Sony BMG's identikit budget line Super Hits series should be ideal for Xscape, a group that placed ten singles on the R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart from 1993 through 1999. Even though there are ten slots on the disc, which would make ...

Also available in a 3-pack with LONDON WARSAW NEW YORK and THE SWEETEST ILLUSION. All music written by Basia Trzetrzelewska and Danny White. All lyrics written by Basia Trzetrzelewska/Danny White or Peter Ross. Master Sound releases are 24-karat gold CDs remastered from ...

Initially planned solely as a standard double-disc reissue in the wake of the blockbuster success of The Fame, Lady Gaga decided to release the new material as a separate EP called The Fame Monster in addition to the standard two-CD ...

Ulrich Schnauss has never been afraid to embrace the new age side of his sound. Even on albums like 2007's Goodbye, where he went almost full-on shoegaze with plenty of guitars, the softness to the synth textures and gentle touch ...

Exposé racked up an impressive number of dance and adult contemporary hit singles in the late '80s and early '90s, and most of them are collected on this almost perfect Greatest Hits. All their hits from Exposure are here, including ...

As a vocalist whose career began to rise in the mid-'80s, Colonel Abrams, like many other full-bodied vocalists, began to be compared to the booming-voice archetype Teddy Pendergrass. Although the comparisons were justified, Abrams had his own persona. A lightning ...

One of Tangerine Dream's earliest and most classic recordings, STRATOSFEAR's Mellotron-soaked melodies have not only found their way into samplers and DJ repertoires worldwide--the band have also even revisited the album's plangent themes in their successive soundtrack compositions, such as ...

Recorded in May & October 1968. Originally released on Columbia (9698). Includes liner notes by Stanley Crouch. Digitally remastered by Vic Anesini (Sony Music, New York, New York). Although Taj Mahal's second album was recorded and released within months of his self-titled ...

This is a continuous in-the-mix CD compiled and mixed by Mark Gorbulew. Rendezvous Lounge collects stylish, laid-back electronica influenced by world music, particularly on Alkmx's "Time to Lounge." The collection continues in this hypnotic, vaguely eclectic vein with tracks like Plastyc ...

Recorded in New York, New York, Los Angeles, California, and Chicago, Illinois. This collection of tunes by the late R&B siren Aaliyah serves double duty as a greatest hits package and a rarities compendium. While the first half of the disc ...

SHARE MY WORLD was nominated for a 1988 Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. Uber-producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis come aboard for this hip-hop diva's third album, but they don't take over the way they do with more impressionable singers. ...

Even before M.I.A. (Maya Arulpragasam) debuted in 2005 with ARULAR, the blogosphere was already abuzz about her, engaging in the kind of discourse normally reserved for academic dissertations. Whether hailed as a canny postmodern pastiche or dismissed as inauthentic cultural ...

After reuniting his original group, Goodie Mob, to play dates around the country in 2010, Cee-Lo Green recorded his third proper solo album. The Lady Killer features an ongoing dose of his unique take on soul, pop, and hip-hop in ...

Producers include: Lala Cope, Steve Horton, Wayne Brathwaite, Robert Wright, Teddy Riley.

Hot on the heels of the gloriously weird commercial stiff She Wolf, Shakira wrote and recorded "Waka Waka," a football anthem that swept the globe during the throes of 2010 World Cup fever. "Waka Waka" provided the perfect pivot to ...

Biography gathers Lisa Stansfield's biggest hits, along with several songs culled from tributes and soundtracks and others that have never been released before in the U.S. Along with definitive singles like "All Around the World," "Never, Never Gonna Give You ...

Basia never had too many hits, racking up only three charting singles on the Top 100 ("Time and Tide," "New Day for You," "Cruising for Bruising"), but Clear Horizon: The Best of Basia remains an engaging listen nevertheless, because it ...

Said to consist of the brothers Franz and Helmut Vonlichten, although those may be pseudonyms, E.S. Posthumus (the "E.S." is said to stand for "Electronic Sound" or "Experimental Sounds," depending on which page of their press materials you read) presents ...

UK only compilation by the late Laura Branigan, one of the '80s biggest selling female vocalists who continued to have hits in Europe long after her initial American success. 18 tracks including 'Gloria', 'Self Control', 'Power Of Love', 'Ti Amo' ...

Calvin Harris has been busy since the release of his second album, 2007's I Created Disco, collaborating with the likes of Kylie Minogue, Dizzee Rascal, and Rihanna, and touring with Deadmau5, Skrillex, and.Rihanna. The producer and vocalist finally returns with ...

Named for a town near Bristol, England, Portishead is a British dance band that grabs ideas from all over the mod pop world (spaghetti Western guitars, turntable scratching, melancholy soul vocals, atmospheric organs, house beats) and stirs them into spacey, ...

This is part of "20th Century Masters: The Millenium Collection" series. A concise 10-track overview of Boyz II Men's early-1990s winning streak, this installment of 20TH CENTURY MASTERS presents the Philadelphia-based R&B vocal group's biggest singles, along with a few strong ...

LE ROI EST MORT, VIVE LE ROI was nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best New Age Album and for Best Recording Package. On its third album, Enigma reshapes the most interesting aspects of its previous two into a distinctly ...

Although there's nothing on 1976's FOUR SEASONS OF LOVE that approaches the commercial heights of 1975's "Love to Love You Baby"--a legendary 12-inch single that single-handedly invented the entire concept of the extended remix--the album is nonetheless a remarkable achievement. ...

Jodeci juggle new jack swing and vintage soul on their second album. The disc's love songs, particularly "Cry for You," "What About Us," and "My Heart Belongs to U," are tender, passionately sung, and sincere expressions of romance and love. ...