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Culture Club: Icon *

CD / Virgin / 2013-05-14

Tracks: Do You Really Want to Hurt Me; Karma Chameleon; Time (Clock of the Heart); Church of the Poison Mind; I'll Tumble 4 Ya; Miss Me Blind; It's a Miracle; Move Away; War Song, The; Mistake Number 3; Vict...
Artists: Culture Club

A truly terrific budget-line collection, Culture Club's installment in Universal's Icon series contains all of the band's hits. Every one of the MTV staples are here -- "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me,...continue...

The Fuzztones: Snake Oil [Digipak]

2 CD / Cleopatra / 2013-03-26

Tracks: You Must Be a Witch [Demo Version]; 53rd & 3rd [Ramones Tribute]; Face of Time [Original 45 Version]; Hey Joe; Lord, Have Mercy on My Soul [Unreleased Version]; French Radio Ad 1990; They're Gonna Ta...
Artists: The Fuzztones

Liner Note Author: Igor Trypnick.

Editor: Hank Ray.

New York City guitar garage poppers the Fuzztones spent decades playing their own spooky surf-tinged take on gritty rock & roll, touri...continue...

Belinda Carlisle: Icon

1 CD / Geffen / 2013-03-19

Tracks: Sun [New Recording]; Heaven Is a Place on Earth; I Get Weak; Shades of Michelangelo; Leave a Light On; Circle in the Sand; Mad About You; Summer Rain; (We Want) The Same Thing; Do You Feel Like I Fee...
Artists: Belinda Carlisle

Photographer: Herb Rits.

Unlike almost every entry in Universal's ongoing Icon series, Belinda Carlisle's Icon volume is distinguished by the presence of a new recording in the album-opening "S...continue...

Various Artists: Massive Hits! Punk Rock [Box]

CD / EMI / 2013-03-19

Tracks: No More Heroes - The Stranglers; Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)? - Buzzcocks; Rebel Yell - Billy Idol; Alternative Ulster - Stiff Little Fingers; Sheena is a Punk Rocker - Ramone...
Artists: Various Artists

Though it might be called Massive Hits! Punk Rock, this three-disc collection from EMI is a treasure trove of classic punk, new wave, and post-punk classics. While purists would say nothing is less pu...continue...

The Human League: All the Best *

CD / EMI / 2013-03-05

Tracks: Don't You Want Me; Love Action (I Believe In Love); Mirror Man; I'm Coming Back; Life Kills; Louise; Kiss the Future; Things That Dreams Are Made Of, The; Darkness; Open Your Heart; Money; Sign, The;...
Artists: The Human League

Photographer: Simon Fowler .

All the Best covers the first six Human League albums, from Reproduction (1979) through Romantic? (1990). It contains almost all of the group's singles from these y...continue...

The Stranglers: All the Best *

CD / EMI / 2013-03-05

Artists: The Stranglers

There are plenty of Stranglers compilations to choose from, but All the Best places in the upper half and maybe even the upper ten percent, although it still has its drawbacks. It opens with a killer ...continue...

The Garbage & the Flowers: Eyes Rind as If Beggars [Digipak]

CD / Bo Weavil Recordings / 2013-02-19

Tracks: Love Comes Slowly Now; Nothing Going Down; Carousel; Sweet Pea; Rosicrucinn Lovers; Martial Sign; Garymoy; Prince of Thieves; Carousel [Live]; Your Williams Baby; Lucy in Her Pink Jacket; Holy Holy B...
Artists: The Garbage & the Flowers

Liner Note Author: Jon Dale.

Photographer: David Welch.

This remarkably obscure group from Wellington, New Zealand met as teens in the late '80s and worked on the band throughout the ear...continue...