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Various Artists: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Greatest Hits

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2013-06-18

Tracks: Theme from Vice City, The; You've Got Another Thing Comin' - Judas Priest; Out of Touch - Daryl Hall & John Oates; Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) - Hashim; More Than This - Roxy Music; I Ran (So Far Away) - ...
Artists: Various Artists

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Greatest Hits collects some of the highlights from the amazing, and amazingly big, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City seven-disc soundtrack series and box set. Picking out just 18...continue...

DJ Kayslay: Streetsweeper, Vol. 2: The Pain from the Game [PA]

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2013-06-18

Tracks: King of the Streets; Face Off - (featuring Ghostface Killah/Scarface); Angels Around Me - (featuring G-Unit/50 Cent); Hands on the Pump - (featuring Sauce Money/Memphis Bleek/Game); I'm Gone - (featu...
Artists: DJ Kayslay

Full title: The Streetsweeper Vol. 2: The Pain Of The Game.

Personnel includes: DJ Kayslay, Ghostface, Scarface, G Unit, 50 Cent, Eminem, Obie Trice, Prodigy, LL Cool J, Three 6 Mafia, Frayser ...continue...

Jessica Mauboy: The Sapphires [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2012-11-20

Artists: Jessica Mauboy

In a movie, the soundtrack and score embrace and augment a scene or moment on screen, but a standalone soundtrack is a slightly different matter. It may remind listeners of the movie they just saw, su...continue...

Gemelli DiVersi: Tutto Da Capo *

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2012-09-18

Tracks: Tutto Da Capo; Per Farti Sorridere; Gucci Bag; Non Ci Controlli; V.A.I.; Anni Mesi Giorni; Spaghetti Funk Is Dead; Con le Mie Mani; Al di Là Delle Stelle; Alla Goccia; I Miei Amici; Sei Come Sei...
Artists: Gemelli DiVersi

Seven (Swiss): Like a Rocket

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2012-09-11

Tracks: Go Slow; Lisa; I Want; Keep Ur Head Up; Wish of a Fool; I Know; Like a Rocket; My Song; Running; Jail; Let Me Be; Join the Sky; One Day; Born & Raised
Artists: Seven (Swiss)

Audio Mixer: Philipp Schweidler.

Recording information: Department Of Noise ZH; Mayfair Studios, London; PlayGround Studios; SMT Studios, New York, NY; Sonarsound Studio; Studio Zum Guten Ton, ...continue...

Etta James: The Complete Blues, Rock N Soul Private Music Albums Collection [Box Set] [Box] *

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2012-08-28

Tracks: Rock, The; Cry Like a Rainy Day; Love's Been Rough on Me; Love It or Leave It Alone; Don't Touch Me; Hold Me (Just a Little Longer Tonight); If I Had Any Pride Left at All; I Can Give You Everything;...
Artists: Etta James

Liner Note Authors: Bob Porter; Martin Scorsese.

Recording information: Conway Studio, Hollywood, CA (01/10/2002-01/13/2002); Conway, Hollywood, CA (01/10/2002-01/13/2002); Fort Athens Studio, ...continue...

J-Ax: Meglio Live *

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2012-05-15

Tracks: Brillo Ma Da Lucido; I Gelati Sono Buoni; Fumo Ancora; Rare Tracce; Io Non Sono Partito [Radio Edit]; Ancora in Piedi (Intro); Ancora in Piedi; Reci-Divo; Rap N' Roll; Fabrizio Fa Brutto; Aqua Nella...
Artists: J-Ax

J-Ax caps off the success of his 2011 Meglio Prima album and tour with the live release Meglio Live. There is a reason, however, why rap/hip-hop artists rarely bother with live albums. So much of the ...continue...

J-Ax: Meglio Live *

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2012-05-15

Artists: J-Ax

J-Ax caps off the success of his 2011 Meglio Prima album and tour with the live release Meglio Live. There is a reason, however, why rap/hip-hop artists rarely bother with live albums. So much of the ...continue...

Aretha Franklin: Knew You Were Waiting: The Best of Aretha Franklin 1980-1998

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2012-04-03

Artists: Aretha Franklin

This set collects some of the key sides from Aretha Franklin's post-Atlantic Records period, and it includes the minor (by Aretha Franklin standards) hits "Who's Zoomin' Who?," "Jump to It," and "I Kn...continue...

Shuggie Otis: Original Album Classics [Slipcase]

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2012-01-17

Tracks: Oxford Gray; Jennie Lee; Bootie Cooler; Knowing (That You Want Him); Funky Thithee; Shuggie's Boogie; Hurricane; Gospel Groove; Baby, I Needed You; Hawks, The; Ice Cold Daydream; Strawberry Letter 23...
Artists: Shuggie Otis

OutKast: Original Album Classics [Slipcase]

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2012-01-17

Tracks: You May Die (Intro); Two Dope Boyz (In a Cadillac); ATLiens; Wheelz of Steel; Jazzy Belle; Elevators (Me and You); Ova da Wudz; Babylon; Wailin'; Mainstream; Decatur Psalm; Millennium; E.T. (Extrater...
Artists: OutKast

Jermaine Jackson: S.O.U.L.

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2011-11-29

Tracks: Don't Take It Personal; Do What You Do; I'd Like to Get to Know You; Dynamite; When the Rain Begins to Fall - (featuring Pia Zadora); (Closest Thing To) Perfect; Do You Remember Me; I Think It's Love...
Artists: Jermaine Jackson

Part of an extensive budget line series of anthologies from Sony, this volume of S.O.U.L. covers Jermaine Jackson's Arista releases -- so there's nothing from the singer's 1972-1982 Motown releases. T...continue...

Steve Winwood: About Time [Bonus DVD]

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2011-11-15

Artists: Steve Winwood

ABOUT TIME was issued briefly with a limited edition bonus disc featuring live and previously unreleased tracks.

Personnel includes: Steve Winwood (vocals, piano); Jose Neto (guitar); Walfredo ...continue...

Sly & the Family Stone: Dynamite! The Collection

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2011-11-01

Tracks: Dance to the Music; Everyday People; Family Affair; Fun; I Cannot Make It; Ride the Rhythm; Are You Ready?; Dynamite!; Underdog; Stand!; (You Caught Me) Smilin'; You Can Make It If You Try; Que Sera,...
Artists: Sly & the Family Stone

Aloe Blacc: Good Things *

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2011-11-01

Tracks: I Need a Dollar; Green Lights; Hey Brother; Miss Fortune; Life So Hard; Take Me Back; Femme Fatale; Loving You is Killing Me; Good Things; You Make Me Smile; If I; Mama Hold My Hand; Politician (Repr...
Artists: Aloe Blacc

All the promise of his debut comes true on Aloe Blacc's sophomore release, Good Things, a vintage sound meets modern problems release with a way too modest title. Right from the opening "I Need a Doll...continue...

The Intruders: Playlist: The Very Best of the Intruders *

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2011-10-18

Tracks: Together; Love That's Real, A - (mono); (We'll Be) United; Cowboys to Girls; Me Tarzan, You Jane; Friends No More; Slow Drag; (Love Is Like A) Baseball Game; Sad Girl; When We Get Married; Jack Be Ni...
Artists: The Intruders

From 1966 through 1975, Philly soul group the Intruders placed two dozen singles on the R&B chart, roughly a dozen of which are missing from the 14-track Playlist: The Very Best of the Intruders. Desp...continue...

Alexis Jordan: Alexis Jordan

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2011-08-09

Artists: Alexis Jordan

While American Idol has launched the international careers of Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, and Jordin Sparks, its variety show counterpart, America's Got Talent, has so far failed to produce anyon...continue...

Various Artists: Back in the Day: Hip Hop Classics [PA]

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2011-07-12

Artists: Various Artists

Drapht: The Life of Riley

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2011-05-10

Tracks: Intrio; Sing It (the Lufe of Riley); Down; Rapunzel; Eulogy, The; R.I.P J.R; Won't Listen When; People Don't Know; Bali Party; Skit; Air Guitar; Paul the Dan, The - (featuring Trials); Murder Murder;...
Artists: Drapht

Audio Mixers: Drapht; DJ Reflux; Dave Parkin.

Arranger: Drapht.

Previously confined to the underground clubs of Melbourne and Sydney, the Australian hip-hop scene has recently begun to p...continue...

Run-D.M.C.: King of Rock/Tougher Than Leather

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2011-04-12

Tracks: Rock the House; King of Rock; You Talk Too Much; Jam-Master Jammin'; Roots, Rap, Reggae; Can You Rock It Like This; You're Blind; It's Not Funny; Darryl and Joe (Krush-Groove 3); Slow and Low [Demo];...
Artists: Run-D.M.C.

Jay-Z: Reasonable Doubt/In My Lifetime/Hard Knock Life

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2011-04-12

Artists: Jay-Z

Cypress Hill: Black Sunday/Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2011-04-12

Tracks: I Wanna Get High; I Ain't Goin' Out Like That; Insane In The Brain; When The Ship Goes Down; Lick A Shot; Cock The Hammer; Interlude; Li'l Putos; Legalise It; Hits From The Bong; What Go Around Come ...
Artists: Cypress Hill

Terence Trent D'Arby: Original Album Classics (Introducing The Hardline According To.../Neither Fish Nor Flesh/Symphony Or Damn) *

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2011-04-05

Tracks: If You All Get To Heaven; If You Let Me Stay; Wishing Well; I'll Never Turn My Back On You (Father's Words); Dance Little Sister; Seven More Days; Let's Go Forward; Rain; Sign Your Name; As Yet Untit...
Artists: Terence Trent D'Arby

Various Artists: Essential R&B: Spring 2011

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2011-03-22

Artists: Various Artists

Sam Cooke: The Very Best of...

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2011-02-15

Artists: Sam Cooke

Mariah Carey: The Collection

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2011-02-15

Tracks: Dreamlover; Bliss; Melt Away; Breakdown - (featuring Krayzie Bone/Wish Bone); Make It Happen; Outside; Vanishing; Looking In; Emotions; Babydoll; I Am Free; Fantasy - (featuring ODB); Underneath the ...
Artists: Mariah Carey

Etta James: At Last: The Best of Etta James

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2011-02-15

Tracks: Blues is My Business, The; If I Had Any Pride Left at All; It's a Man's Man's Man's World; I've Been Lovin' You Too Long; Try a Little Tenderness; Night and Day; Come Rain or Come Shine; I'll Be Seei...
Artists: Etta James

In many ways Etta James resembled a female Ray Charles in her unerring ability to tackle (and sometimes combine) all of the strands of American popular music, from rock & roll to R&B, blues, country, ...continue...

James Brown: S.O.U.L.

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2011-02-08

Tracks: Static [Full Force Single Remix] - (remix); Living in America [R&B Dance Version]; Keep Keepin'; Gravity [Extended Dance Mix] - (remix); Goliath [Message House Mix] - (remix); How Do You Stop [Specia...
Artists: James Brown

Recording information: Battery Studios, New York, NY.

This budget ten-track set is mostly drawn from James Brown's 1986 comeback album Gravity, which was produced by Dan Hartman and successfull...continue...

Ginuwine: S.O.U.L.

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2011-02-08

Tracks: Pony; Differences; What's So Different?; Stingy; In Those Jeans; So Anxious; None of Ur Friends Business; There It Is [Rhythm Radio Remix] - (remix); I'm Feelin' You; She's Out of My Life
Artists: Ginuwine

Like 2008's Super Hits, S.O.U.L. is a ten-track budget-line compilation series from Sony, and Ginuwine has been the subject of discs in each one. This one contains each one of the singer's Top Ten R&B...continue...

Run-D.M.C.: S.O.U.L.

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2011-02-08

Tracks: My Adidas; Walk This Way; It's Tricky; Down with the King; Peter Piper; Here We Go [Live at the Funhouse]; Sucker M.C.'s [Krush-Groove 1]; Hollis Crew [Krush-Groove 2]; Darryl and Joe [Krush-Groove 3...
Artists: Run-D.M.C.

Run-D.M.C. released three classic albums and both Together Forever: Greatest Hits 1983-1991 (1991) and Ultimate Run-D.M.C. (2003) are five-star compilations. Therefore, this volume of Sony's S.O.U.L. ...continue...

Gladys Knight & the Pips: S.O.U.L.

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2011-02-08

Tracks: On and On [From Claudine]; I Feel a Song (In My Heart); Every Beat of My Heart; Midnight Train to Georgia; Save the Overtime (For Me); Hero (Wind Beneath My Wings); Love Finds Its Own Way; Part Time ...
Artists: Gladys Knight & the Pips

This budget ten-track set features a rather random group of sides from Gladys Knight & the Pips, most of them, like the powerful "Landlord," drawn from the group's reunion work with the writing and pr...continue...

The Isley Brothers: The Real Deal

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2011-01-04

Artists: The Isley Brothers

The Isley Brothers: Inside You

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2011-01-04

Artists: The Isley Brothers

The Isley Brothers: Grand Slam

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2011-01-04

Artists: The Isley Brothers

The Isley Brothers: Between the Sheets

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2011-01-04

Artists: The Isley Brothers

Also available in a 3-pack with THE HEAT IS ON and GO FOR YOUR GUNS.

The Isley Brothers: O'Kelly Isley, Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, Chris Jasper.

Compared to ...continue...

The Isley Brothers: Go All the Way

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2011-01-04

Artists: The Isley Brothers

The Isley Brothers entered the 1980s on a high note with GO ALL THE WAY, which, even though it was a huge success at the time, went for decades without a U.S. CD reissue. The album finds the Isleys in...continue...

Calle 13: Entren Los Que Quieran [PA] *

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2010-11-22

Tracks: Intro; Calma Pueblo - (featuring Omar Rodriguez); Baile de Los Pobres; Vuelta al Mundo, La; Bala, La; Vamo'a Portarnos Mal; Latinoamerica - (featuring Maria Rita/Susana Baca); Inter-En Annunakilandia...
Artists: Calle 13

Entren Los Que Quieran (English: Enter Those Who Wish) is the fourth studio album from Puerto Rican duo Calle 13. It was released on November...continue...
Calle 13 kick off Entren los Que Quieran in exactly the same manner they did their previous two albums, with a parody intro, this time around a raucous send-up to their own record company set to a moc...continue...

Bill Withers: Lean On Me: The Collection

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2010-11-09

Artists: Bill Withers

Kelly Rowland: Simply Deep/Ms. Kelly

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2010-10-19

Tracks: Stole; Dilemma; Haven't Told You; Can't Nobody; Love/Hate; Simply Deep; Love Lives In Strange Places; Obsession; Heaven; Past 12; Everytime You Walk Out That Door; Train On A Track; Beyond Imaginatio...
Artists: Kelly Rowland

Various Artists: Essential R&B: 90's Anthems [Box] [PA]

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2010-10-19

Tracks: Remember the Time - Michael Jackson; Hold On - En Vogue; Don't Walk Away - Jade; If You Love Me - Brownstone; Right Here [Human Nature Radio Mix] - SWV (remix); Waterfalls - TLC; Back & Forth - Aaliy...
Artists: Various Artists

Taking in new jack swing, ragga, funk, hip-hop, and nu-soul, Essential R&B: 90s Anthems is a comprehensive overview of the decade where urban music became the world's most successful genre. Featuring ...continue...

John Legend/The Roots: Wake Up!

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2010-10-19

Tracks: Hard Times; Compared to What; Wake Up Everybody; Our Generation (The Hope of the World); Little Ghetto Boy (Prelude); Little Ghetto Boy; Hang On In There; Humanity (Love the Way It Should Be); Wholy ...
Artists: John Legend/The Roots

Featuring spirited covers of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes' "Wake Up Everybody," Baby Huey & the Baby Sitters' "Hard Times," and Donny Hathaway's "Little Ghetto Boy" -- socially conscious soul cult c...continue...

Cee Lo Green: Art of Noise: The Best of Cee-Lo [PA]

1 CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2010-10-12

Tracks: Soul Machine; Gettin' Grown; I'll Be Around - (Club Mix); Suga Baby; Bad Mutha; Living Again; I Am Selling Soul; One for the Road; Bass Head Jazz; Sometimes; Under the Influence (Follow Me); Closet F...
Artists: Cee Lo Green

Import pressing of this 2006 collection by the voice of Gnarls Barkley features a different cover, title and tracklisting to the U.S. Closet Freak compilation....continue...
Personnel: Cee Lo Green (rap vocals); Dungeon Family, Goodie Mob (rap vocals)....continue...

Sade: Lovers Rock/Love Deluxe

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2010-10-05

Tracks: By Your Side; Flow; King of Sorrow; Somebody Already Broke My Heart; All About Our Love; Slave Song; Sweetest Gift; Every Word; Immigrant; Lovers Rock; It's Only Love That Gets You Through; No Ordina...
Artists: Sade

Ciara: Goodies/The Evolution [Box]

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2010-10-05

Tracks: Goodies - (featuring Petey Pablo); 1, 2 Step - (featuring Missy Elliott); Thug Style; Hotline; Oh - (featuring Ludacris); Pick Up the Phone; Lookin' at You; Ooh Baby; Next to You; And I; Other Chicks...
Artists: Ciara

Photographers: Indrani; Markus Klinko; Mark Mann .

A European release, this two-disc package combines Ciara's first two albums: Goodies (2004) and The Evolution (2006). Between the two, both of...continue...

Alicia Keys: As I Am/Unplugged

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2010-10-05

Artists: Alicia Keys

Usher: Raymond V. Raymond

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2010-09-28

Artists: Usher

The making of Usher's sixth studio album was inevitably affected by the end of his marriage and its aftershocks. "Papers," the early buzz single for Raymond V Raymond, bears the closest relation to th...continue...

R. Kelly: Epic

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2010-09-21

Artists: R. Kelly

Issued as there was talk of three forthcoming releases from R. Kelly, Epic offers an assortment of previously released material alongside a handful of new songs. True to its title, Epic features some ...continue...

Common: Resurrection [Deluxe Edition]

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2010-08-31

Tracks: Resurrection; I Used To Love H.E.R.; Watermelon; Book of Life; In My Own World (Check the Method); Another Wasted Nite With...; Nuthin' To Do; Communism; Wmoe - (featuring Praiseworthy Mohammed Ali/T...
Artists: Common

Personnel: Common Sense, NO I.D., The Illustrious and Praiseworthy Mohammed Ali, The Late Show's Ynot Never The Less (vocals), Lenny Underwood (keyboards), Mista Sinister (scratches).

Producers...continue...

Various Artists: Chilled R&B: Summer Classics [PA] [Digipak]

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2010-08-17

Tracks: Empire State of Mind, Pt. 2: Broken Down - Alicia Keys; Say My Name - Destiny's Child; My Love - Justin Timberlake - (featuring T.I.); Burn - Usher; I Believe I Can Fly - R. Kelly; Unbreak My Heart -...
Artists: Various Artists

Chilled R&B Summer Classics, a triple-disc compilation released in 2010, concentrates on recent hits but dips as far back as the early `70s. The Isley Brothers' version of "Summer Breeze" and a couple...continue...

Grits: Quarantine *

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2010-08-10

Tracks: Fresh; Do It Again; New Life; Neverland - (featuring Iz/Jade Harrell); Nuance Music; We All We Got - (featuring 4Hand Clan); Outta Body; OMG - (featuring J. Dash); Different Drum - (featuring Verbs);...
Artists: Grits

Audio Mixers: The Invizibles; Michael Millionz; Mo Henderson.

Recording information: Crime Scene, Nashville, TN; Rev Art Studios, Jacksonville, FL.

Photographer: T Mik....continue...