Sales Rank:600 List Price: $34.98 Lowest New Price: $18.48 Lowest Used Price: $15.34 Artist(s):
The Beatles
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The closest the Beatles came to a greatest hits package, this document of the early part of their career features hit singles (in chronological order) and selected album tracks, running from "Love Me Do" through the groundbreaking Rubber Soul and Revolver albums. While this may be an excellent intro for beginners, real fans will never be content with only selections, especially when you're dealing with those aforementioned albums. Capitol packages the collection on two discs, copying the original vinyl version--but, of course, CDs hold more music than records did. Still, you do get 26 bona fide classics, so there's no real need to complain. --Bill Holdship
Sales Rank:345 List Price: $11.98 Lowest New Price: $4.89 Lowest Used Price: $4.90 Artist(s):
AC/DC
Tracks:
Rock 'n' Roll Damnation
Down Payment Blues
Gimme a Bullet
Riff Raff
Sin City
What's Next to the Moon
Gone Shootin'
Up to My Neck in You
Kicked in the Teeth
2003 remastered reissue of 1978 album packaged in a digipak with 16 page full color booklet containing all original album art, many unpublished photos, classic memorabilia, and liner notes. Epic.
Sales Rank:667 List Price: $13.98 Lowest New Price: $5.60 Lowest Used Price: $5.49 Artist(s):
Counting Crows
Tracks:
1492
Hanging Tree
Los Angeles
Sundays
Insignificant
Cowboys
Washington Square
On Almost Any Sunday Morning
When I Dream of Michelangelo
Anyone But You
You Can't Count on Me
Le Ballet d'Or
On a Tuesday in Amsterdam Long Ago
Come Around
With over 20 million albums sold worldwide, eight Top 5 singles, and three records that have broken the Top 5 on the Billboard 200, COUNTING CROWS are set to release their long awaited new album SATURDAY NIGHTS & SUNDAY MORNINGS. The record is the Crows' first studio album in almost 5 years, since the release of Hard Candy in 2002.
Sales Rank:681 List Price: $18.98 Lowest New Price: $10.07 Lowest Used Price: $9.48 Artist(s):
Stills & Nash Crosby
Tracks:
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
Shadow Captain
Helplessly Hoping
Long Time Gone
Our House
Southern Cross
Marrakesh Express
Guinnevere
See the Changes
Teach Your Children
Wooden Ships
Just A Song Before I Go
Delta
49 Bye-Byes
Wasted on the Way
Carry On/Questions
In My Dreams
Cathedral
Daylight Again
One of the most enduring musical partnerships of our time, Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famers Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) are beloved worldwide for their peerless three-part harmonies, inspired songwriting, and brilliant musicianship. Rightfully claiming a singular place among the artistically and culturally influential acts of the original Woodstock era, CSN has been called "the voice of an entire generation."
Sales Rank:520 List Price: $13.98 Lowest New Price: $8.12 Lowest Used Price: $8.14 Artist(s):
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tracks:
American Girl
Breakdown
Listen To Her Heart
I Need To Know
Refugee
Don't Do Me Like That
Even The Losers
Here Comes My Girl
The Waiting
You Got Lucky
Don't Come Around Here No More
I Won't Back Down
Runnin' Down A Dream
Free Fallin'
Learning To Fly
Into The Great Wide Open
Mary Jane's Last Dance
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around -with Stevie Nicks
Hailing from the state of Florida, singer-songwriter Tom Petty has come to epitomize a new rootsy style of California rock'n'roll. Rhythmically, the music harkens back to the basic crunch of the Rolling Stones and the dancing pop of the Beatles, while Petty's gravelly vocals and sing-song narrative style suggest roots in the folk-blues Americana of Bob Dylan. This new Greatest Hits collection replaces the classic hit of "Something in the Air" with "Stop Dragging My Heart Around" featuring Stevie Nicks.
Sales Rank:447 List Price: $18.97 Lowest New Price: $7.85 Lowest Used Price: $8.28 Artist(s):
Elvis Presley
Tracks:
How Great Thou Art
So High
Amazing Grace
Crying In The Chapel
You'll Never Walk Alone
Swing Down Sweet Chariot
In My Father's House
Milky White Way
His Hand In Mine
I Believe In The Man In The Sky
Where Could I Go But To The Lord
If The Lord Wasn't Walking By My Side
Run On
He Touched Me
Bosom Of Abraham
Lead Me, Guide Me
Joshua Fit The Battle
If We Never Meet Again
I, John
Reach Out To Jesus
Who Am I?
Help Me
An Evening Prayer
Take My Hand, Precious Lord
(There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)
Revised with 2 significant tracks and artwork not previously included. When Elvis was growing up, the Presley family attended the First Assembly Of God church in Tupelo and subsequently in Memphis. Elvis's music was greatly influenced by attending these churches, but reglious music came to Elvis in many shapes and forms. Religious songs were often part of the repertoire for country stars on the Grand Ol' Opry - a syndicated radio Nashville broadcast that the Presley's almost always tuned into on Saturdays. As a teen, Elvis and his friends would sneak into churches in the black neighborhoods to catch the lively music of a different musical heritage. The welcoming congregation and uplifting sound opened up Elvis's understanding of the multiple facets of reglious music. ULTIMATE GOSPEL provides testament to Elvis's musical excellence and acknowledges the priceless contribution of the talented songwriters, musicians and producers involved.
Sales Rank:605 List Price: $13.98 Lowest New Price: $8.91 Lowest Used Price: $7.48 Artist(s):
Van Morrison
Tracks:
Gloria
Here Comes the Night - Van Morrison, Berns, Bert
Brown Eyed Girl
Moondance
Crazy Love - Van Morrison, Morrison, Love
Domino
Wild Night
Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)
Warm Love
Wavelength
Bright Side of the Road
Dweller on the Threshold
Tore Down a La Rimbaud
In the Garden
Someone Like You
Have I Told You Lately?
Real Real Gone
Days Like This
The Healing Game
Precious Time
Stranded
THE FIRST-EVER CAREER-SPANNING SINGLE DISC GREATEST HITS COLLECTION FROM ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS OF OUR TIME One of the best-selling albums of the Nineties, the five-times-platinum, 1990-issued The Best Of Van Morrison, is out of print. For a new, career-spanning collection from the singer-songwriter ranked in the top half of both Vh1's "100 Greatest Artists Of Rock And Roll" and Rolling Stone's "The Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time," only one man could possibly handpick the tracks and oversee their mastering -- Van Morrison himself. That is what the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer has done for Still On Top - The Greatest Hits. Spanning his work from 1964 to 2005 on a handful of different record labels, Still On Top - The Greatest Hits celebrates a singer who has influenced everyone from Bruce Springsteen and The Doors' Jim Morrison to Tom Petty and Elvis Costello. Van the Man has been hailed as one of "popular music's true innovators, a restless seeker whose incantatory vocals and alchemical fusion of R&B, jazz, blues, and Celtic folk produced perhaps the most spiritually transcendent body of work in the rock & roll canon" (All Music Guide).
Sales Rank:512 List Price: $13.98 Lowest New Price: $9.28 Lowest Used Price: $5.86 Artist(s):
The Mamas & the Papas
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California Dreamin' - The Mamas & the Papas, Phillips, John [1]
Go Where You Wanna Go - The Mamas & the Papas, Phillips, John [1]
Monday, Monday - The Mamas & the Papas, Phillips, John [1]
I Call Your Name - The Mamas & the Papas, Lennon, John
Do You Wanna Dance - The Mamas & the Papas, Freeman, Bobby
I Saw Her Again - The Mamas & the Papas, Doherty, Denny
You Baby - The Mamas & the Papas, Barri, Steve
Dancing Bear - The Mamas & the Papas, Phillips, John [1]
Words of Love - The Mamas & the Papas, Phillips, John [1]
No Salt on Her Tail - The Mamas & the Papas, Phillips, John [1]
Look Through My Window - The Mamas & the Papas, Phillips, John [1]
Dancing in the Street - The Mamas & the Papas, Gaye, Marvin
Dedicated to the One I Love - The Mamas & the Papas, Bass, Ralph
Creeque Alley - The Mamas & the Papas, Phillips, Michelle
Glad to Be Unhappy - The Mamas & the Papas, Hart, Lorenz
Twist and Shout - The Mamas & the Papas, Medley, Phil
Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon) - The Mamas & the Papas, Phillips, John [1]
My Girl - The Mamas & the Papas, Robinson, Smokey
Safe in My Garden - The Mamas & the Papas, Phillips, John [1]
Dream a Little Dream of Me - The Mamas & the Papas, Andre, Fabian
The Mamas and the Papas had a sound that helped define a portion of the 1960s. Their breezy folk classics had a bit of San Francisco psychedelia woven in, and, despite the sweet harmonies, there was also a noticeably dark feel to some of their more popular work. "California Dreamin'" and "Monday, Monday" both utilized enough minors to give them a spooky edge. Greatest Hits is an essential part of any audiophile's collection, especially if they don't have the original recordings that spawned the hits. "Dedicated to the One I Love" is almost ironic for its tenderness, considering the turmoil that rumbled through the band's interrelationships. While John and Michelle Phillips and Denny Doherty were all responsible for the success of the Mamas and the Papas, listening to this collection reveals that the late great Mama Cass was not only the heart but the soul of the band. Greatest Hits closes with her "Dream a Little Dream of Me," and serves as a touching tribute to Cass Elliot's talent. --Steve Gdula
Sales Rank:858 List Price: $19.98 Lowest New Price: $14.88 Lowest Used Price: $12.00 Artist(s):
Queen
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Queen brought a whole new meaning to the phrase over the top. While rock & roll flamboyance stretched back at least as far as Little Richard, Freddie Mercury continued to camp it up, taking little seriously and smirking at the music's growing pretensions while partaking in them no small bit. Many of the band's singles hold up extremely well, later tracks such as "Hammer to Fall" as much as prime-era numbers such as "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Killer Queen," and "You're My Best Friend." The quartet's canny sense of melody and sophisticated vocal harmonies--not to mention Mercury's raised eyebrow--have traveled well through the years. --Rickey Wright