Classic Rock Review

A New World Record by E.L.O.

1976 Albums, 2011 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, Electric Light Orchestra, Jeff Lynne

Buy A New World Record The sixth overall album for Electric Light Orchestra (E.L.O.), A New World Record would become the band’s breakthrough worldwide. Lead singer, chief songwriter, and producer Jeff Lynne later […]

Presence by Led Zeppelin

1976 Albums, 2011 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant

Buy Presence In late 1975, Led Zeppelin had planned a world tour to capitalize of the phenomenal success of their latest album Physical Graffiti. The band was at the absolute zenith of their […]

Turnstiles by Billy Joel

1976 Albums, 2011 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, Billy Joel, New York Artists

Buy Turnstiles Turnstiles is , in a lot of ways, the “growing up” album for Billy Joel. Even though he was only in his mid twenties at the time of its production (which […]

2112 by Rush

1976 Albums, 2011 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, Canadian Artists, Rush

Buy 2112 Convinced that their run at fame was all but over, the members of Rush decided to go out “in a blaze of glory”. They were all very satisfied with the previous […]

Rocks by Aerosmith

1976 Albums, 2011 Reviews, Aerosmith, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, New England Artists

Buy Rocks We commence our look at 1976 with a review of the fourth of four great albums by Aerosmith that launched their career during their classic period of the 1970s. Starting with […]

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

1966 Albums, 2011 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, Brian Wilson, California Artists, Classic Rock Review Album of the Year, The Beach Boys

Buy Pet Sounds To this day, The Beach Boys remain the most commercially successful American rock band with 36 Top 40 hits. Most of these hits were scored between 1962 and 1965, when […]

Buffalo Springfield

1966 Albums, 2011 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, Buffalo Springfield, California Artists, Canadian Artists, Neil Young, Stephen Stills

Buy Buffalo Springfield Buffalo Springfield was a very unique rock band. On the one hand, they were loaded with young talent who played together for a very short time in the late sixties […]

“Roger the Engineer”
by The Yardbirds

1966 Albums, 2011 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, The Yardbirds

Buy “Roger the Engineer” The Yardbirds put out their strongest album ever in 1966 as well as their only album of all original material. It originally had an eponymous title but has come […]

The Album

2011 Special Features, Bob Dylan, George Martin, Music History, Music Industry, Music Media, Rock Influences and Legends, The Beatles

Classic Rock Review is built around the concept of the “album”, which we define as a collection of professionally recorded songs by a single artist published together usually through a single source of […]

A Quick One by The Who

1966 Albums, 2011 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, The Who

Buy A Quick One The Who‘s second album is widely regarded as the pivotal album for the group due to their rapid departure from the R&B/pop formula featured on the band’s debut, My […]