Leonard Cohen | Reissues – CD Review
The "grocer of despair" Leonard Cohen has interjected himself into my life so many times I don't know where to begin. So, on the occasion of Columbia/Legacy's reissuing of...
Warren Zevon | Reissues – CD Review
Warren Zevon’s music has never failed in its primeval, passionate march to break the barrier of conformity. Although the late singer-songwriter’s substance and style were often deemed too unorthodox...
Paul McCartney | Memory Almost Full (Limited Edition) – CD Review
I rarely bother with reissues of new records, even if they include DVDs. And I especially won't go out of my way for a reissue of an album I...
U2 | The Joshua Tree (Expanded) – CD Review
As Bono once said, The Joshua Tree is very Irish in its ache and melancholy, but the record resonates with a more American flavor. Either way, it went...
Creedence Clearwater Revival | Reissues – CD Review
The bitter relations between Fantasy Records and its star attraction, Creedence Clearwater Revival, or more directly John Fogerty, began to thaw when Fogerty rejoined the label (now owned by...
The Alan Parsons Project | Reissues – CD Review
Beginning as a ‘tea-runner’ at Abbey Road studios, Alan Parsons graduated to engineering albums like the Beatles' Let It Be and Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon....
U.K. | Reissues
I know you’re saying to yourself: “Self, I've always wondered about the band U.K. They’re underrated and under appreciated. I never
thought they got a deserved airing.” Well you need...
Santana | Supernatural – CD Review
By the end of the 1990s, the music of Carlos Santana was apparently in need of a major overhaul. Actually, many of Santana’s peers were up against the same...
Jethro Tull | Reissues
Jethro Tull started out as a basic blues band with a secret weapon: a wild-eyed, flute-wielding jester of a front man in a crusty overcoat. It wasn't an easy...
The Rolling Stones | Bridges To Babylon – CD Review
In 1994, the Rolling Stones released Voodoo Lounge, perhaps their best album since Tattoo You, possibly Some Girls, maybe even Exile On Main Street. The lead single, "Love is...
