Bill Joel | She’s Got A Way: Love Songs – CD Review
I have a tendency to become suspicious with another repackaging of tunes under a record company constructed CD title. But when the 18 songs are this damn good I...
The Beatles | Love – CD Review
There is little doubt in anyone’s mind that the music of Beatles is one of the most treasured archives in existence. Legendary court battles, bidding wars, copyright infringements —...
John Lennon | The U.S. vs. John Lennon – CD Review
One of the best ways to measure greatness is if the work and the message can survive the passage of time. While John Lennon's music has aged, it remains...
Scorpions | Born To Touch Your Feelings: Best Of Rock Ballads – CD Review
The Scorpions have managed to maintain a 50-year career powered by the yin-yang combo of sting and sentiment. Unlike contemporaries who banshee wailed their way to success, the five-piece...
Tonite Lets All Make Love In London (Remastered Edition) – CD Review
The remastered (from the original master tape) Tonite Lets All Make Love In London soundtrack brings one instantly back to the kaleidoscopic height of “swinging” London in 1967. British...
Jethro Tull | The Best Of Acoustic – CD Review
They may be lumped in with the mallet heads because of “Aqualung” and “Locomotive Breath,” but Jethro Tull and their gift for tendering a song with the proper aural...
Blue Öyster Cult | The Essential Blue Öyster Cult – CD Review
I know great fans of a particular band will argue over what exactly would be that band's essential songs, so I usually err on the side of caution when...
Various Artists | The Magical Mystery Psych Out: A Tribute To The Beatles
On The Magical Mystery Psych Out: A Tribute To The Beatles, German acid rockers Electric Moon kick things off with a spot-on recreation of "Tomorrow Never Knows." It might...
Merry Clayton | The Best Of Merry Clayton – CD Review
Providing call and response backing vocals to Ray Charles, that eerie iconic female "rape…murder" and "oooh's" to "Gimme Shelter," singing background for Carol King, Tom Jones, and even on...
Willie Nelson | The Complete Atlantic Sessions – CD Review
In the year 2006 we saw no fewer than 25 officially released Willie Nelson compilations and reissues, but of all of them the handsomely packaged The Complete Altantic Sessions...
