Billy Joel | Streetlife Serenade (Limited Edition SACD) – CD Review
One tends to forget the unprecedented run of Billy Joel's hits, his decades-long career and his much-heralded residency at Madison Square Garden. Yet there have been some moments in...
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,...
Van Halen | Van Halen – Lost Gem
One of my fondest rock and roll memories took place in the spring of 1977. A friend rang and asked if I'd like to go to the Whisky A...
Bruce Springsteen | Darkness On The Edge Of Town – Lost Gem
As a born and bred New Jerseyan living and breathing rock music in the 70s, I have heralded every Bruce Springsteen album as monumental occurrence in my life. After...
Renaissance | Scheherazade And Other Stories – Lost Gem
Among the truly important progressive rock albums on the 70s, Renaissance’s Scheherazade And Other Stories is a high watermark of songwriting, production and playing. This album features arguably the...
Stevie Wonder | Talking Book – CD Review
One of the great cross-over records of all time, Stevie Wonder’s Talking Book shattered the myth that R & B artists were incapable of dishing out something even the...
Aerosmith | Toys In The Attic – Lost Gem
Toys In The Attic is, by all accounts, THE album that launched Aerosmith into the stratosphere. Released in 1975, Toys In The Attic was a natural progression as third...
Nico | The End – CD Review
Children's chanting, spooky swirling organ and Nico's strong monotone on "It Has Not Taken Long" opens her fourth album, The End. Remastered and reissued as a double CD, this...
Elton John | Songs From The West Coast (2001) – CD Review
Truly a lost gem, Elton John's 27th studio album from 2001, Songs From The West Coast, might actually be one of the artist's best ever. Grammy-nominated and garnishing some...
Bill Medley | Bill Medley: 100% Soft And Soulful – CD Review
You know the big hits "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' and "Unchained Melody," along with the entire blue-eyed soul brigade the Righteous Brothers cultivated. But after Bill Medley and...
