Classic Pop/Rock
ALBUM REVIEWS
A comprehensive list of classic pop/rock albums reviews.
A - Z OF ALL Classic Pop/Rock ALBUMS
A
- ABC: The Lexicon Of Love
- ABC: Traffic
- Abba: In Concert (DVD)
- Aerosmith: Young Lust: The Aerosmith Anthology
- The Alan Parsons Project: Tales Of Mystery And Imagination, I Robot, Eye In The Sky & Vulture Culture
- Allman Brothers Band: At Fillmore East
- Marc Almond: Stardom Road
- Laurie Anderson: Big Science
- Associates: The Radio One Sessions 1981-1983
- Associates: Singles
- Associates: The Affectionate Punch
- Brian Auger Julie Driscoll & The Trinity: Open, Definitely What!, Streetnoise
- Brian Auger's Oblivion Express: Closer To it
- Kevin Ayers: The Unfairground
- Kevin Ayers: Joy Of A Toy, Shooting At The Moon, Whatevershebringswesing, Bananamour
B
- B52's: The B52's
- B52s: Funplex
- The Band: A Musical History
- The Bangles: Doll Revolution
- Syd Barrett: Wouldn't You Miss Me
- Syd Barrett: The Radio One Sessions
- Be Bop Deluxe: Postcards From The Future...Introducing
- The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds (40th Anniversary Edition)
- The Beatles: Let It Be...Naked
- The Beatles: Rubber Soul
- The Beatles: Love
- The Beatles: The Beatles (featuring Tony Sheridan) First!
- The Beatles: The Beatles (The White Album)
- The Beatles: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- The Beatles: Revolver
- The Beatles: Abbey Road
- Jeff Beck: Jeff
- Jeff Beck: Shapes Of Things
- The Bee Gees: Love Songs
- Adrian Belew: Side Two
- Jane Birkin: Rendez-Vous
- Black Sabbath: Paranoid
- Black Sabbath: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
- Black Sabbath: Black Sabbath
- Black Sabbath: Black Sabbath, Vol. 4
- Blackmore's Night: The Village Lanterne
- The Blockheads: Where's The Party?
- Blondie: Parallel Lines
- Blondie: Greatest Hits
- The Blue Nile: High
- Blue Oyster Cult: Spectres/Some Enchanted Evening
- Marc Bolan & T.Rex: 20th Century Superstar
- Bon Jovi: This Left Feels Right - Live (DVD)
- The Bonzo Dog Band: Gorilla, The Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse, Tadpoles, Keynsham, Let's Make Up And Be Friendly
- David Bowie: Young Americans
- David Bowie: The Buddha Of Suburbia
- David Bowie: The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
- David Bowie: Low
- David Bowie: Hunky Dory
- David Bowie: Space Oddity
- Boy George: U Can Never B 2 Straight
- Billy Bragg: Mr Love & Justice
- Brand X: Macrocosm
- Brian Eno: Here Come The Warm Jets, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), Another Green World, Before And After Science
- Brian Eno: Another Day On Earth
- Brinsley Schwarz: Cruel To Be Kind
- Britten: Les Illuminations: Immediate Pleasure
- Arthur Brown: Fire - The Story Of Arthur Brown
- Jack Bruce: Songs For A Tailor
- Jack Bruce: Spirit: Live At The BBC 1971-78
- Jeff Buckley: Grace (Legacy Edition)
- Buffalo Springfield: Box Set
- Eric Burdon And War: Best Of Eric Burdon And War/ Anthology 1970 – 1994
- Kate Bush: The Sensual World
- Buzzcocks: Singles Going Steady
- Buzzcocks: 30
- Buzzcocks: Inventory
- Buzzcocks: Time's Up
C
- JJ Cale: Rewind
- John Cale: Circus Live
- John Cale: Fear
- John Cale: 5 Tracks EP
- John Cale: blackAcetate
- John Cale: Hobo Sapiens
- Captain Beefheart: Dust Sucker
- Captain Beefheart: Unconditionally Guaranteed, Bluejeans And Moonbeams, Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller), Doc At The Radar Station, Ice Cream For Crow, Live In Drury Lane '74
- Caravan: The Show Of Our Lives: Caravan At The BBC 1968-1975
- Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine: You Fat Bastard
- Mama Cass: Dream A Little Dream Of Me - The Music Of Mama Cass
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: B-Sides & Rarities
- Eric Clapton: Martin Scorsese Presents...
- Eric Clapton: Me And Mr Johnson
- The Clash: London Calling - 25th Anniversary Edition
- The Clash: The Clash
- Leonard Cohen: The Songs of Leonard Cohen, Songs from a Room, Songs of Love and Hate
- Leonard Cohen: Ten New Songs
- Lloyd Cole: Music In A Foreign Language
- Phil Collins: Love Songs: A Compilation...Old And New
- Ry Cooder and Manuel Galban: Mambo Sinuendo
- Ry Cooder: I, Flathead
- Ry Cooder: My Name Is Buddy
- Elvis Costello And The Attractions: Get Happy!!
- Elvis Costello: Best Of Elvis Costello: First 10 Years
- Elvis Costello: North
- Elvis Costello: When I Was Cruel
- Elvis Costello: My Aim Is True
- Cream: Disraeli Gears
- Cream: Wheels Of Fire
- Cream: At The BBC
- Cream: Fresh Cream
- Crosby and Nash: Crosby/Nash
- Sheryl Crow: C'mon America 2003 (DVD)
- Sheryl Crow: Detours
- Sheryl Crow: Wildflower
- The Cure: Three Imaginary Boys (Deluxe Edition)
- The Cure: Seventeen Seconds, Faith, Pornography (Deluxe Editions)
- Can: Monster Movie / Soundtracks / Tago Mago / Ege Bamyasi
D
- Roger Daltrey: Moonlighting - The Anthology
- The Damned: Damned Damned Damned
- David Bowie: Aladdin Sane - 30th Anniversary Edition
- David Bowie: Heathen
- David Bowie: Reality
- David Bowie: David Live / Stage
- David Bowie: Best Of
- David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars: The Motion Picture
- David Bowie: Sound + Vision
- Ray Davies: Other People's Lives
- Ray Davies: Working Man’s Café
- Deep Purple: Rapture Of The Deep
- Deep Purple: Machine Head
- Deep Purple: In Rock
- Deep Purple: Live In London
- Howard Devoto: Jerky Versions Of The Dream
- Dexys Midnight Runners: Let's Make This Precious: The Best Of
- Dexys Midnight Runners: Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
- Neil Diamond: 12 Songs
- Neil Diamond: Home Before Dark
- Dinosaur Jr.: Dinosaur, You're Living All Over Me, Bug
- Celine Dion: Taking Chances
- Dire Straits: Brothers In Arms
- Donovan: Beat Cafe
- The Doobie Brothers: Live At Wolf Trap
- The Doors: Strange Days
- Dr John: Mercernary
- The Dragons: BFI
- Duran Duran: Red Carpet Massacre
- Ian Dury: Ten Turnips From The Tip
- Bob Dylan: Live 1975
- Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited
- Bob Dylan: Blonde On Blonde
- Bob Dylan: Love And Theft
- Bob Dylan: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack
- Bob Dylan: Modern Times
- Bob Dylan: Blood On The Tracks
E
- ELO: Out Of The Blue
- Eagles: Long Road Out Of Eden
- The Eagles: The Complete Greatest Hits
- Echo & The Bunnymen: Crocodiles
- Emerson, Lake And Palmer: The Original Bootleg Series From the Manticore Vaults Vols 1&2
- Emerson, Lake And Palmer: From The Beginning
- Brian Eno & David Byrne: My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
- John Entwhistle: So Who's The Bass Player?
- Erasure: Nightbird
- The Eurythmics: The Ultimate Collection
F
- The Faces: Five Guys Walk Into A Bar...
- Donald Fagen: Morph The Cat
- Donald Fagen: Nightfly Trilogy: Nightfly/Kamakiriad/Morph The Cat
- Marianne Faithfull: Before The Poison
- Marianne Faithfull: Live At The BBC
- Marianne Faithfull: Kissin Time
- The Fall: The War Against Intelligence - The Fontana Years
- The Fall: Reformation Post TLC
- The Fall: Words Of Expectation
- Bryan Ferry: Frantic
- Bryan Ferry: Dylanesque
- The Finn Brothers: Everyone Is Here
- Neil Finn: 7 Worlds Collide
- Fleetwood Mac: Rumours
- Fleetwood Mac: Rumours
- The Flying Lizards: The Flying Lizards
- John Fogerty: The Long Road Home
- John Fogerty: Revival
- Peter Frampton: Now
- Robert Fripp: Exposure
G
- Peter Gabriel: Shaking The Tree
- Peter Gabriel: Up
- Rory Gallagher: Big Guns
- Gang Of Four: Return The Gift
- Gang Of Four: Solid Gold
- Genesis: Selling England By The Pound
- Genesis: Live Over Europe 2007
- Genesis: The Platinum Collection
- Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
- Genesis: Foxtrot
- Genesis: Nursery Cryme
- Lisa Gerrard: Lisa Gerrard
- Giles, Giles and Fripp: The Brondesbury Tapes
- David Gilmour: On An Island
- The Go-Betweens: Liberty Belle And The Black Diamond Express
- Peter Green: Man Of The World: The Anthology 1968-1988
- Guns N' Roses: Greatest Hits
H
- Peter Hammill: Chameleon In The Shadow Of The Night/Silent Corner And The Empty Stage etc.
- George Harrison & Friends: Concert For Bangladesh (DVD)
- George Harrison: Brainwashed
- Paul Heaton: Cross Eyed Rambler
- Heaven 17: Penthouse And Pavement, The Luxury Gap, How Men Are
- Richard Hell and the Voidoids: Blank Generation
- Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland
- Jimi Hendrix: Are You Experienced?
- Jimi Hendrix: Jimi Plays Berkeley
- Jimi Hendrix: A Film About Jimi Hendrix (DVD)
- Jimi Hendrix: Axis Bold As Love
- Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show (DVD)
- Jimi Hendrix: Blue Wild Angel
- Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks: Beatin' The Heat
- Steve Hillage: Fish Rising; L; Motivation Radio; Rainbow Dome Musik
- Tom Hingley and The Lovers: Abba Are The Enemy
- Jools Holland: Small World Big Band
- Mick Hucknall: Tribute To Bobby
- Alan Hull: Pipedream
- The Human League: Very Best Of
- Husker Du: Zen Arcade
I
J
- Joe Jackson: Rain
- Mick Jagger: Very Best Of Mick Jagger
- The Jam: Sound Affects
- The Jam: All Mod Cons - Deluxe Edition
- The Jam: The Jam At The BBC
- James: Hey Ma
- Brian James: Brian James
- Japan: Tin Drum
- Jean Michel Jarre: Sessions 2000
- Jesus & Mary Chain: Live In Concert
- The Jesus And Mary Chain: Psychocandy
- Elton John: The Captain And The Kid
- Elton John: Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits
- Elton John: Peachtree Road
- John Paul Jones: The Thunderthief
- Rickie Lee Jones: Sermon On Exposition Boulevard
- Janis Joplin: Pearl
- Judas Priest: Hell Bent For Leather
- Judas Priest: British Steel
K
- Kate Bush: Aerial
- Kevin McDermott Orchestra: Reissues
- Killing Joke: Killing Joke
- King Crimson: Earthbound, USA & Thrak
- King Crimson: Eyes Wide Open (DVD)
- King Crimson: Ladies Of The Road
- King Crimson: Vroom Vroom
- King Crimson: The Power To Believe
- The Kinks: ...Are The Village Green Preservation Society
- Kiss: Alive!
- Kraftwerk: Tour De France Soundtracks
- Kraftwerk: Minimum-Maximum
L
- Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti
- Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti
- Led Zeppelin: Mothership: The Very Best Of
- Led Zeppelin: How The West Was Won
- Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin IV
- Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin II
- John Lennon: Working Class Hero
- Annie Lennox: Songs Of Mass Destruction
- The Levellers: Levelling The Land
- Little Feat: Join The Band
- Little Feat: Late Night Truck Stop
- Lords Of The New Church: Lords Prayers 1
- Los Lobos: Live At The Fillmore
- Love: Forever Changes
- Nick Lowe: At My Age
- Nick Lowe: Jesus Of Cool
- Lulu: Atco Sessions 1969-1972
- John Lydon: The Best of British £1 Notes
M
- Kirsty MacColl: Kite (Remastered)
- Kirsty MacColl: The Best Of
- Magazine: Real Life, Secondhand Daylight, Correct use Of Soap, Magic, Murder And The Weather
- Mamas and the Papas: Anthology
- Aimee Mann: @#%&*! Smilers
- Phil Manzanera: 6PM
- Phil Manzanera: 50 Minutes Later
- Martha And The Muffins: Metro Music
- Matching Mole: March
- Matching Mole: Smoke Signals
- John Mayall: Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton
- John Mayall: Crusade, Diary Of A Band Vols 1&2, Bare Wires, Blues From Laurel Canyon
- Paddy McAloon: I Trawl The Megahertz
- Paul McCartney: Driving Rain
- Paul McCartney: Memory Almost Full
- Paul McCartney: Chaos and Creation in the Back Yard
- Jimmy McDonough: Shakey: Neil Young's Biography
- Dennis McNally: A Long Strange Trip - The Inside Story Of The Grateful Dead (book)
- Don Mclean: The Legendary Don Mclean
- Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell - Live
- Freddie Mercury: Lover Of Life, Singer Of Songs: The Very Best...
- Metallica: ...And Justice For All
- Metallica: Metallica (The Black Album)
- Michael Jackson: Essential
- Steve Miller: King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents
- Joni Mitchell: Travelogue
- Joni Mitchell: Dreamland
- Joni Mitchell: Shine
- Monty Python: Another Monty Python Record, Monty Python's Previous Record, Matching Tie And Handkerchief etc.
- Moody Blues: Reissues
- Van Morrison: Tupelo Honey
- Van Morrison: At The Movies
- Van Morrison: It's Too Late To Stop Now (Remastered)
- Van Morrison: Still On Top
- Van Morrison: Keep It Simple
- Morrissey: Your Arsenal
- Motorhead: Ace Of Spades
- Motorhead: No Sleep 'til Hammermith
- The Move: The Move/Shazam!
- Alison Moyet: The Turn
N
O
- Gilbert O'Sullivan: The Berry Vest Of
- Mike Oldfield: Music Of The Spheres
- Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark: Architecture And Morality
- Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark: Dazzle Ships
- Ozzy Osbourne: Blizzard Of Ozz
- Ozzy Osbourne: Diary Of A Madman
- Donny Osmond: Somewhere In Time
- The Osmonds: The Very Best Of The Osmonds
P
- Robert Palmer: Drive
- Andy Partridge: Fuzzy Warbles Vols 1&2
- Annette Peacock: My Mama Never Taught me How to Cook
- Ian Peel: The Unknown Paul McCartney (book)
- Pere Ubu: The Tenement Year, Cloudland, Worlds In Collision, Story Of My Life
- Pink Fairies: Neverneverland, What A Bunch Of Sweeties & Kings Of Oblivion
- Pink Floyd: The Wall
- Pink Floyd: Echoes
- Pink Floyd: The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
- Pink Floyd: Meddle
- Pink Floyd: Relics
- Pink Floyd: A Saucerful Of Secrets
- Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii DVD
- Pink Floyd: Dark Side Of The Moon
- Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here
- Pink Floyd: The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn: 40th Anniversary Edition (3CD)
- Robert Plant: Mighty Rearranger
- The Police: Outlandos D'Amour
- The Police: Zenyatta Mondatta
- The Police: Regatta de Blanc
- The Police: Synchronicity
- Iggy Pop: King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents...
- Porcupine Tree: Fear of A Blank Planet
- Prefab Sprout: Jordan: The Comeback
- Prefab Sprout: Steve McQueen
- Elvis Presley: Elvis Presley
- Elvis Presley: 30 #1 Hits
- Elvis Presley: Elvis At The Movies
- The Pretenders: Pretenders II
- The Pretty Things: Balbao Island
- Prince: 3121
- Prince: Musicology
- Prince: Purple Rain
- Procol Harum: Secrets Of The Hive
Q
R
- REM: Document
- The Ramones: The Ramones
- The Ramones: Leave Home
- Lou Reed: Berlin
- Lou Reed: Animal Serenade
- Terry Reid: River
- The Replacements: Tim
- Kimberley Rew: Essex Hideaway
- Cliff Richard: The Platinum Collection
- Rolling Stones: Singles 1965-1967
- Rolling Stones: Remastered
- Rolling Stones: Live Licks
- Rolling Stones: Forty Licks
- Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang
- The Rolling Stones: Beggars Banquet
- The Rolling Stones: Let It Bleed
- The Rolling Stones: Shine A Light
- The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers
- The Rolling Stones: Exile On Main Street
- The Rolling Stones: Out Of Our Heads
- The Rolling Stones: Rolled Gold
- Diana Ross: Diana - Deluxe Edition
- Roxy Music: Roxy Music
- Roxy Music: For Your Pleasure
- Todd Rundgren: Nearly Human Tour Japan '90
- Todd Rundgren: Collector's Deluxe Edition (DVD)
- Todd Rundgren: Liars
- Rush: Live In Rio (DVD)
- The Rutles: The Rutles
S
- Santana: Divine Light
- Santana: Shaman
- Santana: All That I Am
- Boz Scaggs: Greatest Hits Live
- The Searchers: The Very Best Of The Searchers
- Sex Pistols: Sex Pistols
- The Sex Pistols: Never Mind The Bollocks
- Sandie Shaw: The Very Best Of Sandie Shaw
- ShelleyDevoto: Buzzkunst
- Paul Simon: Surprise
- Simple Minds: Black And White 050505
- Simply Red: Stay
- Siouxsie: Mantaray
- Siouxsie And The Banshees: The Best Of
- Siouxsie and The Banshees: Kaleidoscope
- The Slits: Cut
- The Small Faces: Ultimate Collection
- The Small Faces: Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
- Patti Smith: Twelve
- Patti Smith: Trampin'
- Patti Smith: Horses
- The Smiths: Hatful Of Hollow
- The Smiths: The Smiths
- The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead
- Soft Machine: Backwards
- Soft Machine: BBC Radio 1967-1971
- Soft Machine: Third / Fourth / Fifth / Six / Seven
- Sparks: Hello Young Lovers
- Sparks: Exotic Creatures Of The Deep
- Sparks: Lil' Beethoven
- Specials: More Specials
- Spirit: Spirit Of 76
- Sharleen Spiteri: Melody
- Dusty Springfield: Classics and Collectibles
- Bruce Springsteen: Devils And Dust
- Bruce Springsteen: Born In The USA
- Bruce Springsteen: Born To Run
- Bruce Springsteen: Hammersmith Odeon, London '75
- Bruce Springsteen: Magic
- Squeeze: Argybargy
- Chris Squire: Fish Out Of Water
- Lisa Stansfield: The Moment
- Ringo Starr: Photograph: The Very Best Of Ringo
- Status Quo: XS All Areas: The Greatest Hits
- Steely Dan: Everything Must Go
- Mark Stewart And The Maffia: Learning To Cope With Cowardice
- Stephen Stills: Man Alive!
- Stephen Stills: Just Roll Tape: April 26th 1968
- The Stooges: The Stooges
- The Stooges: The Weirdness
- The Stranglers: Norfolk Coast
- Donna Summer: Bad Girls - Deluxe Edition
- The Sundays: Static & Silence
- Supergrass: I Should Coco
- David Sylvian: Blemish
T
- T Rex: Electric Warrior (SACD)
- Talking Heads: Talking Heads 77
- Talking Heads: Once In A Lifetime
- Tangerine Dream: Journey Through A Burning Brain (Anthology)
- Tangerine Dream: Tangents
- Tangerine Dream: The Bootleg Box Set Vol.1
- James Taylor: One Man Band
- The Teardrop Explodes: Kilimanjaro
- Tears For Fears: Everybody Loves A Happy Ending
- Television: Marquee Moon/Adventure
- Thin Lizzy: Greatest Hits
- David Thomas & Two Pale Boys: 18 Monkeys On A Dead Man's Chest
- Thompson Twins: Quick Step & Side Kick
- Dave Thompson: Cream - The World's First Supergroup (book)
- Glenn Tilbrook: Transatlantic Ping Pong
- Tractor: Tractor
- Traffic: Welcome To The Canteen
- Trees: On The Shore
- Jethro Tull: This Was
U
V
- Van Der Graaf Generator: Present
- Van Der Graaf Generator: World Record/Van Der Graaf/The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome/Vital
- Vangelis/Irene Papas: Odes/Rapsodies
- Various Artists: Doo Wop Underground
- Various Artists: Greasy Truckers
- Various Artists: Insane Times: 25 British Psychedelic Artefacts From The EMI Vaults
- Various Artists: Legend Of A Mind - The Underground Anthology
- Various Artists: Sound Of The Crowd
- Various Artists: Perfect Unpop
- Various Artists: Pillows & Prayers
- Various Artists: Real Life Permanent Dreams: A Cornucopia Of British Psychedelia 1965-1970
- Suzanne Vega: Beauty And Crime
- Suzanne Vega: Retrospective: The Best Of
- Velvet Revolver: Libertad
- The Velvet Underground: The Very Best Of
- The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground & Nico (Deluxe Edition)
- Tom Verlaine: Songs And Other Things/Around
- Sid Vicious: Too Fast To Live...
W
- Tom Waits: Dime Store Novels Vol 1
- Tom Waits: Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards
- Tom Waits: Real Gone
- Tom Waits: Alice
- Scott Walker: The Drift
- Scott Walker: Five Easy Pieces
- Was (Not Was): Boo!
- The Waterboys: Book Of Lightning
- Chuck E Weiss: Old Souls & Wolf Tickets
- Paul Weller: Studio 150
- Paul Weller: Wild Wood: Deluxe Version
- Paul Weller: Fly On The Wall
- Whitesnake: 30th Anniversary Collection
- The Who: The Ultimate Collection
- The Who: Who's Next
- The Who: My Generation
- The Who: Tommy (SACD)
- The Who: A Quick One
- The Who: The Who Sell Out
- The Who: Maximum Who: The Who In The Sixties (book)
- The Who: Live At Leeds
- Brian Wilson: Presents Pet Sounds Live In London (DVD)
- Brian Wilson: Smile
- Brian Wilson: Gettin' In Over My Head
- Dennis Wilson: Pacific Ocean Blue
- Steve Winwood: Nine Lives
- Wire: Object 47
- Wire: Pink Flag/Chairs Missing/154
- Wire: Read & Burn 01
- Wire: Live At The Roxy/Live At CBGB Theatre
- Wire: Send
- Stevie Wonder: A Time To Love
X
Y
- Yardbirds: Little Games
- Yardbirds: Live Blueswailing
- The Yardbirds: Roger The Engineer
- Yes: In A Word
- Yes: The Word Is Live
- Young Marble Giants: Colossal Youth
- Neil Young: Greendale
- Neil Young: Live At Massey Hall 1971
- Neil Young: Chrome Dreams II
- Neil Young: On The Beach
- Neil Young: Living With War
- Neil Young: Prairie Wind
