BEAST FEAST – Don Henley & BUILDING THE PERFECT BEAST
BUILDING THE PERFECT BEAST (1984): Opening track ‘The Boys of Summer’ contains any number of striking images in standing as a resonant rock song of the 80s.
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GRAM FINALE – Gram Parsons & ‘GRIEVOUS ANGEL’
There is an acute sense of finality attached to ‘GRIEVOUS ANGEL’ – an album affirming his genius, occasionally flawed, always engaging, often deeply moving.
THAT GIRL CAN SING – Linda Ronstadt & ‘LIVING IN THE USA’
Released in 1978, ‘Living in the USA’ is the last in the first series of great Linda Ronstadt albums.
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’.
COVERED OVER: Twelve Cover/Tribute albums that soar – or bore…….
All Covered Up: JENNIFER WARNES (Famous Blue Raincoat) – Warnes attuned to Leonard Cohen in the way Sinatra was to Cole Porter.
CASHING IN – Twenty songs with MONEY in the title…….
THE BEATLES: We might find some on the road…………
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.
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN – Twenty tribute songs to musicians who have passed away…….
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN – GEORGE remembering JOHN, all those years ago…………
IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST – Twenty songs with a Nationality in the title….
Twenty songs with a NATIONALITY in the title: VAN THE MAN – Soviet spin………
CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION – Twenty great albums from 1976………..
Twenty great albums of 1976. The Eagles find distorted illusions at the HOTEL CALIFORNIA.