Although it was released in June of 2007, Rihanna's GOOD GIRL GONE BAD refused to quit well into the summer of 2008, lingering on the Billboard charts and sending up single after single, including "Umbrella," "Shut Up and Drive," "Hate ...

Previously the frontman for L.A. post-hardcore outfit From First to Last, Sonny Moore continues to develop his unforeseen dubstep tendencies with the second EP under his Skrillex alias, Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites. This surprising electro reinvention still throws a ...

Progressive house pioneer Joel Zimmerman (better known as Deadmau5) takes in a variety of electronic influences to create the multi-layered sound on his debut LP, Random Album Title. Zimmerman effortlessly elements of progressive house, trance, techno, and electro into a ...

This greatest hits compilation includes 12 of Lennox's legendary solo hits as well as 2 brand new recordings, her first release of new material since her 2007 album. The collection also draws upon her first solo album, 1992's Diva, 1995's ...

Platinum Collection is a triple-disc set that contains one disc of Enigma's greatest hits, one disc of remixes, and one disc of "The Lost Ones," brief instrumental snippets that were used as source material and ideas for full-length tracks. Naturally, ...

Loud, Rihanna's fifth studio album, is a significant change of pace from 2009's platinum Rated R. While much of Rated R was a cathartic and dark, Loud is relatively lighthearted and geared for dancefloors. It's led by the sleek, euphoric, ...

Performing under the name Grimes, Claire Boucher's third solo release follows in her cold, ethereal style of lo-fi electronic music, commonly referred to as witch house. Visions was recorded for legendary shoegaze label 4AD. Audio Mixer: Sebastian Cowan.

On his third offering for Warp, Brian Eno returns to ambient music once again. He displayed it on his label debut, 2010's Small Craft on a Milk Sea, but the various pieces on it were either rejects from The Lovely ...

Deadmau5 fans can rejoice, and not just because the DJ's cat, Professor Meowingtons, graces the cover of >Album Title Goes Here<. That cute little smushy face sits on a cleverly titled effort where the superstar DJ is joined by like-minded ...

Perhaps this is what a techno artist would create to incite monks to dance: innocent grooves, sacred texts. Until, there enters another breathy, sensual woman with sultry French talk. By now there's a compelling dance groove, which builds for a ...

Black Eyed Peas, the hip-hop crossover juggernaut that propelled singer Fergie and producer Will.I.Am to superstardom, have, since 2003's ELEPHUNK, been audaciously plugging away at their bombastic but lighthearted style of rap-cum-dance pop--an effort that has translated to a run ...

From 1974-1979, KC & the Sunshine Band were one of the most popular R&B/pop acts and writers of the era. The Best of KC & the Sunshine Band covers the high points of the band's production team of keyboardist/vocalist Harry ...

Usher has been a symbol of tender sexuality ever since he shifted from teenage sensation to soulful superstar. He's breathtakingly good at what he does; possessing that undefinable essence known to a select few soul crooners (Al Green, D'Angelo, etc.) ...

In 1991, if any musical artist seemed a candidate for one-hit wonder status, it was Enigma. Not that "Sadeness Part 1" displayed any lack for talent, but the hit was certainly unusual. Worthy of his nom du disc, Michael Cretu ...

Music cable channel VH1 presents legendary disco diva Donna Summer, performing live on February 28, 1999 at New York City's famed Hammerstein Ballroom. After years away from the limelight, Donna Summer is back performing the hits that made her a ...

Not long into the ceaseless promotional parade for Born This Way, Lady Gaga's second full-length record and easily the most anticipated record of the 2010s, a certain sense of inevitability crept into play. It was inevitable that Born This Way ...

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 ...

Summer's blatantly orgasmic moans make Jane Birkin's squeaks on Serge Gainsbourg's similar "Je T'AimeàMoi, Non Plus" sound like she's yawning, and still startle today. Of the others, only the jazzy "Pandora's Box" is entirely up to the title track's standards, ...

2 LPs on 1 CD. The CD version substitutes shorter 7" versions for the longer LP versions so that all songs can fit onto 1 disc. The queen of disco--known now for her fundamental conservatism but then known for her extended ...

The expanded version of GREATEST HITS includes 5 bonus tracks and is newly remastered. Sam Cooke's death in 1964 left a huge void in the world of soul music not filled until Al Green's breakthrough in the early '70s. Although many ...

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. ...

Digitally remastered by Erick Labson (Universal Mastering West, North Hollywood, California). Heavy Hitz is a near-definitive overview of Heavy D & the Boyz' pop-friendly dance-rap style, featuring not only the group's two big hits -- "We Got Our Own Thang" and ...

Gold isn't the first Donna Summer compilation (it isn't even the 24th), and you can bet it won't be the last. Released by the reputable Hip-O, it's a two-disc set containing an overly generous list of 34 songs, roughly half ...

Germanic in approach and delivery, this record gets under the skin and infuriates as you find yourself compelled to hum the melodies. A significant record in the development of electronic music, and not to be confused with other "kraut rock" ...

Unlike the Beatles, Michael Jackson's body of work lends itself to the kind of glitzy mash-up soundtrack Cirque du Soleil requires -- which is a roundabout way of saying the soundtrack to their 2011 production Immortal feels a little sounder ...