Classic Rock Review

American Fool by John Cougar

1982 Albums, 2012 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, John Mellencamp, Midwest Artists

Buy American Fool American Fool may mark the midway point of the artist’s evolution from the stage name “Johnny Cougar” back to his given name John Mellencamp. The differing names (of which there […]

Billy Idol

1982 Albums, 2012 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, Billy Idol, British Artists

Buy Billy Idol The debut album by Billy Idol is amazingly diverse and mainstream-leaning for an artist supposedly fresh off the punk scene. In fact, Idol today admits that his late seventies outfit, […]

The Movie Soundtrack

2012 Special Features, Blue Oyster Cult, Cameron Crowe, Don Henley, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Jackson Browne, Joe Walsh, Journey, Kenny Loggins, Led Zeppelin, Music History, Music Industry, Music Media, Rock Influences and Legends, Sammy Hagar, Steppenwolf, Stevie Nicks, The Beatles, The Byrds

The movie soundtrack has become a great source for discovering music. Many dramatic scenes are fully augmented by appropriate audio, which in turn drives sales of the songs themselves. It is a nice […]

Coda by Led Zeppelin

1982 Albums, 2012 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant

Buy Coda Coda is a unique album for us to review. Although it is listed officially as the ninth and final studio album by Led Zeppelin, it could just as well be listed […]

One On One by Cheap Trick

1982 Albums, 2012 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, Cheap Trick, Midwest Artists

Buy One On One Many critics believed that Cheap Trick was already past their peak by the time that got around to recording their sixth studio album, One On One in 1982. The band […]

1999 by Prince

1982 Albums, 2012 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, Midwest Artists, Prince

Buy 1999 1999 is a double-length album by Prince, released in late 1982. The album was born out of an extremely prolific songwriting period when there was reportedly four albums worth of material […]

Combat Rock by The Clash

1982 Albums, 2012 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, The Clash

Buy Combat Rock The last significant album by The Clash came in 1982 with Combat Rock. The album follows the experimental triple album Sandinista!, which itself followed the double album London Calling. The […]

Rock In a Hard Place by Aerosmith

1982 Albums, 2012 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, New England Artists

Buy Rock In a Hard Place Rock In a Hard Place is considered by some to not be a “real” Aerosmith album because it is the only one to not include all five […]

Tug Of War by Paul McCartney

1982 Albums, 2012 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, George Martin, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder

Buy Tug of War The naive belief that one could end war by political correctness at a time when no major wars were occurring in the Western world may be the best way […]

The Number Of the Beast
by Iron Maiden

1982 Albums, 2012 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, Iron Maiden

Buy The Number Of the Beast As we’ve mentioned before on this site, Classic Rock Review does not like to stray too far from mainstream rock and pop when selecting which albums we […]