

Soft rock duo Daryl Dragon and Toni Tennille definitely didn't fit everybody's notions of cool. "Muskrat Love" is a quintessential slice of novelty cheese that could only have scored during the '70s. But it's unfair to judge them by something they didn't write and isn't representative of their career. (However, Dragon's bare-chested poses on the... Read More

The Best of Christopher Cross
Artist: Christopher Cross
Super Best
Artist: Olivia Newton-John
The Best of Tony Orlando & Dawn
Artist: Tony Orlando & Dawn
On & On: The Hits of Stephen Bishop
Artist: Stephen Bishop
Community Score: 5.00

Soft rock specialist Stephen Bishop contributed handily to some of the late-'70s' most insipid ballads, but they always contained a little bit of elegance and passion in one form or another. The Hits of Stephen Bishop captures 18 of his best tracks, conveniently comprising both his soundtrack work and his charted singles. Bishop supplied the... Read More

Some Change
Artist: Boz Scaggs
Community Score: 8.50

When Boz Scaggs signed with Virgin Records after spending at least 17 years with Columbia, listeners had no idea what to expect. Some Change proved to be a pleasant surprise. Instead of going out of his way to be as slick and commercial as possible or offering something contrived and robotic, the singer-turned-restaurant-owner let his better... Read More

Twenty-One Good Reasons: The Paul Carrack Collection
Artist: Paul Carrack

A nifty idea for a compilation, Twenty-One Good Reasons: The Paul Carrack Collection gathers not only Carrack's solo hits, but all the major songs by other artists on which he sang lead: Ace's Top Five smash "How Long," Squeeze's new wave classic "Tempted," Mike + the Mechanics' "Silent Running" and the number one ballad "The Living Years," and... Read More

The World of Sheena Easton: The Singles Collection
Artist: Sheena Easton

Sheena Easton never achieved red-hot status, but she remained consistent for nearly a decade -- a much more difficult feat -- and this generous collection showcases a long (in terms of pop stardom) career of adult contemporary ballads, R&B-flavored dance tunes, and straight-up pop. What's nice about this collection is that it includes monster... Read More

All the Best
Artist: Leo Sayer
Community Score: 7.50

All the Best certainly lives up to its title, offering 17 of Leo Sayer's most popular pop efforts, including each of his Top 40 singles. Beginning with "The Show Must Go On," a frolicking vaudeville-type number with Russ Ballard playing banjo and a number four hit for Three Dog Night, the set entertainingly works its way through the years to... Read More

The Complete Collection and Then Some...
Artist: Barry Manilow
Community Score: 9.00

The story Barry Manilow, his friends and associates tell in the liner notes to his four-CD/one-VHS box set retrospective The Complete Collection And Then Some... is about a contemporary pop songwriter who is reluctantly transformed into an interpretive singer; becomes an easy-listening, commercial pop superstar to his surprise (and, to some... Read More

Listen to the Music: The Very Best of the Doobie Brothers - BONUS TRACK
Artist: The Doobie Brothers

Until the release of Rhino's 2001 collection, the import collection The Very Best of the Doobie Brothers was the most comprehensive Doobie Brothers overview on the market. Containing 19 songs, this features all of the big hits, minus any of the reunion cuts, but featuring a single edit of "Long Train Runnin'" and an alternate "Listen to the... Read More