M - Pop Muzik: The Very Best of M

Now this is the way a career retrospective is supposed to play. Gather up all the hits and most significant songs, add a selection of unreleased cuts that actually deserved to see the light of day, and put it all out at a wallet-friendly price. That's exactly how new wave pioneer M (alias Robin Scott) is memorialized on Pop Musik, and the results should convince anyone that he was far more than just the man behind the hugely influential title track, a worldwide hit in 1979. The groundbreaking sound of "Pop Muzik" certainly isn't to be discounted, of course -- on that song and further singles like "Moonlight and Muzak," Scott brought the innovations of Kraftwerk to the masses, giving their Teutonic techno a big dash of lyrical cheek, as well as pop hooks that hit like a sledgehammer. Read More