Goodbye Jumbo
Artist: World Party

This excellent follow-up album from World Party is much tighter than the debut. Dealing with issues from the environment ("Take It Up," "Put the Message in the Box") to relationship woes ("And I Fell Back Alone"), these tracks manage to maintain a hopeful, positive mood without becoming trivial. In these songs, Wallinger has developed his own... Read More

Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits
Artist: Dire Straits
Community Score: 9.25

Exactly ten years after Dire Straits' first compilation, Money for Nothing, appeared in the stores, their second, Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits, was released. Though a decade is a significant span of time, Dire Straits had released just two subsequent albums -- 1991's On Every Street and 1993's On the Night, a live album culled... Read More

Desireless
Artist: Eagle-Eye Cherry
Community Score: 7.58

Eagle-Eye Cherry's debut album, Desireless, was an impressive set of eclectic alternative folk-rock; its radio hit, "Save Tonight," was arguably one of the best songs of the decade. The title track is a reworking of a song by his father, jazz great Don Cherry. Other standout tracks include "When Mermaids Cry," "Conversation," and "Falling in... Read More

It's All Just the Same
Artist: Tina & the B-Side Movement

With their third album, Tina & the B-Sides finally come into their own, knocking out a gritty, gutsy collection of first-class rock & roll. At their core, the group is a bar band, but they skillfully blend a variety of American roots musics into a muscular, distinctive sound. Nevertheless, the group's main strength remains Tina -- with her... Read More

Majestic Grill: The Best of the Men They Couldn't Hang
Artist: The Men They Couldn't Hang

Majestic Grill: The Best of the Men They Couldn't Hang is a fine 16-track collection that covers the group's entire career, from their 1985 debut Night of 1000 Candles to their 1996 reunion, Never Born to Follow. Between those two albums, the group released four other records, all of which contained some blistering, politically-charged Irish... Read More

Shaken & Stirred
Artist: David Arnold

David Arnold, the composer of the Independence Day soundtrack, assembled a talented roster of musicians for his James Bond project. The tracks include the most famous themes from the super spy series, including "Moonraker," "Diamonds Are Forever," and "Nobody Does It Better." The covers by the Propellerheads, Leftfield, Pulp's Jarvis Cocker, and... Read More

Fourth World
Artist: Kara's Flowers
Community Score: 8.50

With Ryan Dusick on percussion, Jesse Carmichael on guitar and vocals, Mickey Madden on bass, and Adam Levine on guitar and lead vocals, L.A.-based Kara's Flowers delivers a debut that's a fine example of alternative rock in the late '90s. With Levine's sexy, expressive voice, tight productions, and strong songwriting, the band steers clear of... Read More

Desireless - AUSTRALIA
Artist: Eagle-Eye Cherry

Eagle-Eye Cherry's debut album, Desireless, was an impressive set of eclectic alternative folk-rock; its radio hit, "Save Tonight," was arguably one of the best songs of the decade. The title track is a reworking of a song by his father, jazz great Don Cherry. Other standout tracks include "When Mermaids Cry," "Conversation," and "Falling in... Read More