This three CD compilation is all the Bonnie Tyler a casual fan is likely to want or need, but if you haven't heard a great deal of her work and wanted something to explore her music more, this is an ideal choice. The Ultimate Collection covers the cream of her 70s and 80s output, including her biggest hits (It's A Heartache, Lost In France, Holding Out For A Hero, Total Eclipse Of The Heart) plus a huge amount of massively enjoyable songs. Personal favourites include Faster Than The Speed Of Night, More Than A Lover, Loving You's A Dirty Job (But Somebody's Gotta Do It) (a duet with Todd Rundgren), If You Were A Woman (And I Was A Man) and Here She Comes. Her cover versions of Have You Ever Seen The Rain, Straight From The Heart and Sometimes When We Touch are rather good too.

Bob Marley is best known for his classic Island Records catalog, and while that material is undeniably great, there are many Marley fans and historians who feel that his finest recordings actually came earlier, when he and the Wailers were still largely a Jamaican phenomenon. Wherever one stands on that issue, the fact remains that Marley's early work, particularly the sessions with producer Lee "Scratch" Perry in 1970 and 1971, are of an uncommonly high quality. This collection combines several of the Perry tracks ("The Sun Is Shining," "Duppy Conqueror," "African Herbsman," "Mr. Brown") with those produced by Leslie Kong ("Soul Shakedown Party") and by the Wailers themselves ("Trench Town Rock," "Lively Up Yourself," both of which were originally released on the group's own Tuff Gong label), and the selections are enough to provide a brief but decent introduction to this Jamaican phase of Marley's career. There are literally hundreds of editions of this material on the market -- some legally licensed, some not -- but Roots of a Legend is at least honestly rendered, with decent packaging and sound. A bonus DVD featuring footage from Marley's 1980 tour (undertaken just 17 months before his death) in support of the Survival album is also included.

The album’s title ‘Preaching to the Choir’ has different meanings, on different levels. When applied to the band Kalle Wallner says, “It’s about blind understanding. When you get the right people on board, there is no need for lengthy explanations. You just hit the recording button. And when you then give the right musicians the right music … that’s when they help you take it to the next level.” He goes on to say, “No need to convince anybody, no discussions. And no compromises are necessary. You just pump it out.”

The concept of the super-group, while not new, has evolved a bit since it was dabbled with in the 60s and 70s. From Cream to ELP to Asia to The Traveling Wilburys, the super-group has always been a productive outlet for both record labels and rock stars either looking for a momentary change of scenery, or a new direction following a breakup. While they seem to have fallen out of fashion from about 1990 on, in recent years, some labels, such as Frontiers Music, have been reinvigorating the idea, albeit with mixed results. Whereas in 1980 a recording producer could play Nikola Tesla with a lab full of exciting new elements and concepts, today that is less so the case. It may be less Tesla, and more of opening up the pantry to see if there is anything to throw together which may resemble dinner. In fact, sometimes today when semi-retired veterans are put into a studio to do an album, many songs feel a bit like reheated leftovers, perhaps unused ideas from yesteryear which may have been better left on the cutting room floor.

Greatest Hits — сборник песен исландской певицы Бьорк, вышедший в 2002 году. Все композиции сборника ранее выпускались в виде синглов. Песни для Greatest Hits выбирались голосованием среди фэнов. Порядок треков выстроен в соответствии с количеством голосов, полученной каждой песней. Последний трек является бонусом. Несмотря на название, в сборнике отсутствует самый популярный хит Бьорк «It’s Oh So Quiet», а также некоторые другие синглы.

В 2003 году пришло время и для Brainstorm создать свой первый шедевр! «Soul Temptation» является самым сильным и лучшим творением за всю историю группы. После его выпуска банда обрела по-настоящему крепкую репутацию, плюс популярности ей придало совместное турне с популярными пауэрщиками Edguy, а также участие в таких престижных шоу как Blind Guardian Open Air и Bang Your Head Festival. «Soul Temptation» содержит в себе все черты, которые могут прославить такой стиль как энгри пауэр метал на всю страну! Диск феноменально соединяет в себе угарные трешевые риффы, плотные и глубокие басовые партии, низкий и харизматичный вокал Энди Франка (Symphorce) + оригинальные и свежие мелодические решения. Идея использования клавишных аранжировок была успешно задействована ещё на «Metus Mortis», в «Soul Temptation» она нашла, кажется, своё оптимальное развитие, потому как каждая песня благодаря стараниям клавишника Миро Роденберга (Rhapsody, Kamelot, Edguy, Aina, Heavens Gate) подвергнута отпечаткам величественных, эпических и восточных оттенков, что делает музыку группы вообще уникальной, ведь много ли существует групп использовавших настолько своеобразные дополнения в своей музыке?!

Сам альбом получился, конечно, довольно демоническим и мощным, но не таким убойным, как я ожидал. Что, впрочем, и к лучшему, потому что напичканные сверхзвуковыми бластбитами и гитарной пилорамой релизы потихоньку начинают надоедать. Я бы даже сказал, сабж практически вторгся на территорию мелодичного блэка, хотя об этом можно поспорить. Мелодики тут предостаточно, чтобы максимально украсить и разнообразить материал, но вот чтобы считать "Anticross" чем-то, кроме представителя стандартного блэк-метала, ее все же мало.

Borgne path has never been straight. Founded in 1998, when it debuted with a demo, the project went off the radar for almost a decade, coming back at full throttle in 2007 with two albums released almost simultaneously. Another ten years after, we are proud to add the Swiss band, which recently became a two-piece, to our roster.

Следующие альбомы с 1978 года по 1981 год («XII» (1978), «Eyes Of The Universe» (1979), «Turn Of The Tide» (1981)) становились всё более коммерческими, хотя в музыке, представленной на них, частично сохранились какие-то элементы арта. Всё же на музыкантах сказался недостаток внимания и потому они решили упростить свою музыку, дабы привлечь более массовую и менее взыскательную публику. Если же взглянуть на произошедшие перемены с другой стороны, то конец 1970-х — начало 1980-х годов были не вполне благоприятными для арт-рока вообще (ибо на смену арт-року пришли панк-рок, пост-панк, «новая волна» и приторный американизированный хард-рок) и прежние корифеи, такие как Genesis, Yes или Jethro Tull, шли на значительное упрощение своего творчества.

The Stranger is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on September 29, 1977, by Columbia Records. It was the first of Joel's albums to be produced by Phil Ramone, with whom he would work for five subsequent albums.

The Hunter is the sixth studio album by American rock band Blondie, released on May 24, 1982, by Chrysalis Records. It was Blondie's last album of new material until 1999's No Exit. It was recorded between December 1981 and February 1982.

Blondie is the eponymous debut album by American rock band Blondie, released in December 1976 on Private Stock Records.

The Hunter is a concept album based on the theme: searching, pursuing, and hunting. Tracks on the album include Jimmy Destri's Motown pastiche "Danceway", while "Dragonfly" has a science-fiction theme to its lyrics about a race in space. "The Beast" deals with Deborah Harry's experiences of becoming a public figure: "I am the centre of attraction, by staying off the streets". "English Boys" is Harry and Chris Stein's melancholy tribute to "those English boys who had long hair", The Beatles, recorded the year after John Lennon's assassination in New York City, describing the innocence and idealism of the 60's, while "War Child" references military conflicts in Cambodia and the Middle East. The album concludes with a cover version of Smokey Robinson's "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game", originally recorded by The Marvelettes in 1967.