If you love power pop and haven’t heard of Shoes – or if you’ve loved them for fifty years and need to replace your worn-out vinyl copies of their back catalog – then this box set is your golden opportunity. It contains the three albums they made for the Elektra label between 1979 and 1982, along with startlingly professional-sounding eight-track home demos and a six-song live EP recorded at an ice rink. From the lead track on Present Tense (the deliciously perfect “Tomorrow Night”) through the minor hit of “Too Late” and the monstrous “She Satisfies” to the much more contemplative “Tested Charms,” Shoes consistently impress with dense and tight harmonies, earworm hooks, and huge but tasteful guitars.