Kiss Me, Robert Smith turned the other direction, reportedly dabbled in acid, and returnedThe Cureto its gothic roots. The result was the band’s darkest and most daring album – and perversely enough, one that stands as their greatest. ...
The chunky guitar riffage of "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" rips a page out of the Angus Young lexicon of riffology and sloppily pastes it to the liner notes of Cheap Trick's Dream Police, managing to sound more classic than classic rock has in two decades. The heroin romp "Givin...
Paul Simon takes the stage here playing solo, with Andean folk troupe Urubamba (for "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)," "Duncan" and "The Boxer") and the Jessy Dixon Singers adding gospel to "Love Me Like a Rock," "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and Andrae Crouch's "Jesus...
Cheap Trick, 'At Budokan' (1978) Columbia Cheap Trick, 'At Budokan' (1978) A career-defining album, and one of rock's greatest concert souvenirs. Cheap Trick were barely known in the States when they stormed Tokyo, which treated them like they were the Beatles. After 'Budokan,' they co...
(Grateful Dead),Cheap Thrills(Big Brother and the Holding Company),Flowers of Evil(Mountain),Some Time in New York City(John Lennon and Yoko Ono),Wheels of Fire(Cream),Live Johnny Winter AndorLove, Peace and Happiness(the Chambers Brothers). Great albums all, but they don’t meet our ...
For Lambert, redemption comes from buying a cheap pair of plastic sunglasses, by spending late nights alone at the bar, in knowing that she alone controls her destiny. Legend has it, she hung up on the first interviewer she spoke to about the record—the question was about Shelton’s new...
,Cheap Trick'sAt Budokanand, of course,Frampton Comes Alive, but there had been reputation-makers.Get Your Ya-Ya's Out!in 1970 was certainly a part of theRolling Stones' Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World resume, and theAllman Brothers Band'sAt Fillmore Eastmade "Whipping Post!"...
,Cheap Trick'sAt Budokanand, of course,Frampton Comes Alive, but there had been reputation-makers.Get Your Ya-Ya's Out!in 1970 was certainly a part of theRolling Stones' Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World resume, and theAllman Brothers Band'sAt Fillmore Eastmade "Whipping Post!"...
,Cheap Trick'sAt Budokanand, of course,Frampton Comes Alive, but there had been reputation-makers.Get Your Ya-Ya's Out!in 1970 was certainly a part of theRolling Stones' Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World resume, and theAllman Brothers Band'sAt Fillmore Eastmade "Whipping Post!"...
Nope. You won’t findFrench Pastryin iTunes and the image that appears on Amazon falls into the “don’t do this” category we’ll discuss in a moment. In fact, some of the very best strange-but-true garage sale finds can’t be found anywhere on the web. So… if you plan on sh...