Non-Soundtrack Music Reviews

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A Flock Of Seagulls

1987 – The Best of A Flock Of Seagulls

Afro-Celt Sound System

1996 – Volume 1 – Sound Magic
1999 – Volume 2 – Release
2001 – Volume 3 – Further In Time
2003 – Seed
2005 – Anatomic

Alan Parsons Project, The

1976 – Tales of Mystery & Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe
1977 – I Robot
1978 – Pyramid
1979 – Eve
1980 – The Turn Of A Friendly Card
1982 – Eye In The Sky
1984 – Ammonia Avenue
1985 – Vulture Culture
1985 – Stereotomy
1987 – Gaudi
2007 – Tales Of Mystery & Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe (expanded)
2007 – I Robot (expanded)
2008 – Pyramid (expanded)
2008 – Eve (expanded)
2008 – The Turn Of A Friendly Card (expanded)
2007 – Eye In The Sky (expanded)
2008 – Ammonia Avenue (expanded)
2007 – Vulture Culture (expanded)
2008 – Stereotomy (expanded)
2008 – Gaudi (expanded)
2014 – The Sicilian Defense
2015 – The Turn Of A Friendly Card (35th anniversary edition)

Amos, Tori

1992 – Little Earthquakes
1994 – Under The Pink
1996 – Boys For Pele
1998 – from the choirgirl hotel
2002 – Scarlet’s Walk
2003 – Tales Of A Librarian

Argent

1976 – The Argent Anthology: A Collection of Greatest Hits

Art Of Noise, The

1984 – (Who’s Afraid Of?) The Art Of Noise
1986 – In Visible Silence
1986 – Daft
1987 – In No Sense? Nonsense!
1989 – Below The Waste
1991 – The FON Mixes
1999 – The Seduction of Claude Debussy
2006 – And What Have You Done With My Body, God?
2010 – Influence: Best Of The Art Of Noise

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Neutral Milk Hotel

1998 – In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

Nimoy, Leonard

1967 – Mr. Spock’s Music From Outer Space

B

Bachman, Tal

1999 – Tal Bachman

Bainbridge, Merrill

1995 – In The Garden
1998 – Between The Days

Barrowman, John

2007 – Another Side

Be Five

1998 – Trying To Forget

Beatles

1995 – The Beatles Anthology, Volume 1
1996 – The Beatles Anthology, Volume 2
1996 – The Beatles Anthology, Volume 3

Ben Folds Five

1995 – Ben Folds Five
1997 – Whatever And Ever Amen
1998 – Naked Baby Photos
1999 – The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner

Big Country

1983 – The Crossing

Blue Man Group

1999 – Audio
2003 – The Complex

Bourgeois, Brent

1990 – Brent Bourgeois
1994 – Come Join The Living World

Bourgeois Tagg

1987 – Yoyo

Brion, Jon

2001 – Meaningless

British Stereo Collective

2021 – Mystery Fields
2025 – Marked To Kill (with Federation)

Buckingham, Lindsey

1981 – Law & Order
1984 – Go Insane
1992 – Out Of The Cradle
2006 – Under The Skin

Buckner & Garcia

1982 – Pac-Man Fever

Butterfly Jones

2001 – Napalm Springs

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Oceania

1999 – Oceania
2002 – Oceania II

Oldfield, Mike

1974 – Hergest Ride
1975 – Ommadawn
1994 – The Songs Of Distant Earth

Orbison, Roy

1987 – In Dreams: The Greatest Hits
1989 – Mystery Girl
1992 – King Of Hearts

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Cardigans

1998 – Gran Turismo

Carlos, Wendy

1984 – Digital Moonscapes

Cat, The

1993 – Tongue Tied

Chicago

1975 – Chicago’s Greatest Hits
1989 – Greatest Hits, 1982-1989

Christian, Claudia

1996 – Taboo

Costello, Elvis

1993 – The Juliet Letters (with the Brodsky Quartet)

Crowded House

1986 – Crowded House
1988 – Temple Of Low Men
1991 – Woodface
1993 – Together Alone
1996 – Recurring Dream: The Very Best Of
1999 – Afterglow
2006 – Farewell To The World
2007 – Time On Earth
2010 – Intriguer
2016 – Woodface (expanded)
2016 – Afterglow (expanded)

Cruise, Julee

1989 – Floating Into The Night
1993 – The Voice Of Love
2002 – The Art Of Being A Girl

Culture Club

1989 – The Best of Culture Club

P

Parsons, Alan

1993 – Try Anything Once
1995 – The Very Best Live
1996 – On Air
2004 – A Valid Path
2010 – All Our Yesterdays
2019 – The Secret

Peter Brötzmann Octet

2007 – The Complete Machine Gun Sessions

Petty, Tom

1989 – Full Moon Fever
2006 – Highway Companion

Police, The

1979 – Reggatta de Blanc
1980 – Zenyatta Mondatta
1981 – Ghost In The Machine
1983 – Synchronicity

Powell, Andrew

1983 – Andrew Powell and the Philharmonia Orchestra Play the Best of the Alan Parsons Project

Producers

2012 – Made In Basing Street

Pseudo Echo

1987 – Love An Adventure
1987 – Long Plays ’83-’87

Public Service Broadcasting

2015 – The Race For Space

D

dada

1992 – Puzzle
1998 – dada
2004 – How To Be Found

Darren, James

1999 – This One’s From The Heart

Depeche Mode

1981 – Speak & Spell
1982 – A Broken Frame
1984 – Some Great Reward
1985 – Shake The Disease
1986 – Black Celebration
1990 – Enjoy The Silence
1990 – Violator
2001 – Exciter
2005 – Playing The Angel

DEVO

2010 – Something For Everybody

Dougan, Rob

2003 – Furious Angels
2015 – The 22nd Sunday In Ordinary Time Sessions
2016 – Misc. Sessions

Duran Duran

1982 – Rio
1989 – Decade
2004 – Astronaut

Q

Queen

1986 – A Kind Of Magic

E

Econoline Crush

1997 – The Devil You Know

Edmunds, Dave

1983 – Information
1984 – Riff Raff

Electric Light Orchestra

1971 – Electric Light Orchestra (a.k.a. No Answer)
1973 – Electric Light Orchestra II
1973 – On The Third Day
1974 – The Night The Light Went On (In Long Beach)
1974 – Eldorado
1975 – Face The Music
1976 – A New World Record
1977 – Out Of The Blue
1979 – Discovery
1981 – Time
1983 – Secret Messages
1986 – Balance Of Power
1990 – Afterglow
1991 – Early ELO: 1971-1973
1998 – Live At Wembley, 1978
1998 – Live At Winterland, 1976
1999 – Live At The BBC
1999 – The BBC Sessions
2000 – Flashback
2002 – First Light (expanded)
2003 – Electric Light Orchestra II / The Lost Planet (expanded)
2006 – On The Third Day (expanded)
2006 – Face The Music (expanded)
2007 – Out Of The Blue (expanded)
2007 – Balance Of Power (expanded)
2015 – Alone In The Universe

Electric Light Orchestra Part Two

1991 – Electric Light Orchestra Part II
1992 – Greatest Hits Live
1995 – Moment Of Truth
1997 – One Night: Live In Australia
2005 – No Rewind (The Orchestra)

ENZSO

1996 – ENZSO
1999 – ENZSO2

Eurythmics

1991 – Greatest Hits
1999 – Peace

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R.E.M.

1983 – Murmur
1984 – Reckoning
1985 – Fables Of The Reconstruction
1986 – Lifes Rich Pageant
1987 – Document
1988 – Green
1991 – Out Of Time
1992 – Automatic For The People
1994 – Monster
1996 – New Adventures In Hi-Fi
1998 – Up
2001 – Reveal
2003 – In Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003
2004 – Around The Sun

Radiophonic Workshop

2016 – Burials In Several Earths

Raye, Julianna

1993 – Something Peculiar

Red Hot Chili Peppers

1995 – One Hot Minute
1999 – Californication

Romantics, The

1990 – What I Like About You & other Romantic hits

Ror-Shak

2006 – Deep

Röyksopp

2002 – Melody A.M.
2005 – The Understanding
2006 – Röyksopp’s Night Out
2007 – Back To Mine
2014 – The Inevitable End
2022 – Profound Mysteries III

Rubber Universe

2008 – Parliament Of Fooles

Rumour, The

1979 – Frogs, Sprouts, Clogs & Krauts

Rundgren, Todd

1985 – A Capella
1997 – The Very Best of Todd Rundgren
2022 – Space Force

Russ, Tim

1998 – Only A Dream In Rio

F

FAB

1990 – The Prisoner (with MC Number 6)

Fagen, Donald

1982 – The Nightfly
1993 – Kamakiriad

Falkner, Jason

1996 – Author Unknown
1999 – Can You Still Feel?
2001 – Necessity: The 4-Track Years
2001 – Bedtime With The Beatles
2004 – Bliss Descending
2007 – I’m OK, You’re OK
2008 – Bedtime With The Beatles, Part Two
2009 – All Quiet On The Noise Floor

Fastball

1998 – All The Pain Money Can Buy

Fear Of Pop

1998 – Volume One

Ferry, Bryan

1986 – Street Life: 20 Great Hits

Fine Young Cannibals

1986 – Fine Young Cannibals
1989 – The Raw & The Cooked

Finn, Liam

2007 – I’ll Be Lightning
2009 – Champagne In Seashells (with Eliza Jane)
2011 – FOMO

Finn, Neil

1998 – Try Whistling This
2001 – One Nil
2002 – One All

Finn, Tim

1983 – Escapade
1986 – Big Canoe
1989 – Tim Finn
1993 – Before & After
1999 – Say It Is So
2001 – Feeding The Gods
2006 – Imaginary Kingdom
2008 – The Conversation
2009 – North, South, East, West…Anthology
2011 – The View Is Worth The Climb

Finn Brothers

1995 – Finn
2004 – Won’t Give In
2004 – Everyone Is Here

Fleetwood Mac

1977 – Rumours
1982 – Mirage
1987 – Tango In The Night
1990 – Behind The Mask
2003 – Say You Will

Folds, Ben

2001 – Rockin’ The Suburbs
2002 – Ben Folds Live
2003 – Speed Graphic
2003 – Sunny 16
2005 – Songs For Silverman
2006 – Supersunnyspeedgraphic: The LP
2008 – Way To Normal
2010 – Lonely Avenue

Forenzics

2022 – Shades And Echoes

Franke, Christopher

1993 – Klemania

fun.

2012 – Some Nights

Furlan, Mira

1998 – Songs From Movies That Have Never Been Made

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Sarcastalites

2017 – Spaces For Strangers

Schnell Fenster

1988 – The Sound Of Trees

Scott, Raymond

1964 – Soothing Sounds For Baby, Volume 1
1992 – Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights
2000 – Manhattan Research, Inc.
2019 – The Jingle Workshop – Midcentury Musical Miniatures 1951–1965

Sharkbait

1991 – Blowtorch Facelift

Shatner, William

2004 – Has Been

Simon, Paul

1990 – Rhythm Of The Saints

Simple Minds

1992 – Glittering Prize 81/92

Simply Red

1996 – Greatest Hits

Sixpence None The Richer

1997 – Sixpence None The Richer
2002 – Divine Discontent

Spandau Ballet

1991 – The Best Of Spandau Ballet

Spektor, Regina

2009 – Far

Split Enz

1975 – Mental Notes
1976 – Second Thoughts
1977 – Dizryhtmia
1978 – Frenzy
1979 – Beginning Of The Enz
1980 – True Colours
1981 – Corroboree / Waiata
1982 – Time + Tide
1983 – Conflicting Emotions
1984 – See Ya Round
1991 – The Living Enz
1994 – Anniversary
2007 – The Rootin’ Tootin’ Luton Tapes

Steely Dan

1985 – A Decade Of Steely Dan
2000 – Two Against Nature/

Sternberger, Seth

2000 – Unfortunate Brain Chemistry

Steve Miller Band, The

1982 – Abracadabara

Sting

1985 – The Dream of the Blue Turtles
1993 – Ten Summoners’ Tales

Strokes

2003 – Room On Fire

Suckadelic

2005 – Supervillains

Sunglass

1994 – Sunglass

Supertramp

1987 – Classics, Volume 9

Swingers, The

1981 – Counting The Beat

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Gabriel, Peter

1977 – Peter Gabriel
1980 – Peter Gabriel (II)
1982 – Security
1986 – So
1992 – Us
2002 – Up
2011 – New Blood
2023 – i/o

Gannaway, Daniel

2000 – Bound And Suburban
2004 – Darling One Year
2005 – Summer Storm
2007 – Heading For Country
2008 – Joined Like Notes

Genesis

1974 – The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
1981 – Abacab
1986 – Invisible Touch

Godley & Creme

1985 – The History Mix, Volume I

Gotye

2011 – Making Mirrors

Grays

1994 – Ro Sham Bo

Groucutt, Kelly

1983 – Kelly

T

Talk Talk

1990 – Natural History: The Very Best Of Talk Talk

Talking Heads

1985 – Little Creatures

Tears For Fears

1992 – Tears Roll Down: Greatest Hits, 1982-92

They Might Be Giants

1988 – Lincoln

Tomita, Isao

1976 – The Planets

Tony Fox NYC

2002 – I Am Humanoid/
2005 – Save The Humanoids (Digital Retro Revolution)

Toto

1990 – Past To Present – 1977-1990

Tourists, The

1979 – Reality Effect

Traveling Wilburys

1988 – Volume One
1990 – Volume Three

Tree Wave

2004 – Cabana+

TV Eyes

2006 – TV Eyes

H

Hadfield, Chris

2015 – Space Sessions: Songs From A Tin Can

Hall & Oates

1983 – Greatest Hits: Rock & Soul, Part I

Harrison, George

1987 – Cloud Nine
1989 – The Best Of Dark Horse: 1976-1989
2002 – Brainwashed

Haslam, Annie

1977 – Annie In Wonderland

Hatfield, Julianna

2023 – I’m Alive / When I Was A Boy
2023 – Sings ELO

Home Cookin’

1997 – Mmm, Mmm, Mmm

Horn, Trevor

2023 – Echoes: Ancient & Modern

Hot Butter

2000 – Popcorn

Huxley, Parthenon

2005 – Homemade Spaceship: The Music Of ELO

U

U2

2000 – All That You Can’t Leave Behind

Umajets

1995 – Demolotion
1999 – Swollen And Tender

I

Idle Race

1996 – Back To The Story

Illenberger, Ralf

1988 – Circle
1990 – Heart & Beat
1993 – Soleil
1995 – Sedona
1999 – The Kiss: Five Waves Of Bliss
1999 – The Gateway

INXS

1994 – Greatest Hits

Iron Butterfly

1968 – In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

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Various artists

1990 – This Is Namco!
1996 – Common Ground: The Voices of Modern Irish Music
1999 – Other Enz: Split Enz and Beyond
2000 – Logan’s Sanctuary
2000 – Who Is Dr. Who?
2008 – Big Blue Ball
2020 – Bob Stanley presents ’76 In The Shade

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Jars Of Clay

1995 – Jars Of Clay
1997 – Much Afraid
1999 – If I Left The Zoo
2002 – The Eleventh Hour
2006 – Good Monsters

Jellyfish

1990 – Bellybutton
1993 – Spilt Milk
2002 – Fan Club

Jewel

1995 – Pieces Of You
1998 – Spirit
2001 – This Way
2003 – 0304

Jones, Howard

1993 – The Best of Howard Jones

Journey

1983 – Frontiers

W

Wall of Voodoo

1982 – Call Of The West

Wayne, Jeff

1978 – War Of The Worlds

White Noise

1969 – An Electric Storm

Wilson, Brian

2004 – Smile

Winwood, Steve

1980 – Arc Of A Diver
1982 – Talking Back To The Night
2003 – About Time

Wood, Roy

1973 – Boulders
1975 – Mustard
1987 – Starting Up
1999 – Exotic Mixture – Best of Singles A’s & B’s

Woolfson, Eric

2003 – Poe: More Tales Of Mystery & Imagination
2009 – Sings The Alan Parsons Project That Never Was

K

Kansas

1984 – The Best of Kansas

Keats

1984 – Keats

King, Carole

1971 – Tapestry

Klark Kent

1995 – Kollected Works

Klepacki, Frank

2002 – Rocktronic
2003 – Morphscape

Kronos Quartet

1993 – Short Stories

X

XTC

1986 – Skylarking

L

Left Banke

1992 – There’s Gonna Be A Storm: The Complete Recordings, 1966-1969

Lennon, John

1997 – Lennon Legend: The Very Best Of John Lennon

Lennon, Julian

1984 – Valotte

Lenny and the Squigtones

1979 – Lenny and the Squigtones

Levinhurst

2004 – Perfect Life

Lickerish Quartet

2020 – Threesome, Volume 1
2021 – Threesome, Volume 2

Little Boots

2008 – Hands

Lynch, Ray

1989 – No Blue Thing
1993 – Nothing Above My Shoulders But The Evening

Lynne, Jeff

1989 – A Message From The Country: The Jeff Lynne Years, 1968-1973
1990 – Armchair Theatre

Y

Y Kant Tori Read

1988 – Y Kant Tori Read

Yankovic, “Weird Al”

1984 – In 3-D
1985 – Dare To Be Stupid
1988 – Even Worse
1999 – Running With Scissors
2003 – Poodle Hat
2006 – Straight Outta Lynwood

Yes

1993 – Highlights – The Very Best of Yes

Yorn, Pete

2001 – musicforthemorningafter
2003 – Day I Forgot

Yum Yum Children

1996 – Used To Would’ve

M

Man…Or Astroman?

1994 – Destroy All Astromen!
1999 – EEVIAC: Operational Index and Reference Guide Including Other Modern Computational Devices

Manning, Roger Joseph Jr.

2006 – The Land Of Pure Imagination
2007 – Robo Sapiens (Malibu)

Mayer, John

2001 – Room For Squares

MC Hawking

2004 – A Brief History Of Rhyme

McCartney, Paul

1987 – All The Best!
1997 – Flaming Pie
2001 – Driving Rain
2007 – Memory Almost Full

McVie, Christine

2004 – In The Meantime

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

1997 – Have A Ball
1999 – Are A Drag
2001 – Blow In The Wind
2003 – Take A Break

Meco

1977 – Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk

Melançon, Paul

2002 – Camera Obscura
2020 – The Get Gos Action Hour! (with the New Insecurities

Men At Work

1996 – Contraband: The Best of Men At Work

Midnight Oil

1997 – 20,000 Watt R.S.L.

Moody Blues, The

1967 – Days Of Future Passed
1970 – To Our Children’s Children’s Children
1970 – A Question Of Balance
1971 – Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
1972 – Seventh Sojourn
1981 – Long Distance Voyager
1986 – The Other Side Of Life
1988 – Sur La Mer
1991 – Keys To The Kingdom

Morissette, Alanis

1995 – Jagged Little Pill

Move, The

1968 – The Move
1970 – Shazam
1970 – Looking On
1991 – The Best Of The Move
1994 – Great Move!: The Best of the Move
1998 – The BBC Sessions

Mumy, Bill

1997 – Dying To Be Heard
1999 – In The Current

Münchener Freiheit

1988 – Fantasie (German) / Fantasy (English)

Z

Zakatek, Lenny

1979 – Lenny Zakatek

Zevon, Warren

1976 – Warren Zevon

Zombies, The

1965 – Begin Here

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7 Worlds Collide

2009 – The Sun Came Out

8-Bit Weapon

2003 – Confidential
2007 – Mean Time
2009 – Electric High
2009 – It’s A Chiptune Holiday! (with ComputeHer)
2012 – Bits With Byte
2016 – Disassembly Language: Ambient Music for Deprogramming, Vol. 1
2017 – Class Apples

10cc

1977 – Deceptive Bends
1997 – The Very Best Of 10cc

Tribute Albums

1995 – Fortress: The Music of Sting
1996 – Schoolhouse Rock Rocks!
1998 – Symphonic Music of the Who
1998 – Namco Classic Collection
2001 – Listen To What The Man Said
2005 – She Will Have Her Way: The Songs Of Tim & Neil Finn
2002 – Lynne Me Your Ears: A Tribute To The Music Of Jeff Lynne
2003 – The Mario & Zelda Big Band – Live!
2011 – He Will Have His Way: The Songs Of Tim and Neil Finn