Review by Oleg Bocharoff

This is the definitive Arabesque compilation. Maybe Arabesque is not the best euro-pop-trash band, however one of the most fruitful and joyful. All the Japanese singles included, and - more interesting - package contains the cover art of all japanese Arabesque singles. P.S. And sound quality is outstanding.

The perfect edition of the one of the funniest and most exciting new wave albums ever recorded. Exclusive japanese mastering is wonderful and big poster included too. If you love "Freedom of Choice", you must know this is the best edition available. If you still don't love it, listen to the any of the song, it's great, it's funny, it's catchy, it's Devo!

Chuck Shuldiner's loudest and most brutal album is finally reissued the way it deserved. "Leprosy" isn't as gentle and sophisticated as later Death records, it's true and ultimate death metal not matched by many. New remastering is nice, especially in vocal range. My only claim is why cardboard sleeve is not designed as gatefold - as it was on original Combat issue back in '1988.

Fresh and funny, this is among the best Shonen Knife's pieces. It's so wonderful that band is able to record such great songs on the 28th year of its existence. Maybe it's not as irresistably great as "Burning Farm" or "Pretty Little Baka Guy", but it have more fun than any of the last Green Day's outputs.

This is - no doubt - the best issue of this classic debut. It contains the wide known stereo version of "My Generation" album (released earlier as "deluxe edition") and the first ever high-quality mastering of original mono-version. Mono version in some way is ever more interesting for some listeners, because it's sounding more raw and punky, and mix differences are really notable, especially in vocal track. Package itself is top notch. It's only minor fault I guess: box like this could be a bigger winner, if this contained more serious 60-80 pages booklet than usual 36 pages inley. Maybe it doesn't matter in this case, because you'll get a handful of alternate covers anyway.