CROSS PURPOSES – the debut album of CHRISTOPHER CROSS (1979)
With four Grammy awards, ‘Christopher Cross’ is one of the most successful debut LP’s of all-time – a lack of passion in the music not affecting its popularity.
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NOTHING POOR, NOTHING PITIFUL – WARREN ZEVON (1976):
In a year when Asylum released ‘Hotel California,’ and ‘The Pretender’ their most critically acclaimed release was ‘WARREN ZEVON’.
CHEERIO TO THAT 70s SHOW – Twenty great albums from 1979………..
‘Lodger’ – another example of why the influence of David Bowie is so lasting and profound.
CASHING IN – Twenty songs with MONEY in the title…….
THE BEATLES: We might find some on the road…………
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.
HIGH FIVE – Twenty Great Albums from 1975……..
Twenty great albums from 1975: ‘Born to Run’ sounds like what may have happened had Phil Spector produced ‘Blonde on Blonde.’
EXCITABLE JOY – The genius that was WARREN ZEVON
This is not the Los Angeles of ‘life in the fast lane’ decadence, the songwriting of Zevon closer to novelist James Ellroy than Joe Walsh…
No Elvis, Beatles or the Rolling Stones – this is 1977:
This is 1977: High Point: DAVID BOWIE: Low;
SONG NOIR – Twenty Tracks For Black Friday
Dedicated to Malcolm Young and those who saw a thunderous AC/DC set at Wolverhampton Civic Hall in 1978 – from which my eardrums have only just recovered.
THE BEGINNING AT THE END – Ten Songs Where The Last Line Is The Title
Ten Songs Where The Last Line is the Title: FLEETWOOD MAC: Their news was second hand……