Lou Reed | Coney Island Baby – CD Review
I was five when Lou Reed’s Coney Island Baby was released in 1976, so needless to say, I wasn’t familiar with the album when it came out. In fact,...
Queensrÿche | Empire (20th Anniversary Edition) – CD Review
When asked why heavy metal bands like Motley Crüe and Poison started to lose steam in the early 90s, it’s typically the same excuse: grunge. Emerging from the same general...
Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Trilogy (Deluxe Edition) – CD Review
Trilogy, the appropriately titled third studio album from Emerson, Lake & Palmer, was released in 1972 and welcomed with open arms. Tarkus, its predecessor, was conceptually brilliant, but Trilogy...
George Harrison | Living In The Material World – CD Review
Arriving almost three years after All Things Must Pass, George Harrison’s Living In The Material World would establish a stylistic precedent that would take root for the next 30...
Journey | Columbia Reissues (1978 – 88) – CD Review
Every journey has a beginning, a middle and an end. Except the band, Journey,
whose destination does, indeed, seem to be infinity. What has given Journey’s
music enough sturdiness to survive...
Pink Floyd | The Wall (Experience & Immersion Editions) – CD Review
The Experience and Immersion editions of Pink Floyd's The Wall are, supposedly, the last bricks to fill in the Why Pink Floyd? reissue campaign. Following expanded versions of The...
R.E.M | Warner Brothers Reissues – CD/DVD Review
You can argue that R.E.M. was, at one time, the quintessential 80s band. But it was during the 90s that they learned to refine their sound and craft their...
John Mayall | Road Show Blues – Reissue Review
The harmonica-lead swampy looseness of “Why Worry” opens John Mayall’s Road Show Blue, reissued with revamped artwork and vintage photos. Leading the 60s British blues-rock explosion, John Mayall and his Bluesbreakers...
KKB | Got To Get Back – CD Review
OK, this is definitely an interesting album. The band is KKB and the album title is Got To Get Back. It’s been released by noted guitarist Bruce Kulick, but...
Jethro Tull | This Was (40th Anniversary Collector’s Edition) – CD Review
In 1968, Jethro Tull was just another British blues band trying to make their way to the top. Back then, there was some contention as to how well a...
