This album is an exhilarating celebration of electric blues.
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The 19-song '#7885 Electropunk to Technopop' is a well-chosen introduction to what was probably the most dynamic period in Cabaret Voltaire’s 41-year career.
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Steppenwolf was a hard-driving '60s band that younger generations should explore beyond the hits.
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Eric Frisch's 'Goodbye Birdcage' is a nostalgic yet upbeat throwback to the 1950s and the 1960s.
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Calling fans of Green Day!
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CSNY 1974 works much better than it has any right to. It also makes you wonder what might have been.
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