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The Stone Roses - The Complete Stone Roses (1995) 2CD Edition

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The Stone Roses - The Complete Stone Roses (1995) 2CD Edition

The Stone Roses - The Complete Stone Roses (1995) 2CD Edition
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 514 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 189 Mb | Scans ~ 52 Mb | 01:18:06
Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Madchester, BritPop | Label: Silvertone | # 74321 25504 2

The Complete Stone Roses is a 1995 compilation of singles and B-sides by British indie band The Stone Roses. It was released without the band's input by their record company Silvertone, with whom they were embroiled in a protracted legal battle to terminate their five year contract. The album features an almost complete collection of the band's Madchester heyday recordings for the label, as well as prior releases for other labels. However, many tracks are substantially different in quality from their original release, having been re-engineered by Silvertone, with the results garnering criticism from music journalists and fans alike.

Robbie Williams - I've Been Expecting You (1998) Japanese Promo

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Robbie Williams - I've Been Expecting You (1998) Japanese Promo

Robbie Williams - I've Been Expecting You (1998) Japanese Promo
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 391 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 174 Mb | Scans ~ 283 Mb
Label: Chrysalis/Toshiba EMI Ltd | # TOCP-50717 | Time: 01:16:03
Rock, Pop, Britpop, Dance-Rock, Dance-Pop, Adult Alternative

A more mature, calculated album from a pop star who's often gloried in being immature and spontaneous, I've Been Expecting You may suffer from comparisons to its excellent predecessor, but it also finds Robbie Williams weathering the sophomore storm quite well. While Williams' debut was infectious and outrageous, the second is indeed a more studied album. The opener, "Strong," begins very well, with the spot-on lyrics: "My breath smells of a thousand fags/And when I'm drunk I dance like me Dad," and "Early morning when I wake up/I look like Kiss but without the makeup." Many of the tracks on I've Been Expecting You show an undeniable growth, both in songwriting and in artistic expression; two of the highlights, "No Regrets" and "Phoenix From the Flames," are sensitive, unapologetically emotional songs that may not be as immediately catchy as those on his debut, but pack a greater punch down the road. Williams does indulge his sense of fun occasionally, playing up James Bond during the transcontinental hand-waver "Millennium" (which samples Nancy Sinatra's theme for You Only Live Twice), and simply roaring through "Win Some Lose Some" and "Jesus in a Camper Van."

Robbie Williams - Life Thru A Lens (1997) Japanese Edition, 1st Press

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Robbie Williams - Life Thru A Lens (1997) Japanese Edition, 1st Press

Robbie Williams - Life Thru A Lens (1997) Japanese Edition, 1st Press
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 369 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 130 Mb | Scans ~ 130 Mb
Label: Chrysalis/Toshiba EMI Ltd | # TOCP-50094 | Time: 00:56:57
Rock, Pop, Britpop, Dance-Rock, Dance-Pop, Adult Alternative

One of the best U.K. debuts of the '90s, Life Thru a Lens is an uninhibited joyride through all manner of British music, from glam to alternative to soft-rock to dance-pop. Beginning with the joyous "Lazy Days," the album continually betrays overt influences from Oasis and other Britpop stars, but triumphs nevertheless due to gorgeous production, Williams' irresistible personality, and the overall flavor of outrageous, utterly enjoyable pop music. Whether he's romping through aggressive burners like "Ego A Go Go" and "South of the Border," crooning on the ballad "Angels," or offering a slice of life – working-class style – on the title track and "Lazy Days," Williams is a pop star through and through. For those who appreciate great pop with plenty of cheek, Life Thru a Lens is an excellent album.

Thompson Twins - Albums Collection 1983-1991 (6CD)

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Thompson Twins - Albums Collection 1983-1991 (6CD)

Thompson Twins - Albums Collection 1983-1991 [6CD]
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 1.54 Gb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 587 Mb | Scans ~ 323 Mb
New Wave, Synthpop, Post-Punk, Dance-Rock | Label: Arista/Warner | Time: 04:14:45

Talented and flamboyant British synthesizer act whose pop focus helped achieve steady success on both sides of the Atlantic during the 1980s. Collection includes: Side Kicks (1983); Into The Gap (1984); Here's To Future Days (1985); Close To The Bone (1987); Big Trash (1989); Queer (1991).

Prince - Ultimate (2006) 2CDs

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Prince - Ultimate (2006) 2CDs

Prince - Ultimate (2006) 2CD
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 1.1 Gb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 392 Mb | Scans included | 02:36:33
R&B, Funk, Pop, Dance-Rock, Funk-Rock, New Wave | Label: Warner Bros. | # R2 73381

Ultimate Prince is a 2006 greatest hits compilation album featuring the work of Prince. The two-disc set contains a disc of some previously released hits (some in single edit form; only "My Name Is Prince" has not been on a previous hits collection), and another of extended remixes of hits and a B-side, most of which have only been previously released as vinyl 12-inch singles.

Robert Palmer - The Very Best Of Robert Palmer (1995)

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Robert Palmer - The Very Best Of Robert Palmer (1995)

Robert Palmer - The Very Best Of Robert Palmer (1995)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 470 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 158 Mb | Scans ~ 73 Mb | 01:08:20
Dance Rock, Pop Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul, New Wave | Label: EMI | # 7243-835822-2

This generous 16-song collection provides a comprehensive overview of Robert Palmer's many fine songs, from his early work as an eclectic white soul singer working in a number of styles, to his reign as MTV icon and rock's most sophisticated dresser.

Pet Shop Boys - Albums Collection 1986-2013 (19CD) Japanese Releases

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Pet Shop Boys - Albums Collection 1986-2013 (19CD) Japanese Releases

Pet Shop Boys - Albums Collection 1986-2013 (19CD) Japanese Releases
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 6.96 Gb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 2.36 Gb | Scans ~ 1.37 Gb
Electronic, Synthpop, House, Dance Pop, Dance Rock | Time: 17:33:49

Collection includes twelve studio albums, one EP, and also tree compilations: "Please" (1986); "Actually" (1987); "Introspective" (1988); "In Depth" EP (1988); "Behaviour" (1990); "Discography" (1991); "Very" (1993); "Bilingual" (1997); "Essential" (1998); "Nightlife" (1999); "Release" (2002); "PopArt" (2003); "Fundamental" (2006); "Yes" (2009); "Elysium" (2012); and "Electric" (2013).

Jamiroquai - Albums Collection 1993-2010 (8CD)

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Jamiroquai - Albums Collection 1993-2010 (8CD)

Jamiroquai - Albums Collection 1993-2010 (8CD)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 3.06 Gb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 1.12 Gb | Scans included
Funk, Urban, Jazz-Funk, Acid Jazz, Disco, Dance-Pop, Alternative Dance-Rock | 07:52:41

British pop group that amalgamated soul, jazz, and funk with a Stevie Wonder sound-alike named Jason Kay as its frontman. A Collection includes: Emergency on Planet Earth (1993); The Return Of The Space Cowboy (1995); Travelling Without Moving (1997); Synkronized (1999); A Funk Odyssey (2001); Dynamite (2005); High Times: Singles 1992-2006 (2006); Rock Dust Light Star (2010).

Icehouse - Albums Collection 1980-1995 (8CD)

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Icehouse - Albums Collection 1980-1995 (8CD)

Icehouse - Albums Collection 1980-1995 (8CD)
EAC | FLAC | Image/Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 3.42 Gb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 1.26 Gb | Scans included
Genre: Rock, New Wave, Dance-Rock, Synthpop | Time: 08:34:49

Australian new wave rockers known best for their '80s hits "Crazy" and "Electric Blue." Collection includes: Flowers (1980); Primitive Man (1982); Sidewalk (1984); Measure For Measure (1986); Man Of Colours (1987); Code Blue (1990); Big Wheel (1993).

Haircut One Hundred - Pelican West Plus (1982) Expanded Reissue 2001

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Haircut One Hundred - Pelican West Plus (1982) Expanded Reissue 2001

Haircut 100 - Pelican West Plus (1982) Expanded Reissue 2001
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 382 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 152 Mb | Scans ~ 48 Mb
Label: Arista/Camden | # 74321 895802 | Time: 01:06:25
Genre: New Wave, Dance-Rock, Pop Rock

Haircut 100's debut album, Pelican West is a widely uneven concoction of lite funk and jazzy new wave pop. Although the group's music was frequently so light it virtually disappeared, they did record a pair of classic new wave singles with the effervescent "Love Plus One" and "Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)." Although much of the record lacks the hooks of those two tracks, there's a handful of enjoyably breezy pop songs on Pelican West, such as "Fantastic Day" and "Snow Girl," that makes it worth investigating for new wave fetishists. Still, there's no denying that Haircut 100's material was often inadequate – a situation only emphasized on the American edition of the album, which places the singles at the front – and that the record sounded like a period piece just a few years after its release. [This edition features three B-sides and two 12" mixes as bonus tracks.]

Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Rapture (1995)

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Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Rapture (1995)

Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Rapture (1995)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 378 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 151 Mb | Scans included
Alternative Rock, Post-Punk, Dance-Rock | Label: Polydor | # 523725-2 | Time: 00:54:12

It would have been easy to write off the Banshees after the so-so Superstition, especially given the fact that it came after two uneven and disappointing albums (including the unnecessary covers collection Through the Looking Glass) Frankly, one of punk's most consistently invigorating acts seemed to have run their course. Sure enough, The Rapture proved to be their final recording. The surprise is that it's a career highpoint. The band deny, incidentally, that they knew this was to be their last album. Quite how Siouxsie, Severin and Budgie rediscovered their chemistry is a moot point - some credited producer John Cale, who worked on four tracks - but rediscover it they did. Despite nods to the band's past in the savage "Not Forgotten," the real gems are the sunny-side-up "O, Baby" (when did Siouxsie ever sound so genuinely happy?) and an 11-minute title-track that is as dazzling as anything they have ever performed. A classic case of leaving the scene on a high note, and a fitting final chapter from one of punk's finest, and most dignified, bands.

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Superstition (1991)

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Siouxsie And The Banshees - Superstition (1991)

Siouxsie & The Banshees - Superstition (1991)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 320 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 130 Mb | Scans included
Alternative Pop/Rock, Dance-Rock, Post-Punk | Label: Polydor | # 847731-2 | Time: 00:48:22

Superstition is a similar album to that of Peepshow, this time with more precise production and a lighter feeling to many of the songs. While Siouxsie and the Banshees albums like Tinderbox and Juju were dark affairs, Superstition's sound is representative of the pink of the album cover. A softer pop sound, mixed with the Banshees' penchant for minor keys and strange imagery. They manage to pull it off quite well on most tracks. "Fear (Of the Unknown)" and "Drifter" are classic Siouxsie stuff, and "Kiss Them for Me" gave them their first significant entry into the U.S. singles charts. But it's tracks like "Silly Thing" that hold this album back. This track manages to do what the Banshees had avoided all their career – sounding like someone else. One of their most accessible albums, Superstition has appeal without losing its edge.

ABC - The Lexicon Of Love (1982) [Japanese Reissue]

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ABC - The Lexicon Of Love (1982) [Japanese Reissue]

ABC - The Lexicon Of Love (1982)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 225 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 98 Mb | Scans included
New Wave, Synthpop, Dance-Rock | Label: Mercury | # PHCR-12519 | Time: 00:37:41

ABC's debut album combined the talents of the Sheffield, U.K.-based band, particularly lead singer Martin Fry, a fashion plate of a frontman with a Bryan Ferry fixation, and the inventive production style of former Buggles member Trevor Horn and his team of musicians, several of whom would go on to form the Art of Noise. Horn created dense tracks that merged synthesizer sounds, prominent beats, and swaths of strings and horns, their orchestrations courtesy of Anne Dudley, who would follow her work with the Art of Noise by becoming a prominent film composer, and who here underscored Fry's stylized romantic lyrics and dramatic, if affected, singing. The production style was dense and noisy, but frequently beautiful, and the group's emotional songs gave it a depth and coherence later Horn works, such as those of Yes ("Owner of a Lonely Heart") and Frankie Goes to Hollywood, would lack. (You can hear Horn trying out the latter band's style in "Date Stamp.") Fry and company used the sound to create moving dancefloor epics like "Many Happy Returns," which, like most of the album's tracks, deserved to be a hit single.

VA - Spirit of Talk Talk (2012) 2CDs

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VA - Spirit of Talk Talk (2012) 2CDs

VA - Spirit of Talk Talk (2012) 2CD
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 824 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 348 Mb | Scans ~ 37 Mb
New Wave, Synthpop, Rock, Electronic | Label: Fierce Panda | # NONG74CD | 02:32:18

A double CD tribute album contains tracks specially recorded by more than 30 contemporary acts from around the globe who have re-invented, re-interpreted and rebooted many of Talk Talk’s greatest moments precisely 30 years since ‘Talk Talk’ made its mark on the mainstream. Among the artists appearing on the CD are: Alan Wilder (Recoil), White Lies, King Creosote, Jason Lytle (Grandaddy), Zero 7, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire), Joan As Police Woman, Sean Carey (Bon Iver), Lights, Goldheart Assembly, Thomas White (Electric Soft Parade), Fyfe Dangerfield (Guillemots), Thomas Feiner, The Black Ships and Turin Brakes. Also contributing to the album are ex-Talk Talk collaborators Ian Curnow, David Rhodes, Gaynor Sadler and Martin Ditcham.

Ultravox - Vienna (1980) Non-Remastered, Japanese Press

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Ultravox - Vienna (1980) Non-Remastered, Japanese Press

Ultravox - Vienna (1980) Japanese Press
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 256 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 99 Mb
Label: Chrysalis | # CP28-1046 | Time: 00:43:33 | Scans ~ 22 Mb
New Wave, Post-Punk, Dance-Rock, Synthpop

Vienna is the fourth studio album by British new wave band Ultravox, first released on Chrysalis Records on 11 July 1980. The album was the first made by Ultravox with their best-known line-up, after Midge Ure had taken over as lead vocalist and guitarist following the departures of John Foxx and Robin Simon, and it was also the group's first release for Chrysalis. Vienna was produced by renowned German producer Conny Plank who had also produced Ultravox's previous album Systems of Romance, and mixed at Plank's studio near Cologne, Germany. The album had a slow start, but the release in January 1981 of the title track as the third single from the album heralded the band's commercial breakthrough worldwide and led to healthy sales throughout 1981. Vienna peaked at number 3 in the UK Albums Chart and reached the top ten in Australia, New Zealand and several European countries.