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Cool, tough, sexy and swaggering, the songs of Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders haven't lost a bit of verve. Here are 16 key cuts from their 1980–87 prime including every hit: "Back on the Chain... more

The first-ever career-spanning single CD compilation from the woman who pretty much defines the last three decades of American roots music. Includes "Love Hurts" (with Gram Parsons); "Together... more

Curated by Chrissie Hynde, Pretenders is presented in a striking 12x12 3CD deluxe set, featuring a high-quality book with brand-new liner notes by acclaimed journalist Will Hodgkinson. Also includes... more

Van Halen had ridden a few ups ‘n' downs by the time "1984" dropped in January of that year, and Eddie, having (let's face it) mastered guitar, was experimenting with, and writing on, piano and... more

Even more menacing than Women and Children First, Fair Warning introduced many cuts Van Halen fans could not live without. Word spread about the greatness at work, sending the LP (even without a hit... more

VH took a dark, heavy turn with their third LP ('80) and yet kept rising, reaching #6 and notching another hit single with "And the Cradle Will Rock…." "Could This Be Magic?" is an acoustic romp; the... more

A new 2015 remastered edition of the album that started it all (and launched entire generations of lead guitar players). The eponymous 1978 debut from Van Halen turned the hard rock world upside down... more

Remastered re-release of the legendary bands 1984 debut.

At least "once in a lifetime," we in the U.S. should get a single-CD Talking Heads anthology—and here it is at last! Here are all eight hits plus 10 more: "Burning Down the House," "Wild Wild Life,"... more

Those worlds are those of VH's two very different frontmen: shrieking showman David Lee Roth and "Red Rocker" Sammy Hagar. This is the first 2-CD set to unite both worlds, taking you from You Really... more

Here's an expanded version of the 1974 anthology "Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits"—22 tracks on one CD! Includes "School's Out," "Poison," "You and Me," "How You Gonna See Me Now," "Only Women Bleed,"... more

2022 collection. Whitesnake continue to revisit their multi-platinum career with new remixes of some of it's biggest hits for a new collection that spotlights updated versions of classic tracks like... more

Pretenders II (Deluxe Edition) Curated by Chrissie Hynde, Pretenders II is presented in a striking 12x12 3CD deluxe set, featuring a high-quality book with brand-new liner notes by acclaimed... more

A couple years back, Whitesnake's 1987 eponymous smash received the lavish 30th-anniversary treatment. Now, 1989's "Slip of the Tongue" get the same royal reception, as it should; after all, this was... more

This Deluxe Edition includes the newly remastered U.K. and U.S. mixes expanded with a selection of bonus tracks. |Slide It In was always meant to be a structured, more electric modern take on the... more

Reissue of this 1988 collection by the Manchester post-punk icons. Substance was a singles compilation album and was the companion to a similar singles compilation by their subsequent band New Order,... more

VH's march to #1 progressed with this #3 LP in '82. It's no wonder this was a smash; it's an incredibly fun goody bag of covers, instrumentals and newly penned rockers: their smash spins on (Oh)... more

Mixing raging riffs with pop hooks and a disarming sense of humor, Van Halen couldn't miss with their second LP. They didn't; it soared to #6 thanks to the hits Beautiful Girls and Dance the Night... more

Remastered re-release of the legendary bands 1985 album.

In the wake of the biopic "Control" and the renewed fascination with these post-punk pioneers, here come 14 key Joy Division album cuts and singles. Bands have been trying to create music as haunting... more

These boys and girls were there when New Wave was born, and they're showing no signs of growing old—or even growing up, you might say! In addition to classic B-52's hits like "Rock Lobster" (single... more

Remastered re-release of the legendary bands 1984 compilation.

Out of the sea of synth-pop that threatened to engulf the '80s rose the eccentric crooning of Morrissey and reverbed riffs of Johnny Marr. Here are "Reel Around the Fountain," "This Charming Man,"... more

David Coverdale and his mates perfected their potent blend of hard-rock power and melodic pop hooks on this 1987 LP, by far their biggest hit (a #2 album that stayed on the charts for 76 weeks and... more

Remastered re-release of the legendary bands 1987album.