Various ArtistsBest Various Artists Albums Ranked
7.7
Avg Score
251
Opinions
2,437
Albums
17
Reviewers
Summary from 251 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Various Artists's catalog across 2,437 albums from 251 opinions, with an overall average of 7.7/10. The top-rated Various Artists album is Saturday Night Fever (1998 Original Cast Recording) (1997) with a 9.4/10 average from 3 ratings, followed by The Indestructible Beat of Soweto - Volume One and New Songs of the Humpback Whale. The discography on Wavelength spans 1963 to 2026. Plead The .45th ranks as the highest-rated Various Artists song on Wavelength with a 9.5/10 average.
Soul'd Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection
“Stax Records’ historic 1972 soul festival finally gets its due with a new 12-disc box set, presenting a pop label at its imperial peak and an unmediated vision of Blackness for a rapt audience.”
Red Hot & Ra: Nuclear War
“Sun Ra’s ‘Nuclear War’ might be the Jupiter-born free-jazz maniac’s most malleable tune. Starting life in 1984 as the opening track on his album of the same name, there brimming with fucked-up be-bop modal slink, it was then reimagined four times over a single 40-minute EP by Yo La Tengo at the turn of the millennium, re-emerging as everything from one-chord krautrock mantra to loose-limbed electr”
Pop Psychédélique
“Pop Psychédélique isn't a history lesson in French psych pop, but it is a tremendous experience”
8 Years of Cakeshop
“It’s a strange date for a club to commemorate, its eighth anniversary; the bronze one (right between copper and pottery, apparently.) But the mind can’t help but flip ‘8’ on its side into eternity’s symbol. It at least signifies how long Seoul institution Cakeshop means to continue championing club culture both locally and internationally from their Itaewan-ro HQ — the former site of an illegal st”
Brainfeeder X
“This compilation delivers on all fronts, dropping in the melancholic with Tokimonsta and Miguel Baptista Benedict, the glitchy downtempo of Lapalux, the funk infusions of Thundercat and Georgia Anne Muldrow, the experimental house of Mr. Oizo and Ross From Friends, and of course new cuts from Flying Lotus himself. ”
4 to the Floor Presents Soulfuric
“Defected Records' showcasing of historical dance music labels result in compilation gold”
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