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Classic Compilation: The Wonder Stuff – If the Beatles Had Read Hunter… The Singles

It can’t have been easy to have been a former member of The Wonder Stuff in the mid to late 90s, witnessing much watered down variations of their patented guitar-pop…

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Classic Compilation: Violent Femmes – Permanent Record: The Very Best of Violent Femmes

Violent Femmes, for all their lengthy career, are primarily known for their self titled debut, a consistently selling, yet never charting, collection of hymns to teenage male angst. With its…

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Classic Compilation: Uncle Tupelo – 89/93: An Anthology

Not being a huge fan of country music, or even the more recent alt-country movement, I originally approached 89/93: An Anthology with a little trepidation. I didn’t actually know much…

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Classic Compilation: They Might Be Giants – A Users Guide to They Might Be Giants

One of the beauties of a compilation, is that if it is your first foray into that particular act’s work, you can leave it at that if you find that…

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Classic Compilation: Slade – Wall of Hits

The early 70s were a grim time here in the UK. Vast unemployment, the three day week, civil unrest, four day guitar solos. The much needed antidote to this misery…

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Classic Compilation: The Ramones – Greatest Hits

The Ramones are one of those bands it should be impossible to compile, because listening to them for anything more than half an hour outside of a live environment is…

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Classic Compilation: Queen – Greatest Hits I & II

When it comes to compilations, there is one mega-selling release that overshadows even ABBA Gold and The Beatles Red and Blue Albums for the sheer amount of units shifted. Queen’s…

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Classic Compilation: Randy Newman – Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman

I hate Randy Newman. Previous to me discovering his work via Lonely at the Top, I was living in blissful ignorance, occasionally putting pen to paper to scribble down a…

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Classic Compilation: Kirsty MacColl – Galore: The Best of Kirsty MacColl

There’s a parallel universe somewhere where Kirsty MacColl receives all the respect she deserves. A universe where the wider public knows her for more than a decent, but overplayed, festive…

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Classic Compilation: The Lightning Seeds – Like You Do… The Best of The Lightning Seeds

For some the phrase pop-music is an instant turn off, but in truth they are missing the point a little. The whole point of music is for an audience to…

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