Always The Last to Know

Bag of Trix – Music From The Roxette Vaults – is a four-record collection of 46 previously unreleased or long since deleted Roxette recordings, including demos, alternative mixes, Spanish versions, bonus tracks, and other fun stuff from the Swedish band's long, illustrious, and extraordinarily successful career (1986 - 2016).

It's likely that a large portion of the audience Del Amitri won with the lightly infectious, incessantly catchy "Roll to Me" thought of the Scottish group as a new band, not an outfit that had been recording for over a decade. That may be one of the reasons why Hatful of Rain: The Best of Del Amitri was released in 1998, a mere three years after "Roll to Me" climbed into the Top Ten. (It could also be that the follow-up, Some Other Sucker's Parade, stiffed on the charts.) In any case, Hatful of Rain is an excellent overview of Del Amitri's career, containing no less than 17 tracks, including all of their American and British hits. It may overlook their early independent singles, yet the consistency of their major-label work in the '80s and '90s gives the collection a sense of cohesion, even if it is sequenced out of chronological order. What matters is that Hatful of Rain contains everything that a casual fan could want while reconfirming their stature as a solid singles band to their core constituents – and that's everything a good greatest-hits album should do.

Do you ever feel the need to stock up on tinned sweets and beaded seat covers and hit the road? Us too, which is why we’re bringing you a positively indulgent selection of Soft Rock favourites, guaranteed to add drama and interest to your journey. Who doesn’t want to listen to Whitesnake’s ’Is This Love’ while eating up the M4? Do you want to know what love is? So do Foreigner. Add belters from Cher, Bonnie Tyler and Chicago and you have the soundtrack to a great road trip or an intense evening in. Go nuts.