Various Artists - NOW 90 (Various Artists) - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Island 50th Anniversary Special Edition. There are few musicians whose music has indisputably advanced humanity. Reggae figurehead Bob Marley--a songwriter, poet, activist, and visionary--is one of them. The idea that a single-disc collection could represent the depth, breadth, and power of Marley's achievement is far-fetched, but LEGEND makes an excellent attempt. Every single one of its tracks is outstanding, and the artist's different faces--revolutionary (InchGet Up Stand UpInch), romantic (InchIs This LoveInch), devout Rastafarian (InchBuffalo SoldierInch), and prophet (InchOne Love/People Get ReadyInch) are equally represented.In addition to his moving message of love and unity, Marley is a master songwriter, as the timelessness of songs like InchStir It Up,Inch InchI Shot the Sheriff,Inch and the gorgeous, poignant InchRedemption SongInch proves. Of course, a true sampling of Marley's output would require some early ska material, the Wailer's debut (CATCH A FIRE), the definitive NATTY DREAD, and his later-period opus EXODUS, but LEGEND provides a highly satisfying, if brief, overview of Marley's genius. A record well suited to any location, season, or time of day, it has proven universal in its appeal. The music herein is as essential as air. (Note The Deluxe Edition CD includes two bonus tracks and an additional disc of remixes.) Album Tracks 1. Is This Love 2. No Woman, No Cry 3. Could You Be Loved 4. Three Little Birds 5. Buffalo Soldier 6. Get Up Stand Up 7. Stir It Up 1. One Love/People Get Ready 2. I Shot the Sheriff 3. Waiting in Vain 4. Redemption Song 5. Satisfy My Soul 6. Exodus 7. Jamming

This 2-CD collection chronicles the InchGolden AgeInch of rock, almost every track is a top 50 pop radio hit. Album Tracks 1. Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf 2. Evil Ways - Santana 3. American Woman - Guess Who 4. All Right Now - Free 5. Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull 6. Walk Away - the James Gang 7. Maggie May - Rod Stewart 8. I'd Love to Change the World - Ten Years After 9. Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress) - the Hollies 10. Frankenstein - the Edgar Winter Group 11. Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting - Elton John 12. We're An American Band - Grand Funk 13. Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh 14. China Grove - the Doobie Brothers 15. Radar Love - Golden Earring 16. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd 17. You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman Turner Overdrive 1. Bad Company - Bad Company 2. Hair of the Dog - Nazareth 3. Never Been Any Reason - Head East 4. Slow Ride - Foghat 5. Show Me the Way [Live] - Peter Frampton 6. (Don't Fear) the Reaper - Blue =D6Yster Cult 7. Cold As Ice - Foreigner 8. Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent 9. Just What I Needed - the Cars 10. Two Tickets to Paradise - Eddie Money 11. I Want You to Want Me [Live] - Cheap Trick 12. Hold on Loosely -.38 Special 13. Lunatic Fringe - Red Rider 14. White Wedding (Part 1) - Billy Idol 15. Rock You Like a Hurricane - Scorpions 16. Here I Go Again

Limited 180 gram vinyl LP pressing. Purple Rain is the sixth studio album by Prince, the first to feature his backing band The Revolution, and is the soundtrack album to the 1984 film of the same name. Purple Rain is regularly ranked among the best albums in music history, and is widely regarded as Prince's magnum opus. Time magazine ranked it the 15th greatest album of all time in 1993, and it placed 18th on VH1's Greatest Rock and Roll Albums of All Time countdown. Rolling Stone ranked it the second-best album of the 1980s and 76th on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The first two singles from Purple Rain, InchWhen Doves CryInch and InchLet's Go CrazyInch, topped the US singles charts, and were hits around the world, while the title track went to number two on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was certified thirteen-times platinum (diamond) by the RIAA. Album Tracks 1. Let's Go Crazy 2. Take Me with U 3. The Beautiful Ones 4. Computer Blue 5. Darling Nikki 1. When Doves Cry 2. I Would Die 4 U 3. Baby I'm a Star 4. Purple Rain