Posts tagged Classic Album

With the vinyl re-issue of Annie Lennox’s Diva, me and Spouse decided to put vinyl versus streaming to the test. I’m a simple soul who …

Good old Dark Side Of The Moon, without its massive influence, would we have to put up with the legions of gloomy and pretentious rock …

Billion Dollar Babies is a prime example of what can be achieved if you strike while the iron is hot. The years in the run …

When it comes to compilations, there is one mega-selling release that overshadows even ABBA Gold and The Beatles Red and Blue Albums for the sheer …

40 years after its release Bat Out Of Hell remains big, preposterous and totally mad. This is the album that took it upon itself to …

I hate Randy Newman. Previous to me discovering his work via Lonely at the Top, I was living in blissful ignorance, occasionally putting pen to …

When it comes to bloated and pompous 70s pop / rock not many matched Electric Light Orchestra for ridiculously overwrought statements, and 1977’s Out Of …

Like many R.E.M. fans here in the UK, it wasn’t until the early 90s that I first became aware of them through hit singles like …

Ambition and enthusiasm are great things, but sometimes you need to understand your limitations. Since The Who had released the cracking concept double album Tommy, …

The trials and tribulations on the road to releasing Hysteria have been well documented, and given the amount of work Def Leppard and producer Mutt …