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"Billboard Top Karaoke: 90's, Vol. 2" (09/13/2005) R&B Karaoke, Sybersound

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"Billboard Top Karaoke: 90's, Vol. 1" (09/13/2005) Rock & Pop Karaoke, Sybersound

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Billboard Top Hits: 1980-1984 [Box] by Various Artists (CD - 06/06/1995)
 

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Billboard Top Hits: 1980-1984 [Box] by Various Artists (CD - 06/06/1995)
"Billboard Top Hits: 1980-1984 [Box]" (06/06/1995) Rock & Pop Various Artists, Rhino Records (USA)Rhino does it again with this five-disc set chronicling the top hits from the first half of the '80s (each disc was originally released separately). And what a strange time it was: while disco gasped for air and new wave was on the rise, the new face of pop made its bloated and steely debut. Hear how veterans like Diana Ross ("Upside Down") and Tina Turner ("What's Love Got to Do With It") fit into the '80s frosty soundscape; witness the new romantic hegemony of the Thompson Twins, Spandau Ballet, and Culture Club; secretly hum along to forbidden pleasures by Journey and Hall & Oates. But wait, there's still close to 40 songs to go, luckily including sides by Blondie and KC & the Sunshine Band. And who hasn't wanted to drastically change the mood at a party by blasting Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart" or Michael Sembello's "Maniac"? Get ready for the spandex. ~ Stephen Cook

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Billboard Top Hits: 1984 by Various Artists (Cassette - 10/13/1992)
 

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Billboard Top Hits: 1984 by Various Artists (Cassette - 10/13/1992)
"Billboard Top Hits: 1984" (10/13/1992) Rock & Pop Various Artists, Rhino Records (USA)Billboard Top Hits: 1984 gathers some of the most popular songs from one of the '80s best years for singles, including Culture Club's "Karma Chameleon," Wham!'s "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go," the Thompson Twins' "Hold Me Now," and Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do With It." Add the Romantics' "Talking in Your Sleep," Deniece Williams' "Let's Hear It for the Boy," and Billy Ocean's "Caribbean Queen," and it's one of the decade's strongest collections of singles. Ray Parker, Jr.'s hit theme to Ghostbusters and Yes' "Owner of a Lonely Heart" round out this solidly entertaining compilation of 1984's ten biggest hits. ~ Heather Phares

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Billboard Top Hits: 1992 by Various Artists (Cassette - 04/25/2000)
 

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Billboard Top Hits: 1992 by Various Artists (Cassette - 04/25/2000)
"Billboard Top Hits: 1992" (04/25/2000) Rock & Pop Various Artists, Rhino Records (USA)Digitally remastered by Dan Hersch & Bill Inglot at Digiprep. Audio Remasterers: Dan Hersch; Bill Inglot. Billboard Top Hits: 1992 collects the year's top ten hits, including Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back," Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy," Jon Secada's "Just Another Day," Kriss Kross' "Jump," and Genesis' "I Can't Dance." Tracks from Joe Public, Color Me Badd, Mr. Big, Tevin Campbell, and Atlantic Starr round out this entertaining retrospective of 1992's biggest singles. ~ Heather Phares

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Billboard Top Hits: 1975 by Various Artists (Cassette - 04/23/1991)
 

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Billboard Top Hits: 1975 by Various Artists (Cassette - 04/23/1991)
"Billboard Top Hits: 1975" (04/23/1991) Rock & Pop Various Artists, Rhino Records (USA)Billboard Top Hits: 1975 has a cross-section of soft rock (particularly Californian soft rock) and disco hits, all of which are nostalgia items for children of the '70s. Some of these songs -- like Captain & Tennille's "Love Will Keep Us Together," Jigsaw's "Sky High," Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds' "Fallin' in Love," and Neil Sedaka's "Bad Blood" -- are nothing more than nostalgia pieces, but there are a surprising number of songs that are pop gems, such as America's "Sister Golden Hair," Linda Ronstadt's "When Will I Be Loved," the Ozark Mountain Daredevils' "Jackie Blue," KC & the Sunshine Band's "Get Down Tonight," and Elton John's "Island Girl" and "Philadelphia Freedom." The gems and the kitsch blend together to form a pretty accurate picture of Top 40 radio in 1975. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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Billboard Top Hits: 1985 by Various Artists (Cassette - 04/19/1994)
 

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Billboard Top Hits: 1985 by Various Artists (Cassette - 04/19/1994)
"Billboard Top Hits: 1985" (04/19/1994) Rock & Pop Various Artists, Rhino Records (USA)If there's anything the Billboard Top Hits compilations documenting 1985 through 1989 indicate, it's that the period covered wasn't exactly pop music's most glorious era. Not only was there a lot of rock music being made that aged almost instantly; the mainstream had yet to fully embrace rap music, and a lot of the production qualities infiltrating nearly every genre of music -- the overbearing use of mid-range and the blazing guitar solos, for two -- haven't aged well at all. Still, these cheap and concise compilations function as accurate scrapbooks of the years being covered, and they're especially fascinating for pop fans who like to keep tabs on trends, changes, and developments. Nothing on Billboard Top Hits: 1985, save for Ready for the World's "Oh Sheila," has much hope for being included on any list of great enduring singles. In fact, the likes of Starship's "We Built This City," Mr. Mister's "Broken Wings," Glenn Frey's "The Heat Is On," John Parr's "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)," and REO Speedwagon's "Can't Fight This Feeling" are some of the most reviled chart hits of all time. Nephews, nieces, sons, and daughters who are tired of their elders whining about the current state of pop music should bring up this disc as proof that things weren't so hot in the late '80s either. ~ Andy Kellman Rhino's most recent collection featuring the top-selling pop singles by decade begins with 1985, and shows that the period's dominant styles included Prince-influenced R&B, synthesizer pop and retro rock. Among the spotlight artists were Mr. Mister, Tears For Fears, REO Speedwagon and John Parr, none of them household names today. The same holds true for Ready For The World, while Starship, Billy Ocean, Glenn Frey, and Jan Hammer have at least retained audience identification, even if they aren't currently issuing songs. This anthology illustrates just how fleeting and transitory fame is in pop music circles. ~ Ron Wynn

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Billboard Top Hits: 1989 by Various Artists (Cassette - 04/19/1994)
 

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Billboard Top Hits: 1989 by Various Artists (Cassette - 04/19/1994)
"Billboard Top Hits: 1989" (04/19/1994) Rock & Pop Various Artists, Rhino Records (USA)If there's anything the Billboard Top Hits compilations documenting 1985 through 1989 indicate, it's that the period covered wasn't exactly pop music's most glorious era. Not only was there a lot of rock music being made that aged almost instantly; the mainstream had yet to fully embrace rap music, and a lot of the production qualities infiltrating nearly every genre of music -- the overbearing use of mid-range and the blazing guitar solos, for two -- haven't aged well at all. Still, these cheap and concise compilations function as accurate scrapbooks of the years being covered, and they're especially fascinating for pop fans who like to keep tabs on trends, changes, and developments. The ten songs that make up the 1989 installment of Billboard Top Hits are, for the most part, ballads -- whether fitting easily into the teen pop, hair metal, or adult contemporary realms. Warrant's "Heaven," Bad English's "When I See You Smile," Richard Marx's "Right Here Waiting," Martika's "Toy Soldiers," the Bangles' "Eternal Flame," and Gloria Estefan's "Don't Wanna Lose You" are all here, as are two teen pop representations: New Kids on the Block's "Hangin' Tough" and Debbie Gibson's "Lost in Your Eyes." Did the quality of music go down the chute, or did mainstream music fans just become easier to please as the '80s wore on? ~ Andy Kellman Rock and generic pop dueled for supremacy on the charts in 1989, while R&B was completely shut out except for the light urban influence displayed by New Kids On The Block. Martika, Donny Osmond, and Debbie Gibson represented the non-threatening hit brigade, while Bad English, Tears For Fears, and Warrant checked in for the rockers, and The Bangles, Richard Marx, and Gloria Estefan came in somewhere between these poles. This 10-track collection shows how stratified and demographically isolated the pop charts were in 1989; they were ripe for the hip-hop and grunge explosions in the 1990s. ~ Ron Wynn

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Billboard Top Hits: 1987 by Various Artists (Cassette - 04/19/1994)
 

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Billboard Top Hits: 1987 by Various Artists (Cassette - 04/19/1994)
"Billboard Top Hits: 1987" (04/19/1994) Rock & Pop Various Artists, Rhino Records (USA)If there's anything the Billboard Top Hits compilations documenting 1985 through 1989 indicate, it's that the period covered wasn't exactly pop music's most glorious era. Not only was there a lot of rock music being made that aged almost instantly; the mainstream had yet to fully embrace rap music, and a lot of the production qualities infiltrating nearly every genre of music -- the overbearing use of mid-range and the blazing guitar solos, for two -- haven't aged well at all. Still, these cheap and concise compilations function as accurate scrapbooks of the years being covered, and they're especially fascinating for pop fans who like to keep tabs on trends, changes, and developments. Each of the ten songs on the 1987 installment of Billboard Top Hits would go on to become an adult contemporary staple, which says a lot for the state of the mainstream that year; only two songs have managed to function as something more than a soundtrack for dentist-office waiting rooms. Here's Starship yet again, with the triumphant "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now," along with overexposed singles like Billy Vera & the Beaters' "At This Moment," Robbie Nevil's "C'Est la Vie," Chris de Burgh's "Lady in Red," and Belinda Carlisle's "Heaven Is a Place on Earth." Even if you like most of these songs, you're likely to view at least one of the others as the embodiment of all that is evil. ~ Andy Kellman There were still no musically significant trends established beyond the rule of generic pop on this third late-'80s Rhino collection. Kim Wilde's remake of The Supremes' "You Keep Me Hangin' On" and Billy Vera's angst hit "At This Moment" struck a blow for the innocence of past eras, as did Bananarama's "I Heard a Rumour" and Starship's "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now." The period seems characterized best by Robbie Nevil's "C'est La Vie," an entertaining number that peaked in January and was quickly forgotten, as was Nevil. Only U2, the duo of Aretha Franklin and George Michael, Crowded House, and Belinda Carlisle could be considered significant from a standpoint of longevity, and it's doubtful that any of them would consider these singles their best work. ~ Ron Wynn

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Billboard Top Hits of the 90's by Various Artists (Cassette - 08/21/2001)
 

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Billboard Top Hits of the 90's by Various Artists (Cassette - 08/21/2001)
"Billboard Top Hits of the 90's" (08/21/2001) Rock & Pop Various Artists, Rhino Records (USA)Compilation producers: Patrick Milligan, Garson Foos. Digitally remastered by Dave Schultz, Dan Hersch & Bill Inglott (DigiPrep). Audio Remasterers: Dave Schultz; Dan Hersch; Bill Inglot. Liner Note Author: Brian Ives. Like most first attempts at chronicling musical eras, Rhino's Billboard Top Hits of the '90s could hardly be called definitive and even as a sampler there are many songs missing. This, of course, is partially due to licensing reasons, but it's also true that it's hard to have a perspective on a decade that was a year and a half old at the time of this disc's release. Nevertheless, most first attempts are charming, even despite their setbacks, and that's the case here. Yes, there's a preponderance of novelties and one-hit wonders, but even so, it's a good way to catch such fine '90s radio staples as Barenaked Ladies' "One Week," Hootie & the Blowfish's "Only Wanna Be With You" (whose appropriations from Dylan's "Tangled Up in Blue" sound stranger than ever), EMF's "Unbelievable," Tag Team's "Whoomp! (There It Is)," Jesus Jones' "Right Here, Right Now," the Rembrandts' "I'll Be There for You," Ace of Bace's "The Sign," Everything But the Girl's "Missing," Meredith Brooks' "Bitch," and Marcy Playground's "Sex and Candy," one of the best commercialized approximations of Nirvana ever released. The album could have flowed a bit better, and it has a few speed bumps (two Phil Collins songs wind up sounding more like '80s holdovers than '90s tunes), but even so, it's a good first effort at summarizing the '90s and it has enough great one-shot singles to make this worthwhile for a lot of listeners. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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Billboard Top Hits: 1979 by Various Artists (Cassette - 04/23/1991)
 

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Billboard Top Hits: 1979 by Various Artists (Cassette - 04/23/1991)
"Billboard Top Hits: 1979" (04/23/1991) Rock & Pop Various Artists, Rhino Records (USA)Billboard Top Hits: 1979 offers a solid cross-section of what was in retrospect a really good year for pop radio. With disco still at its commercial zenith, dance hits like the Village People's "Y.M.C.A.," Anita Ward's "Ring My Bell," and Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" dominated airwaves, but there was also room for everything from power pop classics (the Knack's "My Sharona") to kitschy country epics (the Charlie Daniels Band's "The Devil Went Down to Georgia") as well -- toss in perennials from Blondie's "Heart of Glass" to Rupert Holmes' "Escape (The Pi?a Colada Song)" and you've got a real winner. ~ Chuck Donkers

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Billboard Top Hits: 1978 by Various Artists (Cassette - 04/23/1991)
 

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Billboard Top Hits: 1978 by Various Artists (Cassette - 04/23/1991)
"Billboard Top Hits: 1978" (04/23/1991) Rock & Pop Various Artists, Rhino Records (USA)Billboard Top Hits: 1978 features some of the decade's biggest and most eclectic hits, including Queen's classic "We Are the Champions," ABBA's "Take a Chance on Me," Nick Gilder's "Hot Child in the City," and Bonnie Tyler's "It's a Heartache." Exile's "Kiss You All Over," Paul Davis' "I Go Crazy," Player's "Baby Come Back," and Little River Band's "Reminiscing" reflect the era's yen for soft rock and singer/songwriter-oriented material, while "Lay Down Sally" captures Eric Clapton at his poppiest. Though it's a bit too scattered to make a cohesive collection, Billboard Top Hits: 1978 does an admirable job of representing mainstream music trends of the late '70s. ~ Heather Phares

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Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1965 by Various Artists (Cassette - 09/26/1989)
 

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Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1965 by Various Artists (Cassette - 09/26/1989)
"Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1965" (09/26/1989) Rock & Pop Various Artists, Rhino Records (USA)Like all the other entries in Rhino's Billboard series, Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1965 mixes big hits from both one-hit wonders and '60s stars. Due to licensing restrictions, such heavy hitters as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan are missing, but this disc intends to draw a portrait of pop radio, not necessarily rock & roll, and for the most part succeeds. There are a couple of dated cuts, to be sure -- Shirley Ellis' "Name Game" may still be heard on playgrounds today, but it hasn't aged well as a recording, and neither has Barry McGuire's mock-Dylan protest rant "Eve of Destruction" -- but most of the collection is terrific, boasting classic singles that range from bubblegum pop (Len Barry's "1, 2, 3") to exquisitely crafted mini-operas from Phil Spector (the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling") to faux-garage stomps (Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs' "Wooly Bully") to everything in between. Among the other highlights are the Beach Boys' "Help Me, Rhonda," Gary Lewis' "This Diamond Ring," the Toys' "Lover's Concerto," Roy Head's "Treat Her Right" and Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe." The best of these songs capture their era and transcend it simultaneously, and that's why the disc is a good sampler, one with the essence of mid-'60s pop. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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