[Review] Eddie Jobson/Zinc: The Green Album (1983)
A color-coded concept album of a dystopian world where everything is green and everyone plays the Yamaha CS-80.
Joni Mitchell: “Carey (live)” (1975)
A lingering case of a mono version of Carey from Miles of Aisles that appears not to have been carried on the airwaves.
[Review] Robin Trower: Bridge of Sighs (1974)
Trower’s classic second album is a feast for fans of psychedelic blues-rock guitar.
[Review] Primus: Pork Soda (1993)
Atlantic Records takes a stronger hand in promoting Primus, and the band has their first cross-Atlantic hit.
Squeeze: “Up the Junction” (1979)
A pop song about an alcoholic who loses his wife and daughter? That’s English gold right there.
[Review] The Moody Blues: A Question of Balance (1970)
A less delicate album than their last, but with the usual assortment of delicacies from all five members.
[Review] Anthrax: Armed and Dangerous (EP) (1985)
BellaDonna and Anthrax turn out to be a killer combination on the classic lineup’s mini debut.
Yes: “America” (1972)
The band’s celestial version of Simon & Garfunkel’s “America” is in a whole different universe, musically speaking.
Ric Ocasek Discography
The last of the great glam rockers and a new wave pioneer, Ocasek was the driving force behind The Cars.
[Review] Stanley Clarke/Chick Corea/Joe Henderson/Freddie Hubbard/Lenny White: The Griffith Park Collection (1982)
Return to Forever and a return to the past, as Lenny White and famous friends revisit the classic sound of Blue Note.
Todd Rundgren: “Real Man” (1975)
A really great song that never got the radio play it deserved, because radio stations weren’t run by real men.
[Review] Genesis: Foxtrot (1972)
Genesis graduates from the nursery to higher education with this progressive rock classic.
[Review] Nilsson: Harry (1969)
The third album is a charmer featuring clever originals and immaculate covers.
Black Sabbath: “Iron Man” (1971)
Now the time was here for Iron Man to spread fear, at least in the US and Canada.
[Review] Kluster: Klopfzeichen (1970)
The first Kluster album is an even stranger, darker journey than Tangerine Dream’s first album, with poems encased in the first half.