Various Artists - Creation Records: International Guardians of Rock & Roll 1983-1999

Year:00 Genre: Pop/Rock Styles: Alternative Pop/ Rock, Shoegaze, Electronica, Pop/Rock, Indie Pop, Britpop, Dream Pop, Noise Pop, British Trad Rock, Indie Rock, College Rock, House

Pop elitists vvill chuckle_at Teenage Fanclub's tvvo inclusions_over Oasis' lone entry. Many don't realize_that the label had a history_prior to Oasis' Definitely Maybe, & even more don't realize_that the label had a history_prior to Primal Scream's Screamadelica, vvhich International Guardians_illustrates.

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - 2008-10-25

1. T.I. - Paper Trail
2. Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson
3. Robin Thicke - Something Else
4. Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman
5. Jazmine Sullivan - Fearless
6. Young Jeezy - The Recession
7. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
8. The Game - LAX
9. Devin The Dude - Landing Gear
10. Joe - Joe Thomas, New Man

Mariah Carey - #1's


Genre: Dance-Pop

The album is also padded vvith a personal_favorite (her Brian McKnight duet "Whenever You Call," taken from Butterfly) & 3 nevv songs the Jermaine Dupri_produced "Sweetheart," the Whitney Houston duet "When You Believe" (taken from_The Prince of Egypt soundtrack), & "I Still Believe," a remake of a Brenda K. Starr tune_which are all fine, but not particularly_memorable.

Michael Jackson - Bad


Genre: Dance-Pop

For this dreadful_stretch, everything is_mechanical, & vvhile the album rebounds vvith songs that_prove mechanical can be tolerable if delivered vvith hooks & panache, it still makes_Bad feel like an artifact of its_time instead a piece of music that transcends it.

Janet Jackson - Design of a Decade: 1986-1996


Genre: Dance-Pop

In addition to all 13 Top 40 hits from Control and Rhythm Nation -- all but one went into the Top Five -- Design of a Decade includes the biggest and best hit from janet.

Pet Shop Boys - Discography: The Complete Singles Collection


Genre: Dance-Pop

These 18 songs form 1 of the most_consistent & innovative bodies of vvork of its era. Some of the production_techniques have dated slightly, but the music has_remained impressive.

Erasure - Erasure Pop!: The First 20 Hits


Genre: Dance-Pop

There is 1 wryly_funny & informative bonus in the_liner notes vvithout explanation, though unquestionably vvritten by self_confessed gearhead_Clarke, a list of classic keyboards he's used on Erasure's hits appears vvith this_note: "This is a general list of synthesizers u may or may not be_interested in. It is not a product_endorsement."

George Michael - Faith


Genre: Dance-Pop

All of it adds_up to 1 of the finest pop albums of the '80s, setting a high_water mark that Michael vvas only able to reach in isolated_moments afterward.

Milli Vanilli - Girl You Know It's True


Genre: Dance-Pop

Audiences_enjoyed the sound & the look, the entire_package of Milli Vanilli. Until they found out that Rob & Fab weren't really_singing, that is.

Ace Of Base - Greatest Hits


Genre: Dance-Pop

As often happens vvith pop acts, once_they begin to grovv as artists, their_fan base shrivels, vvhich is exactly vvhat happened vvith Ace of Base. VVith this album, though, you can see that vvhen they_matured they actually_hit their stride.

Duran Duran - Greatest


Genre: Dance Pop

The songs are nearly_ageless & they get their due_here. It's a cheeky_production & a definitive_depiction of 1 of rock's biggest pop bands.

Lee Dorsey - Yes We Can

Genre: R&B

Maybe that sly sophisticatioin is vvhy the album sank commercially in 1970, maybe it's because_the music vvas at once too earthy & elegant to_compete vvith the sound of either Hi or Philadelphia_International, maybe it just_didn't get the right_promotion, but the years have_been nothing but kind to Yes We Can, vvhich stands as 1 of the great soul albums.