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1. The Very Best Of
   Originally a two-LP set, The Very Best of Poco was a decent compilation in its time, assembling the group's best-known songs from singles and album cuts in a straightforward order with no particular surprises. It was reissued with upgraded sound in 1999, and for the very casual fan with a budget to consider the latter is adequate, showing their evolution as a band from the first flourish of their birth, as an offshoot of the Buffalo Springfield, with the same sort of vast potential displayed by the latter group (similarly unrealized by constant membership changes) into one of the premiere country-rock outfits of the 1970s. Anyone serious about a deep enjoyment of the group... will opt for the more extensive and revelatory The Forgotten Trail instead, which contains numerous outtakes and -- no pun -- forgotten tracks. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide
2. The Very Best Of -- Cunard Line
   The first in a long line of compilation albums, "Very Best of Poco" features highlights from the band's career from 1969-1974. When relased on CD in the late 80s, the album omits 2 tracks originally on the album, "Railroad Days" and "Skatin" for space reasons.
3. The Very Best Of -- Warner Bros
   Since it's a cross-licensed, 21-track collection, it stands to reason that Warner Strategic Marketing's 2003 The Very Best of Cher is finally the Cher collection that gets it right, presenting a fully rounded portrait of her long, winding, multi-label career. It's not, but it's closer than any previous collection, eclipsing Hip-O's 2001 The Ultimate Collection by containing hits from every aspect of her career, from Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe" to her 1999 comeback, "Believe" and beyond to the new, Rodney Jerkins-produced "A Different Kind of Love Song" (yes, it does feature heavy vocoder work). Where other collections emphasized her '70s hits, this focuses on the Geffen work, which may be appropriate since they rarely appeared on hits compilations before this, along with the late-'90s comeback on Warner. This is all pushed toward the front, taking up the first 11 songs, which, frankly, is infuriating sequencing, especially since it bounces between the Geffen album rock and the post-house, neo-disco of the Warner years. Also, there is simply too much Warner material, given that apart from "Believe" it was entirely too generic and ... not big hits. They nearly knock the collection off track by providing a dead stretch in the middle of the record before it regains momentum with 1979's "Take Me Home" and then more or less works its way back to her beginning.
4. Concept Album -- Concept Albums
   Black Tape for a Blue Girl is the hallmark group in the darkwave movement and from this leadership position they present a beautiful concept album of mysterious minimalism and vocal beauty. The great vocals come from new singer Elysabeth Grant, long part of the Projekt fold. The ideas come from a fusion of the artwork of Marcel Duchamp and the writings of Franz Kafka. Besides reaching, and successfully reaching, thematically, this is the most instrumentally dense of the Black Tape for a Blue Girl albums. The substrate is still Sam Rosenthal's layered electronics and piano. Beside Grant, additional vocalists telling the tale of Prague's tragic 1914 scavenger bride include Audra's Bret Helm and Spahn Ranch's Athan Maroulis.
5. Motorhead -- Albums
   Motorhead finds not one, but two guitarists - Phil Campbell and Wurzel. Unfortunately, they lose Philthy. He's replaced by Saxon's Pete Gill. They break new ground in Australia and New Zealand, but they ... part ways with their record label, Bronze. "No Remorse" - a "greatest hits" package with four new tracks is their last album for the company.
6. Helloween -- Albums
   Helloween is back on the road to promote their strong new album “Rabbit Don’t Come Easy”. This is an album that strongly feels like a much-needed vitamin injection for them. Many of their previous releases has had their ups and downs. On the European tour they only did four shows before the singer Andy got sick, and they postponed almost every one of the remaining shows in Scandinavia. All of the cancelled shows are rescheduled to take place in December. But the day before they got to Malmö, the tour started again in Gothenburg Sweden.
7. Stereophonics -- Album
   Ex-Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable must be kicking himself. If he isn’t, he should be. Not only has suffered the indignity of being sacked, by phone, by his former childhood friends, he’s missed out on playing on easily the best album of their career. A darkly, slathering record of frustration and disillusionment, “Language. Sex. Violence.
8. The Clash -- Albums
   The Clash were a major success in the UK from the release of their first album in 1977 named 'The Clash', and became popular in the U.S. in 1980. Their third album, the late 1979 release London Calling is an influential album in the history of rock and alternative music; it was released in the U.S. in January 1980, and a decade later Rolling Stone magazine declared it the best album of the 1980s. Rolling Stone ... placed it at #8, The Clash at #77, and Sandinista! at #404 on their 2003 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
9. Nelly -- Albums
   The gamble paid off, and soon Nelly caught the attention of Universal, who released his debut album, Country Grammar, in 2000. What distinguished Nelly's take on rap from others was his laid-back delivery, deliberately reflecting the distinctive language and Southern tone of the Midwest. The album featured contributions from the St. Lunatics as well as the Teamsters, Lil' Wayne, and Cedric the Entertainer, and spent seven weeks on top of the U.S. album charts. All along, Nelly's goal was to put his hometown of St. Louis and the St. Lunatics on the hip-hop map. Though Nelly had become a star as a solo artist as planned, he said that he is and always will be a member of the St. Lunatics, a collective that ... includes Big Lee, Kyjuan, Murphy Lee, and City Spud. Nelly fulfilled his promise in 2001 with the release of Free City, the debut St. Lunatics album featuring the hit single "Midwest Swing."
10. Weezer -- Albums
    After an aborted space rock opera concept album, Weezer returned in 1996 with the self-produced Pinkerton. Poorer sales and critical disdain originally plagued the album, and in truth it wasn’t as polished as the debut. Internal strife ... started eroding the group, with bassist Matt Sharp becoming increasingly unsatisfied and ultimately quitting to release a pair of albums with his own group, the Rentals. Despite all the drama, the album has become more highly regarded as time has gone by, and is certainly a fan favorite. 

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