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Various Artists: Revolution

by Dan Raper

[9.Jun.09] :. Revolution starts with an admirable idea, but unfortunately doesn’t live up to its promise.

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Various Artists: The Soul of Hip-Hop

by Andrew Martin

[10.May.09] :. Classic Stax hits aside, collections like this can spoil a specific experience that most hip-hop heads treasure.

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Various Artists: Enjoy the Silence

by John Bergstrom

[4.May.09] :. No, it's not a Depeche Mode tribute. It's a compilation from the Japanese ambient label, Mule Electronic.

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Various Artists: Acid Dreams

by Alan Ranta

[30.Apr.09] :. This 1980 compilation of '60s garage rock and pre-punk snarl is still a nice package that hasn't lost any of it's luster over time, but a better quality copy would be nice.

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Various Artists: The Definitive Japanese Scene Vol.1

by Deanne Sole

[29.Apr.09] :. A well-ordered, well-selected assortment.

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Various Artists: Marvellous Boy: Calypso From West Africa

by Deanne Sole

[24.Apr.09] :. The tracks are stubbornly various, each song unexpected.

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Various Artists: Water for Life

by Deanne Sole

[19.Apr.09] :. Cover bad, album pretty good.

Various Artists: Undone: A Musicfest Tribute to Robert Earl Keen

by Steve Horowitz

[14.Apr.09] :. Keen’s no fool. He knew the only way to ensure the resulting tribute disc wouldn’t suck was to sing on it himself.

Various Artists: Protected Massive Samples

by Timothy Gabriele

[13.Apr.09] :. Massive Attack is opened up, and its insides are revealed to be made of muzak and precious stones.

Various Artists: Putumayo Presents India

by Deanne Sole

[10.Apr.09] :. The India of the tourist brochure.

Various Artists: Yo Gabba Gabba!

by Evan Sawdey

[2.Apr.09] :. The Roots, the Ting Tings, the Aquabats, and Mark Kozelek are just a few of the indie-luminaries that contribute new songs to this ... Nick Jr. kids show soundtrack?

Various Artists: Keep Your Soul: A Tribute to Doug Sahm

by Ben Child

[2.Apr.09] :. Although Sahm has received some attention recently, he remains a cloudy figure for many listeners. With its enthusiastic, loving performances, Keep Your Soul goes considerable distance to correcting this injustice.

The Return of Troma 4: TromaDance 5/Crazy Animal/Seduction of Dr. Fugazzi

by Bill Gibron

[1.Apr.09] :. It’s safe to say that, with six months back in business and a wealth of wonderful titles hitting the market, Troma, once considered down and out for the commercial count, is truly back. With...

Various Artists: Dillanthology Vol. 1

by Andrew Martin

[31.Mar.09] :. Although it offers nothing new, this is a fine introductory piece for new or unacquainted J Dilla listeners.

Various Artists: Dorm Sessions 6

by Aarik Danielsen

[30.Mar.09] :. Dorm Sessions 6 gives the savvy listener a chance to get in on the ground floor before these young musicians' stock begins to rise.

Various Artists: War Child: Heroes

by David Smith

[30.Mar.09] :. The latest in the War Child series delivers another interesting selection of tracks -- this time with a theme.

Various Artists: Ghostly Swim

by Alan Ranta

[12.Mar.09] :. This displays one of the finest indie labels in the world at the very top of its game.

Various Artists: Arriba la Cumbia!

by Deanne Sole

[5.Mar.09] :. Arriba la Cumbia has its heart in the right place.

Various Artists:Dark Was the Night

by Joseph Carver

[2.Mar.09] :. In its 20th year and in the hands of the National's Dessner Brothers, Red Hot delivers another compilation

Various Artists: Famous When Dead Sechs

by John Bergstrom

[1.Mar.09] :. Sixth volume of sometimes odd house music from the German Playhouse label.

Various Artists: 4 Women No Cry Vol. 3

by Alan Ranta

[26.Feb.09] :. Gudrun Gut delivers yet another truly intriguing variety of tearless ladies.

Various Artists: Made in Iceland

by Mehan Jayasuriya

[26.Feb.09] :. This collection might have been swallowed up by Iceland's financial crisis, but perhaps that's just as well -- it probably wouldn't have made much of an impact anyway.

Various Artists: Freshly Composted Vol. 3 - Compost Dreihundert

by John Bergstrom

[25.Feb.09] :. The venerable German dance label celebrates its 300th release with an especially strong mix of sparkling progressive soul, jazz, house, and techno sounds.

Various Artists: Slumdog Millionaire

by Jeremy Ohmes

[20.Feb.09] :. Bollywood meets hip-hop, dirty house meets Bhangra, and the whole mix is chewed up and spit out as the everyday cacophony of modernization.

Various Artists: Music of Coal: Mining Songs from the Appalachian Coalfields

by Ben Child

[17.Feb.09] :. There has been no shortage of collections of old-time music in the wake of O Brother Where Art Thou?'s remarkable success, but it would be hard to beat this two-disc set for earnestness.

Le Pop - Les Filles - Les Chansons De La Nouvelle Scène Française

by Christel Loar

[12.Feb.09] :. Once again, Le Pop provides les meilleurs of Nouvelle Chanson. This time it's the best from the female artists of the new French pop!

Working in the Coal Mine and Singing About It, Too

by Juli Thanki

[9.Feb.09] :. The majority of us aren't coal miners, we don't know coal miners, and we wouldn't last a week in a coal mine. Are coal mining songs, then, still relevant?

Various Artists: Hallam Foe

by Ian Mathers

[1.Feb.09] :. Not just a soundtrack, this showcase for Domino Records satisfies as a mix.

Various Artists: Awake, My Soul/Help Me to Sing

by Andrew Gilstrap

[30.Jan.09] :. Something old and something new: a stunning portrait of Sacred Harp singing and its legacy.

Manufacturing Motown

by Vince Carducci

[27.Jan.09] :. Like the nameplates on the auto industry's productive output, Motown's headline acts were brand identities under which cultural commodities were sold.

Various Artists: Putumayo Presents: African Reggae

by Deanne Sole

[25.Jan.09] :. A good-natured introductory disc.

Various Artists: Titan: It’s All Pop! / Eccentric Soul: The Young Disciples

by Zeth Lundy

[23.Jan.09] :. The latest reissue compilations from the Numero Group shine the spotlight on power-pop from Kansas City, MO, and a soul factory youth group based in East St. Louis, IL.

Various Artists: A-Square (Of Course)

by Doug Sheppard

[7.Jan.09] :. Unavailable for 40 years, the legendary catalog of Michigan's A-Square Records has finally been reissued -- and lives up to its exalted reputation.

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson: Music from the Film

by Ron Hart

[6.Jan.09] :. A sonic compendium to director Alex Gibney’s new documentary, this wild ride through the record collection of Hunter S. Thompson yields surprising and enjoyable results.

The Best Re-Issues of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[19.Dec.08] :. Artist: Pole Album: 1 2 3 Label: ~Scape Image: http://www.popmatters.com/images/music_cover_art/p/pole-123.jpg US Release Date: 2008-08-05 UK Release Date: 2008-08-04 Display as: List List number:...

Various Artists: Verve Remixed Christmas

by Christian John Wikane

[11.Dec.08] :. Verve Remixed Christmas adds a dash of soul, if not sophistication, to the ever-growing holiday music spread.

The Best World Music of 2008

by Deanne Sole

[11.Dec.08] :. Albums from India, Central America, Australia, Quebec, and Ethiopia are but a globetrotting fraction of the year's best music from around the world.

Various Artists: The Hotel Café Presents Winter Songs

by Kyle Deas

[7.Dec.08] :. This lovely collection of holiday songs -- from some of today's most talented female singer-songwriters -- is anything but traditional.

Various Artists: Sound of the World

by Deanne Sole

[3.Dec.08] :. Sound of the World: Beyond the Horizon is the most eccentric collection of foreign-language songs widely available, and the best one to pick up because of it.

Juno (Deluxe): Music From the Motion Picture

by Chris Conaton

[1.Dec.08] :. How to capitalize on one of the few successful movie soundtracks of the past decade? Re-release it a year later with some "b-sides!"

Various Artists: Boots, Buckles & Spurs

by Juli Thanki

[26.Nov.08] :. Rodeos: awesome. Cowboy songs: awesomer.

Various Artists: Computer Incarnations for World Peace II

by Timothy Gabriele

[25.Nov.08] :. Cosmic Disco? Cosmic Schlock!

Various Artists: Sprigs of Time—78s From the EMI Vault

by John Bergstrom

[25.Nov.08] :. Now you can listen to a hundred-year old, globe-spanning collection of truly fascinating 78s, without the hisses and pops -- or the turntable.

Various Artists: Nobody Knows Anything: DFA Presents Supersoul Recordings

by Zeth Lundy

[13.Nov.08] :. The inaugural release on DFA Records' new Death from Abroad imprint is this two-disc collection of vinyl- and digital-only tracks from Berlin's Supersoul label.

Various Artists: I Love Dubstep

by Mike Newmark

[10.Nov.08] :. Another month, another dubstep mix from Rinse FM, this one playing to newcomers with genre standards and tracks that sound a lot like them.

Various: The Rough Guide to Colombian Street Party

by Deanne Sole

[6.Nov.08] :. This is exactly how a party album from a respected world music label should be handled.

Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Latin Street Party

by Brendon Griffin

[16.Oct.08] :. Word from the barrio, compiled by a man who knows his beat: DJ and Cocinando: 50 Years of Latin Album Cover Art author, Pablo Yglesias.

Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Salsa Gold

by Dan MacIntosh

[14.Oct.08] :. The Rough Guide to Salsa Gold offers a great way to dig into one of salsa music’s heydays.

Various Artists: Vicky Cristina Barcelona

by Zach Schonfeld

[9.Oct.08] :. This soundtrack flows so freely on its own merit -- seeing the film is no prerequisite.

Various Artists: Peace (for mom)

by D.M. Edwards

[7.Oct.08] :. A unique memorial for a mother -- 34 tracks from Stars of the Lid, Jessica Bailiff, A Place to Bury Strangers, Sandro Perri, Antony and the Johnsons, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Fridge, Nudge, Matmos, Ida, Sybarite, and many others.

Various Artists: The Imus Ranch Record

by Juli Thanki

[26.Sep.08] :. Despite the big mouth and poor judgement that got him in trouble recently, radio host Don Imus is a pretty good guy. He and his wife Dierdre run the Imus Ranch, an actual working ranch which hosts...

Various Artists: Give Me Love

by Evan Sawdey

[25.Sep.08] :. An absolutely fascinating historical look at traditional Middle Eastern songs prior to 1930 that, unfortunately, do not provide much enjoyment outside of a strictly historical context.

Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Latin Lounge

by Deanne Sole

[24.Sep.08] :. This album goes out of its way to avoid "heavy".

Various Artists: Rock the Net: Musicians for Network Neutrality

by Aarik Danielsen

[17.Sep.08] :. The compilers do a wonderful job of planting a seed in the listener's mind as to just what might be at stake.

Various Artists: Eccentric Soul: The Tragar & Note Labels

by Chris Gaerig

[12.Sep.08] :. Numero Group's latest release is a massive (almost to a fault) collection of Atlanta-based soul jams.

Of Great and Mortal Men: 43 Songs for 43 U.S. Presidencies

by James Greene, Jr.

[11.Sep.08] :. A triple album of indie folk hailing every American chief that was actually forged in Canada (irony alert!).

Various Artists: The Rough Guide to the Music of Mali

by Deanne Sole

[9.Sep.08] :. An album that is paradoxically almost redundant and almost perfect.