GOING OUT ON A HIGH OR SIGH – Twenty ‘last’ albums that are great or grate……..
‘The title cut is a powerful piece, but too many other songs lack trademark Beatle originality.’
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CHILLY TIMES – Bob Seger and ‘Against The Wind’……
The frustration with ‘Against the Wind’ lies not in the fact it was a failed experiment, more its formulaic approach.
BRICKS & STONES (IRON & STEEL) – Twenty songs with walls or bridges in the title……….
Songs with Walls or Bridges in the Title – SIMON and GARFUNKEL: Bridges/Subway Walls….
MUSIC MUST CHANGE – Twenty great albums of 1978
Three years on from ‘Born to Run’ ‘Darkness on the Edge of Town’ eschews the lush production of its predecessor and adopts a more taut sound.
DENNIS VIOLLET – ‘A UNITED MAN’ (documentary review):
‘For me,’ says Fred Eyre, ‘Dennis Viollet is up there with Best, Law and Charlton – he really was that good.’
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN – Twenty tribute songs to musicians who have passed away…….
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN – GEORGE remembering JOHN, all those years ago…………
WHO LEADS THE WAY – The Who & ‘LIVE AT LEEDS’……
‘Live At Leeds’ has umpteen examples of The Who pushing their incredible talents to the limits of a genre they had created.
VAN DELIVERS TWO PRECIOUS GIFTS – ‘Astral Weeks’ & ‘Moondance’……
MOONDANCE (1970): If sunshine could be heard, it would sound like ‘Moondance’……….
REACH FOR IT – Twenty songs with ‘SKY’ in the title…..
Twenty songs with SKY in the title: PINK FLOYD – The Great Gig in the Sky;
TURN AND FACE THE STRANGE – 20 great albums amidst the changing times of 1977…..
Twenty great albums of 1977: RUMOURS – a smart, clever, high-calibre rock record.