[Review] The Who: Who’s Next (1971)
Pete’s failed attempt at a second concept album takes on a life of its own as one of the decade’s greatest rock albums.
Talking Heads: “Take Me To The River” (1978)
David Byrne’s droll version of Al Green’s river drained the soul out of it but kept the pain.
Jean-Luc Ponty: Individual Choice (1983)
Beginning with Individual Choice, Jean-Luc Ponty chose to make most of the music himself. Doubling on violin and synthesizers, he combines icy but…
Pete Townshend: “Let My Love Open The Door” (1980)
The second single from Townshend’s first serious solo album shows his glass was anything but empty.
[Review] Pete Townshend: White City (1985)
You can wait to see the movie, but the album is one of Pete’s best.
[Review] Bryan Ferry: Bête Noire (1987)
Ferry and Madonna producer Patrick Leonard team for an album of polished, sophisticated dance pop.
[Review] U.K. Squeeze (1978)
The debut album on which John Cale turns them into a newt wave band. (Don’t worry, they got better.)
Return To Forever: Romantic Warrior (1976)
Let me share with you my secret paramour in the field of fusion: Romantic Warrior. Loosely based on a medieval theme, this is…
[Review] The Mothers of Invention: We’re Only In It For The Money (1968)
A smorgasbord of demented genius in snack-size bites that challenges the status quo, the counterculture and everything in between.
[Review] Tim Finn: Escapade (1983)
The voice you know and love but with the rough edges you also loved smoothed out.
[Review] Bryan Ferry: Taxi (1993)
The appearance of “Amazing Grace” might suggest Bryan had reached the bottom of the barrel, but he wisely covers himself with top-notch production.
Tangerine Dream: Dream Encores (1999)
Dream Encores would seem superfluous on the surface, collecting live performances from the late ‘80s and ‘90s that had appeared on earlier, sometimes…
[Review] Peter Gabriel: Security (1982)
A complex, subtle cabernet of internalized shame and global change.
Paint The World (1993)
Honestly I expected something more like paint by numbers, since the Akoustic/Elektric albums I own (none with Eric Marienthal) never lit a fire…
