| 801 801 Live | 4.0 |
| A Flock of Seagulls A Flock of Seagulls | 3.0 |
| a-ha Headlines and Deadlines: The Hits of a-ha | 3.0 |
| a-ha Hunting High and Low | 3.5 |
| ABC Absolutely | 2.5 |
| ABC Alphabet City | 3.0 |
| ABC The Lexicon of Love | 3.5 |
| Aisles The Yearning | 3.5 |
| Al di Meola/John McLaughlin/Paco de Lucia The Guitar Trio | 3.5 |
| Al di Meola/John McLaughlin/Paco de Lucia Friday Night in San Francisco | 4.5 |
| Alan White Ramshackled | 2.5 |
| Alas (AR) Alas | 3.5 |
| All Traps On Earth A Drop Of Light | 4.5 |
| Alphaville Forever Young | 3.5 |
| Also Eden About Time | 4.0 |
| Ambeon Fate of a Dreamer | 3.5 |
| Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe | 3.5 |
| Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe An Evening of Yes Music Plus | 4.0 |
| Anderson/Stolt Invention of Knowledge | 3.5 |
| Andrea Bocelli Sogno | 4.0 |
| Anekdoten Gravity | 4.0 |
| Anekdoten Nucleus | 4.0 |
| Anekdoten Vemod | 4.0 |
| Anekdoten A Time of Day | 4.0 |
| Anekdoten From Within | 4.5 |
| Anekdoten Until All The Ghosts Are Gone | 4.5 |
| Anglagard Buried Alive | 3.5 |
| Anglagard Epilog | 4.5 |
| Anglagard Viljans Oga | 4.5 |
| Anglagard Prog på svenska - Live in Japan | 4.5 |
| Anglagard Hybris | 5.0 |
| Annot Rhül Leviathan | 4.0 |
| Anthony Phillips The Geese and the Ghost | 4.0 |
| Anthony Phillips Wise After the Event | 4.0 |
| Anthony Phillips 1984 | 4.0 |
| Apocalyptica Plays Metallica by Four Cellos | 3.5 |
| Apocalyptica Apocalyptica | 3.5 |
| Apoteosi Apoteosi | 4.0 |
| Arachnoid Arachnoid | 4.0 |
| Arco Iris SUDAMÉRICA - O EL REGRESO A LA AURORA | 4.0 |
| Area Event '76 | 2.5 |
| Area Parigi-Lisbona | 3.0 |
| Despite the book notes on the album saying the sound of both concerts were well preserved, there are deficiencies, especially in the Lisbon concert. Sadly, its sound quality doesn't get beyond an average bootleg quality level. This is unfortunate, because it detracts the energy of the music in comparison with the studio albums. Their debut live album "Are(A)zione" released in 1975, has less musical material than "Parigi-Lisbona", still, the sound quality on "Are(A)zione" is better. Anyway, "Parigi-Lisbona" is an important and interesting live document by a remarkable, original and unique Italian band from the 70's. |
| Area Anto/Logicamente | 3.0 |
| Area Gioia E Rivoluzione | 3.0 |
| Area Area '70 | 3.0 |
| Area International Popular Group | 3.0 |
| Area Area | 3.0 |
| Area Revolution | 3.5 |
It's always a bit difficult for me to rate this kind of compilations, box sets, with the complete
original albums from a band. Why? Because, If you have already the four original albums from the
group, you don't need to buy this compilation because it hasn't practically anything new to offer,
unless you have only the vinyl versions. In this case, this package is a good complement for you,
probably with a cheap price than the four CD's, individually. However, if you don't have these
four albums yet, you need urgently to leave your home to buy them. Concluding, this is a great box
set with four of the best albums from the group. If you own this compilation or the four albums
individually, you only need to buy their fourth studio album "Maledetti" of 1976 and their fifth
studio album "1978 Gli Dei Se Ne Vanno, Gli Arrabbiati Restano" of 1978 to have the essential
discography of Area. So, this is a high recommended compilation. |
| Area Area Gold Edition | 3.5 |
| Area The Essential Box Set Collection | 3.5 |
"The Essential Box Set Collection" is an excellent compilation album of Area. It includes almost
all the studio albums from the band with the presence of Demetrio Stratos. The only exception is
the absence of their fifth studio album "1978 - Gli Dei Se Ne Vanno, Gli Arrabbiati Restano!"
released in 1978. And that it was really pity, indeed. If "1978 - Gli Dei Se Ne Vanno, Gli
Arrabbiati Restano!" was included, we would have here the complete essential studio works from
Area. But, it includes also two live albums. "Are(A)zione", is probably Area's best live album and
"Event '76" is, surely, Area's most avant-garde album. So, here we have a great showcase of Area's
music, which shows the different facets of Area, their most experimental and their most RPI too.
So, this is an excellent package for those who don't have yet all these works. It's always a great
introduction to the very own world of Area. It's highly recommended. |
| Area Caution Radiation Area | 4.0 |
| Area Maledetti | 4.0 |
| Area 1978 Gli dei se ne Vanno | 4.0 |
| Area Are(A)zione | 4.0 |
| Area Arbeit Macht Frei | 4.5 |
| Area Crac! | 4.5 |
| Arena Edits | 2.5 |
"Edits" is relatively similar to "Pride" with less its short "Crying For Help" tracks and with its
long tracks shorted. "Pride" is an excellent studio album that suffers of the same problems that
suffers their debut studio album "Songs From The Lion's Cage". I always thought that the inclusion
on both albums of the big and most progressive songs with the short and less complex songs wasn't
a very good option. I sincerely think that "Edits" represents a failed chance to release a very
good EP. If I can understand the need of separate the long songs from the short songs, I can't
understand the severe cuts that some of the songs suffered, especially "Sirens". The cut of about
one quarter of the length of the song is almost criminal. This is, for me, the best track on
"Pride" and is also one of the best tracks ever made by Arena. What Arena should have done was to
release an EP with new versions of all the long tracks from both albums, like they did with their
debut EP "The Cry" with all "Crying For Help" tracks. |
| Arena Ten Years On 1995 - 2005 | 3.0 |
| Arena Contagious | 3.0 |
| Arena Radiance | 3.5 |
| Arena Pride | 3.5 |
| Arena The Seventh Degree of Separation | 3.5 |
| Arena The Unquiet Sky | 3.5 |
| Arena Contagion Max | 3.5 |
| Arena Contagium | 3.5 |
| Arena Immortal? | 4.0 |
| Arena Pepper's Ghost | 4.0 |
| Arena Songs From the Lion's Cage | 4.0 |
| Arena Welcome To The Stage | 4.0 |
| Arena Breakfast In Biarritz | 4.0 |
| Arena Double Vision | 4.0 |
| Arena The Theory Of Molecular Inheritance | 4.0 |
| Arena The Visitor | 4.5 |
| Arena Contagion | 4.5 |
| Arena Live and Life | 4.5 |
| Aries (ITA) Aries | 3.5 |
| Aries (ITA) Double Reign | 3.5 |
| Arjen Anthony Lucassen Lost in the New Real | 4.0 |
| Armageddon Armageddon | 3.5 |
| Art Bears Hopes and Fears | 3.5 |
| Ash Ra Tempel Schwingungen | 4.0 |
| Ash Ra Tempel Ash Ra Tempel | 4.5 |
| Ash Ra Tempel Join Inn | 4.5 |
| Asia Asia | 3.5 |
| Atlas (SWE) Bla Vardag | 4.5 |
| Atoll (FR) L'Araignee Mal | 4.0 |
| Axis (GR) Axis | 4.0 |
| Ayreon Ayreonauts Only | 3.0 |
| Ayreon The Universal Migrator, Pts 1-2 | 3.5 |
"The Universal Migrator" parts one and two in only one package are really the better way to enjoy
this conceptual project. It features incredible vocal performances and amazing instrumental
playing from all involved, which is a usual trademark of all Ayreon works. Fans of various genres
should listen to this album and all of Ayreon's music to bring themselves to a more adventurous
approach toward rock and metal, in the progressive side. "The Universal Migrator" is a fantastic
album that combines perfectly well Lucassen soft and melodic side with his more heavy side. With
this album, Lucassen proves that he is one of the best and most complete artists in the
progressive music world, and one of the most versatile composers. He also confirms his capacity to
convince some of the best musicians to work with him. I real believe this album will satisfy
completely all followers of good music of any progressive genre. |
| Ayreon Timeline | 4.0 |
| Ayreon Flight of the Migrator | 4.0 |
| Ayreon The Dream Sequencer | 4.0 |
| Ayreon Into the Electric Castle | 4.5 |
| Ayreon 01011001 | 4.5 |
| Ayreon The Theory of Everything | 4.5 |
| Ayreon The Source | 4.5 |
| Ayreon The Human Equation | 5.0 |
| Bacamarte Sete Cidades | 3.5 |
| Bacamarte Depois Do Fim | 4.5 |
| Badger (UK) One Live Badger | 3.5 |
| Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso Garofano rosso | 3.5 |
| Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso Banco | 4.0 |
| Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso ...di terra | 4.0 |
| Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso Canto di primavera | 4.0 |
| Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso Darwin (1991 Version) | 4.0 |
| Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso B.M.S. (Banco Del Muttuo Soccorso, 1991 Version) | 4.0 |
| Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso As In A Last Supper | 4.0 |
| Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso Banco del Mutuo Soccorso | 4.5 |
| Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso Come in un'ultima cena | 4.5 |
| Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso Darwin! | 5.0 |
| Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso Io sono nato libero | 5.0 |
| Banda do Casaco Contos da barbearia | 3.5 |
| Banda do Casaco Coisas do Arco da Velha | 3.5 |
| Banda do Casaco A Arte E A Música De Banda Do Casaco | 3.5 |
| Banda do Casaco Hoje há conquilhas, amanhã não sabemos | 4.0 |
| Banda do Casaco Dos benefícios dum vendido no reino dos bonifácios | 4.5 |
| Barclay James Harvest Turn of the Tide | 3.0 |
| Barclay James Harvest BJH | 3.0 |
| Barclay James Harvest Baby James Harvest | 3.0 |
| Barclay James Harvest Eyes Of The Universe | 3.0 |
| Barclay James Harvest And Other Short Stories/Baby James Harvest | 3.0 |
I must confess that I don't have this compilation album in my collection. I only have the two
remastered CD versions of both studio albums. However, of all studio albums released by Barclay
James Harvest in the 70's, their four previous studio albums, the albums released to Harvest
Records, were the last to be bought to my collection and known by me. Sincerely, and I don't know
why but I never felt too much excited to knew them previously. Today, I really know that it was a
true wrong thing. Some of their best albums belong to this phase. If "Barclay James Harvest And
Other Short Stories" and "Baby James Harvest" are definitely not two essential purchases in
Barclay James Harvest discography, they are, without any doubt, two good albums for lovers of
progressive melodic music. If you have the two studio albums in two individual records, you don't
need to buy this compilation because it hasn't anything new to offer, like bonus tracks. If you
don't have the two albums yet, this is the better option because you save on price and space. |
| Barclay James Harvest Early Morning Onwards | 3.0 |
| Barclay James Harvest The Best Of Barclay James Harvest (1977) | 3.0 |
| Barclay James Harvest The Best Of Barclay James Harvest - Volume 2 | 3.0 |
| Barclay James Harvest Mocking Bird - The Early Years | 3.0 |
| Barclay James Harvest The Best Of Barclay James Harvest - Volume 3 | 3.0 |
| Barclay James Harvest Another Arable Parable | 3.0 |
| Barclay James Harvest The Harvest Years | 3.0 |
| Barclay James Harvest Twice As Much | 3.0 |
| Barclay James Harvest Premium Gold Collection | 3.0 |
| Barclay James Harvest The Best Of Barclay James Harvest (1997) | 3.0 |
| Barclay James Harvest The Collection | 3.0 |
| Barclay James Harvest Mockingbird | 3.0 |
| Barclay James Harvest Child Of The Universe, The Essential Collection | 3.0 |
| Barclay James Harvest BJH And Other Short Stories | 3.5 |
| Barclay James Harvest XII | 3.5 |
| Barclay James Harvest Barclay James Harvest/Once Again | 3.5 |
If you have the two studio albums in two individual records, sincerely I think you don't need to
buy this compilation because it hasn't practically anything new to offer, like bonus tracks. The
original remastered CD's have several bonus tracks to offer, and in general, they're all good and
interesting to hear. They have several bonus tracks, particularly "Barclay James Harvest" which
has thirteen bonus tracks, all very good and interesting. However, if you don't have these two
albums yet, you need urgently to leave your home to buy them, because "Once Again" is an essential
album in the discography of Barclay James Harvest and "Barclay James Harvest" is a nice album to
have. If you are only interested on the two studio albums, I think this compilation is a better
choice, if you can get it, because you save in money and space. So, this compilation album is an
alternative for those who don't have the original albums. |
| Barclay James Harvest Four Barclay James Harvest Originals | 3.5 |
If you already have all these four studio albums individually, you don't need to buy this
compilation. It hasn't anything new to offer, like bonus tracks. The original remastered CD
versions have several bonus tracks to offer, and in general, they're all good and interesting to
hear. However, if you don't have these four albums yet, you need to buy this compilation album as
an alternative option. It covers the first phase of Barclay James Harvest career with the four
studio albums released to Harvest Records. This is a very important purchase because it has some
of the best prog things made by the band. I'm talking especially about "Once Again", an essential
album in the discography of the band. But, besides that, all the four albums are great, despite,
"Baby James Harvest" be the weakest of all. Still, it's a nice album. If you don't have these
albums and you are interested in the band, this compilation album is a great option. |
| Barclay James Harvest Baby James Harvest/Once Again | 3.5 |
If you already have the two studio albums of the band in two individual albums, you don't need to
buy this compilation. It hasn't practically anything new to offer, like bonus tracks, what happens
with the original remastered CD versions. The original remastered CD's have several bonus tracks
to offer, and in general, they're all good and interesting to hear. However, if you don't have
these two albums yet, you need urgently to leave your home to buy them, because "Once Again" is an
essential album in the discography of Barclay James Harvest. Despite, "Baby James Harvest" be the
weakest of their all Harvest Records, is, nevertheless, a very nice album to have, really. If
you're only interested on the two studio albums and you aren't particularly interested on bonus
tracks, I think this compilation is a better choice, if you can get it, because you save in money
and space. So, I recommend this compilation album despite the less quality of "Baby James
Harvest". "Once Again" is a true underrated gem that deserves much more attention. |
| Barclay James Harvest Gone to Earth | 4.0 |
| Barclay James Harvest Everyone Is Everybody Else | 4.0 |
| Barclay James Harvest Once Again | 4.0 |
| Barclay James Harvest Time Honoured Ghosts | 4.0 |
| Barclay James Harvest Barclay James Harvest Live | 4.0 |
| Barclay James Harvest Octoberon | 4.5 |
| Blondie Parallel Lines | 4.0 |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Legend | 3.5 |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Confrontation | 3.5 |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Natty Dread | 4.0 |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Kaya | 4.0 |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Uprising | 4.0 |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Burnin' | 4.0 |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Rastaman Vibration | 4.0 |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Live At The Roxy | 4.0 |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers Babylon By Bus | 4.5 |
| Boston Third Stage | 3.0 |
| Boston Greatest Hits | 3.0 |
| Boston Don't Look Back | 4.0 |
| Boston Boston | 4.5 |
| Brand X Product | 3.5 |
| Brand X Do They Hurt? | 3.5 |
| Brand X Moroccan Roll | 4.0 |
| Brand X Masques | 4.0 |
| Brand X Livestock | 4.0 |
| Brand X Unorthodox Behaviour | 4.5 |
| Bruce Springsteen Nebraska | 4.0 |
| Bruce Springsteen Born to Run | 4.5 |
| Bruce Springsteen The River | 4.5 |
| Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town | 5.0 |
| Bruford Feels Good to Me | 4.0 |
| Bruford One of a Kind | 4.5 |
| Bryan Adams Room Service | 3.0 |
| Bryan Adams Into The Fire | 3.0 |
| Bryan Adams Live at the Budokan | 3.0 |
| Bryan Adams The Best of Me | 3.0 |
| Bryan Adams Reckless | 3.5 |
| Bryan Adams Waking Up The Neighbours | 3.5 |
| Bryan Adams Live! Live! Live! | 3.5 |
| Bryan Adams Cuts Like a Knife | 3.5 |
| Buon Vecchio Charlie Buon vecchio Charlie | 4.0 |
| Camel On the Road 1982 | 2.5 |
| Camel Camel (25th Anniversary Compilation) | 2.5 |
| Camel Chameleon: The Best of Camel | 2.5 |
| Camel I Can See Your House From Here | 3.0 |
| Camel The Single Factor | 3.0 |
| Camel The Collection | 3.0 |
| Camel A Compact Compilation | 3.0 |
| Camel Landscapes | 3.0 |
| Camel Echoes | 3.0 |
| Camel Lunar Sea | 3.0 |
| Camel Rainbow's End - A Camel Anthology 1973-1985 | 3.0 |
| Camel Supertwister - Best | 3.0 |
| Camel Stationary Traveller | 3.5 |
| Camel Breathless | 3.5 |
| Camel Pressure Points | 3.5 |
| Camel On the Road 1981 | 3.5 |
| Camel The Paris Collection | 3.5 |
| Camel Rain Dances | 4.0 |
| Camel Nude | 4.0 |
| Camel Dust and Dreams | 4.0 |
| Camel Harbour of Tears | 4.0 |
| Camel On the Road 1972 | 4.0 |
| Camel Gods of Light | 4.0 |
| Camel Camel | 4.5 |
| Camel Rajaz | 4.5 |
| Camel A Nod and a Wink | 4.5 |
| Camel A Live Record | 4.5 |
| Camel Never Let Go | 4.5 |
| Camel Coming of Age | 4.5 |
| Camel The Snow Goose 2013 | 4.5 |
| Camel Mirage | 5.0 |
| Camel Moonmadness | 5.0 |
| Camel The Snow Goose | 5.0 |
| Caravan Caravan | 3.5 |
| Caravan Waterloo Lily | 3.5 |
| Caravan Cunning Stunts | 3.5 |
| Caravan For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night | 4.0 |
| Caravan Caravan and the New Symphonia | 4.0 |
| Caravan In the Land of Grey and Pink | 4.5 |
| Caravan If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You | 4.5 |
| Carmen Fandangos In Space/Dancing On A Cold Wind | 3.5 |
Carmen material included on this release should be considered classic stuff, and is therefore
highly recommended for all fans of the 70's progressive rock music, if only for the taste of heard
something a bit different. Of the two albums, "Fandangos In Space" is the most "commercial" of
both albums, so much of the songs could get airplay, even today. "Dancing On A Cold Wind", in
contrast, is the most intriguing for the noodlers and lovers of the unique and original style of
this band. Maybe we can say that it's, perhaps, more prog. With this excellent release, Angel Air
reissued of the two albums together on two CD's releasing a couple of bonus tracks, Carmen
returns with a passion and love for the good old prog days, the days of 70's. This is highly
recommended stuff. |
| Carmen Fandangos in Space | 4.0 |
| Carmen Dancing on a Cold Wind | 4.0 |
| Cathedral (US) Stained Glass Stories | 4.0 |
| Celeste (ITA) Il risveglio del principe | 4.0 |
| Celeste (ITA) Principe di un giorno | 4.5 |
| Cervello (ITL) Melos | 4.0 |
| Cheap Trick Next Position Please | 3.0 |
| Cheap Trick Silver | 3.0 |
| Cheap Trick Dream Police | 3.5 |
| Cheap Trick Heaven Tonight | 4.0 |
| Cheap Trick Cheap Trick at Budokan | 4.0 |
| Cheap Trick Cheap Trick | 4.0 |
| Cherry Five Cherry Five | 4.0 |
| Chris de Burgh Eastern Wind | 3.0 |
| Chris de Burgh Crusader | 3.5 |
| Chris de Burgh Far Beyond These Castle Walls | 3.5 |
| Chris de Burgh Spanish Train and Other Stories | 4.0 |
| Chris Squire Fish Out of Water | 4.0 |
| Christopher Cross Christopher Cross | 4.0 |
| Circus Movin' On | 4.0 |
| Coldplay X&Y | 3.0 |
| Coldplay Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | 3.0 |
| Coldplay Parachutes | 3.5 |
| Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head | 4.0 |
| Collegium Musicum Collegium Musicum | 4.0 |
| Colosseum II War Dance | 4.0 |
| Conspiracy (Prog) The Unknown | 3.5 |
| Daniel Eliseev Project Night Shadow | 4.0 |
| David Bowie Space Oddity | 3.5 |
| David Bowie Let's Dance | 3.5 |
| David Bowie Diamond Dogs | 4.0 |
| David Bowie Hunky Dory | 4.0 |
| David Bowie Aladdin Sane | 4.0 |
| David Bowie The Man Who Sold the World | 4.5 |
| David Bowie Station to Station | 4.5 |
| David Bowie "Heroes" | 4.5 |
| David Bowie Stage | 4.5 |
| David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars | 5.0 |
| David Bowie Low | 5.0 |
| David Gilmour David Gilmour | 3.5 |
| Dexys Midnight Runners Searching for the Young Soul Rebels | 3.5 |
| Dexys Midnight Runners Too-Rye-Ay | 4.0 |
| Diagonal Diagonal | 4.0 |
| Dire Straits On Every Street | 3.5 |
| Dire Straits Sultans of Swing: The Very Best Of | 3.5 |
| Dire Straits Live at the BBC | 3.5 |
| Dire Straits The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler | 3.5 |
| Dire Straits Absolute Hits | 3.5 |
| Dire Straits Brothers in Arms | 4.0 |
| Dire Straits Dire Straits | 4.0 |
| Dire Straits Communiqué | 4.0 |
| Dire Straits On the Night | 4.0 |
| Dire Straits Money for Nothing | 4.0 |
| Dire Straits Love Over Gold | 4.5 |
| Dire Straits Making Movies | 4.5 |
| Dire Straits Alchemy: Dire Straits Live | 4.5 |
| Discipline (USA) Push and Profit | 4.0 |
| Discipline (USA) To Shatter All Accord | 4.5 |
| Discipline (USA) Live Days | 4.5 |
| Discipline (USA) Unfolded Like Staircase | 5.0 |
| Discipline (USA) This One's For England | 5.0 |
| Dream Theater When Dream and Day Unite | 3.5 |
| Dream Theater Dark Side of the Moon | 3.5 |
| Dream Theater A Change of Seasons | 4.0 |
| Dream Theater Falling into Infinity | 4.0 |
| Dream Theater Octavarium | 4.0 |
| Dream Theater Systematic Chaos | 4.0 |
| Dream Theater Original Album Series | 4.0 |
This is a great compilation of Dream Theater. "Images And Words" is a classic of the progressive
metal, arguably one of the first and also one of most essential albums of its genre. "Awake" is an
exceptional work that showcases incredible musicianship, songwriting abilities and complex time
signatures. "Falling To Infinity" is a great album in all respects, the most underrated album in
Dream Theather?s catalog. "Metropolis Part 2 - Scenes From A Memory" is a wonderful conceptual
album that is considered by many one of their best works. "Train Of Thought" is Dream Theater's
heaviest album in their catalog. It has a more metal approach. So, it brings some of the best
pages written by this great band. |
| Dream Theater The Triple Album Collection | 4.0 |
"The Triple Collection" is a great compilation album of Dream Theater that comprises three great
works of the band. "A Change of Seasons" comprises their great epic suite with the same name with
about 23 minutes long plus 2 covers and 2 medleys from other bands. The suite is simply one of the
best tracks ever made by them. "Metropolis Part 2 - Scenes From A Memory" is a a sequel to
"Metropolis Part I: The Miracle And The Sleeper", a song previously featured on "Images And
Words". It's a wonderful conceptual album divided into several parts. It's considered one of their
best works, if not the best. "Octavarium" is less consensual because is a more commercial and less
balanced. Anyway, it remains a great work that has one of their best and most prog tracks, its
title track suite. So, I think it's fair to say that "The Triple Collection" is a great
compilation that contains some of the best music written by this great band. |
| Dream Theater Train of Thought | 4.5 |
| Dream Theater Black Clouds and Silver Linings | 4.5 |
| Dream Theater Images and Words | 5.0 |
| Dream Theater Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence | 5.0 |
| Dream Theater Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory | 5.0 |
| Dream Theater Awake | 5.0 |
| Druid Fluid Druid | 3.5 |
| Druid Toward the Sun/Fluid Druid | 3.5 |
If you like Yes Druid is a nice band to check. Despite the lack of some originality, this English
band hasn't got anything to envy to the Masters. The melodies are fantastic, the arrangements are
full of dreamy mellotron layers and the singer has a pleasant high pitched voice and uses it in a
tasty way. We have also lots of Rickenbacker from the bass player and a melodic playing from the
guitarist. This is particularly evident on "Toward The Sun". Not quite as enjoyable as their
debut, "Fluid Druid" is a less pleasant follow-up. Perhaps stung by the "Yes Clones" accusations,
the band this time has tried to aim for a more original sounding collection. This they achieved
somehow, but the overall effect is less rewarding than its predecessor. Too bad that they didn't
have record any more after "Fluid Druid" as it shows some maturing songwriting from the band, and
a third album would probably been better if everything had gone in the right way. So, if you buy
the double CD of the two albums in only one package, it represents a good value, really. |
| Druid Toward the Sun | 4.0 |
| Dun (FRA1) Eros | 4.5 |
| Duran Duran Duran Duran | 3.5 |
| Duran Duran Rio | 4.0 |
| Eagles Long Road Out Of Eden | 3.0 |
| Eagles Eagles Greatest Hits Vol. 2 | 3.0 |
| Eagles Very Best Of | 3.5 |
| Eagles Very Best Of The Eagles 1972 - 1979 | 3.5 |
| Eagles Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) | 3.5 |
| Eagles The Long Run | 3.5 |
| Eagles On The Border | 3.5 |
| Eagles Eagles | 3.5 |
| Eagles Desperado | 4.0 |
| Eagles Hell Freezes Over | 4.0 |
| Eagles Eagles Live | 4.0 |
| Eagles Hotel California | 4.5 |
| Eagles One Of These Nights | 4.5 |
| Eden (GER) Erwartung | 4.0 |
| Egyptian Kings Almagest | 4.0 |
| Elton John Love Songs (1995) | 3.5 |
| Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | 4.5 |
| Embryo (DEU) Rocksession | 4.0 |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer Works Volume 2 | 2.0 |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer Love Beach | 2.5 |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer Works Volume 1 | 3.0 |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer In Concert | 3.0 |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer Works Live | 3.0 |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer The Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer | 3.0 |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer The Essential Emerson, Lake and Palmer | 3.0 |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer The Best Of Emerson, Lake and Palmer '80 | 3.0 |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer Emerson, Lake And Palmer | 3.0 |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer The Best of ELP | 3.0 |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer The Atlantic Years | 3.0 |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer Classic Rock Featuring "Lucky Man" | 3.0 |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer The very Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer | 3.0 |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer Fanfare For The Common Man [The Anthology] | 3.0 |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer History Of Rock | 3.0 |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer An Introduction To... Emerson Lake & Palmer | 3.0 |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer Come And See The Show: The Best Of Emerson Lake & | 3.0 |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer High Voltage | 3.0 |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer The Essential Emerson, Lake & Palmer | 3.0 |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer The Ultimate Collection | 3.5 |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer Pictures at an Exhibition | 4.0 |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer Tarkus | 4.0 |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer Live at the Royal Albert Hall | 4.0 |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 | 4.0 |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer Brain Salad Surgery | 4.5 |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer Trilogy | 4.5 |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer Emerson, Lake & Palmer | 4.5 |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer Welcome Back To The Show That Never Ends | 5.0 |
| England The Last Of The Jubblies | 3.0 |
| England Garden Shed | 4.0 |
| Enigma The Screen Behind the Mirror | 3.5 |
| Enigma MCMXC a.D. | 4.0 |
| Enigma The Cross of Changes | 4.0 |
| Enigma Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi! | 4.0 |
| Eric Clapton Reptile | 2.5 |
| Eric Clapton From The Cradle | 3.5 |
| Eric Clapton Slowhand | 4.0 |
| Eric Clapton 461 Ocean Boulevard | 4.0 |
| Eric Clapton Unplugged | 4.0 |
| Eric Clapton and B. B. King Riding With the King | 3.5 |
| Eskaton 4 Visions | 4.5 |
| Europe 1982-2000 | 3.0 |
| Evership Evership II | 4.0 |
| Evership Evership | 4.5 |
| Fabio Zuffanti La Quarta Vittima | 4.0 |
| Fates Warning Night on Brocken | 3.0 |
| Fates Warning The Spectre Within | 3.5 |
| Fates Warning Chasing Time | 3.5 |
| Fates Warning No Exit | 4.0 |
| Fates Warning Inside Out | 4.0 |
| Fates Warning FWX | 4.0 |
| Fates Warning Darkness in a Different Light | 4.0 |
| Fates Warning Awaken the Guardian | 4.5 |
| Fates Warning Parallels | 4.5 |
| Fates Warning Disconnected | 4.5 |
| Fates Warning Perfect Symmetry | 5.0 |
| Fates Warning A Pleasant Shade of Gray | 5.0 |
| Finch (NL) Galleons of Passion | 4.0 |
| Finch (NL) Beyond Expression | 4.0 |
| Finch (NL) Glory of the Inner Force | 4.0 |
| Fine Young Cannibals The Raw and the Cooked | 3.0 |
| Fine Young Cannibals Fine Young Cannibals | 3.0 |
| Fiori-Seguin Deux Cents Nuits A L'Heure | 4.0 |
| Fireballet Night On Bald Mountain | 4.0 |
| Fischer-Z Word Salad | 3.0 |
| Fischer-Z Going Deaf for a Living | 3.5 |
| Fischer-Z Red Skies Over Paradise | 4.5 |
| Fish A Feast of Consequences | 4.0 |
| Fish Return to Childhood | 4.0 |
| Fish Weltschmerz | 4.0 |
| Fish Raingods with Zippos | 4.5 |
| Flaming Row Mirage - A Portrayal of Figures | 4.0 |
| Flash Flash | 3.5 |
| Fleetwood Mac Behind the Mask | 2.5 |
| Fleetwood Mac Mirage | 3.0 |
| Fleetwood Mac Tango in the Night | 3.5 |
| Fleetwood Mac Tusk | 4.0 |
| Fleetwood Mac Rumours | 4.5 |
| Flying Colors Flying Colors | 3.5 |
| Focus Mother Focus | 3.0 |
| Focus Ship of Memories | 3.0 |
| Focus The Best of Focus: Hocus Pocus | 3.0 |
| Focus Masters of Rock 1971 - 1973 | 3.0 |
| Focus The Story of Focus | 3.0 |
| Focus Focus - Special Polydor | 3.0 |
| Focus Dutch Masters 1969 - 1973 | 3.0 |
| Focus The Greatest Rock Sensation | 3.0 |
| Focus Focus on Focus 1970 - 1978 | 3.0 |
| Focus House of the King | 3.0 |
| Focus Greatest Hits of Focus | 3.0 |
| Focus Masters from the Vaults | 3.0 |
| Focus Focus Plays Focus | 3.5 |
| Focus Focus 3 | 4.0 |
| Focus Focus II | 4.0 |
| Focus At the Rainbow | 4.0 |
| Focus Hamburger Concerto | 4.5 |
| Foreigner 4 | 4.0 |
| Frankie Goes To Hollywood Welcome to the Pleasuredome | 3.5 |
| Frogg Cafe Bateless Edge | 4.0 |
| Frost* Milliontown | 4.0 |
| Frost* Experiments in Mass Appeal | 4.0 |
| Frost* Falling Satellites | 4.0 |
| Frost* Day and Age | 4.0 |
| Galahad Year Zero | 4.0 |
| Galahad Battle Scars | 4.0 |
| Galahad Beyond The Realms Of Euphoria | 4.0 |
| Galahad Empires Never Last | 4.5 |
| Garolou Garolou | 4.0 |
| Genesis Calling All Stations | 2.0 |
| Genesis The Original Album | 2.0 |
I'm a big Genesis fan, but "From Genesis To Revelation" is a weak album. Despite it has some good
songs like "Where The Sour Turns Sweet", "Fireside Song", "Am I Very Wrong", "In The Wilderness",
"One Day" and "Silent Sun", the rest of the album is very vulgar and weak. It just sounds like an
album of the 60's and the music has more in common with The Beatles and the early Bee Gees, than
the future sound of Genesis. This debut isn't bad for a band of the 60's but not for a band like
Genesis. Many of the songs are in general nice, but the strings and the production aren't. If the
strings have been cut and the production had been better, it could be a better album. So, if you
aren't accustomed with Genesis' discography, please don't start with this album. Even some
Genesis' catalogs no mention this album and start with "Trespass" as their debut work. |
| Genesis Genesis With Peter Gabriel | 2.0 |
| Genesis From Genesis to Revelation | 2.5 |
| Genesis The Way We Walk, Volume 1: The Shorts | 2.5 |
| Genesis Turn It On Again: The Hits | 2.5 |
| Genesis 14 From Our Past | 2.5 |
| Genesis Genesis II 1981 | 2.5 |
| Genesis Genesis 1989 | 2.5 |
| Genesis The Greatest | 2.5 |
| Genesis The Last Domino? | 2.5 |
| Genesis Abacab | 3.0 |
| Genesis Genesis | 3.0 |
| Genesis Invisible Touch | 3.0 |
| Genesis We Can't Dance | 3.0 |
| Genesis R-Kive | 3.0 |
| Genesis Reflection - Rock Theatre | 3.0 |
| Genesis Genesis In Concert | 3.0 |
| Genesis Turn It On Again - Best Of 81-83 | 3.0 |
| Genesis Presenting Genesis | 3.0 |
| Genesis 70's Pop Sound | 3.0 |
| Genesis Genesis Collection Volume One | 3.0 |
Both are two great albums from the band. "Trespass" is perhaps the most simple and beautiful album
in Genesis' career. It represents the real turning point for them. Besides, it's the only album
with Phillips on board. "Nursery Cryme" is their first masterpiece and represents a step forward
in relation to their previous album. It combines a superb musicianship, dry wit, and creative
compositions making of it an essential piece. Besides, it's their first album with Hackett and
Collins on board. If you have both studio albums, you don't need this compilation. But if you
don't have both albums and you own this compilation, it substitutes well the two original albums. |
| Genesis The Best | 3.0 |
| "The Best?" is nothing more than a compilation of "Nursery Crime" and "Foxtrot", joined in a single double vinyl disc. For those who have both original albums don't need this compilation, unless you have a collector vinyl spirit. Here, we are in presence of some of the best material made by one of a greatest prog bands. Both albums are two great masterpieces and represent some of the best things the band has ever made. So, if you don't have these two albums and you own this compilation, it substitutes well those two original albums. |
| Genesis The Story Of Genesis | 3.0 |
| Genesis Genesis 1981 | 3.0 |
| Genesis The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (Compilation) | 3.0 |
| Genesis Turn It On Again The Hits -The Tour Edition | 3.0 |
| Genesis Duke | 3.5 |
| Genesis Live Over Europe 2007 | 3.5 |
| Genesis Platinum Collection | 3.5 |
| Genesis Genesis Collection Volume Two | 3.5 |
Both albums are two essential masterpieces, not only in Genesis' catalogue but also of the
progressive rock. These are two of the best albums ever made in the progressive rock music. If you
have already these two original studio albums, you don't need this compilation because it hasn't
anything new to offer, unless you are a collectionist. However, if you don't have the two albums,
it substitutes well those original albums. |
| Genesis Nursery Cryme/Foxtrot | 3.5 |
Both are two great albums of Genesis. "Nursery Cryme" is very important and represents the
beginning of the new line up of Genesis and the starting point, of an amazing career. Still, I
really think that "Nursery Crime" is a transitional album. It's better than "Trespass", but it's
less good than their three following albums. "Foxtrot" was basically the reason why Gabriel
started dressing up on stage, in strange masks and costumes. "Foxtrot" also has one of the songs
that people still talk about with a certain reverence and which inspired many other bands to write
lengthy suites, even today. Of course I'm talking about "Supper's Ready". If you have both studio
albums already, you don?t need this compilation because it has nothing new to offer. But, if you
don't have both albums and you own this compilation, it substitutes well those original albums. |
| Genesis Trespass | 4.0 |
| Genesis ...And Then There Were Three... | 4.0 |
| Genesis Live | 4.0 |
| Genesis Three Sides Live | 4.0 |
| Genesis The Way We Walk, Volume 2: The Longs | 4.0 |
| Genesis Nursery Cryme | 4.5 |
| Genesis A Trick of the Tail | 4.5 |
| Genesis Wind & Wuthering | 4.5 |
| Genesis Foxtrot | 5.0 |
| Genesis Selling England by the Pound | 5.0 |
| Genesis The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway | 5.0 |
| Genesis Seconds Out | 5.0 |
| Gentle Giant Giant for a Day | 2.5 |
| Gentle Giant Circling Round The Gentle Giant | 2.5 |
| Gentle Giant Civilian | 3.0 |
| Gentle Giant Giant Steps...The First Five Years 1970-1975 | 3.0 |
| Gentle Giant Pretentious For The Sake Of It | 3.0 |
| Gentle Giant Three Piece Suite | 3.0 |
| Gentle Giant The Original Studio Gentle Giant - Vol. 1 | 3.0 |
| Gentle Giant The Original Studio Gentle Giant - Vol. 2 | 3.0 |
| Gentle Giant Gentle Giant (Compilation) | 3.0 |
| Gentle Giant Il Grande Rock | 3.0 |
| Gentle Giant The Missing Piece | 3.5 |
| Gentle Giant King Alfred's College Winchester | 3.5 |
| Gentle Giant Edge Of Twilight | 3.5 |
| Gentle Giant I Lost My Head - The Chrysalis Years (1975-1980) | 3.5 |
This is a very interesting compilation with all albums released to Chrysalis records. "Free Hand"
is their last masterpiece. "Playing The Fool" is a live masterpiece, one of the best live albums
ever. "Interview" is an excellent album, their last great album. "The Missing Piece" is a good
album that shows the beginning of their decline. "Giant For A Day" and "Civilian" are a different
matter. I advise you to avoid them. "Giant For A Day" is a fiasco, a mediocre album, the worst
Gentle Giant's album. "Civilian" isn't bad, but doesn't sounds as a Gentle Giant's album and it
has nothing to do with prog. Where is the originality, the complexity, the sophistication and the
diversity, which were the foundations of their music? On this compilation we can see the
excellent, the good, the bad and the ugly. I think this compilation is too much expensive and
there are other albums to spend our money, especially for those who have all these Gentle Giant's
albums, like me. Still it rmains a good compilation. |
| Gentle Giant Free Hand/Interview | 3.5 |
If you have the two original albums, you don't need this compilation because it has nothing new to
offer, like bonus tracks. However, if you don't have these two albums yet, you need urgently buy
them. Both are two great albums of the band. "Free Hand" is the last masterpiece created by the
band and is one of the most accessible of all Gentle Giant's albums. It combines a superb
musicianship, dry wit, and creative compositions making of it an essential piece and an historical
recording. "Interview" is their last great work and has all the ingredients of Gentle Giant's
music and contains also some of the most aggressive, experimental and electrified music ever
composed by them or even by any other progressive band. |
| Gentle Giant Gentle Giant | 4.0 |
| Gentle Giant Interview | 4.0 |
| Gentle Giant Experience | 4.0 |
| Gentle Giant Live In Stockholm '75 | 4.0 |
| Gentle Giant In Concert (BBC Radio 1) | 4.0 |
| Gentle Giant Three Friends | 4.5 |
| Gentle Giant King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Gentle Giant | 4.5 |
| Gentle Giant Out Of The Fire | 4.5 |
| Gentle Giant Acquiring the Taste | 5.0 |
| Gentle Giant Octopus | 5.0 |
| Gentle Giant In a Glass House | 5.0 |
| Gentle Giant The Power and the Glory | 5.0 |
| Gentle Giant Free Hand | 5.0 |
| Gentle Giant Playing the Fool | 5.0 |
| Giles, Giles and Fripp The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp | 3.0 |
| Glass Hammer Culture of Ascent | 4.0 |
| Go Go Too | 3.0 |
| Go Go | 4.0 |
| Go The Complete Go Sessions | 4.0 |
I know this project since it was released and I must say that I always became very well impressed
with it. Unfortunately, we are in presence of an underrated project, on this site, and where the
progressive reviewers gave very little attention. I really don not know if it is by lack of
knowledge of it. If I can interest you about this project, I will be perfectly happy. The main
objective was reached. Perhaps the right thing to do is buying this compilation because you will
get the entire complete project. However, if you are not interested in spend so much money to have
the entire project, I recommend you to start buying their live album "Go Live From Paris" their
hidden masterpiece. It is especially indicated for those who prefer live recordings over the
studio ones. Anyway, as a project, it must be known as a whole. |
| Go Go Live From Paris | 4.5 |
| Golden Earring Together | 3.0 |
| Golden Earring Seven Tears | 3.5 |
| Golden Earring Moontan | 4.0 |
| Golden Earring Eight Miles High | 4.0 |
| Golden Earring Golden Earring | 4.0 |
| Gosta Berlings Saga Detta Har Hant | 4.0 |
| GTR GTR | 3.0 |
| Guilt Machine On This Perfect Day | 4.0 |
| Harmonium Les Cinq Saisons | 5.0 |
| Hawkwind Warrior on the Edge of Time | 4.5 |
| Heaven 17 Penthouse and Pavement | 3.5 |
| Heaven 17 The Luxury Gap | 3.5 |
| Heldon Stand By | 4.0 |
| Hercules and Lernaean Hydra Σε Άλλους Κόσμους (In Other Worlds) | 4.0 |
| Hermann Szobel Szobel | 4.5 |
| Horslips Dancehall Sweethearts | 3.5 |
| Horslips The Book of Invasions: A Celtic Symphony | 4.0 |
| Horslips The Táin | 4.0 |
| Ian Anderson Thick as a Brick 2 | 4.0 |
| Ian Anderson Ian Anderson Plays The Orchestral Jethro Tull | 4.0 |
| Ibio Cuevas De Altamira | 4.0 |
| Igra Staklenih Perli Igra Staklenih Perli | 4.0 |
| Il Bacio Della Medusa Deus Lo Vult | 4.0 |
| Il Bacio Della Medusa Discesa agl'inferi d'un giovane amante | 4.5 |
| Il Giardino Onirico Apofenia | 4.5 |
| Il Paese dei Balocchi Il paese dei balocchi | 4.0 |
| Il Tempio delle Clessidre Il-ludere | 3.5 |
| Il Tempio delle Clessidre AlieNatura | 4.0 |
| Il Tempio delle Clessidre Il Tempio delle Clessidre | 4.5 |
| Illusion (ex-Renaissance) Out Of The Mist | 4.0 |
| Illusion (ex-Renaissance) Illusion | 4.0 |
| Illusion (ex-Renaissance) Out Of The Mist/Illusion | 4.0 |
Despite some differences, which I think subtle, the music of Renaissance's Mk.I and Renaissance's
Mk.II never were very different. The same applies to the music of Illusion. It fits perfectly well
as a complement of Renaissance's music. So, "Out Of The Mist" and "Illusion" are two great albums
that complement well the career of Renaissance's first line up. This is a great compilation album
because both albums fit perfectly well together as the two sides of the same coin. |
| Ingranaggi Della Valle In Hoc Signo | 4.0 |
| Ingranaggi Della Valle Warm Spaced Blue | 4.5 |
| Inside The Sound Wizard's Eyes | 4.0 |
| Interpose+ Interpose+ | 4.0 |
| IQ The Wake | 4.0 |
| IQ Tales from the Lush Attic | 4.0 |
| IQ The Seventh House | 4.0 |
| IQ Ever | 4.5 |
| IQ Subterranea | 4.5 |
| IQ Dark Matter | 4.5 |
| IQ Frequency | 4.5 |
| IQ Subterranea: The Concert | 4.5 |
"Subterranea" is one of the better works of the neo-prog sub-genre. It was made by one of the few
sincere bands and pioneers in that style of prog. The album has quality and personality and is
highly executed. Performed live won another power, dimension and another life. Despite I own the
two CD versions, when I listen to it I usually choose its live version. So, if you have to choose
between the studio and the live version, go for the live version. |
| IQ The Road of Bones | 4.5 |
| IQ Resistance | 4.5 |
| Island (CHE) Pictures | 4.0 |
| Japan Exorcising Ghosts | 3.0 |
| Japan Tin Drum | 4.0 |
| Japan Gentlemen Take Polaroids | 4.0 |
| Jeff Buckley Grace | 4.0 |
| Jeff Buckley Live à L'Olympia | 4.0 |
| Jethro Tull War Child | 3.0 |
| Jethro Tull Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die! | 3.0 |
| Jethro Tull Original Masters | 3.0 |
| Jethro Tull M.U. - The Best of Jethro Tull | 3.0 |
| Jethro Tull Repeat: The Best of Jethro Tull Vol. II | 3.0 |
| Jethro Tull Jethro Tull | 3.0 |
| Jethro Tull Sunday Best | 3.0 |
| Jethro Tull The Best Of Jethro Tull Vol. III | 3.0 |
| Jethro Tull Masters Of Rock | 3.0 |
| Jethro Tull Essential | 3.0 |
| Jethro Tull Essential Jethro Tull | 3.0 |
| Jethro Tull An Introduction To Jethro Tull | 3.0 |
| Jethro Tull This Was | 3.5 |
| Jethro Tull Stormwatch | 3.5 |
| Jethro Tull A | 3.5 |
| Jethro Tull The Zealot Gene | 3.5 |
| Jethro Tull Stand Up | 4.0 |
| Jethro Tull Benefit | 4.0 |
| Jethro Tull Heavy Horses | 4.0 |
| Jethro Tull Living in the Past | 4.0 |
| Jethro Tull Aqualung Live | 4.0 |
| Jethro Tull A Passion Play | 4.5 |
| Jethro Tull Minstrel in the Gallery | 4.5 |
| Jethro Tull Songs from the Wood | 4.5 |
| Jethro Tull Nothing Is Easy | 4.5 |
| Jethro Tull Aqualung | 5.0 |
| Jethro Tull Thick as a Brick | 5.0 |
| Jethro Tull Bursting Out | 5.0 |
| Joan Armatrading Joan Armatrading | 4.0 |
| Joe Cocker Night Calls | 3.5 |
| Joe Jackson I'm The Man | 3.5 |
| Joe Jackson Look Sharp! | 4.0 |
| John Wetton Battle Lines | 3.5 |
| Jon and Vangelis Page of Life | 3.0 |
| Jon and Vangelis Chronicles | 3.0 |
| Jon and Vangelis The Best Of Jon And Vangelis | 3.0 |
| Jon and Vangelis The Friends of Mr Cairo | 3.5 |
| Jon and Vangelis Private Collection | 3.5 |
| Jon and Vangelis Short Stories | 4.0 |
| Jon Anderson Olias Of Sunhillow | 4.5 |
| Jono El Grande Melody Of A Muddled Mason | 4.5 |
| Jordsjo Nattfiolen | 4.5 |
| Jorge Palma Com Uma Viagem Na Palma Da Mão | 4.0 |
| Jorge Palma 'Té Já | 4.0 |
| Jose Cid Vida (Sons do Quotidiano) | 4.0 |
| Jose Cid 10,000 anos depois entre Vénus e Marte | 5.0 |
| Joy Division Closer | 4.5 |
| Joy Division Unknown Pleasures | 4.5 |
| Justin Hayward and John Lodge Blue Jays | 3.5 |
| JW Farquhar The Formal Female | 3.0 |
| K2 (Prog) Black Garden | 3.5 |
| K2 (Prog) Book Of The Dead | 4.0 |
| Kaipa Kaipa | 4.0 |
| Kaipa Solo | 4.0 |
| Kaipa Inget Nytt Under Solen | 4.0 |
| Kaipa The Decca Years 1975-1978 | 4.0 |
The Decca Years 1975-1978 gives a complete overview of the years of the first Kaipa incarnation.
Even if you already own Kaipa old albums, it is worth buying this box because of the almost
sensationally good live recordings, even if the sound quality fluctuates at times, and of course,
the original unreleased demos cuts, which show that it is really Hans Lundin and his ideas that
are the driving force behind Kaipa, despite some amazing guitar work displayed by the young Roine
Stolt. If you have not had any of the old Kaipa albums yet, you are in good hands here anyway. The
downside, however, is that is really difficult to put your hands in one of them. So, go for it, if
you can. |
| Kansas The Best of Kansas | 3.0 |
| Kansas Monolith | 3.5 |
| Kansas Leftoverture | 4.0 |
| Kansas Point of Know Return | 4.0 |
| Kansas Masque | 4.0 |
| Kansas Song for America | 4.0 |
| Kansas Kansas | 4.0 |
| Kansas Somewhere to Elsewhere | 4.0 |
| Kansas Two for the Show | 4.5 |
| Karnataka Delicate Flame Of Desire | 3.5 |
| Karnataka The Gathering Light | 4.0 |
| Karnataka The Storm | 4.0 |
| Karnataka Secrets of Angels | 4.0 |
| Karnataka Strange Behaviour | 4.0 |
| Karnataka New Light Live In Concert | 4.0 |
| Khan Space Shanty | 4.5 |
| King Crimson Earthbound | 2.0 |
| King Crimson A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson | 3.0 |
| King Crimson The Compact King Crimson | 3.0 |
| King Crimson The Concise King Crimson | 3.0 |
| King Crimson Beat | 3.5 |
| King Crimson Larks' Tongues in Aspic | 4.0 |
| King Crimson Lizard | 4.0 |
| King Crimson In the Wake of Poseidon | 4.0 |
| King Crimson Islands | 4.0 |
| King Crimson Starless and Bible Black | 4.0 |
| King Crimson Three of a Perfect Pair | 4.0 |
| King Crimson USA | 4.0 |
| King Crimson Discipline | 4.5 |
| King Crimson The Night Watch | 4.5 |
| King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King | 5.0 |
| King Crimson Red | 5.0 |
| Kollektiv Kollektiv | 4.0 |
| Kostas Tournas Eternal Fields [Απέραντα Χωράφια] | 4.0 |
| Kraftwerk Autobahn | 4.5 |
| La Bocca della Verita Avenoth | 4.5 |
| La Maschera Di Cera La Maschera Di Cera | 4.0 |
| La Rossa A Fury of Glass | 4.0 |
| Landberk One Man Tells Another | 4.5 |
| Le Orme Storia o leggenda | 3.5 |
| Le Orme Collage | 4.0 |
| Le Orme Verita nascoste | 4.0 |
| Le Orme Florian | 4.0 |
| Le Orme Felona & Sorona (English language version) | 4.0 |
| Le Orme Felona & Sorona (English language version) | 4.0 |
| Le Orme Uomo di pezza | 4.5 |
| Le Orme Contrappunti | 4.5 |
| Le Orme Felona e Sorona | 5.0 |
| Led Zeppelin Coda | 3.0 |
| Led Zeppelin Remasters | 3.0 |
| Led Zeppelin Early Days/Latter Days | 3.0 |
| Led Zeppelin Best Of, Vol. 2: Latter Days | 3.0 |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin [Box Set 2] | 3.0 |
| Led Zeppelin The 10 Legendary Singles | 3.0 |
| Led Zeppelin Best Of, Vol. 1: Early Days | 3.5 |
"Early Days & Latter Days (The Best Of Led Zeppelin Volumes One And Two)" is a very special
compilation album of Led Zeppelin because it includes two previous compilation albums of the band
in only one package. I think this was an intelligent release because it could, somehow, unite in
only one package all the career of Led Zeppelin with some of their most representative tracks. As
we know, in general, it's almost impossible to summarize all the career of any band in only one
compilation album, especially when we are talking about bands with an amount of great tracks.
Still, in this case, we can say this compilation album is a great place to start with this band. |
| Led Zeppelin Mothership | 3.5 |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin [Box Set] | 3.5 |
| Led Zeppelin 2 Originals Of Led Zeppelin | 3.5 |
If you already have the two individual studio albums, you don't need to buy this compilation. It
hasn't anything new to offer, like bonus tracks. Still, if you don't have these two albums yet,
this is an excellent alternative to owner both. These are two essential works from the band.
Anyway, the whole discography of the band is indispensable and that shouldn't be missed. Led
Zeppelin is a very rare and interesting band, because we can't say that they released any weak
album. They're considered one of the best and biggest rock bands ever existed, in spite of the
existense ofonly ten years of career. So, if you don't have these two albums yet, you need
urgently to leave your home to buy them. |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III | 4.0 |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin | 4.0 |
| Led Zeppelin Presence | 4.0 |
| Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti | 4.0 |
| Led Zeppelin In Through the Out Door | 4.0 |
| Led Zeppelin The Complete Studio Recordings | 4.0 |
"The Complete Studio Recordings" represents, in a certain way, the final testimony of one of the
greatest Rock'n'Roll bands. Of course, as many other Box sets with the same purposes, the interest
in purchase compilations like this is very subjective when we have all the original albums from
the band. The only thing really new that we can get on this Box set is the four bonus tracks on
"Coda". It's true they're very impressive but to buy a compilation so expensive like this only
because of four tracks is completely insane. So, this compilation is for people who don't want to
spend many time and patience looking for every album individually. Anyway, this is an excellent
compilation album. |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II | 4.5 |
| Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy | 4.5 |
| Led Zeppelin The Song Remains the Same | 4.5 |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV | 5.0 |
| Leonard Cohen The Best of Leonard Cohen | 3.5 |
| Leonard Cohen Recent Songs | 3.5 |
| Leonard Cohen Death of a Ladies' Man | 3.5 |
| Leonard Cohen The Future | 3.5 |
| Leonard Cohen More Best Of Leonard Cohen | 3.5 |
| Leonard Cohen Songs From a Room | 4.0 |
| Leonard Cohen New Skin for the Old Ceremony | 4.0 |
| Leonard Cohen Songs of Leonard Cohen | 4.5 |
| Leonard Cohen Songs of Love and Hate | 4.5 |
| Lifesigns Lifesigns | 4.0 |
| Lindsey Buckingham Out of the Cradle | 4.0 |
| Logos (ITA) L' enigma Della Vita | 4.5 |
| Logos (ITA) Sadako E Le Mille Gru Di Carta | 4.5 |
| Los Jaivas Alturas de Machu Picchu | 4.5 |
| Madness Absolutely | 3.0 |
| Maquina! Why? | 3.5 |
| Marc Almond Fantastic Star | 2.5 |
| Marillion Holidays in Eden | 3.0 |
| Marillion Marillion.com | 3.0 |
| Marillion A Singles Collection | 3.0 |
| Marillion Marillion Music Collection | 3.0 |
| Marillion Kayleigh | 3.0 |
| Marillion The Best Of Marillion - 1996 | 3.0 |
| Marillion Warm Wet Circles | 3.0 |
| Marillion Essential Collection | 3.0 |
| Marillion Classics | 3.0 |
| Marillion Seasons End | 3.5 |
| Marillion This Strange Engine | 3.5 |
| Marillion Radiation | 3.5 |
| Marillion Anoraknophobia | 3.5 |
| Marillion Brief Encounter | 3.5 |
| Marillion B'Sides Themselves | 3.5 |
| Marillion The Singles: '82 - '88 | 3.5 |
| Marillion The Originals | 3.5 |
| If you have the three studio albums you don't need to have this compilation. Despite the box comes in a special miniature double album's sleeve, it hasn't nothing new to offer, like bonus tracks. However, if you don't have these three albums, this is an excellent alternative. But if you don't have these albums already, you need them. These three albums represent some of the best progressive rock pages written in the 80's. When the time was against the progressive rock music, bands that would later be called neo-prog bands such as Marillion, IQ and Pendragon, were very importants for the spirit of prog. So, these three albums are part of some of the best prog, made in those times. |
| Marillion Real To Reel/Brief Encounter | 3.5 |
If you have already "Real To Reel" you don't need to have this compilation. However, if you don't
have yet "Real To Reel" and you are interested in their EP "Brief Encounter", this compilation is
a good option. So, it will be a very worth purchase and is a better option because you save on
price and space. However, "Brief Encounter" isn't an indispensable document of Marillion in Fish's
era. "Brief Encounter" is a good EP, but quite dispensable. But with "Real To Reel" is quite the
contrary. "Real To Reel" is an indispensable album, a great testimony of the band in the live
shows in Fish's era. |
| Marillion 5 Album Set | 3.5 |
"5 Album Set" is a compilation album that only covers albums that belong to the time when Fish was
still in the band. It has the four studio albums released by Marillion with Fish, plus the debut
live album of the band. As almost all we know, this four studio albums are all great and represent
some of the best albums released by Marillion in their entire long career. But, I really think we
can especially highlight two of them, "Script For A Jester's Tear" and "Misplaced Childhood". Both
albums are masterpieces, two of the best albums ever released in the progressive music. Even the
live album, "Real To Reel" is great too. I'm convinced that in Fish's era, Marillion don't have
any weak work. So, "5 Album Set" is an excellent starting point and a cheapest way to have all
these great works. |
| Marillion Early Stages : The Highlights | 3.5 |
| Marillion Marbles | 4.0 |
| Marillion Fugazi | 4.0 |
| Marillion Brave | 4.0 |
| Marillion The Thieving Magpie | 4.0 |
| Marillion Afraid of Sunlight | 4.0 |
| Marillion Real to Reel | 4.0 |
| Marillion Market Square Heroes | 4.0 |
| Marillion Misplaced Childhood/Script For A Jester's Tear | 4.0 |
Marillion is and still is, even now, one of the most commercially successful bands of the neo-
progressive revival of the 80's. The band keeps their fan scene together and was always
resourceful in terms of financing their music without the support of a major record label. Despite
unpopularity in the mainstream media and a consistently unfashionable status within the British
music industry, Marillion have maintained a very loyal international fanbase. They have sold over
15 million albums worldwide. And all this began in the 80's in Fish's era, the era were these two
albums were released. So, here we are in presence of two very important albums for Marillion and
for the progressive rock music too. Here we are in presence of two of the most important albums to
the progressive rock style. They're, somehow, almost as so important as the first classic prog
rock albums. So, if you don't have them yet, you must buy it. |
| Marillion 4 Albums | 4.0 |
"4 Albums" is especially important for those who don't own the four original studio works or for
the hardest collector fans of Marillion. Anyway, this compilation album is very interesting. It
comprises the two last studio albums of Fishs's era and the two first studio albums of Hogarth's
era. However, it isn't a very uniform compilation in terms of quality. If the two albums that
belong to Fish's era, "Misplaced Childhood" and "Clutching At Straws" are both two excellent
works, mainly the first one, we cannot say the same about the two works from Hogarth's era. It's
true that "Season's End" is also an excellent album but "Holidays In Eden" is clearly weaker.
Anyway and as a whole, we can say that "4 Albums" is a very good compilation album. In a way, it
can do a nice picture of both worlds of Marillion's career. If you haven't those works, it can be
a nice purchase. |
| Marillion Clutching at Straws | 4.5 |
| Marillion Early Stages | 4.5 |
| Marillion Live From Loreley (1995) | 4.5 |
| Marillion Script for a Jester's Tear | 5.0 |
| Marillion Misplaced Childhood | 5.0 |
| Marillion Live from Loreley | 5.0 |
| Marillion Recital of the Script | 5.0 |
| McLuhan Anomaly | 4.0 |
| Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell | 4.0 |
| Medina Azahara Paseando por la Mezquita | 4.0 |
| Mezquita Recuerdos De Mi Tierra | 4.0 |
| Midnight Sun Walking Circles | 3.0 |
| Mike Rutherford Smallcreep's Day | 4.0 |
| Mirthrandir For You The Old Women | 4.0 |
| Modern-Rock Ensemble Touch The Mystery | 4.0 |
| Modern-Rock Ensemble Night Dreams & Wishes | 4.5 |
| Monarch (USA-CA) Two Isles | 3.5 |
| Moose Loose Elgen Er Los | 3.5 |
| Morse Code La Marche des Hommes | 4.0 |
| Mostly Autumn Heroes Never Die - The Anthology | 3.0 |
| Mostly Autumn Glass Shadows | 3.5 |
| Mostly Autumn Go Well Diamond Heart | 3.5 |
| Mostly Autumn Live At High Voltage 2011 | 3.5 |
| Mostly Autumn Catch The Spirit - The Complete Anthology | 3.5 |
| Mostly Autumn The Spirit of Autumn Past | 4.0 |
| Mostly Autumn Heart Full of Sky | 4.0 |
| Mostly Autumn Storms Over Still water | 4.0 |
| Mostly Autumn For All We Shared | 4.0 |
| Mostly Autumn Passengers | 4.0 |
| Mostly Autumn Music Inspired by The Lord of the Rings | 4.0 |
| Mostly Autumn The Ghost Moon Orchestra | 4.0 |
| Mostly Autumn Dressed In Voices | 4.0 |
| Mostly Autumn Live At The Grand Opera House | 4.0 |
| Mostly Autumn Storms Over London Town | 4.0 |
| Mostly Autumn Sight of Day | 4.0 |
| Mostly Autumn White Rainbow | 4.0 |
| Mostly Autumn Graveyard Star | 4.0 |
| Mostly Autumn Pass The Clock | 4.0 |
| Mostly Autumn The Last Bright Light | 4.5 |
| Mostly Autumn Live 2009 - Part I | 4.5 |
| Mostly Autumn Live 2009 - Part II | 4.5 |
| Mostly Autumn That Night In Leamington | 4.5 |
| Mostly Autumn Still Beautiful - Live 2011 | 4.5 |
| Mostly Autumn Live At The Boerderij | 4.5 |
| Mother Turtle Three Sides To Every Story | 3.5 |
| Mother Turtle Mother Turtle | 4.0 |
| Mother Turtle II | 4.0 |
| Mother Turtle Zea Mice | 4.0 |
| Museo Rosenbach Zarathustra | 4.5 |
| Neuschwanstein Alice In Wonderland | 4.0 |
| Neuschwanstein Battlement | 4.5 |
| Nodo Gordiano Sonnar | 4.0 |
| Novela Sanctuary | 4.0 |
| O Terco Criaturas Da Noite | 4.0 |
| Onsegen Ensemble Fear | 4.0 |
| Opeth The Collection | 3.0 |
| Opeth Orchid | 4.0 |
| Opeth Morningrise | 4.0 |
| Opeth Deliverance | 4.0 |
| Opeth My Arms, Your Hearse | 4.0 |
| Opeth The Candlelight Years | 4.0 |
After the release of their superb studio album "Watershed", Opeth's old record label Candlelight
released a box set containing the first three studio albums of Opeth. This reissue of the original
albums is complemented by four bonus tracks that were also reissued on the individual versions of
the three albums in 2000. The bonus tracks are the 1992's "Into The Frost Of Winter", which later
became "Advent", "Eternal Soul Torture" that is a demo recorded at the time of the "Morningrise"
sessions and two cover versions, "Circle Of The Tyrant" of Celtic Frost and Iron Maiden's
"Remember Tomorrow" as two tribute samplers. The presentation of the box is impressive. There's a
new, very nice artwork, which is why the original covers aren't included, the CD's are completely
black and a twelve page booklet is also included. |
| Opeth Heritage | 4.0 |
| Opeth The Wooden Box | 4.0 |
"The Wooden Box" is the counterpart of other box set released by Opeth "The Candlelight Years"
released in 2008 with CD versions. We have on "The Wooden Box" 6 vinyl LP's, a limited edition and
is numbered. As happened with "The Candlelight Years", "The Wooden Box" has also four bonus
tracks, the 1992's "Into The Frost Of Winter", which later became "Advent", "Eternal Soul Torture"
that is a demo recorded at the time of the "Morningrise" sessions and two cover versions, "Circle
Of The Tyrant" of Celtic Frost and Iron Maiden's "Remember Tomorrow" as two tribute samplers. But,
there are still some slightly "technical annoyances": The discs are hard to get out of the box and
they don't have their original visual. Fortunately, the box is not full, so they are not squished
in it. But, apart that, "The Wooden Box" is an amazing purchase and an excellent addition,
especially for all who prefer the vinyl versions. |
| Opeth Deliverance & Damnation Remixed | 4.0 |
"Deliverance & Damnation" is nothing more than a compilation of both Opeth albums "Deliverance"
and "Damnation", joined on a double CD. It's very interesting to have "Deliverance" and
"Damnation" as a double studio album combining perfectly well the two musical sides of Opeth.
Originally released in 2002 and 2003 respectively, "Deliverance" and "Damnation" were once
considered to be released as a double CD album, but Mikael Akerfeldt eventually decided to send
them out on their own separately, as both are so completely different from each other that it just
made better sense that way. From there, we all know the history. "Deliverance" is one of the
heaviest albums in the Opeth canon, as their brand of progressive death metal goes into levels of
brutality, beauty, and complexity that saw no stopping the band, while "Damnation" scales things
back considerably in the form of gorgeous, melodic progressive rock with a healthy dose of folk
leanings. Two polar opposite albums, but one that clearly sparked a shift in the band to more
classic prog waters that would fully come to fruition a decade later. Buying it is an interesting
experience really |
| Opeth Damnation | 4.5 |
| Opeth Ghost Reveries | 4.5 |
| Opeth Watershed | 4.5 |
| Opeth Still Life | 5.0 |
| Opeth Blackwater Park | 5.0 |
| Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Organisation | 3.5 |
| Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | 3.5 |
| Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark The Best of O.M.D. | 3.5 |
| Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Architecture & Morality | 4.0 |
| Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Dazzle Ships | 4.0 |
| Pain of Salvation Linoleum | 3.0 |
| Pain of Salvation Road Salt One | 3.0 |
| Pain of Salvation Road Salt Two | 3.5 |
| Pain of Salvation Scarsick | 4.0 |
| Pain of Salvation Be | 4.5 |
| Pain of Salvation One Hour by the Concrete Lake | 4.5 |
| Pain of Salvation Entropia | 4.5 |
| Pain of Salvation Ending Themes | 4.5 |
| Pain of Salvation Remedy Lane | 5.0 |
| Pain of Salvation The Perfect Element, Part 1 | 5.0 |
| Pain of Salvation 12:5 | 5.0 |
| Pallas (UK) Knightmoves to Wedge | 3.0 |
| Pallas (UK) The Knightmoves | 3.0 |
| Pallas (UK) The Sentinel | 3.5 |
| Pallas (UK) The Wedge | 3.5 |
| Pallas (UK) XXV | 3.5 |
| Pallas (UK) The Cross and the Crucible | 4.0 |
| Pallas (UK) Beat the Drum | 4.0 |
| Pallas (UK) The Dreams of Men | 4.5 |
| Pandora Snail War And Peace | 4.0 |
| Patrick Moraz The Story of I | 4.5 |
| Pavlov's Dog At The Sound of the Bell | 3.5 |
| Pavlov's Dog Pampered Menial & At The Sound Of The Bell | 3.5 |
If you have the two studio albums you don't need to buy this compilation because it has nothing
new to offer. However, if you don't have these two albums and you like less complex prog music and
you don't have problems with high pitched vocals in the same vein of Geddy Lee of Rush, you
willn't lose your time with this compilation. Still, if you aren't convinced, at least, you must
check "Pampered Menial". It's an excellent album with some kind of originality. Pavlov's Dog made
a very powerful and balanced album. I think it's an excellent example of some of the best prog
made in US, in the 70's. We know that in the 70's, the prog rock music was practically an European
phenomenon. So, American bands like Kansas, Starcastle, Pavlov's Dog and Blue Oyster Cult were,
exceptions. So, Pavlov's Dog is one of the best examples of those times. |
| Pavlov's Dog Pampered Menial | 4.0 |
| Pekka Pohjola Visitation | 4.5 |
| Pendragon (UK) KowTow | 3.0 |
| Pendragon (UK) Fly High Fall Far | 3.0 |
| Pendragon (UK) The History: 1984-2000 | 3.0 |
| Pendragon (UK) 9:15 Live | 3.0 |
| Pendragon (UK) Overture 1984 - 1996 | 3.0 |
| Pendragon (UK) A História | 3.0 |
| Pendragon (UK) The Round Table | 3.0 |
| Pendragon (UK) Introducing Pendragon | 3.0 |
| Pendragon (UK) The Jewel | 3.5 |
| Pendragon (UK) Believe | 3.5 |
| Pendragon (UK) Fallen Dreams And Angels | 3.5 |
| Pendragon (UK) The World | 4.0 |
| Pendragon (UK) Passion | 4.0 |
| Pendragon (UK) Utrecht... The Final Frontier | 4.0 |
| Pendragon (UK) Live In Krakow 1996 | 4.0 |
| Pendragon (UK) Men Who Climb Mountains | 4.0 |
| Pendragon (UK) Acoustically Challenged | 4.0 |
| Pendragon (UK) Love Over Fear | 4.0 |
| Pendragon (UK) Pure | 4.5 |
| Pendragon (UK) The Window of Life | 4.5 |
| Pendragon (UK) The Masquerade Overture | 4.5 |
| Pendragon (UK) Not of This World | 4.5 |
| Pendragon (UK) Concerto Maximo | 4.5 |
| Pentacle (Prog) La Clef Des Songes | 4.0 |
| Peter Banks Two Sides of Peter Banks | 4.0 |
| Peter Bardens The Answer | 3.5 |
| Peter Baumann Trans Harmonic Nights | 3.0 |
| Peter Baumann Romance 76 | 3.5 |
| Peter Gabriel Scratch | 3.5 |
| Peter Gabriel Car | 4.0 |
| Peter Gabriel Melt | 4.0 |
| Peter Gabriel Security | 4.0 |
| Petrus Castrus Ascensão e Queda | 4.0 |
| Petrus Castrus Mestre | 4.0 |
| Pink Floyd Works | 2.5 |
| Pink Floyd London '66–'67 | 2.5 |
| Pink Floyd A Collection of Great Dance Songs | 3.0 |
| Pink Floyd Ummagumma | 3.0 |
| Pink Floyd More | 3.0 |
| Pink Floyd A Momentary Lapse of Reason | 3.0 |
| Pink Floyd 1967 — The First Three Singles | 3.0 |
| Pink Floyd The Best of the Pink Floyd | 3.0 |
| Pink Floyd A Foot in the Door | 3.0 |
| Pink Floyd The Early Singles | 3.0 |
| Pink Floyd The Endless River | 3.0 |
| Pink Floyd Masters Of Rock Vol. 1 | 3.0 |
| Pink Floyd The Wall Singles | 3.0 |
| Pink Floyd 1967: The First Three Singles | 3.0 |
| Pink Floyd Hits | 3.0 |
| Pink Floyd Echoes | 3.5 |
| Pink Floyd The Final Cut | 3.5 |
| Pink Floyd Obscured by Clouds | 3.5 |
| Pink Floyd The Piper at the Gates of Dawn | 4.0 |
| Pink Floyd The Division Bell | 4.0 |
| Pink Floyd Atom Heart Mother | 4.0 |
| Pink Floyd Delicate Sound of Thunder | 4.0 |
| Pink Floyd A Saucerful of Secrets | 4.0 |
| Pink Floyd Relics | 4.0 |
| Pink Floyd A Nice Pair | 4.0 |
I like very much of both albums, but maybe I prefer "A Saucerful Of Secrets" than "The Piper At
The Gates Of Dawn". But, both have their great moments. It's probably best recommended for
newbies, not the Pink Floyd's newbies but the newbies of the psychedelic music. I don't have this
compilation. I have the two vinyl records and the two CD's too. Still, I know it since I was a
teen and it represented my first contact with these two albums. But, if you have the two studio
albums in two individual records, you don't need to buy this compilation because it hasn't
anything new to offer, like bonus tracks, unless you have a collector vinyl spirit or you are a
hard Pink Floyd's fan. However, if you don't have these two albums yet, this is the better option
because you save on price and space. So, if you don't have these two albums and you own this
compilation, it substitutes perfectly well those two original albums. This is really a nice pair,
eighteen amazing tracks in only one package. |
| Pink Floyd Discovery | 4.0 |
"Discovery" is a great and a big compilation of Pink Floyd. It has the complete studio discography
of the group, all remastered, plus a booklet. But, there's nothing else more than that. Thus, how
to rate a compilation like this, especially for someone like me, who has already all those albums
in its original version? So, sincerely, I think that the right thing to do is to rate this
compilation with a 4, because all on it is good, great or even excellent. Of course not all
musical discography of Pink Floyd is really great. It has its lower points like "More",
"Ummagumma", "Obscured By Clouds", "The Final Cut" and "A Momentary Lapse Of Reason", despite all
are good albums. However, as a global appreciation, it has so many great albums that I sincerely
think it deserves to be considered as an excellent box set. |
| Pink Floyd Shine On | 4.0 |
"Shine On" is a great Pink Floyd's compilation, especially if you have some money to spend on it.
It's a real gigantic collection, where we can find all the essential studio works from the band,
if you don't own the discs already in its original packaging. However, I never understood the
criterion chosen for this selection of albums. If "Meddle", "Dark Side Of The Moon", "Wish You
Were Here", "Animals" and "The Wall" are clearly obvious choices because are the best studio
albums from the group, the selection of the other two albums are less consensual, especially the
inclusion of "A Momentary Lapse Of Reason", which is, for me, their weakest studio work. Anyway,
the most interesting part of this box set is the last CD, where we can find and enjoy rare tracks
with great songs from their psychedelic musical phase. |
| Pink Floyd Oh by the Way | 4.0 |
How to rate a compilation with the entire career of a band when we have individually all their
original discography? By the other hand, the entire career of Pink Floyd never was totally uniform
and balanced all over the years. It's almost consensual consider the band released five great
masterpieces "Meddle", "Dark Side Of The Moon", "Wish You Were Here", "Animals" and "The Wall" and
four excellent studio albums "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn", "A Saucerful Of Secrets", "Atom
Heart Mother" and "The Division Bell". But, we know too that "More", "Ummagumma", "Obscured By
Clouds", "The Final Cut" and "A Momentary Lapse Of Reason" are minor studio works compared with
the others. So, sincerely, I really think the right thing to do is rating "Oh By The Way" with a 4
because it has many great things. |
| Pink Floyd Meddle | 4.5 |
| Pink Floyd Is There Anybody Out There? | 4.5 |
| Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon | 5.0 |
| Pink Floyd Animals | 5.0 |
| Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here | 5.0 |
| Pink Floyd The Wall | 5.0 |
| Pink Floyd The Dark Side Of The Moon- 30th Anniversary | 5.0 |
| Polis Weltklang | 4.0 |
| Pollen Jacques Tom Rivest | 3.5 |
| Pollen Pollen | 4.0 |
| Porcupine Tree On the Sunday of Life | 3.5 |
| Porcupine Tree Signify | 4.0 |
| Porcupine Tree Up the Downstair | 4.0 |
| Porcupine Tree Nil Recurring | 4.0 |
| Porcupine Tree Staircase Infinities | 4.0 |
| Porcupine Tree The Incident | 4.0 |
| Porcupine Tree Closure/Continuation | 4.0 |
| Porcupine Tree Stupid Dream | 4.5 |
| Porcupine Tree Deadwing | 4.5 |
| Porcupine Tree Lightbulb Sun | 4.5 |
| Porcupine Tree The Sky Moves Sideways | 4.5 |
| Porcupine Tree In Absentia | 5.0 |
| Porcupine Tree Fear of a Blank Planet | 5.0 |
| Portal [CAN] Blood Red Tape | 3.5 |
| Powerized The Mirror's Eye | 3.5 |
| Premiata Forneria Marconi Passpartu | 3.0 |
| Premiata Forneria Marconi Jet Lag | 3.5 |
| Premiata Forneria Marconi Photos of Ghosts | 4.0 |
| Premiata Forneria Marconi The World Became the World | 4.0 |
| Premiata Forneria Marconi Chocolate Kings | 4.0 |
| Premiata Forneria Marconi Stati di immaginazione | 4.0 |
| Premiata Forneria Marconi Per un amico | 4.5 |
| Premiata Forneria Marconi L'isola di niente | 4.5 |
| Premiata Forneria Marconi Cook (Live in the USA) | 4.5 |
| Premiata Forneria Marconi Storia di un minuto | 5.0 |
| Present Barbaro | 4.5 |
| Procol Harum Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra | 4.5 |
| Pulsar Pollen | 3.5 |
| Pulsar The Strands of the Future | 4.0 |
| Pulsar Halloween | 4.5 |
| Quarteto 1111 A Lenda Do Quarteto 1111 | 3.0 |
"A Lenda Do Quarteto 1111" is the third compilation of Quarteto 1111. The others are "A Lenda De
El-Rei D. Sebastiao" and "Singles And Ep's". Like the other two, it is also a very interesting and
important compilation with many similitude with the other two. After reviewing the other two
compilations, I can say that "A Lenda Do Quarteto 1111" is a better option, because is the biggest
and most complete of the three. If you want to have on a single album many of the songs released
by the group and dispersed on so many singles and EP, this is the right place to have it. |
| Quarteto 1111 A Lenda De El-Rei D. Sebastião - 1993 | 3.0 |
The importance of Quarteto 1111 to Portuguese popular music is completely undeniable, especially
for the birth of the Portuguese progressive rock music. This compilation, "A Lenda De El-Rei D.
Sebastiao" is a very interesting and important release of the group, because for the first time it
was possible to have in only one album so many songs released by the group, usually separated for
so many singles and EP's. This is even more important because, as far as I know and unfortunately,
their debut album was never released in CD. Fortunately and lucky for me, I have a vinyl copy
purchased in the the years of the 70's. My main concern on this review was to focus all my
attention in lyrics, trying to explain the subjects covered in oeach song. I did it because I know
the majority of the readers do not know any word of Portuguese, and as we know, music is a
universal language. So, I hope you can enjoy the music. |
| Quarteto 1111 Singles And EP's | 3.0 |
Like "A Lenda De El-Rei D. Sebastiao", their debut compilation, this is also a very interesting
and important compilation released by Quarteto 1111, because it was possible to have in only one
album many of the songs released by the group in so many singles and EP's. However, of the fifteen
tracks recorded on "Singles And EP's", only six are new in relation to that previous compilation.
So, actually it does not bring to us practically any new stuff. Anyway, this is perhaps preferable
to "Singles And EP's" because it has more three songs than the first one has. |
| Quarteto 1111 Quarteto 1111 | 3.5 |
| Quarteto 1111 Onde, Quando, Como, Porquê, Cantamos Pessoas Vivas | 5.0 |
| Quatermass Quatermass | 4.0 |
| Queen Hot Space | 1.5 |
| Queen Flash Gordon | 2.0 |
| Queen Greatest Hits III | 2.0 |
| Queen The Singles Collection Volume 2 | 2.0 |
| Queen The Singles Collection Volume 3 | 2.5 |
| Queen The Singles Collection Volume 4 | 2.5 |
| Queen The Platinum Collection | 3.0 |
We can say that "The Platinum Collection" is a very special and strange compilation album. First
because this is a compilation of three previous compilation albums of the band and second because
it has three very different compilations in terms of quality and representativeness. It's true
that despite some clear differences in terms of quality between "Greatest Hits I" and "Greatest
Hits II", both are two good compilation albums of Queen. But, we cannot say the same relatively to
"Greatest Hits III". "Greatest Hits III" is a kind of a mix salad with varied and weak ingredients
making of it a compilation album with a very dubious taste. So, "The Platinum Collection" isn't a
real great compilation but isn't also an awful compilation. Thus, we can say "The Platinum
Collection" deserves to be rated with a 3.0. |
| Queen Greatest Hits | 3.0 |
| Queen The Miracle | 3.0 |
| Queen The Works | 3.0 |
| Queen Greatest Hits I & II | 3.0 |
We can say that "Greatest Hits I & II" is a very special and strange compilation album of the band
because "Greatest Hits I & II" is nothing more than a compilation album that includes two previous
compilation albums with nothing new to offer. Anyway, "Greatest Hits I & II" is a good compilation
of the band that covers practically the entire career of them covering almost all their studio
works. The only exception is their eponymous debut studio album and the last one "Made In Heaven".
If the absence of any song from "Made In Heaven" is perfectly normal because "Greatest Hits II"
was released less than a month before the death of Freddie Mercury and became the last Queen's
release of any kind while he was alive, we cannot say the same about their debut. "Queen" is one
of their best works and deserved to be represented too. Anyway, "Greatest Hits I & II" is a good
compilation album of Queen. |
| Queen Classic Queen | 3.0 |
| Queen A Kind of Magic | 3.0 |
| Queen Greatest Hits II | 3.0 |
| Queen Queen Rocks | 3.0 |
| Queen Absolute Greatest | 3.0 |
| Queen Deep Cuts Volume 1 (1973-1976) | 3.0 |
| Queen Deep Cuts Volume 2 (1977-1982) | 3.0 |
| Queen Deep Cuts Volume 3 (1984-1995) | 3.0 |
| Queen The Best Of Queen | 3.0 |
| Queen Stone Cold Classics | 3.0 |
| Queen Icon | 3.0 |
| Queen The Singles Collection Volume 1 | 3.0 |
| Queen Made in Heaven | 3.5 |
| Queen News of the World | 3.5 |
| Queen Jazz | 3.5 |
| Queen The Game | 3.5 |
| Queen Live Killers | 3.5 |
| Queen Queen Forever | 3.5 |
| Queen Queen & Paul Rodgers: Return Of The Champions | 3.5 |
| Queen Sheer Heart Attack | 4.0 |
| Queen A Day at the Races | 4.0 |
| Queen Queen | 4.0 |
| Queen Innuendo | 4.0 |
| Queen The Complete Works | 4.0 |
It's always very difficult for me to rate this kind of compilation albums, Box sets with complete
original albums from a band. But, in this case, it's even more difficult because this a package
very unbalanced. All we know that the musical career of Queen was very irregular in terms of
progressivity and music quality. On this compilation album we have six great albums "Queen",
"Queen II", "Sheer Heart Attack", "A Night At The Opera", "A Day At The Races" and "Jazz", of
which "Queen II" and "A Night At The Opera" are two masterpieces, three good albums "News Of The
World", "The Game" and "The Works", but we have also two very weak albums "Flash Gordon" and
especially "Hot Space", which is really a bad album. So, despite its weak points and according
that this compilation album has the five best Queen's studio albums, the first five albums from
the band which are all really great, I decided to rate it with a 4. |
| Queen A Night at the Opera | 4.5 |
| Queen Queen II | 4.5 |
| Queen and Paul Rodgers Return of the Champions | 4.0 |
| Quiet Sun Mainstream | 4.0 |
| R.E.M. Murmur | 4.5 |
| Refugee Refugee | 4.0 |
| Refugee Live In Concert - Newcastle City Hall 1974 | 4.0 |
| Regal Worm Pig Views | 4.0 |
| Renaissance Azure D'Or | 3.0 |
| Renaissance Tales of 1001 Nights Volume 1 | 3.0 |
| Renaissance Tales of 1001 Nights Volume 2 | 3.0 |
| Renaissance Heritage | 3.0 |
| Renaissance Midas Man | 3.0 |
| Renaissance A Song for All Seasons | 3.5 |
| Renaissance Illusion | 3.5 |
| Renaissance Da Capo | 3.5 |
| Renaissance Rock Galaxy | 3.5 |
"Scheherazade And Other Stories" and "Turn Of The Cards" are, in my opinion, two of the best
studio albums of Renaissance. They belong to the best period of the band, their golden era.
However, I still consider "Scheherazade And Other Stories" their best studio album and their only
studio masterpiece and "Turn Of The Cards" their second best release. But, if you have both albums
already, you don't need this compilation, unless you have a collector vinyl spirit. Still, if you
don't have both albums yet and you own this compilation, it substitutes well the two original
albums. However, if you don't have both albums, yet, you must buy both. |
| Renaissance Prologue | 4.0 |
| Renaissance Novella | 4.0 |
| Renaissance Renaissance | 4.0 |
| Renaissance In The Beginning | 4.0 |
| "Prologue" and "Ashes Are Burning" are two of the best studio albums of Renaissance and made part of their golden era. If you have the two original albums, you don?t need this compilation because it hasn't anything new to offer, like bonus tracks. But if you don't have these two albums yet, you need them because they are essential in any progressive rock collection. None of these albums are two masterpieces but both are two essential albums in your collection. |
| Renaissance Ashes Are Burning | 4.5 |
| Renaissance Turn of the Cards | 4.5 |
| Renaissance Live at Carnegie Hall | 4.5 |
| Renaissance Scheherazade and Other Stories | 5.0 |
| Richard Barbieri Things Buried | 3.5 |
| Rick Wakeman Lisztomania | 2.5 |
| Rick Wakeman No Earthly Connection | 4.0 |
| Rick Wakeman Return To The Centre Of The Earth | 4.0 |
| Rick Wakeman Journey to the Centre of the Earth: Live | 4.5 |
| Rick Wakeman The Myths and Legends of King Arthur... | 4.5 |
| Rick Wakeman The Six Wives of Henry VIII | 5.0 |
| Robin Trower Long Misty Days | 4.0 |
| Roger Hodgson In The Eye Of The Storm | 4.0 |
| Roger Hodgson Take the Long Way Home: Live in Montreal | 4.0 |
| Roger Waters The Wall - Live in Berlin | 4.0 |
| Roxy Music The Early Years | 3.0 |
| Roxy Music Manifesto | 3.0 |
| Roxy Music Street Life: 20 Great Hits | 3.0 |
| Roxy Music Greatest Hits | 3.0 |
| Roxy Music The Atlantic Years 1973-1980 | 3.0 |
| Roxy Music The Collection | 3.0 |
| Roxy Music Flesh + Blood | 3.5 |
| Roxy Music The High Road (Live) | 3.5 |
| Roxy Music More Than This, Best Of Brian Ferry + Roxy Music | 3.5 |
| Roxy Music The Best Of Roxy Music | 3.5 |
| Roxy Music The Thrill of it All | 3.5 |
| Roxy Music Avalon | 4.0 |
| Roxy Music Siren | 4.0 |
| Roxy Music Country Life | 4.0 |
| Roxy Music Stranded | 4.0 |
| Roxy Music Heart Still Beating | 4.0 |
| Roxy Music The First 7 Albums | 4.0 |
"The First Seven Albums" is a great compilation album of Roxy Music. This is a very complete
compilation album with almost all their studio albums with the exception of the last one,
"Avalon", which hadn't yet been released at the time. Who are used to with the career of the band
knows that Roxy Music is a special band in the panorama of the prog rock music. They were
responsible for two of the best and most innovative prog albums at the time, "Roxy Music" and "For
Your Pleasure". They also know that "Stranded", "Country Life" and "Siren" are also three great
prog works. So, this is an excellent alternative option for those who don't have these works
already. |
| Roxy Music The Complete Studio Recordings | 4.0 |
"The Complete Studio Recordings" is a very good and interesting compilation album of Roxy Music.
It's very complete with all their studio albums on only one package. But, beyond that, it has also
two extra CD's of outtakes, B sides and some rarities. So, with all these material, "The Complete
Studio Recordings" is an excellent alternative for all who don't have the studio discography of
Roxy Music and they can have also some rare material at the same time. It's true that there is
another compilation album of Roxy Music very similar to this one "The Studio Albums" also with all
the eight studio albums of the band. But, "The Complete Studio Recordings" is a better option
because you can have also the two extra CD's. So, we can say that "The Complete Studio Recordings"
is indicated to all who don't have their studio albums yet and for those who are hard fans and
wish to have everything from the band. |
| Roxy Music The Studio Albums | 4.0 |
"The Studio Albums" is a great compilation album of Roxy Music. This is a very complete
compilation album with all studio albums of the band on only one package. So, this compilation
album is an excellent alternative for all who don't have the studio discography of Roxy Music.
"The Studio Albums" is very similar to other compilation album "The First Seven Albums". The only
difference, as its name indicates, is that "The First Seven Albums" has only the first seven
studio albums of the band, missing to it their last studio album "Avalon", an album that had not
yet been released in 1981, the year of its release. So, if you need to have a compilation album of
the band with their studio works, "The Studio Albums" is a better option because it has all the
studio albums of the band. |
| Roxy Music For Your Pleasure | 4.5 |
| Roxy Music Roxy Music | 4.5 |
| Roxy Music Viva! | 4.5 |
| Roxy Music Live | 4.5 |
| Rush 2112 | 4.0 |
| Rush Signals | 4.5 |
| Rush Moving Pictures | 5.0 |
| Rush A Farewell to Kings | 5.0 |
| Rush Permanent Waves | 5.0 |
| Rush Hemispheres | 5.0 |
| Ry Cooder Paris, Texas OST | 4.0 |
| Sammal Suuliekki | 3.5 |
| SBB Memento Z Banalnym Tryptykiem | 4.0 |
| Schizofrantik Oddities | 4.0 |
| Seru Giran La Grasa de las Capitales | 3.5 |
| Shub-Niggurath Les Morts Vont Vite | 4.0 |
| Sisare Leaving the Land | 4.0 |
| Slapp Happy Slapp Happy | 4.0 |
| Slapp Happy and Henry Cow Desperate Straights | 4.0 |
| Soft Machine Hidden Details | 4.0 |
| Spettri Spettri | 3.5 |
| Spettri 2973 La Nemica Dei Ricordi | 4.0 |
| Spirit Son of Spirit | 3.0 |
| Spock's Beard Day For Night | 3.5 |
| Spock's Beard The Kindness Of Strangers | 4.0 |
| Spock's Beard The Light | 4.0 |
| Spock's Beard Beware of Darkness | 4.0 |
| Spock's Beard V | 4.5 |
| Spock's Beard Snow | 4.5 |
| Squackett A Life Within A Day | 4.0 |
| Starcastle Fountains of Light | 4.0 |
| Starcastle Starcastle | 4.0 |
| Steel Mill Green Eyed God | 4.0 |
| Steve Hackett Genesis Revisited II: Selection | 3.0 |
"Genesis Revisited II: Selection" is a selection of tracks of the studio album "Genesis Revisited
II". I think we can call it a short version of the original album where Steve made an interesting
and reasonably setlist of songs. He made a magnificent voyage to the past, between 1972 and 1976,
including songs from five Genesis? studio albums, "Foxtrot", "Selling England By The Pound", "The
Lamb Lies Down On Broadway", "A Trick Of The Tail" and "Wind And Wuthering", which are, in my
humble opinion, their best five studio albums and true five masterpieces of the group. He included
also a solo track, "Shadow Of The Hierophant", which is, for me, one of his best tracks ever as a
solo artist. So, this is a good compilation but it's better to own the original studio album. Only
"Carpet Crawlers" is worth hearing. |
| Steve Hackett Genesis Files | 3.5 |
| Steve Hackett Please Don't Touch! | 4.0 |
| Steve Hackett Defector | 4.0 |
| Steve Hackett Genesis Revisited | 4.0 |
| Steve Hackett The Tokyo Tapes | 4.0 |
| Steve Hackett Genesis Revisited II | 4.0 |
| Steve Hackett Spectral Mornings | 4.5 |
| Steve Hackett Voyage of the Acolyte | 5.0 |
| Steve Howe Beginnings | 3.0 |
| Steve Howe The Steve Howe Album | 4.0 |
| Storm Corrosion Storm Corrosion | 4.0 |
| Strawbs Nomadness | 3.0 |
| Strawbs Deep Cuts | 3.0 |
| Strawbs Strawbs | 3.0 |
| Strawbs Burning for You | 3.0 |
| Strawbs Deadlines | 3.0 |
| Strawbs A Choice Selection Of Strawbs | 3.0 |
| Strawbs Halcyon Days (UK Release) | 3.0 |
| Strawbs The Best of Strawbs | 3.0 |
| Strawbs Strawbs by Choice | 3.0 |
| Strawbs Classic Strawbs | 3.0 |
| Strawbs Halcyon Days (US Release) | 3.0 |
| Strawbs The Collection | 3.0 |
| Strawbs Tears And Pavan (An Introduction To Strawbs) | 3.0 |
| Strawbs 20th Century Masters - Millenium Collection | 3.0 |
| Strawbs Witchwood: the Very Best of.... | 3.0 |
| Strawbs Dragonfly | 3.5 |
| Strawbs Early Strawbs | 3.5 |
If you already have the two studio albums in two individual albums you don't need to buy this
compilation unless you're a collectionist. It has nothing new to offer, like bonus tracks. It
doesn't happen with the remastered versions on the CD format. The original remastered CD's have
several bonus tracks to offer, and in general, they're all good and interesting. However, if you
don't have these two albums yet, this is an excellent alternative to these two albums. It's true
they aren't two essential studio albums in the discography of the group and that both don't
represent two essential pieces to have in a prog collection. However, both represent two good
albums and a mysterious and almost unknown face of this incredible prog band. To complement these
two studio albums, I recommend their third studio album "From The Witchwood" and their first live
album "Just A Collection Of Antiques And Curious", an album where almost all tracks weren't
released on any studio album before. It's a great album, much better than "Strawbs" and
"Dragonfly", and represents a wonderful evening with a superb concert. It remains as one of the
most memorable live performances of them. It isn?t their best or a perfect album, but it's the
most pure, naive and probably the most beautiful work made by the group. It represents also the
first memorable performance of Rick Wakeman on a live show. |
| Strawbs Acoustic Gold | 3.5 |
| Strawbs Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios | 4.0 |
| Strawbs Bursting at the Seams | 4.0 |
| Strawbs Ghosts | 4.0 |
| Strawbs From the Witchwood | 4.0 |
| Strawbs Acoustic Strawbs: Baroque & Roll | 4.0 |
| Strawbs The Ferryman's Curse | 4.0 |
| Strawbs Hero and Heroine | 4.5 |
| Strawbs Grave New World | 4.5 |
| Supersister Present from Nancy/To the the Highest Bidder | 3.5 |
"Present From Nancy" and "To The Highest Bidder" are two excellent progressive rock albums nothing
inferior to many of the albums released by their contemporary progressive acts at the time. Both
albums make part of some of the best works released in The Netherlands by their compatriots Focus,
Finch, Kayak, Trace, Earth And Fire and Golden Earring. If you have already the two studio albums
you don't need to buy this compilation because it has nothing new to offer, like bonus tracks.
But, if you don't have these two albums it substitutes perfectly well those original albums. |
| Supersister Present from Nancy | 4.0 |
| Supersister To the Highest Bidder | 4.0 |
| Supertramp Indelibly Stamped | 3.0 |
| Supertramp The Very Best of Supertramp | 3.0 |
| Supertramp The Autobiography of Supertramp | 3.0 |
| Supertramp The Very Best Of Supertramp 2 | 3.0 |
| Supertramp Classics, Vol. 9 | 3.0 |
| Supertramp Supertramp | 3.5 |
| Supertramp Brother Where You Bound | 3.5 |
| Supertramp Retrospectacle - The Supertramp Anthology | 3.5 |
| Supertramp Breakfast in America | 4.0 |
| Supertramp Crisis? What Crisis? | 4.0 |
| Supertramp …Famous Last Words… | 4.0 |
| Supertramp Paris | 4.0 |
| Supertramp Even In the Quietest Moments | 4.5 |
| Supertramp Crime of the Century | 5.0 |
| Syzygy A Glorious Disturbance | 4.0 |
| T2 It'll All Work Out in Boomland | 4.5 |
| Tako (YUG) Tako | 4.0 |
| Tako (YUG) U Vreci Za Spavanje | 4.0 |
| Tangerine Dream Wavelength OST | 3.0 |
| Tangerine Dream Decades 70s | 3.0 |
| Tangerine Dream The Pink Years | 3.0 |
| Tangerine Dream Sunrise In The Third System | 3.0 |
| Tangerine Dream Firestarter OST | 3.5 |
| Tangerine Dream Electronic Meditation | 3.5 |
| Tangerine Dream Underwater Sunlight | 3.5 |
| Tangerine Dream Le Parc | 3.5 |
| Tangerine Dream Cyclone | 4.0 |
| Tangerine Dream Sorcerer OST | 4.0 |
| Tangerine Dream Zeit | 4.0 |
| Tangerine Dream Alpha Centauri | 4.0 |
| Tangerine Dream Atem | 4.0 |
| Tangerine Dream Green Desert | 4.0 |
| Tangerine Dream Synthetiseur | 4.0 |
"Synthetiseur" is especially important for those who don't own the three original works or for the
hardest collector fans of the band. Still, it's undeniable the great quality of this compilation
album. "Phaedra", "Rubycon" and "Ricochet" are in general considered the three best works of
Tangerine Dream. It turns "Synthetiseur" as a great compilation album, one of the best of the
band. "Phaedra" and "Rubycon" are considered the two greatest masterpieces of the band and two of
the best electronic prog albums ever made. In relation to "Ricochet", despite technically be a
live work, in reality, it's an original work that was recorded live. So, "Synthetiseur" is a great
compilation album with three amazing works of one of the best and most representative bands of the
electronic "Berlin School". |
| Tangerine Dream Alpha Centauri/Atem | 4.0 |
Both albums belong to their first musical phase, a most experimental phase, a phase probably more
linked with the krautrock music than to the electronic music of their next works. This is
especially true to "Electronic Meditation". Both are two great works, two very important albums to
Tangerine Dream and to the electronic music. "Alpha Centauri" was the starting point of their
electronic music and "Atem" was the end of an era, the starting point of their next more
electronic phase, "The Virgin Years". |
| Tangerine Dream Tangerine Dream (1996 Disky Compilation) | 4.0 |
| Tangerine Dream In the Beginning | 4.0 |
| Tangerine Dream (3) | 4.0 |
"3" is a great compilation of Tangerine Dream that contains three great albums of the band. It's
also very interesting because it has three very special albums for Tangerine Dream if we look at
them in relation to its date release. We have the last album of the band with what is considered
their best line up, Froese, Franke and Baumann, "Encore". A transition and controversial album
with a unique line up, "Cyclone". An album released before the beginning of a new era with
Schmoelling, "Force Majeure". All this makes that "3" is an interesting compilation to be
purchased by those who don't have these three albums yet. |
| Tangerine Dream The Pink Years Albums 1970-1973 | 4.0 |
The four albums on this compilation belong to their first musical phase, a most experimental
phase, a phase probably more linked with the krautrock music than to the electronic music of their
following releases. This is especially true about "Electronic Meditation". These are four albums
then that provided the roots for the electronic subculture to bloom and that provided the
inspiration for a whole host of bands that followed in the same or slightly different direction.
The band is a different beast today but we can say that everything started here. |
| Tangerine Dream Encore | 4.5 |
| Tangerine Dream Stratosfear | 4.5 |
| Tangerine Dream Force Majeure | 4.5 |
| Tangerine Dream Phaedra | 5.0 |
| Tangerine Dream Rubycon | 5.0 |
| Tangerine Dream Ricochet | 5.0 |
| Tantra Holocausto | 4.0 |
| Tantra Terra | 4.0 |
| Tantra Mistérios e Maravilhas | 4.5 |
| Tarantula (ESP) Tarántula | 4.0 |
| Television Adventure | 4.0 |
| Television Marquee Moon | 4.5 |
| Terutsugu Hirayama Castle of Noi | 3.5 |
| The B-52s The B-52's | 4.0 |
| The Band The Last Waltz | 4.5 |
| The Beach Boys 20 Golden Greats | 3.0 |
| The Buggles The Age of Plastic | 3.5 |
| The Cars Heartbeat City | 3.5 |
| The Cars Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology | 3.5 |
| The Cars The Cars | 4.0 |
| The Doors 13 | 3.0 |
| The Doors Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine | 3.0 |
| The Doors The Best Of The Doors - 1973 | 3.0 |
| The Doors Star Collection (Vol. 1) | 3.0 |
| The Doors Star Collection (Vol. 2) | 3.0 |
| The Doors Love Me Two Times | 3.0 |
| The Doors Legacy: The Absolute Best | 3.0 |
| The Doors Star Collection (Vol. I + II) | 3.0 |
| The Doors The Soft Parade | 3.5 |
| The Doors Morrison Hotel | 3.5 |
| The Doors The Best of The Doors | 3.5 |
| The Doors An American Prayer | 3.5 |
| The Doors The Very Best of the Doors | 3.5 |
| The Doors Essential Rarities | 3.5 |
| The Doors A Collection | 3.5 |
"A Collection" is a very nice compilation album because it has all the six studio albums released
by The Doors when Jim Morrison was in the band. So, it comprises all the essential works that you
really must have from The Doors. But, if you already have all the six studio albums you don't need
to buy this compilation, because it hasn't anything new to offer, like bonus tracks. Still, if you
are a beginner with the band and you don't have all these albums yet, this is an excellent
alternative to own all the essential discography from The Doors. If you aren't a great fan, how I
am, and you don?t need to buy the original albums, it's the better option, because you maybe save
in money and space. |
| The Doors Waiting for the Sun | 4.0 |
| The Doors L.A. Woman | 4.0 |
| The Doors Absolutely Live | 4.0 |
| The Doors In Concert | 4.0 |
| The Doors Strange Days | 4.5 |
| The Doors Live At The Bowl 68 | 4.5 |
| The Doors The Doors | 5.0 |
| The Flock The Flock/Dinosaur Swamps | 3.0 |
This reissue of The Flock's first two albums shows a band searching for an identity, at times
finding it, and others coming up a bit empty. "The Flock" is ultimately a more successful album
than "Dinosaur Swamps" is. It suffered from ultimately too ambitious and self-indulgent for its
own good. And if "The Flock" was more eclectic, "Dinosaur Swamps" was positively more
schizophrenic, with tinges of bluegrass/country, psychedelic musings with electronic treatments,
flat-out funk, higher octane blues/rock and hints of Zappa-esque absurdity. However and despite
the writing, arrangements and performances being perhaps dated, the music is fun in a guilty kind
of way. Goodman may be the drawing card, but this reissue rescued from the obscurity a group that
may not have achieved the success of its contemporaries, but over the course of this two albums
they produced a diverse and interesting body of work. |
| The Flock The Flock | 3.5 |
| The Flock Dinosaur Swamps | 3.5 |
| The Future Kings of England Who Is This Who Is Coming? | 4.0 |
| The Human League The Very Best Of The Human League (1998) | 2.5 |
| The Human League Hysteria | 3.0 |
| The Human League Love And Dancing (Remix Album) | 3.0 |
| The Human League Travelogue | 3.5 |
| The Human League Greatest Hits | 3.5 |
| The Human League Dare! | 4.0 |
| The Human League Reproduction | 4.0 |
| The Mercury Tree Permutations | 4.0 |
| The Mercury Tree Spidermilk | 4.0 |
| The Moody Blues Long Distance Voyager | 3.5 |
| The Nice The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack | 3.5 |
| The Police The Very Best of Sting & The Police | 3.5 |
| The Police Outlandos d'Amour | 3.5 |
| The Police Every Breath You Take: The Classics | 3.5 |
| The Police Greatest Hits | 3.5 |
| The Police Synchronicity | 4.0 |
| The Police Zenyatta Mondatta | 4.0 |
| The Police Ghost in the Machine | 4.0 |
| The Police Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings | 4.0 |
| The Police The Police | 4.0 |
| The Police Live! | 4.0 |
| The Police Reggatta de Blanc | 4.5 |
| The Pretty Things Parachute | 4.0 |
| The Pretty Things S.F. Sorrow And Parachute | 4.0 |
"S.F Sorrow" and "Parachute" are two great albums. You should check them out if you haven't yet.
If you have checked already "S.F. Sorrow" and you assumed that the rest of their works would be
boring hard rock and think that you have already everything you need from this band, you're wrong.
Why? Because if you listen to "Parachute" you realize that it's a mistake. It's true that the
"concept" on "Parachute" feels a bit looser than on "S.F. Sorrow", but it's certainly musically
just as accomplished as the previous concept is. Smooth harmonies, taut rockers, and dark
psychedelic all combine here to a good effect. Both albums are definitely worth checking out. It's
a tragedy that "S.F. Sorrow" and "Parachute" wound up as chart failures. Both albums should be
heard, enjoyed, and played frequently to fully enjoy them. However, if you already have the two
individual studio albums, you don't need to buy this compilation. |
| The Pretty Things S.F. Sorrow | 4.5 |
| The Stranglers The Gospel According To The Meninblack | 2.5 |
| The Stranglers Live (X Cert) | 3.0 |
| The Stranglers La Folie | 3.5 |
| The Stranglers Feline | 3.5 |
| The Stranglers Aural Sculpture | 3.5 |
| The Stranglers Greatest Hits 1977-1990 | 3.5 |
| The Stranglers Peaches: The Very Best Of The Stranglers | 3.5 |
| The Stranglers Black And White | 4.0 |
| The Stranglers The Raven | 4.0 |
| The Stranglers Rattus Norvegicus | 4.5 |
| The Stranglers No More Heroes | 4.5 |
| The Trip Caronte | 3.5 |
| The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground & Nico | 4.5 |
| Thrice Mice Thrice Mice! | 3.0 |
| Tim Buckley Tim Buckley | 3.0 |
| Tim Buckley Live at The Folklore Center 1967 | 3.5 |
| Tim Buckley Goodbye and Hello | 4.0 |
| Todd Rundgren Todd | 4.0 |
| Tom Waits Closing Time | 4.0 |
| Tony Banks The Fugitive | 3.0 |
| Tony Banks Bankstatement | 3.0 |
| Tony Banks Still | 3.5 |
| Tony Banks A Curious Feeling | 4.0 |
| Tracy Chapman Crossroads | 3.5 |
| Tracy Chapman New Beginning | 3.5 |
| Tracy Chapman Telling Stories | 3.5 |
| Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman | 4.0 |
| Transatlantic Bridge Across Forever | 4.0 |
| Transatlantic Kaleidoscope | 4.0 |
| Transatlantic The Absolute Universe | 4.0 |
| Transatlantic SMPT:e | 4.5 |
| Transatlantic The Whirlwind | 4.5 |
| Transatlantic Live in Europe | 4.5 |
| Transatlantic The Absolute Universe...(Extended Version) | 4.5 |
| Trettioariga Kriget Trettioariga Kriget | 3.5 |
| Trettioariga Kriget Krigssang | 4.0 |
| Triana Hijos del Agobio | 4.0 |
| Triana Sombra y Luz | 4.0 |
| Triana El Patio | 4.5 |
| Triumvirat Russian Roulette | 1.5 |
| Triumvirat A la Carte | 2.0 |
| Triumvirat Essential | 2.5 |
| Triumvirat Pompeii | 3.0 |
| Triumvirat The Gold Collection - The Best of Triumvirat | 3.0 |
| Triumvirat Old Loves Die Hard | 3.5 |
| Triumvirat Mediterranean Tales | 4.0 |
| Triumvirat Illusions On A Double Dimple | 4.5 |
| Triumvirat Spartacus | 4.5 |
| U.K. Danger Money | 4.0 |
| U.K. Night After Night | 4.0 |
| U.K. Live in Boston | 4.0 |
| U.K. Concert Classics Vol. 4 | 4.0 |
| U.K. Live In America | 4.0 |
| U.K. U.K. | 4.5 |
| Universal Totem Orchestra Mathematical Mother | 4.5 |
| Universal Totem Orchestra The Magus | 4.5 |
| Universal Totem Orchestra Rituale Alieno | 4.5 |
| Unreal City (Italy) Frammenti Notturni | 4.0 |
| Unreal City (Italy) La Crudelta Di Aprile | 4.5 |
| Unreal City (Italy) Il paese del tramonto | 4.5 |
| Van der Graaf Generator Time Vaults | 2.5 |
| Van der Graaf Generator Rock Heavies | 2.5 |
| Van der Graaf Generator 68-71 | 3.0 |
| Van der Graaf Generator I Prophesy Disaster | 3.0 |
| Van der Graaf Generator An Introduction | 3.0 |
| Van der Graaf Generator Repeat Performance | 3.0 |
| Van der Graaf Generator Reflection | 3.0 |
| Van der Graaf Generator The Aerosol Grey Machine | 3.5 |
| Van der Graaf Generator First Generation (Scenes From 1969-1971) | 3.5 |
| Van der Graaf Generator Second Generation (Scenes From 1975-1977) | 3.5 |
| Van der Graaf Generator First Generation / Godbluff | 3.5 |
"The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other", "H To He, Who Am The Only One" and "Pawn Hearts"
belong, with their debut studio album "The Aerosol Grey Machine", to their first musical period.
These three albums are the best of their first four studio albums. "H To He, Who Am The Only One"
and "Pawn Hearts" are also considered with "Godbluff" and "Still Life", from their second musical
period, the four greatest masterpieces from the band. So, the material on here is all of the first
class. But, for those who have already all these albums, this compilation only can be interesting
as an addition for those who are progressive collector's fans. This compilation can never
substitute all those amazing studio works. It?s true that we have "Godfluff" in a complete
version. But the rest of it is very short to can substitute those three albums. |
| Van der Graaf Generator World Record | 4.0 |
| Van der Graaf Generator The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome | 4.0 |
| Van der Graaf Generator Vital | 4.0 |
| Van der Graaf Generator The Least We Can Do Is Wave to... | 4.5 |
| Van der Graaf Generator Still Life | 4.5 |
| Van der Graaf Generator Real Time | 4.5 |
| Van der Graaf Generator Pawn Hearts | 5.0 |
| Van der Graaf Generator Godbluff | 5.0 |
| Van der Graaf Generator H to He, Who Am the Only One | 5.0 |
| Various Artists A Clockwork Orange | 4.5 |
| Various Artists (Progressive Rock) To Cry You A Song: A Collection Of Tull Tales | 3.5 |
| Various Artists (Progressive Rock) Leonardo - The Absolute Man | 4.0 |
| Von Hertzen Brothers Love Remains the Same | 4.5 |
| Wallenstein Mother Universe | 4.0 |
| Weidorje Weidorje | 4.5 |
| Wishbone Ash Wishbone Ash | 4.0 |
| Wishbone Ash Argus | 4.5 |
| Wobbler From Silence to Somewhere | 4.5 |
| Yak (Prog) Dark Side Of The Duck | 3.0 |
| Yak (Prog) Journey of the Yak | 3.5 |
| Yak (Prog) Quest for the Stones | 4.0 |
| Yes Yes | 3.0 |
| Yes Yesterdays | 3.0 |
| Yes Highlights: The Very Best of Yes | 3.0 |
| Yes Yesstory | 3.0 |
| Yes 2 Originals Of Yes | 3.0 |
If you have already the two studio albums, you don't need this compilation because it hasn't
anything new to offer. Anyway, if you don't have these two albums you must check them. They
represent a different side of Yes. They witness the first moments as a band that starts to develop
and watch them progress. It's one of the most rewarding things a music enthusiast can take part
in. However, two years later the scaffold will be removed and the building work will be complete,
and as strong as it would ever be. |
| Yes The Best of Yes (1970-1987) | 3.0 |
| Yes Topography | 3.0 |
| Yes Wonderous Stories: The Best Of Yes | 3.0 |
| Yes Time and a Word | 3.5 |
| Yes The Ladder | 3.5 |
| Yes Tormato | 3.5 |
| Yes Classic Yes | 3.5 |
| Yes Fly from Here | 3.5 |
| Yes YesYears | 3.5 |
| Yes Drama | 4.0 |
| Yes Magnification | 4.0 |
| Yes Yesshows | 4.0 |
| Yes Keystudio | 4.0 |
| Yes House of Yes: Live from House of Blues | 4.0 |
| Yes Going for the One | 4.5 |
| Yes The Yes Album | 4.5 |
| Yes Fragile | 4.5 |
| Yes Keys to Ascension | 4.5 |
| Yes Keys to Ascension 2 | 4.5 |
| Yes Keys To Ascension (1 & 2 + DVD) | 4.5 |
| Yes Progeny: Highlights from Seventy-Two | 4.5 |
| Yes Relayer | 5.0 |
| Yes Close to the Edge | 5.0 |
| Yes Tales from Topographic Oceans | 5.0 |
| Yes Yessongs | 5.0 |
| Yesterdays Colours Caffè | 3.5 |
| Yezda Urfa Sacred Baboon | 4.0 |
| Yezda Urfa Boris | 4.5 |
| Yolk Solar | 4.0 |
