Robert Smith and his mates in the Cure have never needed to follow trends to remain vital. Here are 16 gems by one of the most influential bands in modern rock—"In Between Days," "Why Can't I Be... more

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

14 of the best by Paich, the Porcaros and the rest of these LA pop-rockers: their Top 10 smashes Africa; Rosanna, and I Won't Hold You Back plus Hold the Line; 99; Make Believe; Georgy Porgy; I'll Be... more

The Clash's 1982 swan song was also their pop breakthrough, reaching #7 on the charts and producing the hits "Rock the Casbah" and "Should I Stay or Should I Go," plus awesome tracks like "Ghetto... more

Foreigner entered the '80s with this Mutt Lange-produced masterpiece: the smash ballad "Waiting for a Girl Like You," the pulsating "Urgent," the irresistible sing-along "Juke Box Hero" and more. The... more

Including such radio fixtures as Lovin' Every Minute of It; This Could Be the Night; Hot Girls in Love; Working for the Weekend; Heaven in Your Eyes, and more.

With 16 gems by one of the biggest stars of the '80s, this collection's like Money in the bank! His biggest hits—Take Me Home Tonight; Walk on Water; Baby Hold On; Peace in Our Time; I Wanna Go Back;... more

By the time Top Gun introduced this LA electro-pop band to the masses, they'd been scoring Geffen hits for three years. Here are 12 of their best: that soundtrack smash, Take My Breath Away; the hits... more

There are a number of Rick Springfield best of collections out there as the man has had hits that spanned several decades. However, this collection focuses specifically on his output from '81–'88. So... more

They went Top 10 again with this 1988 "best-of," with the bonus 1996 hit "When You Love a Woman" now joining "Open Arms," "Who's Crying Now," "Separate Ways," "Don't Stop Believin'," "Only the... more

This 1982 debut by this raw rocker from Canada was the perfect bridge between the British metal of Judas Priest and the American pop-metal of Bon Jovi, reaching the Top 10 and producing the hits... more

Knopfler & Co. have never sounded so good—this 20-bit remastered 16-track anthology features the breakthrough-hit title track; their 1985 #1 smash, "Money for Nothing," plus "So Far Away," "Walk of... more

One of the greatest rock albums of the early '80s, one which has had people reaching for the volume knob to affirm their love of rock 'n' roll ever since. The title smash and Joan's unforgettable hit... more

Daryl Hall & John Oates ('75, #17), Bigger Than Both of Us ('76, #13) and Beauty on a Back Street ('77, #30) made Hall & Oates blue-eyed soul stars. But Private Eyes ('81, #5) and H2O ('82, #3) were... more

It's hard to follow an album as phenomenally successful as Escape, but Journey was up to the task. This 1983 LP, a #2 smash, gave them another quartet of Top 40 hits: Send Her My Love; After the... more

British Steel was their first heavy-metal landmark, then Screaming for Vengeance gave Judas Priest the biggest triumph of their career. The perfect mix of metal menace and sharp hooks, this... more

All surviving members of these new-wave pioneers contributed to the song selection of this new "best-of." Ric Ocasek and Ted Jensen mastered this baby at Sterling Sound, so get ready to blast this in... more

If you were listening to pop radio in the '80s you knew these songs inside and out. Rick rose to power-pop stardom with these 1975–85 LPs: his early gem "Comic Book Heroes," 1981 and 1982 Top 10 LPs... more

DESCRIPTION::The Specials are one of the defining bands of the late 70s/early 80s along with Jerry Dammers iconic label Two Tone Records. Originally formed in 1977, as The Coventry Automatics, The... more

These previously unreleased demos take us all the way back to '73 and '75, when the Knack's Doug Fieger and Berton Averre first began writing and recording together. You'll hear early versions of... more

It's hard to imagine a rock 'n' roll world without the B-52's in orbit, but this vinyl reissue takes us back to the time when they first exploded onto the national scene out of Athens, Georgia.... more

Elektra.