You know, it took some time, but Universal's ICON series is really coming into its own. What began as a limply-packaged, uber-budget-oriented series of single-artist compilations - not a patch on the label's previous 20th Century Masters and Gold series - is really emerging into something unique. It's just a shame it took this many tries to work out the kinks.

Ha ha ha! Who am I kidding? The newest batch of ICON titles, due for release next Tuesday, July 19, is boring. You have a compilation by John Lee Hooker that leaves off a major song ("Boom Boom"), two reissues of past ICON titles with bonus live discs (Cream and Rush), and inessential compilations from Limp Bizkit, The Velvet Underground and The Moody Blues (the latter of which is available as one or two discs).

But if you're curious, have at them after the jump.

John Lee Hooker, ICON (Geffen/UMe B0015652-02, 2o11)

1. Sugar Mama
2. Leave My Wife Alone
3. Walkin' the Boogie
4. Please Don't Go
5. It Serves You Right to Suffer
6. Shake It Baby
7. I'm in the Mood
8. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
9. I'm Bad Like Jesse James
10. The Motor City is Burning
11. Backbiters and Syndicaters

Tracks 1-3 from The House of the Blues (Chess, 1959)
Track 4 from John Lee Hooker Plays and Sings the Blues (Chess, 1961)
Tracks 5-6 from It Serves You Right to Suffer (Impulse!, 1966)
Tracks 7-8 from The Real Folk Blues (Chess, 1966)
Track 9 from Live at Cafe-Au-Go-G0 (Bluesway, 1967)
Tracks 10-11 from Urban Blues (Bluesway, 1967)

Rush, ICON 2-CD (Island/UMe B0015674-02, 2011)

Disc 1 (originally released as Island/UMe B0014654-02, 2010)

1. Working Man
2. Fly by Night
3. The Necromancer
4. The Twilight Zone
5. Closer to the Heart
6. Circumstances
7. Freewill
8. Limelight
9. The Analog Kid
10. Red Sector A
11. Marathon
12. Force Ten

Disc 2

1. Bastille Day (Live)
2. 2112 (Live)
3. The Spirit of Radio (Live)
4. Tom Sawyer (Live)
5. La Villa Strangiato (Live)
6. Closer to the Heart (Live)
7. New World Man (Live)
8. Vital Signs (Live)
9. The Big Money (Live)
10. Mystic Rhythms (Live)
11. Time Stand Still (Live)

Disc 1, Track 1 from Rush (Moon/Mercury, 1974)
Disc 1, Track 2 from Fly by Night (Anthem/Mercury, 1975)
Disc 1, Track 3 from Caress of Steel (Anthem/Mercury, 1975)
Disc 1, Track 4 from 2112 (Anthem/Mercury, 1976)
Disc 1, Track 5 from A Farewell to Kings (Anthem/Mercury, 1977)
Disc 1, Track 6 from Hemispheres (Anthem/Mercury, 1978)
Disc 1, Track 7 from Permanent Waves (Anthem/Mercury, 1980)
Disc 1, Track 8 from Moving Pictures (Anthem/Mercury, 1981)
Disc 1, Track 9 from Signals (Anthem/Mercury, 1982)
Disc 1, Track 10 from Grace Under Pressure (Anthem/Mercury, 1984)
Disc 1, Track 11 from Power Windows (Anthem/Mercury, 1985)
Disc 1, Track 12 from Hold Your Fire (Anthem/Mercury, 1987)
Disc 2, Tracks 1-2 from All the World's a Stage (Anthem/Mercury, 1976)
Disc 2, Tracks 3-6 from Exit...Stage Left (Anthem/Mercury, 1981)
Disc 2, Tracks 7-8 from Grace Under Pressure Tour (Anthem/Mercury, released 2006)
Disc 2, Tracks 9-11 from A Show of Hands (Anthem/Mercury, 1989)

Limp Bizkit, ICON (Interscope/UMe B0015676-02, 2011)

1. Counterfeit
2. Faith
3. Nookie
4. Break Stuff
5. Re-Arranged
6. Take a Look Around
7. Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)
8. My Way
9. Eat You Alive
10. Behind Blue Eyes
11. The Truth

Tracks 1-2 from Three Dollar Bill, Yall$ (Flip/Interscope, 1997)
Tracks 3-5 from Significant Other (Flip/Interscope, 1999)
Tracks 6-8 from Chocolate Starfish and the Hot-Dog Flavored Water (Flip/Interscope, 2000)
Tracks 9-10 from Results May Vary (Flip/Interscope, 2003)
Track 11 from The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) (Geffen, 2005)

The Velvet Underground, ICON (Polydor/UMe B0015696-02, 2011)

1. I'm Waiting for the Man
2. White Light/White Heat
3. I Can't Stand It
4. Heroin
5. Sunday Morning
6. Sweet Jane (Live)
7. Here She Comes Now
8. Pale Blue Eyes
9. Stephanie Says
10. Rock and Roll (Live)
11. Venus in Furs

Tracks 1, 4-5 and 11 from The Velvet Underground & Nico (Verve, 1967)
Tracks 2 and 7 from White Light/White Heat (Verve, 1968)
Tracks 3 and 10 from 1969: The Velvet Underground Live (Mercury, 1974)
Track 8 from The Velvet Underground (Verve, 1969)
Track 9 from VU (Verve, 1985)

The Moody Blues, ICON (Polydor/UMe B0015797-02, 2011)

1. Nights in White Satin (Edit)
2. Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon) (Edit)
3. Ride My See-Saw
4. Question
5. The Story in Your Eyes
6. Isn't Life Strange
7. I'm Just a Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band)
8. Gemini Dream
9. The Voice
10. Your Wildest Dreams
11. I Know You're Out There Somewhere

Original versions of Tracks 1-2 from Days of Future Passed (Deram, 1967)
Track 3 from In Search of the Lost Chord (Deram, 1968)
Track 4 from A Question of Balance (Threshold, 1970)
Track 5 from Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (Threshold, 1971)
Tracks 6-7 from Seventh Sojourn (Threshold, 1972)
Tracks 8-9 from Long Distance Voyager (Decca, 1981)
Track 10 from The Other Side of Life (Polydor, 1986)
Track 11 from Sur La Mer (Polydor, 1988)

The Moody Blues, ICON 2-CD (Polydor/UMe B0015798-02, 2011)

Disc 1

1. Nights in White Satin (Edit)
2. Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon) (Edit)
3. Ride My See-Saw
4. Legend of a Mind
5. Voices in the Sky
6. Watching and Waiting
7. Question
8. The Story in Your Eyes
9. Lost in a Lost World
10. Isn't Life Strange
11. I'm Just a Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band)

Disc 2

1. Steppin' in a Slide Zone
2. Driftwood (Edit)
3. The Voice
4. Talking Out of Turn (Edit)
5. Gemini Dream
6. Blue World
7. Sitting at the Wheel
8. Your Wildest Dreams
9. I Know You're Out There Somewhere
10. Bless the Wings (That Bring You Back) (Orchestral Mix)
11. Strange Times
12. December Snow

Original versions of Disc 1, Tracks 1-2 from Days of Future Passed (Deram, 1967)
Disc 1, Tracks 3-5 from In Search of the Lost Chord (Deram, 1968)
Disc 1, Track 6 from To Our Children's Children's Children (Threshold, 1969)
Disc 1, Track 7 from A Question of Balance (Threshold, 1970)
Disc 1, Track 8 from Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (Threshold, 1971)
Disc 1, Tracks 9-11 from Seventh Sojourn (Threshold, 1972)
Disc 2, Track 1 and original version of Track 2 from Octave (Decca, 1978)
Disc 2, Tracks 2-5 from Long Distance Voyager (Decca, 1981)
Disc 2, Tracks 6-7 from The Present (Threhold, 1983)
Disc 2, Track 8 from The Other Side of Life (Polydor, 1986)
Disc 2, Track 9 from Sur La Mer (Polydor, 1988)
Original version of Disc 2, Track 10 from Keys to the Kingdom (Polydor, 1991)
Disc 2, Track 11 from Strange Times (Polydor, 1999)
Disc 2, Track 12 from December (Polydor, 2003)

Cream, ICON 2-CD (Polydor/UMe B0015816-o2, 2011)

Disc 1

1. I'm So Glad
2. White Room
3. Strange Brew
4. Tales of Brave Ulysses
5. Born Under a Bad Sign
6. Spoonful
7. Politician
8. Badge
9. Doing That Scrapyard Thing
10. Sunshine of Your Love
11. I Feel Free

Disc 2

1. Sweet Wine (Live @ Winterland, San Francisco - 3/10/1968)
2. Rollin' and Tumblin' (Live @ The Fillmore, San Francisco - 3/7/1968)
3. Crossroads (Live @ Winterland, San Francisco - 3/10/1968)
4. Deserted Cities of the Heart (Live @ Oakland Coliseum - 10/4/1968)
5. Sunshine of Your Love (Live @ Winterland, San Francisco - 3/9/1968)
6. I'm So Glad (Live @ the Forum, Los Angeles - 10/19/1968)
7. Sittin' on the Top of the World (Live @ the Forum, Los Angeles - 10/19/1968)