Classic Commentary: Kansas | Leftoverture – Lost Gem Review
Amidst all the accusations of going commercial with their breakout album Leftoverture, the fourth album by the heartland prog rockers collectively known as Kansas hardly panders to the hit...
Yes | Drama – CD Review
From heavy guitars to the semi-hit staccato impressiveness of "Tempus
Fugit" to trying to discern where vocalist Trevor Horn doesn't sound like
Jon Anderson (but surprised at how much he does),...
Unicorn | Blue Pine Trees & Too Many Crooks – CD Review
There are so many bands that had Unicorn's trajectory. Formed by close friends in early 1960s England, Unicorn experienced the usual personnel changes, touring and a record deal with...
Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Works Volume 2 – Lost Gem
I realize there might very well be a few Emerson, Lake and Palmer albums one would consider better off forgotten. When I asked Greg Lake about 1978’s Love Beach,...
Linda Ronstadt | Simple Dreams – CD Review
Over the course of her 40-year singing career, Linda Ronstadt's albums landed on the charts dozens of times, but 1977's Simple Dreams took the number one spot for five...
The Who | The Who By Numbers – CD Review
The Who By Numbers, the Who’s seventh album, might
just be the band’s forgotten masterpiece. The first Who album produced
solely by longtime Who associate producer Glyn Johns, this is the...
Big Brother & The Holding Company | Cheap Thrills – Lost Gem
Cheap Thrills is the first and only album for a major label Janis Joplin made with Big Brother & The Holding Company. Personal and contractual problems deferred its release,...
Bryan Adams | Reckless 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition – CD Review
In 1984, coming off the success of his Cuts Like A Knife breakthrough album, Bryan Adams released his fourth solo album Reckless, and it was an even bigger smash,...
Tony Iommi | Iommi – Lost Gem
In 2000, guitarist Tony Iommi, whose weighty stylings lies behind such Black Sabbath classics as "Iron Man," "Paranoid" and "Sweet Leaf," released his self-titled collection of hard rockers guaranteed...
Jefferson Airplane | Surrealistic Pillow – Lost Gem
The Jefferson Airplane were the first blip on the radar screen tracking the San Francisco buzz of the mid 60s. With an inauspicious debut, the Airplane garnered little appraisal...
