"Connection" stomps along on the strength of Keef's co-lead vocal (his first). "Cool, Calm & Collected" brings together dissonant chords with a music hall goofiness. "Complicated" embraces fuzz, a roller rink organ and some great Charlie Watts bashing. "Who's Been Sleeping Here?" mixes ...
The Rolling Stones (1968): A welcome return to their strengths, after a detour into psychedelia, 'Beggars Banquet' found the Stones suddenly coming into their own – as if they finally had gained a perspective on what made them so singular great all along. 'Led Zeppelin' Atlantic 'Led Zep...
Boston leader Tom Scholz pretty much recorded the band's debut album in his basement. The amount of sonic detail he applied to the tracks is staggering, and to top it off, they're great rock 'n' roll songs. Scholz's perfectionism often delayed the band's other records, but this is th...
Boston leader Tom Scholz pretty much recorded the band's debut album in his basement. The amount of sonic detail he applied to the tracks is staggering, and to top it off, they're great rock 'n' roll songs. Scholz's perfectionism often delayed the band's other records, but this is th...
She was a child prodigy whose brilliance was clear from the start. But the struggles she endured helped make her the Queen of Soul.
conceivable odds, new frontman Ronnie James Dio had many fans asking “Ozzy who?” (for a short while, at least), while Tony Iommi’s power chords and Geezer Butler’s bass thunder answered heavy metal’s call with the utmost authority. Black Sabbath was reborn like a glorious phoenix of...
conceivable odds, new frontman Ronnie James Dio had many fans asking “Ozzy who?” (for a short while, at least), while Tony Iommi’s power chords and Geezer Butler’s bass thunder answered heavy metal’s call with the utmost authority. Black Sabbath was reborn like a glorious phoenix of...
The Beach Boys (1966):Is this the most gorgeous album ever made? Possibly. It's certainly one of the greatest pop records of the 20th century, a song cycle of teenage dreams, glorious harmonies and kitchen-sink production that Brian Wilson learned from Phil Spector. ...
“With that album, we really grew into being the band that we always wanted to be,” Flea admitted decades later to Guitar World.“It was like we took what was great about us and just gave a lot more depth to the instruments and structure. The album really captured a space and a ...
bat’s wings as though it by itself was pulling the ship along absent of the sails above. As the ship’s previous title was The Devil’s Due, and its old profession was extorting lives, such a figurehead seemed fitting in striking fear into the hearts of enemies; rammings were glorious...