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Steve Miller's bandmate went on to big success, taking his smooth pop-soul to the charts via his LPs Moments ('71), Slow Dancer ('74) and his three biggest triumphs: Silk Degrees ('76, #2), Down Two... more

The same condition that robbed Jeff of his sight—eye cancer—took his life in 2008. What a legacy of guitar genius he left behind, though, and this is a solid chunk of it: his band's 1988 debut, the... more

Five years after the Stooges split and in the wake of several stellar solo albums on RCA, Iggy signed to Arista and put out these LPs: New Values ('79), Soldier ('80) and Party ('81). The cuts range... more

In the early '70s, Nugent scraped the charts with the Amboy Dukes. In '75, he started a solo career that sent all these to the Top 40: Ted Nugent ('75), Free-for-All ('76), Cat Scratch Fever ('77),... more

Expanding Beatles-esque hooks with orchestral grandeur, ELO brought an epic new sound to rock. Here's their early gem On the Third Day ('73), Top 10 LPs Face the Music ('75), A New World Record ('76)... more

Heart reached their apex of pop success with their 1985 self-titled LP full of synths and ballads. This set, though, takes us to the "heart" of the era when the Wilson sisters led one of the baddest... more

Famed for her hard-rocking, dance-inducing new-wave sound, ferocious vocals, cult-film acting and scandalous talk-show appearances, Nina saw her name spread westward from her native East Berlin as... more

There certainly was a high degree of emotional power in Fleetwood Mac's later pop recordings—but these early albums pack their own punch thanks to the band's passion for blues and the searing strings... more

This five-album collection takes On Your Feet or on Your Knees ('75) as its starting point. That's the double-live LP that first launched these Long Island boys into the Top 40: a raucous rendition... more

Beck's second box in this series starts with another Jan Hammer collaboration, There and Back ('81, #21), then moves to 1985's Flash featuring his hit spin on People Get Ready with Rod Stewart. He... more

These three LPs from the late period of Patti's Arista years were recorded after and amidst the deaths of many in her circle: husband Fred "Sonic" Smith, brother Todd, longtime friend Robert... more

The Steve Perry era well underway, Journey voyaged to the upper reaches of the charts on the back of that majestically soaring voice with Departure ('80), Escape ('81) and Frontiers ('83). Here are... more