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Genesis - The Platinum Collection (Box Set) 3 CDs, 40 tracks

The Platinum Collection features 3CDs worth of hits by the seventies prog-rockers cum adult pop band, Genesis. Includes "I Can’t Dance", "Invisible Touch", "Turn it on Again" and "Your Own Special Way".

Bon Jovi - 100 Million Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong (Box Set) - 4 CDs, 1 DVD

Personally supervised by the band, 3 of the CDs are comprised of previously unreleased songs , a 4th CD with many of the band's favourite previously release rarities from movie soundtrack and other sources, plus a DVD of never-before-seen behind-the-scenes film and video footage.

Queen - The Platinum Collection Greatest Hits - 3 CDs, 51 tracks

What once seemed Queen's greatest liabilities--a preening flamboyance and pompous, overwrought theatricality--have ironically become their most enduring charms in a grey, postmodern pop-music landscape. While it eschews the glammy, pre-punk hard rock of live faves such as "Stone Cold Crazy" and "Tie Your Mother Down" for the band's more quirky club-beat string of latter-day hits , this 51-track triple-CD anthology goes a long way toward documenting the true dimensions of the band's music and fame. It even includes some solo work by Brian May and Freddie Mercury, whose duet on "Barcelona" with diva Montserrat Caballé transcends boundaries of both time and genre. A previously unreleased live performance of "The Show Must Go On" featuring Elton John on vocals is also included. --Jerry McCulley

Various Artists - Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2005 - 2 CDs, 1 DVD

As another year of clubbing comes to an end and we look on to new years '05, Ministry of Sound document a snapshot of '04 with their latest annual instillation The Annual 2005. The MOS Annuals have become more pop-centric since 2000 and this album is no exception. Thankfully, they appear to have walked the right side of the tightrope between crowd-pleasers and radio wish-wash this time around. Once again, this is a three disk box set release spanning 61 tracks. The cherry on top is that the third disk is a DVD showing some fantastic video clips. The first CD, the better of the two, includes some great tunes from the year gone by. Spankox's "To the Club" really represents and should have been the opening track. Another fantastic remix from Timo Maas, Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence" is another highlight. The second disk tends to be a little watery and unfortunately includes the truly dire reworking of "Sweet Child of Mine". Kontakt's remix of "Sweet Dreams" has a little more soul to it. And Khia's decidedly cleaner version of "My Neck, My Back (Lick It)" is a great edition --Jarrod Rendle

Also from Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2004 - The Annual Spring 2004 - The Annual Summer 2004
The Annual 2003 - The Annual Spring 2003 - The Annual Summer 2003
The Annual 2002 - The Chillout Annual 2002
The Annual Spring 2001
Also Clubbers Guide 2004 - Clubbers Guide Summer 2004
Clubbers Guide 2003 - Clubbers Guide Summer 2003

Classic FM - Relax and Escape - Collection of Smooth Classics - 4 CDs, 51 tracks

Classic FM: Relax & Escape is a soothing mix of the finest classical music as heard on Classic FM. Over 3 hours of music split across four CDs and themed for different moods of relaxation featuring some of today's best-loved composers.

The Complete Flanders and Swann (BOX SET) - 3 CDs, 59 tracks

Nirvana - With The Lights Out - 3 CDs, 1 DVD

The 4-disc With the Lights Out Nirvana box set contains 3CDs and 1 DVD. The CDs comprise 81 tracks, including 68 previously unreleased recordings. The set also includes rehearsals, outtakes, and Kurt's home demos. The DVD features unreleased band home movies, live footage, rehearsal footage and 20 full-length video performances

Sasha & John Digweed - The Mix Collection Volume 1 (BOX SET) - 3 CDs, 34 Tracks

Various Artists - Christmas Hits - 3 CDs

Christmas Hits delivers just that: Christmas hit after Christmas hit, with a newer, fresher sound. Tracks include The Darkness "Don't Let the Bells End", Avid Merrion "Proper Crimbo", Gary Jules "Mad World", Dido "Christmas Day", Mariah Carey "All I Want for Christmas", Elvis Presley "Merry Christmas Baby", Christina Aguilera "The Christmas Song" and Bruce Springsteen "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" as well as Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas Time".

Various Artists - Ulimate Disney - 3 CDs, 68 tracks

Songs from various Disney movies including The Lion King, Jungle Book, Aladdin, Bambi, Alice In Wonderland, Robin Hood, Tarzan, Cinderella, Pocahontas and much more.

U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - 1 CD, 1 DVD

A return to bombast and stadium histrionics, there is little disarming about U2's eleventh album, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb. A rather predictable if undeniably effective guitar-fuelled romp, with long-time collaborator Steve Lillywihite at the production helm, the Irish quartet's follow up 2000's 11-million selling All That You Can't Leave Behind with much of the same, something that will delight fans of Rattle And Hum while frustrating those who preferred the beat-driven experimentalism and eminently more evocative lyricism that made Achtung Baby! grab attention.

How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb is the sound of a band who, with a confident swagger, have finally decided on content over style. --Christopher Barrett

Various Artists - Hits 60 (Box Set) - 3 CDs, 60 tracks

Hits 60 is a 3CD retrospective of pop music from the last year. Highlights include "These Words" by Natasha Bedingfield, "Call on Me" by Eric Prydz, "Sunrise" by Duran Duran and "Dry Your Eyes" by the Streets.

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Sandy Denny - A boxful of treasures
5 CDs, 88 tracks

A compilation of the best and rarest Sandy Denny's work.