Album of the Day

Return to the Seventh Galaxy, by Return to Forever (1996): I generally shy away from compilations, but this is a really good one, for a couple of reasons. First, it somehow manages to completely cover Return to Forever's career, with the exception of Romantic Warrior, which happens to be the only other album of theirs I have. Second, it's got some really good unreleased live tracks on it. I particularly like the early group's workouts on "Spain" and Stanley Clarke's "Bass Folk Song." It's also neat to see the band move from a latin-influenced group to the full on synth-powered fusion of its heyday.

UPDATE: OK, I was wrong that Romantic Warrior was the only album that wasn't covered. There's another after that, Musicmagic, which isn't represented.