[Review] Rare Bird: Somebody’s Watching (1973)
The group was becoming progressively less proggy, despite the addition of VDGG’s Nic Potter on bass.
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[Review] Peter Banks: Two Sides of Peter Banks (1973)
A test run for Flash without the concise songwriting and featuring Jan Akkerman as an extra draw for guitar fans.
[Review] Eno: Here Come The Warm Jets (1974)
A candybox of art-rock confections featuring members of Roxy Music, King Crimson and Sharks that reveals Eno to be a one-of-a-kind kook.
[Review] Phil Manzanera: Diamond Head (1975)
The album that launched a dozen Manzanera solo records, featuring the members of Roxy Music and Matching Mole.
[Review] Viva! Roxy Music (1976)
A collection of live performances through the years, siren songs of haunted dreams from the past.
[Review] Bryan Ferry: Let’s Stick Together (1976)
Re-makes of Roxy songs make this his most appealing solo record to date, but the remodeled covers are equally rousing.
[Review] Bryan Ferry: In Your Mind (1977)
Ferry’s first full album of original material smooths over the rough edges of Roxy, which is disappointing.
[Review] Phil Manzanera: K-Scope (1978)
An album of rock songs that sounds more like Split Enz or Godley and Creme than Roxy Music.
[Review] U.K. (1978)
The debut album from one of the last great progressive supergroups, featuring members of King Crimson, Soft Machine and Roxy Music.
[Review] U.K.: Danger Money (1979)
The group slims down to a trio and fattens up their sound with another classic album to stave off prog’s winter.
John Wetton: Caught In The Crossfire (1980)
John released his first solo album in between U.K. and Asia, and Caught In The Crossfire both looks back to the one and…
John Wetton: Chasing The Dragon (1995)
“Calamitous,” the dragon croaked, “and cold. It doesn’t do a dragon well to stay in such an inhospitiable place. And so I left…
[Review] Steve Hackett: Watcher of the Skies (1996)
Old Genesis nuggets given a modern polish from Mr. Hackett and an impressive group of guests.