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Some like it hot and some sweat when the heat it on, as the saying goes — at least that’s how the mid-’80s supergroup dubbed The Power Station put it in their February 1985 hit single of a mostly similar name. The album that housed that incendiary lead single, March 1985’s eponymously dubbed The Power Station, is seeing a well-deserved, expanded 40th anniversary 2LP set that’s duly been subtitled DLX via Parlophone on January 23, 2026. Read AP editor Mike Mettler’s review to see just how fiery this newly upgraded edition of The Power Station is on wax. . .

In August 1978, Akron, Ohio’s groundbreaking conceptual art rock band Devo released their Warner Bros. debut, which boldly posed the compelling Island of Lost Souls-inspired title: Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! Read Mark Smotroff’s review of the newly remastered Rhino High Fidelity Series 180g 1LP version of Are We Not Men? to see how well it stacks up against its previous vinyl editions. . .

Leave it to Victrola to come up with an all-in-one entry-level offering for budding, budget-minded vinyl lovers — i.e., just the kind of eager, LP-loving newbies whom we are always happy to welcome into the warm analog embrace of the audiophile fold. Earlier today at CES 2026, the company announced the Victrola Soundstage, a soundbase that is said to have been designed to deliver, quote, “high-fidelity performance for vinyl listeners from a compact, space-efficient design.” Read on to see how the Soundstage covers its fully integrated system intentions. . .

Since we ended 2025 with a review of one of the two best-selling jazz albums in history, it is only appropriate — and remarkably timely! — that we begin 2026 by reviewing a most important 180g 2LP update of the other album of such esteemed, 5x-platinum-selling lineage: Miles Davis’ August 1959 Columbia landmark, Kind of Blue. The offering of a new, definitive audiophile version of Kind of Blue from Analogue Productions — one that is based on the much-sought-after speed-corrected edition originally issued by Classic Records in 1995 — is certainly big news, so read Mark Smotroff’s review to see if this new Kind of Blue release is worthy of getting in your hands and onto your turntable ASAP. . .