David Bowie returned to relatively conventional rock & roll with Scary Monsters, an album that effectively acts as an encapsulation of all his '70s experiments. Reworking glam rock themes with avant-garde synth flourishes, and reversing the process as well, Bowie creates dense but accessible music throughout Scary Monsters. Though it doesn't have the vision of his other classic records, it wasn't designed to break new ground – it was created as the culmination of Bowie's experimental genre-shifting of the '70s. As a result, Scary Monsters is Bowie's last great album. While the music isn't far removed from the post-punk of the early '80s, it does sound fresh, hip, and contemporary, which is something Bowie lost over the course of the '80s. –Allmusic.

Who'd have thought it? Magnification is the strongest, freshest set of new Yes material in a long time. Having thoroughly exhausted the world's supply of classically inclined rock keyboard players, the four remaining members of Yes have dispensed with that perennially bothersome ivory-tickling slot altogether. And so Messrs Jon Anderson, Alan White, Chris Squire, and Steve Howe have enlisted the temporary services of soundtrack composer Larry Groupe, whose cinematic orchestrations lend a thoroughly modern aura to the band's sonic palette…

Steve Reid is an American jazz percussionist, best known as a founding member of The Rippingtons.
Reid began playing as a session musician in the 1970s, playing on hundreds of recordings, including sessions led by the legendary Miles Davis. Reid co-founded The Rippingtons in 1987 and also played with Supertramp in 1987-88. In 1993, 1995, and 1997 he was named Percussionist of the Year by Jazziz magazine. He has released five albums under his own name.

Diana Krall - The Very Best of Diana Krall
Vinyl Rip in 24-Bit/96-kHz | FLAC tracks | Full Cover scans | MU, RS, FF | 1.43 GB 3% recovery
2007 | Genre: Jazz Vocal | Label: Verve | 46831 | EU pressing | Vinyl: M
Double LP, 180 gram vinyl
Rated 4 out of 5 star by All Music Guide

The Very Best of Diana Krall is the eleventh album by Canadian jazz pianist and vocalist Diana Krall, released in 2007.
On the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, the album debuted at number 19, selling about 30,000 copies in its first week. Billboard ranked album at number 33 on the magazine's Top Jazz Albums of the Decade.

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