Rush’s ‘Roll the Bones,’ released 30 years ago today, is better than most people think. I should know, as many times as I’ve bought it.

‘Bad Times Good Times’ ably illustrates Sorrow’s forte for playing the melodically structured guitar pop linked with groups like Raspberries and Blue Ash.

Jean Luc Ponty’s long-awaited comeback album ‘Life Enigma’ was issued two decades ago, reestablishing him as the world’s finest electric violinist.

Paul Butterfield Blues Band’s ‘East-West’ was released 55 years ago this month, opening doors not just for the blues but all of rock.

The Black Album arrived 30 years ago today, hurtling Metallica into the mainstream. It felt like something sacred had been taken away.

‘Livin’ on the Fault Line’ was the Doobie Brothers’ lowest-selling Michael McDonald-era album. But it might just be the band’s best.

Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Steve Winwood and members of the Rolling Stones took part in ‘London Howlin’ Wolf Sessions,’ released 50 years ago this month.

The feel of the gold-selling U.S. Top 20 hit ‘Love Over Gold’ is like no other Dire Straits album.

‘Everything Must Go’ boasts a warmth missing from 1977’s ‘Aja,’ the album Steely Dan fans usually gush over, as well as 1980’s ‘Gaucho.’

Flawless by any standards, ‘Picture This’ simply foreshadowed the mega-success that Huey Lewis and the News would experience.