[Review] The Clash (1977)
The greatest punk album ever recorded. Meet The Beatles meets Here’s The Sex Pistols.
[Review] The Byrds: Byrdmaniax (1971)
Fans and critics aren’t crazy about this one for a reason: underinspired and overproduced, it’s the first Byrds record not worth pursuing.
[Review] Todd Rundgren: Back To The Bars (1978)
All the “normal” songs from Todd’s back catalog rolled into an evening’s worth of entertainment.
[Review] Asia: Arena (1996)
Despite the title, this is the group’s most intimate album yet, featuring atmospheric production and new sounds.
[Review] Chris Squire: Fish Out of Water (1975)
This is probably as close as any of the Yes members have come to making a Yes album on their own, and it…
Stanley Clarke/George Duke: “Sweet Baby” (1981)
George Duke and Stanley Clarke savor the sweet smell of success on their biggest single. Hint: it smells like money.
[Review] Grateful Dead: From The Mars Hotel (1974)
You’ll find a few classic Dead tracks on here, and two songs from Phil Lesh, but I got board with Mars Hotel pretty…
Joni Mitchell: “California” (1971)
Joni pines for California, then Canada, from Europe, on the second single culled from Blue.
[Review] The Damned: The Black Album (1980)
With the band’s gothic tendencies brought to the fore, The Damned find themselves at an inverted crossroads between English punk and Edgar Allan…
Wings: “Venus And Mars Rock Show” (1975)
The single that paved the way for the band’s worldwide roadtrip.
[Review] The Great Society with Grace Slick: Conspicuous Only In Its Absence (1968)
As Grace Slick rose to fame in Jefferson Airplane, Columbia gave listeners a glimpse of The Great Society that might have been.
[Review] Genesis: Trespass (1970)
The first flowering of the progressive epics and music-box madrigals.
Siouxsie and the Banshees: “Hong Kong Garden” (1978)
The Banshee’s first single anticipates the beautiful wailing and psychedelic wall of sound that would influence a new generation of punks.
[Review] Eno Moebius Roedelius: After The Heat (1978)
A deeper, darker exploration of the music of Cluster and Eno, including a few vocal tracks!
The Moody Blues: “Ride My See-Saw” (1968)
John Lodge takes a short ride up the charts with this spirited opener from the Moodies’ third.