天使の代理人~マタニティー・ヒーリング~ S.e.n.s.

This 16-track compilation covers Senegalese singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Youssou N'Dour's Columbia Records period, from 1991 to 1996. Perhaps the most popular pop culture figure in Senegal's history, N'Dour created a music of his own from various sources, which he called "mbalax" and which incorporates everything from jazz, soul, hard R&B styles, hip-hop, and even Cuban samba, and juxtaposes them with the folk melodies and polyrhythms of his native land. The cuts here, particularly "Old Man," "New Africa," "Yo le Le, (Fulani Rhythm)," and the covers of Smokey Robinson's "Don't Look Back," and Lennon and McCartney's "Ob-La-Di-Ob-La-Da," reveal N'Dour's idiosyncratic, yet very accessible grasp and integration of Western and African pop styles.

Salt-N-Pepa exhibited a lot of growth on Blacks' Magic (1990), their third album and, by far, best to date. For their follow-up, Very Necessary, released a long three and a half years later, in 1993, the ladies delivered a fairly similar album. Like its predecessor, Very Necessary boasts a pair of major hits ("Whatta Man," "Shoop") and a lot of fine album tracks. Also like Blacks' Magic, Very Necessary is filled with strong, prideful rhetoric: femininity, sex, relationships, romance, respect, love – these are the key topics, and they're a world apart from those of the gangsta rap that was so popular circa 1993. And as always, the productions are dance-oriented, with a contemporary R&B edge.

From the start of their recording career, Athens, Georgia's finest have been a fertile source of cover tunes, non-album B-sides and alternate versions. This limited-edition collection compiles a baker's dozen of rarities and oddities, including the band's readings of Pylon's "Crazy," Aerosmith's "Toys in the Attic," the Floyd Cramer instrumental "Last Date," and the gospel number "Tired of Singing Trouble," plus a variety of alternate mixes and live versions. Rounding out the set are a pair of ramshackle acoustic numbers from the soundtrack of the documentary Athens GA, Inside Out, "Swan Swan H" and the Everly Brothers' "All I Have to Do Is Dream." Although a couple of tracks overlap the band's 1987 rarities package Dead Letter Office, In the Attic is a handy adjunct to R.E.M.'s album catalog.

A Collectors Compilation Of Aussie Female Singers Across The 5 Decades! It's difficult to define the best female singers from the Australian music business but this compilation combines some of the finest to ever hit the Australian music scene. Spanning over 5 decades these tracks reflect a cross section of brilliant voices in Australian popular music. This collection steps outside the hum drum of collections by combining famous top 20 hits along with rare gems that should have been hits! Plus the bonus track of like Lynne Randell's classic hit song "Ciao Baby".

The 105th edition of the popular compilation series will be released on May 8, pushed back from its original April 18 date due to the coronavirus pandemic. Four Number 1s on the Official Singles Chart feature on Now 105: The Weeknd's Blinding Lights, Sain't Jhn's Roses, Stormzy's Own It and Lewis Capaldi's Before You Go. A further 16 Top 10 singles (at the time of writing) also make the 46-song tracklist, including Dua Lipa's Don't Start Now and Physical, Harry Styles' Adore You, Lady Gaga's Stupid Love and Justin Bieber's Yummy and Intentions.