Van Morrison | Astral Weeks – Lost Gem
When he made Astral Weeks, Van Morrison finally tore away the mask he wore during his days as the angry young front man for Them. Released in 1968, Morrison's...
Steely Dan | Everything Must Go – Lost Gem
Steely Dan's Everything Must Go is their second studio album of the 21st century century. It's also the last album to feature guitarist Walter Becker. The overwhelming reception to...
Bruce Springsteen | The Rising – Lost Gem
With all the hubbub surrounding its arrival in 2002, many speculated that The Rising, Bruce Springsteen's first studio album with the E Street Band in over 15 years, would...
Marillion | Clutching At Straws – CD Review
In those dim, dark days of the early 80s, in the face of the Haircut 100's and MTV, when it seemed all our heroes were rendered mute or producing...
David Bowie | Bowie At The Beeb – Los Gem
David Bowie emerged during the late 60s, gangly and fresh-faced amongst his more bohemian, paisley-powered contemporaries. And while his delivery was deeply steeped in a sort of transcendental folk/mod...
Dire Straits | Brothers In Arms – Lost Gem
In the 1980s, popular music was forced to adjust itself to a changing landscape. One of these changes came as a result of MTV, the 24-hour music television channel...
Paul McCartney | Flowers In The Dirt – Lost Gem
In 1989, Paul McCartney collaborated with Elvis Costello on songs that ended up filling a third of the ex-Beatle’s ninth solo release, Flowers In The Dirt. Lightweight hits like...
Rick Wakeman | Return To The Centre Of The Earth – Lost Gem
Over a half-century later, Rick Wakeman continues to slog it out as one of the preeminent keyboardists in rock — notably as an off and on member of Yes....
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...
The Police | Synchronicity – Lost Gem
Although they sprung from the seeds of the punk movement of the late 70s, The Police managed to rise above the usual snarl and spit mentality, and instead became...
