Greatest HitsArtist: Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Community Score: 8.00
The durable Bachman-Turner Overdrive is one of those bands with more greatest-hits collections than actual studio albums. Greatest Hits digs a bit deeper than the definitive Best of B.T.O. (So Far), which was released at the height of the band's fame but passes over stompers such as "Give Me Your Money Please" and "Blue Collar" for faceless...
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Artist: Mink DeVille
Collecting tracks from Mink Deville's first three albums, Savoir Faire is a good introduction to the band's raw, stripped-down R&B-influenced rock. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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Artist: Bachman-Turner Overdrive
John Lennon Box Set - PARLOPHONE
Artist: John Lennon & Yoko Ono
This is a nine-LP boxed set containing the albums Live Peace In Toronto 1969, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, Imagine, Sometime In New York City, Mind Games, Walls and Bridges, Rock 'N' Roll, and Shaved Fish in their entirety. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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Artist: Elvis Presley
Community Score: 10.00
The British arm of RCA made a habit of outdoing the home office in compiling Elvis Presley recordings, and this one was no exception. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, the standout rock & roll songwriting team of the late '50s and early '60s, began working with Presley after his cover of their "Hound Dog," originally written for Big Mama Thornton,...
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The Original Modern LoversArtist: The Modern Lovers
Long before his lyrics celebrated abominable snowmen and ice cream truck drivers, Jonathan Richman was positioning himself as rock's poet of the ordinary. Ex-Velvet Underground co-founder John Cale and larger-than-life songwriter Kim Fowley translated the Richman vision with varying success, but the band dissolved when it couldn't agree on a...
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Elvis Christmas ClassicsArtist: Elvis Presley
Taken from various points in his career, Elvis Christmas Classics is a collection of many of the holiday tracks recorded by Elvis. His excellent "Blue Christmas" starts off the disc, instantly making the rest of the album slightly weaker if only because Elvis really puts his all into that one song. He loses some momentum on the next few tracks,...
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Artist: Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers
The Jonathan Richman Songbook is a U.K.-only compilation of early material. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
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