CDs: Pop

A great album from a great American band. It sounds like it's been aged in an oak barrel since '68. The Black Crowes rescued blues-rock-boogie in the '90s. Shake Your Money Maker was a fine, fine debut but this album was another kettle of fish. Imagine a girl with the eyes of an angel & the switchback curves of a mountain highway dres... (See the whole review)

The final recording from the band known for launching the career of Sting. ... (See the whole review)

For the neebs that think 21st century new wave-synth-rock noveau is the real deal, get a grip on this bad boy from '78. When I was 15, this was the shit & deservedly so. The wandering synths, declinated power-pop riffing & rock sensibilities of The Cars awakened my generation to a whole new sound. This was 1978, long before the... (See the whole review)

Story of purity versus change part 2: A haunting album mixing pop with operatic vocals, classical snippets and folk rock. The first time I heard this was in a Barned and Noble, at first it reminded me of the Beach Boys, then John Denver, then Radiohead...at first, I was annoyed, then intrigued. I couldn't place it musically, and I didn't like i... (See the whole review)

This is definitely one of my favorites.  This double-cd collection is compiled of songs from Syd Barrett, the original singer of Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, and David Gilmour.  The cds have a nice mixture of music dating back from the late 60s to the late 80s.  The songs Astronomy Domine and Bike are from the album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn rele... (See the whole review)

There was very little good pop in the eighties... but Huey Lewis and the News is one band that was actually pretty good!  Plus, there's the coolness factor of being on the soundtrack to Back to the Future.  (Yes, this greatest hits CD does include "The Power of Love.") At any rate, Huey Lewis has been around long enough now to move f... (See the whole review)

If you've ever lived near the ocean then you know that it has a personality; it almost has a soul of its own.  Brightman tells an eloquent story which could only be told by one familiar with the "spirit of the sea." ... (See the whole review)

When I was 16 years old in 1969, I was looking through record albums in a local store and came across the following: . Of course, being a 16 year old male, I fell in love immediately and bought this album in spite of never having heard of Melanie or her music before. Upon arriving home, I put the record on my turntable, listened, and was then in lo... (See the whole review)

I had the pleasure of seeing the lovely Cyndi Lauper in concert earlier this year. And it was a pleasure. For two hours, Cyndi sang, danced, played instruments, told stories, joked and entertained the sold out crowd. ... (See the whole review)

Allan Sherman is best known for his hit "Hello, Muddah, Hello Fadduh" but he was no "one hit wonder". He produced a healthy body of work in the sixties and early seventies before his death. A precursor to Weird Al Yankovic, Sherman was the master of song parody. This collection contains much of his best work including my favorites "Good Advi... (See the whole review)

Ahh, Marilyn, sweet, loveable, and oh, so sexy Marilyn... I bought this CD as a novelty a few years ago but was pleasantly surprised at just how good it is. Marilyn could really sing and the music on this CD is great. Most of the songs featured here are from her movies and include "I Wanna Be Loved by You", "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best... (See the whole review)