Racine
Artist: Sass Jordan
Community Score: 9.00

Is anyone named more appropriately than Sass Jordan? On her sophomore effort, the Montreal-based rocker kicks the synth-heavy Starship impersonation of her first album to the curb, raids her old Faces and Bad Company LPs for inspiration, and turns the attitude up to 11. Racine ("roots" in French) lurches into gear with "Make You a Believer," a... Read More

The Very Best of Meatloaf
Artist: Meat Loaf
Community Score: 9.50

Unlike previous collections Epic has assembled, the double-disc The Very Best of Meat Loaf draws not only from his recordings for the label, but it also licenses his '90s comeback recordings for MCA. Which means, of course, that the 20-track collection is, indeed, the "very best" of Meat Loaf. Not all of his charting hits are here -- "What You... Read More

In the Heat of the Night/Crimes of Passion - BEAT GOES ON
Artist: Pat Benatar

BGO's 1998 two-fer of Pat Benatar's first two and best albums doesn't have much flash or flair -- no bonus tracks, or full-page replicas of the covers -- but the sound is crisp and punchy, better than the U.S. releases of the albums, and it has good liner notes from Alan Robinson. Besides, there's a certain kind of Benatar fan who wants to hear... Read More

Greatest Hits
Artist: Heart

Heart had a pair of greatest-hits collections to their credit by 1997, but both did not contain all the renowned studio versions of their classic hits from the '70s (both 1980's Heart Greatest Hits: Live on Epic and 1997's Greatest Hits on Capitol contained half studio and half live material). 1998's Greatest Hits on Epic/Legacy finally... Read More

The Very Best of Peter Frampton
Artist: Peter Frampton

Yet another Frampton compilation, this one a mid-priced ten-song (45-minute) assembly of his most well-known songs from the middle/late-1970s. Drawn primarily from Frampton Comes Alive, Frampton, Wind of Change, Frampton's Camel, and I'm In You, the material ranges from passionate, midtempo romantic rock to harder numbers. This CD has the virtue... Read More

The Best of Cold Chisel
Artist: Cold Chisel
Community Score: 4.00

Cold Chisel started life as just another pub rock band, but it finished as one of Australia's all-time greatest acts. This disc provides the perfect retrospective of one of the seminal Australian acts of the early '80s.

Cold Chisel was a band that was able to rock hard, but it also showed a deceptive depth and perceptiveness in... Read More

Whirlygig
Artist: Lovemongers

Whirlygig is an album of all new compositions from the Wilson sisters and their Heart side project; it will likely appeal to fans of both Heart's earlier and later material. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide Read More

The Best
Artist: David Lee Roth
Community Score: 10.00

Considering that David Lee Roth's solo career crashed after two albums and an EP, it should have been easy to assemble a 20-track greatest-hits compilation. Rhino's The Best proves that isn't so. Most of Roth's best-known songs are here, including "California Girls," "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody," "Yankee Rose," "Ladies Nite in Buffalo?,"... Read More

Martyrs & Madmen: The Best of Roger Daltrey
Artist: Roger Daltrey

Roger Daltrey's solo albums were often inconsistent and frequently filled with sub-par material, which makes Martyrs & Madmen: The Best of Roger Daltrey a welcome addition to his catalog. Culling 20 tracks from all seven of his solo albums (including the McVicar soundtrack), the collection contains nearly every worthwhile song he ever recorded,... Read More

Greatest Hits
Artist: Heart
Community Score: 6.75

Heart's two decades of rock hits are compiled on this collection combining original studio recordings and live renditions. Among the featured cuts are the smashes "Crazy on You," "Barracuda (Live)," "Magic Man," "Straight On (Live)," "What About Love?," "Dreamboat Annie," "Dog and Butterfly (Live)" and "These Dreams." ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music... Read More

Rats
Artist: Sass Jordan
Community Score: 8.00

Sass Jordan never sounded more focused, confident and inspired than she does on Rats, which is undeniably her finest album. Some of Jordan's '80s efforts didn't fully illustrate just how compelling a singer she can be, but that's no problem on Rats. This CD finds the whiskey-voiced Canadian doing what she does best: tough, gritty, no-nonsense... Read More

Whirlygig - JAPAN
Artist: Lovemongers

Whirlygig is an album of all new compositions from the Wilson sisters and their Heart side project; it will likely appeal to fans of both Heart's earlier and later material. [The Japanese edition boasts bonus tracks.] ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide Read More