Best-of albums are starting to make sense to me. Is that nostalgia? Or perhaps I’m just getting old. You May Also Like: When Peter Gabriel Suddenly Decided to Open Up on ‘Us’ How Tesla’s ‘Real to Reel’ Set Redefined the Classic Rock Cover Album Robbie Dupree, Chicago, Yes’ Peter BanksRead More

Damn, how disappointing this album was the first few times through. I even applied my “five times” rule You May Also Like: ‘Presto’ Proved That Everything I Thought About Rush, and Fate, Was Wrong Steely Dan – ‘Everything Must Go’ (2003): On Second Thought Richard and Linda Thompson – ‘ShootRead More

Some days, it’s a song; some days, it’s an entire album. There’s been more “album” days than “song” days lately, possibly because much of the stuff I tend to listen to doesn’t work well as single tracks. You May Also Like: No related posts.

I stand corrected – and pleasantly surprised, too. When I went into my first listen of Van Halen’s A Different Kind of Truth, I was expecting a steaming pile of mediocrity. You May Also Like: Why Complaints About Van Halen’s ‘A Different Kind of Truth’ Were Overblown

I’m trying to imagine being 18 and listening to Ten for the first time like I did when I was 18 in 1991. I can’t. You May Also Like: Pearl Jam, “Soon Forget” from ‘Binaural’ (2000): One Track Mind Pearl Harbor and the Explosions – ‘Pearl Harbor and the Explosions’Read More

I was unexpectedly taken back today to an album I hadn’t heard in over three decades: ‘Central Heating’ by the funk-disco band Heatwave.

An update to the story told two years ago, when I had train on the brain. The train rides are coming to an end and I’m bustin’ loose. You May Also Like: Chuck Berry, June 1972: Shows I’ll Never Forget

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I initially dismissed this, almost out of hand: There’s a reason people haven’t been rocking Robert Frost all this time. You May Also Like: How Brian Eno Made a Triumphant Return to Rock With ‘Nerve Net’

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