Greatest Hits - ARISTA
Artist: Air Supply
Community Score: 8.00

Until Arista released The Definitive Collection in August 1999, 1988's Greatest Hits stood as the ultimate Air Supply compilation. It's easy to see why. Eleven of the group's big hits are here: "Lost in Love," "All Out of Love," "Every Woman in the World," "The One That You Love," "Here I Am," "Sweet Dreams," "Even the Nights Are Better," and... Read More

Cher - GEFFEN
Artist: Cher
Community Score: 5.07

In 1987-1988, after firmly establishing herself as one of filmdom's most sought-after actresses, the multifaceted Cher staged a highly successful musical comeback with her rock & roll-leaning album Cher. The album scored a Top Ten hit with her version of the Michael Bolton power ballad "I Found Someone" (previously a minor hit for Laura... Read More

Repeat Offender
Artist: Richard Marx
Community Score: 8.00

Richard Marx's second album is almost as strong as his first, even if it shows that his songwriting has a tendency to slip into sappy, saccharine clichés. Nevertheless, it contains some major hit singles -- "Satisfied," "Right Here Waiting," "Angelia," "Children of the Night," and "Too Late to Say Goodbye." ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music... Read More

Jude Cole
Artist: Jude Cole

Taking bits of Hall & Oates' blue-eyed soul, the rocking rhythms a la Bryan Adams and add super tunes refined with slick '80s L.A. production, and you can pretty much sum up how Jude Cole sounds. Cole hit the Top 40 with "Like Lover's Do," and with other cuts such as "Everyone's in Love" and the sad ballad, "Crying Mary," you can easily... Read More

My Time
Artist: Boz Scaggs
Community Score: 10.00

Music critics of the early '70s kept predicting big things for Boz Scaggs, but his records of that period had trouble finding more than a cult audience. My Time continued with a mix similar to Moments from the previous year, with the opening "Dinah Flo," a great soul-drenched rocker that should have been a hit. In fact, the first three tracks... Read More

Silk Degrees/Slow Dancer
Artist: Boz Scaggs

Columbia released Silk Degrees/Slow Dancer, which contained two complete albums -- Silk Degrees (1976), and Slow Dancer (1974), -- by Boz Skaggs on one cassette. Contains the hit "Lido Shuffle". ~ Sean Westergaard, All Music Guide Read More

Richard Marx
Artist: Richard Marx
Community Score: 9.60

Richard Marx's self-titled debut album was a finely crafted record of mainstream pop/rock. Marx understood how the melodies of up-tempo rockers like "Don't Mean Nothin'" are driven by thick power chords, and how arrangements are as important as melody in ballads like "Hold On to the Nights." Filled with carefully constructed radio-ready tracks,... Read More

Flying Colours
Artist: Chris de Burgh
Community Score: 8.45

There really isn't any grandeur or magnificence tacked on to 1988's Flying Colours album, but that doesn't mean the songs themselves aren't without some worthiness. The album's atmosphere blends mild rock tunes with slower songs that rely on their demure appeal, helped by de Burgh's conservative musical style. Much like Into the Light but... Read More

Classics, Vol. 4
Artist: Joe Cocker

A solid collection from his 1967-1976 peak, it includes "Feeling Alright," "You Are So Beautiful, " and "With a Little Help from My Friends." ~ Dan Heilman, All Music Guide Read More

Greatest Hits 1982-1989
Artist: Chicago
Community Score: 8.00

Chicago returned from a career dip in 1982 with "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" and continued to hit with power ballads, among them "Hard Habit to Break" and "You're the Inspiration," all sung by Peter Cetera. But the streak continued after Cetera departed in 1985, as Jason Scheff stepped in and Chicago went on to score hits like "Will You Still Love... Read More

One Good Reason
Artist: Paul Carrack

One Good Reason verified that Paul Carrack was a much better musician surrounded by others than he was by himself. Carrack's presence with Roxy Music, Squeeze, Nick Lowe, and Mike + the Mechanics was easily felt, and his beginnings with the '70s band Ace gave him his first crack at singing lead, which spawned their biggest hit, "How Long," in... Read More

Heaven on Earth
Artist: Belinda Carlisle
Community Score: 6.64

When Belinda Carlisle pursued a solo career, she took more than her share of criticism from rock critics -- who complained that slick pop/rock collections like Belinda and Heaven on Earth lacked the bite of her work with the Go-Go's. But while nothing here packs quite the punch that "How Much More," "We Got the Beat," and "Turn to You" did, such... Read More

Yoyo
Artist: Bourgeois Tagg
Community Score: 8.50

This is a fun little record -- and unfortunately the last for this group with hot, catchy songwriting not too over the top with '80s cliché. Clever wordplay is a strong point in their songwriting -- akin to Elvis Costello without all the sarcasm. Not a weak song here -- every song is loaded with smart pop hooks and intelligent lyrics --... Read More

Soul Provider
Artist: Michael Bolton
Community Score: 7.50

Michael Bolton is no fool, and when he broke through to platinum sales with The Hunger, nobody had to tell him to record a follow-up devoted to more of the same. Bolton produced most of the record himself, and he teamed with the cream of the era's romantic rock ballad writers, people like Diane Warren (who gets five co-credits here) and Desmond... Read More

Spark to a Flame: The Very Best of Chris de Burgh
Artist: Chris de Burgh
Community Score: 1.00

Covering all of his crucial eighties material, Spark to a Flame: The Very Best of Chris de Burgh offers up most of this songwriter's best work, while also including a few of his better pieces from early in his career. The decade took apt notice of de Burgh, giving him two Top 40 hits on Billboard with "Don't Pay the Ferryman" in 1983 and the... Read More