(FORTUNE Magazine) – As if file sharing weren't nightmare enough for record, er, CD stores, now they have new competition. Tower Records, meet Eddie Bauer. And Starbucks. And Banana Republic. Seems as if every trendy retailer is pushing its own CDs. Most of the in-house collections are compiled by DMX Music in Los Angeles or Rock River Communications in San Francisco. (Starbucks, though, has its own record label, called Hear Music.) Reporter Melanie Shanley and I reviewed a few of the top compilations.

CHILL, BANANA REPUBLIC Mescal and ecstasy over ice. Way cool, trippy-jazzy stuff I'd never heard before that you'd expect to be spinning early morning at a loft party after the drugs had worn off. Alex Gopher's "The Child" is the beyond! A+

SUMMER GETAWAY, OLD NAVY You've seen the commercials, and the thought of an hourlong jingle probably makes you cringe. But tunes from Bob Marley and Kool and the Gang turned out to be, incredibly, not annoying. Points for sing-along ease. B-

PURE SOUL, BROOKS BROTHERS I said Brooks, not Isley Brothers! This disc is kind of staid--buttoned-down even. (Surprised?) Kicks off with "Let's Get It On." (Right.) For mellow preppies in seduction mode. Music to wear a rep tie by. C-

BOITE DE NUIT, W HOTELS Eclectic in the "should I listen to this in the lobby or in my room?" kind of way, but it works. Borders on cheesy, but pulls back from the edge with a decent version of "Me and Mrs. Jones." A-

BLUE-NOTE BLEND, STARBUCKS Fabulous, but then again, I'm biased. I'd eat a CD with Coltrane's "Blue Train" on it. Also has the sublime "Song for My Father." (So that's where Steely Dan got the opening to "Ricky Don't Lose That Number"!) A+

ON THE ROCKS, POTTERY BARN Admit it--you like Wayne Newton ("Danke Schon")! Mostly familiar '60s debauchery, with gems like "Soul Bossa Nova" (Austin Powers's theme song). Listen to it while watching Robin and the Seven Hoods. B+

TROPICAL NIGHTS, EDDIE BAUER With enough Margarita mix in your system, the combination of Patti LaBelle and Blood Sweat & Tears on one CD seems so very right. B