NO DISGUISING A FINE ALBUM – Linda Ronstadt & PRISONER IN DISGUISE
Consolidating the huge success of ‘Heart Like a Wheel’ from the year before, PRISONER IN DISGUISE (1975) soon turned platinum and produced three top ten singles.
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PROGRAMMED TO RECEIVE – Eagles & HOTEL CALIFORNIA
HOTEL CALIFORNIA (1976): The defining album of 70s mainstream rock, like ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Close Encounters’ it has become a cultural artefact of the era.
EASY PICKINGS – EAGLES and their 1972 self-titled debut album
Already the Eagles sound ahead of the country-rock game, not necessarily for having better songs but through superior songcraft…….
‘THE SOUND OF MY VOICE’ Linda Ronstadt documentary review
Linda Ronstadt is among the handful of artists blessed with the creative integrity to match her raw talent.
THE WRONG ONE – Eagles fall to earth with ‘The Long Run’
If ever an album cover reflected the state of a group the tombstone sleeve of ‘THE LONG RUN’ could not have been more appropriate.
THE EAGLE WHO DARED – The solo career of Don Henley
‘The End Of The Innocence,’ (1989) is an embarrassment of riches, barely wasting a second through ten superbly constructed songs.
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.
ANYONE THIRSTY? – Twenty Songs About Drinking
Twenty Songs about Drinking: Rod and the lads – off their Faces…..
RIDING THE WAVES – Ten songs with Sea in the title.
SEA AND SAND – The Who FROM HERE YOU CAN SEE THE SEA – David Gray THE SEA REFUSES NO RIVER – Pete Townshend BEYOND THE SEA – Bobby Darin/Rod Stewart SEA CRUISE – Elvis Presley/John Fogerty SEA OF HEARTBREAK…
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