Best Classic Rock
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Find Best Price at Amazon"the classic hits are still timeless gems: 'let's go crazy', 'purple rain' (the best track on the album!"
"Nicer than the one I used to spin at the Skating rink."
"Love Prince."
"Prince, Freddy Mercury, and David Bowie all taught me how to begin celebrating my freaky, funky self, even if I didn't seem to belong anywhere."
"This is arguably the best Prince album of all time and is is definitely worth a place in anybody's vinyl collection."
"This is a great album, every single song."
"love Prince."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"bought this for our daughter on Christmas (she's was in Choir at the University here, and they preformed "For the longest time" So she become very interested in Billy Joel's music, but were finding that we are listening to it more, and had forgotten what an INCREDIBLE ARTIST he is!!!!!"
"I gave this as a gift and the recipient of the gift is absolutely delighted with it."
"I ordered a billy Joel greatest hits record and he ended up sending me another one of his albums which was a surprise to me and at no extra cost!"
"Good selection of his well known songs."
"Exactly ad described."
"Wish it was just songs without the video."
"big fan from way back, everything is there to hear."
"I had this collection on cassette tape, but just had to order it on CD after a recent Billy Joel concert."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Very few albums I feel this way about, one of the others would be Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" Albums such as these never grow old but stand the test of time. These are the same albums in the box sets, but you will have to make up your own minds to see if all the extra goodies from the deluxe box sets are worth it. As for me, I see myself possibly getting "Physical Graffiti" when it's released & possibly "Houses of the Holy" but I'm going to have to let most of these (sadly) go by the wayside."
"Jimmy Page is an absolute genius and this box set is a must have!"
"Just take good times bad times: bonham's triplet bass drum patterns are very clear and crisp underneath Page's solo."
"It's Jimmy Page ReMastering their debut album and adding previously un released material."
"An English rock band's interpretation of American blues - I love it."
"I really liked the packaging, front side looks like the original cover, while the back side is a negative image which works well for me. All five packages are done with the original cover on the front, with a negative image of the cover on the back...love it!!"
"John Bonham, the best rock drummer ever."
"Classic heavy rock sound-a-philes all know where ground zero for this type of music is...This album along with albums by Cream, Blue Cheer, The Move, and Jeff Beck Group were among the first wave of this blues based heavy rock thing that blew up."
Best Album-Oriented Rock (AOR)
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Find Best Price at Amazon"the classic hits are still timeless gems: 'let's go crazy', 'purple rain' (the best track on the album!"
"You know it, just get it if you need your vinyl."
"Downloaded quickly and was jamming to it within minutes on my ear buds while volunteering at my kids elementary school."
"Love Prince."
"Prince, Freddy Mercury, and David Bowie all taught me how to begin celebrating my freaky, funky self, even if I didn't seem to belong anywhere."
"This is arguably the best Prince album of all time and is is definitely worth a place in anybody's vinyl collection."
"This is a great album, every single song."
"love Prince."
Best Arena Rock
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Come on, it's KISS... No way to go wrong buying anything they've done..."
"When the set first came out I was very uneasy about purchasing it mostly b/c the members have nothing to do w/ the set at all as far as packaging, art work, remastering, etc.... track selection is great and it has a few songs that are not on the orig albums."
"Exactly what I was looking for!"
"This is an awesome set of 4 CD's."
"Song choices are subjective."
"Great career retrospective in an interesting format."
Best British Invasion
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Takes me back to growing and mum loving to dance and singe~bless."
"All my favorites and variety of through the years."
"ooh the memories, classic."
"The first CD begins with Frank Sinatra performing a sublime rendition of "Birth Of The Blues;" Frank adds a few lines at the beginning to put his own stamp on this ballad and when Frank goes into the main lyrics of the song it really takes off like a jet! Listen for Andy Williams to sing "Moon River" with panache; this always amazes me! I love this tune by Scott. Moreover, "You've Made Me So Very Happy" by Blood, Sweat & Tears combines a soft rock style with a smooth jazz flavor to make this number very strong; I could never forget this awesome number. Simon and Garfunkel also do a timeless, moving ballad that was so well associated with them; "Bridge Over Troubled Water" is a very tender love song that never fails to move me with its beauty. Looking Glass does good on "Brandy (You're A Fine Girl);" this tune tells the story of a young woman who wants love from one of the sailors who come to port where she works--but, sadly, she doesn't get what she wants."
"Like any collection, it is missing many pieces that you or I might have chosen to include, but let's face it...there is so much music to choose from and a limted number of songs that can fit on 2 CDs!"
"While almost all of the first disc is of that style (Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, et al.), the second disc shows the growth from the more optimistic folkish style, and ends with the more soulful R&B music of the end."
"This is a superb review of a superb musical era."
"DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND DON'T GET THIS I MEAN THERE'S NOT 1 JIMI HENDRIX SONG ON HERE I MEAN I KNOW THIS IS POP COLLECTION BUT HEY 1951-1975 WHO ARE THE AMETURES THAT PUT THESE TOGETHER I AM THE ONLY ONE HERE WHO CARES ABOUT MUSIC..?"
Best Compilations
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Find Best Price at Amazon"BOOKENDS (released in 1968) is the greatest of all Simon & Garfunkel albums, and one of the best records made in the 1960s. The Vietnam War, the assassinations of public figures, and seeing part of my city burn the previous summer during riots-- it was a lot to handle. The first side of the record ends with the sad longing and fears of Old Friends, who sit on a park bench and reminisce together. The fears and sadness of 1968 are long past, but a final memory remains: As I lay in bed early that Christmas Eve, the colored glow of tree lights seeped into my room. Off in the distance were disembodied television voices of Apollo astronauts circling the moon-- they read passages from the book of Genesis, and wished well the "people of the good Earth.""
"The Vietnam War, the assassinations of public figures, and seeing part of my city burn the previous summer during riots-- it was a lot to handle. The first side of the record ends with the sad longing and fears of Old Friends, who sit on a park bench and reminisce together. The fears and sadness of 1968 are long past, but a final memory remains: As I lay in bed early that Christmas Eve, the colored glow of tree lights seeped into my room. Off in the distance were disembodied television voices of Apollo astronauts circling the moon-- they read passages from the book of Genesis, and wished well the "people of the good Earth.""
Best Glam
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Twisted Sister's second full length album You Can't Stop Rock N' Roll features a number of favorites that remain in their set to this day. Feel The Power (BONUS TRACK). The remastering by Scott Hull has just added upon the original Atlantic CD release's production. That Spitfire reissue from a few years back (mastered from vinyl) was a disgrace. The Armoury Records reissues' booklet was a simple reproduction ... with the associated loss of detail and clarity."
"The follow-up to their debut was another serious hard rock record that seemed to contradict Twisted Sister's often comical and garish stage and publicity look. The title track which was originally intended for the first record but held back became Twisted Sister's first MTV video but it was "I Am, I'm Me" that was the first UK single off the LP."
"So, I am going back and purchasing older bands material that I KNOW is good on CD. I've heard all kinds of mixed feeling on what sound good and bad. Dee Snider's vocals are great as always and the drum sound is better on here then "Stay Hungry" though I love both albums."
"You cant stop rock n roll, who would want to stop it anyway, this is not a test, its operation rock n roll!!!!!"
"All these are worth buying this CD."
"Two of my Favorite Twisted Sister albums are Under The Blade and You Can't Stop Rock N Roll!!!"
"While not as good as "Under the Blade", Twisted Sister's second effort "You Can't Stop Rock&Roll" is the next best thing."
"Great band , and a killer album!"
Best Live Albums
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This is a really great album."
"One of my all-time favorite David Gilmour performances!"
"Here is why: **** AMAZING PRODUCTION QUALITY, ON BOTH THE CDs AND THE DVDs. **** THE FINAL OFFICIAL RELEASE WHERE YOU ALSO GET TO SEE / HEAR PINK FLOYD KEYBOARDIST RICHARD WRIGHT. **** COMPLETE AND AMAZING 5.1 VERSION OF "ON AN ISLAND" ALBUM. **** GILMOUR, STILL AT THE VERY TOP OF HIS GAME, DEMONSTRATING NEW TALENTS, SUCH AS PLAYING THE SAXOPHONE!! P.S., somewhere out there is a nice DVD recording of a Roger Waters concert from Cork, Ireland (2006), which features Nick Mason."
"Awesome."
"Gilmour ended his On An Island Tour with this show which features the Baltic Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Zbigniew Preisner. The disc also features a making of featurette called Gdansk Diary which also covers some background on the Solidarity movement in Poland. These performances include highlights from the Island tour recorded at the Mermaid Theatre in London, The AOL Sessions in New York and Live at Abbey Road."
"I absolutely love it."
"After listening to the CD's while driving, I began to appreciate the music more and more and notice the different touches on these new recordings more and more. I also enjoyed the DVD's especially since it was Richard's last concert filmed with David, and I treasure it, also, but it is the cd's that I have enjoyed so much!"
"One CD in the second set is also scratched and both appear to be used."
Best Psychedelic Rock
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The Oscar nominated documentary 'searching for Sugarman' opened my eyes to why. People thought he had killed himself after being humiliated in the USA. In South Africa he was loved by the young population, 'He Crucified our minds'. He opened our eyes in an apartheid era, when we were blinded by it's evils. It was possibly the greatest Album never heard, but there may have been a 'Rich Folks Hoax' somewhere."
"From a hard, working class background, inclined toward movies and music and influenced by his father's guitar playing, he taught himself and quit school at 16. In the 60s/70s, when war, words, music, and the streets came alive, Rodriguez's singer-songwriting talent carried him to widespread popularity, becoming mainstream in Australia and South Africa. With North American promotion lacking, unbeknownst to him, international licensing and bootlegging created a huge following and market for him, and through intense coercion, Rodriguez agreed to appear in person."
"My only complaint is that I got all three cds and there is a lot of overlap in the songs, but I think the deal was something like I bought the two original CDs and the soundtrack was an extra $5, so not a big deal, but if you want only one CD, get the soundtrack, as it has most of his best songs, but everything he wrote is worth listening to."
"And now he even gets some money for the albums he made in 1969 in Detroit, MI, and 1971 in London, England...which did not sell at the time, except for huge amounts in South Africa. Interesting songs with titles that say a lot: "Sugar Man", "Crucify Your Mind", "This Is Not A Song, It's An Outburst: Or, The Establishment Blues", "Hate Street Dialogue", "Inner City Blues", "Rich Folks Hoax", etc."
Best Southern Rock
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This southern rock music is really good and compares to Lynyrd Skynyrd and other CDs I own. Rick Medlocke - guitar-vocals and Jackson Spires drums - vocals and the others play great southern rock for several albums, before the standard story of nearly having the big time success peters out and they disband, only to form again later for a while."
"One advantage of seeing them in small bar got to stand right in front slapping hands with em while they were jamming! She's got legs clean up to her hairline I wonder if she's worth the climb?I'm on the run got no time for you now I gotta play for this crowd!"
"Bought this cd for my hubby to jam out to on the road for work."
"it is hard to mess up a CD so what can ya say - deliver was on time and it plays perfectly - great addition to my music collection."
"I highly recommend this to the old school Southern Rock fan, as well as the new fan that wants to learn what it was all about!"
"GOOD PRODUCT, FAST SHIPPING."
Best Contemporary Blues
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Another great record from Joe."
"I particularity like the way Joe embraces past, present and future, blending familiar influences and making it all somehow his own."
"Good stuff by Joe on this disc."
"Good record."
"On this record, you hear a more controlled voice and better sounding lower register."
"If you know Joe, there's little more you need to know."
"If you don't get Joe Bonamassa, you don't get the blues!"
"joe's stuff is Joe's stuff and really goos sh-t to boot."
Best Singer-Songwriters
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Great CD ."
"technically a little less than mnormal."
"A terrific CD and a great seller!"
"Good product, price, and service."
"Would've given item 5 stars except for a shipping error that was not my fault."
"Fast delivery; CD as expected."
"Excellent is all I can say."
"What can I say - perfection!!"