January 2015

Go To Heaven by Grateful Dead

1980 Albums, 2015 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, California Artists, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia

Buy Go To Heaven Long derided as one of the most unpopular albums among the Grateful Dead faithful, Go To Heaven is ,nonetheless, a solid record musically. The biggest change in the group’s […]

Begin Here by The Zombies

1965 Albums, 2015 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, The Zombies

Buy Begin Here We commence our year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of 1965 album releases with the oldest music we’ll ever cover at Classic Rock Review. The British group, The Zombies, recorded […]

Pretenders by The Pretenders

1980 Albums, 2015 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, British Artists, Midwest Artists, The Pretenders

Buy Pretenders Pretenders, is the self-titled debut studio album by the British-American band of the same name. Released just weeks into the new decade of the eighties, this was one of the more […]

On Through the Night
by Def Leppard

1980 Albums, 2015 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, Def Leppard

Buy On Through the Night It is clear that Def Leppard had yet to refine their signature sound when they recorded their debut LP, On Through the Night. The album, which contains songs […]

Double Fantasy by
John Lennon & Yoko Ono

1980 Albums, 2015 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, John Lennon

Buy Double Fantasy Released just three weeks before he was murdered, Double Fantasy was at once John Lennon‘s great comeback effort and tragic final release of his lifetime. The album was a true collaboration […]

The Game by Queen

1980 Albums, 2015 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, Queen

Buy The Game Queen reached their commercial peak in the U.S.A. with the 1980 release of their eighth studio album, The Game. This was the only album by the band to reach the […]

Permanent Waves by Rush

1980 Albums, 2015 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, Canadian Artists, Rush

Buy Permanent Waves On the very first day of the new decade, Rush launched an evolved sound for the 1980s with Permanent Waves, their seventh studio album. The group approached this album differently […]

The River by Bruce Springsteen

1980 Albums, 2015 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, Bruce Springsteen, New Jersey Artists, Roy Bittan

Buy The River Bruce Springsteen‘s fifth studio album, The River, is a massive album in both length and scope. Released in late 1980, this double album includes tracks that originated during the early […]

Departure by Journey

1980 Albums, 2015 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, California Artists, Gregg Rollie, Journey

Buy Departure Journey continued their climb to rock superstardom with 1980’s Departure, the group’s highest charting studio album of the six with founding keyboardist and vocalist Gregg Rolie. This album contains a diverse […]