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...
Elvis Presley | Elvis Is Back! (Legacy Edition) – CD Review
Following his two-year stint in the U.S. Army, Elvis Presley released two seminal albums in 1960 and 1961: Elvis Is Back! and Something For Everybody. Fifty years later, the...
Thin Lizzy | Jailbreak & Johnny The Fox – CD review
It took a few albums to get it right, but when Thin Lizzy broke through with 1976’s Jailbreak and “The Boys Are Back In Town,” there was no turning...
Badfinger | 2010 Apple Remasters – Reissue Review
Ah, the troubled and turbulent road for Badfinger. Taken under the wing of the mighty Beatles, they were off to a running start with a handful of hits —...
Tommy James & The Shondells | 2010 Reissues
All it took was the nudge of a few reissues to make me realize how good Tommy James and The Shondells were. Emerging from the Midwest in the early...
Judas Priest | British Steel (30th Anniversary Edition) – CD/DVD Review
Ask any Judas Priest fan about British Steel, and they’ll more than likely confirm it is the band’s definitive masterpiece. Aside from spawning the singles, “Breaking The Law” and...
