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It seems odd that the Band emerged in 1968, defying the counterculture’s extravagant rejections of U.S. culture with literary, often Southern-tinged musical and lyrical vehicles. Hearing this 18-song anthology, with its heavy weighting toward the Canadian quintet’s first three albums–Music from Big Pink (four tunes), The Band (five tunes), and Stage Fright (three tunes)–what still stands out is the Band’s command of yearning vocal harmonies, their sense of plainly laid melodies that reveal acoustic depth, and a nostalgia for an imagined American culture. With all their quirkiness and the advance of Robbie Robertson as their centerpiece, the Band lost their celebrated place in the rock pantheon within a decade. This set, which opens so mag
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2007 release, a compilation of the Irish singer/songwriter’s finest featuring two new tracks including the single ‘ You’re The World To Me’. Greatest Hits is the first compilation to feature songs from Gray’s entire recording career, a period that encompasses seven albums, numerous record labels and a cumulative 11 million albums sold worldwide.
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Japanese Blu-Spec CD pressing of this classic album. The Blue Spec format takes Blu-ray disc technology to create CD’s which are compatible with normal CD players but provides ultra high quality sound. Sony. 2009.An indispensable and definitive collection showcasing the passionate genius of the late rapper. The album’s nonchronological sequence highlights the contradictory impulses that made Tupac’s music so commanding; the 21 well-loved “hits,” some slightly reedited for legal reasons, are accompanied by four previously unheard songs. Of the new material, the raw-sounding “God Bless the Dead” has been the subject of the most speculation, owing to its subject matter: a eulogizing of the late Notorious B.I.G.–a mysterious feat, since Tupac
Hank Williams, Jr.’s Greatest Hits, Vol.1
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This is Hank Jr. in his late-’70s/early-’80s version, that brief moment after he’d discovered a sound and persona that wasn’t just inherited but before he devolved into a good-old-boy caricature. Not that Bocephus isn’t engaging in some posturing here already–the preposterous “Texas Women,” for example, could stand unaltered as a Saturday Night Live parody of redneck lechery. More often, though, the 10 hit singles on this disc combine a low-key brand of Southern rock boogie with plenty of twang to fashion a wholly distinctive take on country tradition. Williams’s work here is always indelible, and though he likes to drop his daddy’s name a bit too often, it’s hard to argue with introspective numbers like “All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled
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In just over 10 years, Shania Twain has risen to superstar status as a multi-Grammy award winner and over 65 million albums sold worldwide. Shania’s first ever Greatest Hits album is packed with 21 tracks featuring 3 brand new songs including the first single “Party For Two” (recorded as two different duets: one with Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray and the other with Country newcomer and rising star Billy Currington). Twain’s recently wrapped 2003-2004 UP! Tour reached nearly $80 million overall in ticket sales for North America. The 2004 leg alone brought in over $34 million, making this leg of Twain’s tour the top grossing country tour of 2004.Shania Twain–recluse, happily married, mother of one–has sold more than 40 million albums with flirt
