Joe Cocker | No Ordinary World – Lost Gem
As rock’s perennial comeback kid, Joe Cocker managed to turn a whiskey-soaked, gravel-grounded voice into a pulsating instrument of its own. His gift for taking others' compositions and giving...
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...
The Doobie Brothers | Sibling Rivalry – Lost Gem
The Doobie Brothers have weathered enough styles and changes in personnel to deserve recognition as the sturdy and successful unit they are. Embracing an easy-going, country-infected stance that has...
Supertramp | Crisis? What Crisis? – Lost Gem
Supertramp's Crisis? What Crisis? rates right up there for me with their mega 1979 hit Breakfast In America. I know that comparison might not be so very logical — sorry —...
Bad Company | Merchants Of Cool – Lost Gem
Given the nature of the beast, it can be tricky following the membership of Bad Company these days. The original four seem to float in and out of the...
Steely Dan | Everything Must Go – Lost Gem
Steely Dan’s Everything Must Go, released in 2003, is the band’s ninth and final studio album. It arrived three years after Two Against Nature, the unexpected 2000 comeback that...
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....
Yes | 90125 – Lost Gem
By the end of the 70s, progressive perennials Yes had simply run out of gas. After the Drama album, Steve Howe and Geoff Downes went on to form Asia, leaving Trevor...
George Harrison | Brainwashed – Lost Gem
During the last few years of his life, George Harrison outfoxed a number of obstacles — from being attacked and stabbed in his own home by a mentally deranged...
Neil Young | Silver & Gold – Lost Gem
On the heels of the congenial reunion he had with Crosby, Stills and Nash in 2000, Neil Young released Silver & Gold, his 23rd solo release that figured is...
