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Pure Reason Revolution has added with ‘Above Cirrus’ a very well-done album to their discography. Melodies, variety and emotions are the key ingredients of an album that has much to offer and delights for more than just one spin on the record player…

Pure… Summer collects 68 original hits featuring Gipsy Kings ("Bamboleo"), Men at Work ("Down Under”), Terry Jacks ("Seasons in the Sun”), Electric Light Orchestra ("Mr. Blue Sky”), Albert Hammond ("It Never Rains in Southern California”), and Kenny Loggins ("Footloose”). Tracks by the Jacksons, Miami Sound Machine, Billy Ocean, Johnny Nash, and Harry Nilsson are also included on this four-disc compilation.

Pure…Country is a decent four-CD set highlighting 68 classic singles. Along with the original versions of radio favorites by Johnny Cash, George Jones, Willie Nelson, Ray Price, and Lynn Anderson are less than obvious inclusions by the Browns, Sylvia, and Little Jimmy Dickens.

Almost anything could be called "driving music" if one drives to it, so this four-disc set of songs to drive to takes that theme pretty loosely for the most part, but it does include some classic odes to the joys and hazards of motion and movement like Kenny Loggins' "Danger Zone," Ram Jam's "Black Betty," Soul Asylum's "Runaway Train," Blue Öyster Cult's "(Don't Fear) The Reaper," the Edgar Winter Group's "Free Ride," and, of course, Willie Nelson's "On the Road Again," among dozens of other would-be road anthems.

Robert Hart is a British rock vocalist and songwriter. His career has seen him play with the likes of The Distance, Company Of Snakes and Bad Company, as well as The Jones Gang and more recently Manfred Mann’s Earth Band. His recording style have varied and he can range from pop to westcoast to blues rock to hard rock, such is his ability…