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 ...

Madonna released EROTICA around the same time she released her SEX book, and that's exactly what it sounds like. The title song has a sensuously static groove over which she commands, "Put your hands all over my body." "Where Life ...

Largely regarded as Donna Summer's rock & roll album, thanks to some hot guitars mixed in with the synthesizers, 1979's BAD GIRLS mostly sounds like an indication of the way mainstream pop music would sound in the 1980s. It's hard ...

Patrick Swayze's rugged visage on the front may dissuade those with unhappy memories of Dirty Dancing and Roadhouse, but fear not; as far as this album goes, he's strictly a cover boy. In actuality, the BLACK DOG soundtrack serves as ...

Includes liner notes by Joe McCoy. Liner Note Author: Joe McCoy . Photographer: Gerald Romas.

In 1975, Donna Sunmer's "Love to Love You Baby," a lengthy, loosely hypnotic Euro-dance track complete with orgasmic vocalizations courtesy of Ms. Summer, conquered the American airwaves. It's safe to say that popular music has never been the same since. ...

Remarkably, these genre experiments work well together, and stand as a testament to Pink's unwillingness to fit into any music industry mold. Whether collaborating with the Indigo Girls on the acoustic protest song "Dear Mr. President," showing off her irresistible ...

Little did you know that the American national anthem, "God Bless America", was written in 1814. Janet did, and she sets out in RHYTHM NATION to dish out a bit of "let's all work together for a better world and ...

Unavailable in the U.S.! 2007 collection from the European Pop/R&B duo brought together by songwriter, producer and mogul Frank Farian (the man behind Disco/Pop sensations Boney M a decade earlier). While Europe was used to manufactured musical 'product' from Farian, ...

Pssst -- the only Shannon songs that are undeniably essential are "Let the Music Play" and "Give Me Tonight." They can also be found, respectively, on the second and third volumes of Tommy Boy's excellent Perfect Beats series. If you're ...

The 90's proved to be an interesting time for MTV's First Lady as she dabbled with different music styles while pursuing movies, music and motherhood (not necessarily in that order). Like its perfect predecessor THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION, GHV2 features edited ...

Track Listing: Encounters; Seven Lives; Touchness; Same Parents, The; Fata Morgana; Hell's Heaven; La Puerta Del Cielo; Distorted Love; Je T'Aime Till My Dying Day; Deja Vu; Between Generations; Language Of Sound, The;

UK compilation from the '80s British R&B/Pop group, once dubbed 'the new Jackson 5'! . This compilation features 18 tracks including, 'System Addict', 'Can't Wait Another Minute' and 'Rain Or Shine'. BMG.

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 ...

During its early-'90s heyday, few could have predicted the enduring resilience of the Euro-dance format. More than a decade later, though, another "happy hardcore" sensation arrived in the form of 23-year-old Swede Jonas Altberg -- better known as Basshunter -- ...

In 1978, the idea of a live disco album seemed almost laughable; that the album was by Donna Summer, whose studio creations were polished to a futuristic gloss never seen before by producer/writers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, seemed downright ...

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 ...

Club Nouveau's Greatest Hits collection compiles many of the group's best-known songs from the '80s, including "Rumors," "Jealousy," "Situation #9," and "Lean on Me." The album is somewhat brief, featuring only 12 songs, but it compensates for its lack of ...

Although the duo LMFAO boasted Euro-pop synths and unmissable riffs well before their hit with David Guetta, "Gettin' Over You," it definitely didn't hurt to be featured on a world-wide smash that spent quality time at number one in France ...

Photographers: Kirill Bichutsky; Autumn de Wilde. Personnel: Eric DLux (vocals).

Rihanna follows 2010's Loud, still riding high on the charts, with Talk That Talk. The singer's sixth studio album features the euphoric, Calvin Harris-produced "We Found Love" -- already a number one single in several countries. Once again, Swedish songwriting ...

Tangerine Dream scored director Michael Mann's film debut, Thief (released as "Violent Streets" outside of the U.S. market), adding their patented pulses, blips and whooshes to the film's highly stylized visual scenes. While TD's electronic music is a natural fit ...

Director: Peter Dodd. Illustrator: Sergey Lazarev.

One of the world's foremost DJs, Tiësto has toured the globe, and with his new mix series, he aims to capture the spirit of some of his favorite cities' club scenes. On this flagship release, it's Vegas baby, with tracks ...

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 ...