Australian Peter Allen, who passed away in 1992, will probably be best remembered as a brilliant songwriter and flamboyant performer rather than as a charting artist. Indeed, his own chart successes were modest, but cover versions of his material have been pure gold for many major acts, including "Jennifer" for teen idol Bobby Sherman, "I Honestly Love You" for fellow Aussie Olivia Newton-John, and "Don't Cry Out Loud" for Melissa Manchester. His songwriting range -- tender ballads ...   [ read more ]

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The words "Wolde Senayet" are scrawled in silver ink across a black-and-white image of Peter Tosh on the cover of this long overdue "best-of" from Tosh's EMI period. The words are an honorific Rastafarian title meaning "Son of Thunder." During those years, Tosh, who was thought to have had his best years behind him critically, was rocking reggae audiences all over the world commercially. This set puts both ends of that spectrum in perspective. Tosh's creative muse was always present durin...   [ read more ]

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This 1988 collection from Brighton, England, punk ballers Peter & the Test Tube Babies falls just one song short of 1996's Punk Singles Collection, but the 22 tracks that grace Castle's lazily titled Best of Peter & the Test Tube Babies remain as nefarious, off the wall, and infectious as they did in the early '80s. All of the band's hits are here ("Banned from the Pubs," "Run Like Hell," "Zombie Creeping Flesh," "Jinx," and "Intensive Care"), as well as deeper cuts like {&"I'm G...   [ read more ]

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