Without Hats, Kim Wilde,Breakfast Club, Dan Hartman, Belinda Carlisle, Nik Kershaw, Musical Youth, Wang Chung, Donnie Iris, Rick Springfield, Hall & Oates, Mr. Mister, Thompson Twins, Church, Steel Breeze, Eric Carmen, Air Supply, Poco, Grayson Hugh, Pseudo Echo, Pointer Sisters, Aretha Franklin, Taylor Dayne, Boy Meets Girl, Ray Parker, jr., Expose, Paul Davis, Gino Vannelli, Dolly Parton, Naked Eyes, Motels, John Waite, Sheriff, Spandau Ballet, Little River Band, Juice Newton, Michael Martin Murphey, Kim Carnes, Marty Balin, Talk Talk, Missing Persons, Thomas Dolby, Vapors, Asia, Blondie, Corey Hart, Red Rider, and Kajagoogoo!  (less)

Atlantis label by Megahit Records, Let’s Hear It For The 80s Vol. 2’s non-stop mix features dance versions of the most massive gay-friendly hits from the decade of big hair and skinny ties, including "I Heard A Rumour," "Kiss," "Body Rock," "This Time I Know It’s For Real," "Open Your Heart" and many more. Other highlights include high energy Factory Team remixes of smash hit 80s ballads "Against All Odds," "The Power Of Love," "Crazy For You" and the decade’s biggest hit "Every Breath You Take." Best of all, Let’s Hear It For The 80s Vol. 2 features yet another attractive "cover boy" in a seductive pose. Let’s Hear It For The 80s Vol. 2 is the perfect gay party album!  (less)

The Hollies, Adam Faith, Cilla Black, & many others. Featuring a phenomenal 13 number 1 hits along with 37 top 10 chart hits. EMI Gold. 2004.  (less)

else--Jimi Hendrix was one fine blues guitarist. Combining the fluid lines of B.B. King with the spikiness of Hubert Sumlin and the crying tone of Elmore James with his usual synapse-frying intensity, Hendrix manages to both honor the music tradition while remaining uniquely himself. These studio outtakes and warm-ups (plus one previously released track, the magnificent "Hear My Train a Comin'") include a playful "Mannish Boy," the slow burn of "Once I Had A Woman," and a metallic "Bleeding Heart." --Steven Mirkin  (less)

Boy and a Thin White Duke. He went on to invent synth-pop with Tony Visconti and Brian Eno and then disappeared behind the make-up of Pierrot when the New Romantics mixed all of his eras together. And then, he became a truly global megastar in the 80s. This collection contains four UK No. 1s, 15 Top 10, six Top 20 and 14 Top 75 hits; 338 weeks of UK chart history. But David Bowie could never be contained by statistics alone: any collection that contains Starman, The Jean Genie, Fame, "Heroes", Sound and Vision, Ashes To Ashes, Under Pressure and Let's Dance spells it plainly - this is a collection of some of the greatest and best-known music of the 20th Century by one of its very finest performers. 57 tracks in total. EMI. 2005.  (less)

differences be fended off for long? But, of course, Don Henley, Glenn Frey, and the boys had a juggernaut on their hands, generating a dozen top 10 hits in their initial eight-year spurt. Selected Works: 1972-1999 gathers all the highlights from the group in all of its '70s and early '80s glory on three discs, dubbed "The Early Years," "The Ballads," and "The Fast Lane." The handsome box is fleshed out with a live disc from New Year's Eve 1999. With striking packaging, extensive liner notes, and a surplus of vintage photos, Selected Works is a suitable retrospective on a band that defined the California sound and took it easy, and, in the process, took it to the limit. --Steven Stolder  (less)

of songs. Working closely with a few of the UK’s hottest talents including Richard X, Rob Davis, former S Club collaborators Jewels & Stone, and, in something of an Alisha’s Attic reunion, both Karen and Shelley Poole, Rachel has made an album she’s really proud of. From the frenetic 'Crazy Boys' to the melodic tour de force of 'Nothing Good About This Goodbye' to the electro laced ballad 'I’ll Be There' and the sultry, dirty bassline of 'Je M'Appelle' and her forthcoming single, 'I Said Never Again', a sex-with-your-ex anthem whose pummelling glam beats conjure an image of Suzi Quatro duetting with Adam & The Ants. Come And Get It is an album for anyone who appreciates pop music at its best. Universal. 2005.  (less)

Bomp or New York s Ork. Located in fly-over country, Titan was forced to start their own scene, import their own skinny ties, and scour Missouri for their own talent. Their midwest AM bubblegum roots are apparent in the likes of Gary Charlson, the Secrets*, Arlis!, Gems, Millionaire At Midnight, the Boys, J.P. McClain & the Intruders, Bobby Sky, and Scott McCarl, but Titan was clearly influenced by the glam-punk spit being hocked from the 100 Club stage. 30 years since they meekly flopped out their first 7 single, Kansas City s Titan Records finally returns to record bins everywhere in a deluxe two-disc retrospective with comprehensive 40-page booklet.  (less)

cooperation with WQED/Pittsburgh by the same team that created the famed Doo Wop 50 special (the #1 PBS fundraiser of all time). This new box set contains sixty chartbusting hits, from the genesis of rock in the mid-Fifties, through doo-wop, surf music, Motown, Brill Building pop and the British Invasion. The track list is a Who’s Who of rock: Elvis Presley, The Beach Boys, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, The Supremes, Roy Orbison and many, many more. With the PBS special airing throughout the holiday season, Rock ‘n’ Roll at 50 makes a perfect gift item for the last-minute shopper! Includes a 40-page booklet--chock-full of photos and track-by-track liner notes--and attractive digibook-style packaging. Every track was a Top 40 hit, and most wer...  (less)

comprising Valli, Bob Gaudio, Nick Massi and Tommy DeVito. They scored their first U.S. #1 hit with `Sherry' in the summer of '62 and were one of the few Stateside groups whose reign of hits was uninterrupted by The Beatles and the British Invasion. The Four Seasons had 10 UK Top 20 hits including their #1 smash hit `December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night!). This compilation provides the perfect musical backdrop to a year full of news about the new Jersey Boys musical! Warner. 2008.  (less)

Murdoch finally gets back to leading his band. It was a nice idea to have everyone else share the vocal spotlight on Fold Your Hands and Storytelling , but wasn't Murdoch's delicate voice so much of what made us all fall in love with the band in the first place? Clearly, Horn understands this, just as he understands that the preciously lo-fi sound had to go. Horn brings every instrument into a crystal-clear, lovingly retro, Top of the Pops clarity. It's their most diverse album by far, from the marching, uptempo(!) drums on "Step Into My Office Baby" (which sounds like Melanie meets Adam and the Ants) to the fractured, New Wave-organ-driven "Stay Loose" (the close as B&S has come to Talking Heads territory). What a...  (less)

a void left by The Beatles when they broke up in 1970. Throughout the early ’70s, several bands, most notably Badfinger, Raspberries and Big Star, established the sound of Power Pop, with a whole array of like-minded bands emerging in the later part of the decade. Groups like Cheap Trick, The Knack, The Romantics, Dwight Twilley, Raspberries, and Badfinger had the biggest hits, but The Flamin’ Groovies, Shoes, and 20/20 among others became Power Pop favorites. This is the first comprehensive single disc overview of Power Pop ever assembled. It includes just about every major band of the genre and is filled with non-stop Power Pop classics. Featured here are several tracks previously unavailable on CD, including the single version of The Knack’s Top 10 hit "Good Gir...  (less)