New Jersey
Artist: Bon Jovi
Community Score: 8.45

Bon Jovi had perfected a formula for hard pop/rock by the time of New Jersey, concentrating on singalong choruses sung over and over again, frequently by a rough, extensively overdubbed chorus, producing an effect not unlike what these songs sounded like in the arenas and stadiums where they were most often heard. The lyrics had that typical pop... Read More

These Days - IMPORT BONUS TRACKS
Artist: Bon Jovi
Community Score: 5.00

With These Days, Bon Jovi firmly established themselves as an adult contemporary act. They still have their fair share of rockers, but they seem half-hearted and incomplete. Instead, the band sounds the most comfortable with love ballads and working class anthems, from hits "This Ain't a Love Song" and "Lie to Me" to the acoustic "Diamond Ring."... 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

Skynyrd's First: The Complete Muscle Shoals Album
Artist: Lynyrd Skynyrd
Community Score: 8.00

This may be the greatest unissued first album ever to surface from a major band. The story behind the 78 minutes of music on this CD, cut two years before their official debut album, could fill a chapter of a book. Cut primarily during late June and late July of 1971, with a quintet of 1972-vintage tracks added, they constitute the group's... 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 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

Super Hits
Artist: Molly Hatchet

Super Hits is a budget-priced ten-track collection that actually features Molly Hatchet's three biggest hits -- "Flirtin' with Disaster," "The Rambler," "Satisfied Man" -- along with a number of album tracks like "Bounty Hunter," "Gator County," "Fall of the Peacemakers" and "Dead Giveaway." It's not quite as strong or cohesive as Greatest Hits,... Read More

Fit to Be Tied: Great Hits by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Artist: Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

Fit to Be Tied was intended to be the definitive Joan Jett hits package, and it nearly succeeds. Since Jett's Blackheart label only secured the rights to her first four solo albums (her most consistent work), the singles from the uneven Up Your Alley -- "I Hate Myself for Loving You" (one of Jett's best originals and biggest hits) and "Little... 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

Destination Anywhere
Artist: Jon Bon Jovi
Community Score: 7.06

Jon Bon Jovi's first official solo album, Destination Anywhere (apparently Blaze of Glory doesn't count because it was a soundtrack) finds the hard rocker attempting to simultaneously make his signature sound more mature and more contemporary. Producer Stephen Lironi tones down the sample-driven rhythms that characterized his work with Black... 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

Destination Anywhere - AUSTRALIA
Artist: Jon Bon Jovi

Jon Bon Jovi's first official solo album Destination Anywhere (apparently Young Guns II doesn't count because it was a soundtrack) finds the hard rocker attempting to simultaneously make his signature sound more mature and more contemporary. Producer Steve Lironi tones down the sample-driven rhythms that characterized his work with Black Grape,... Read More