Album Reviews

British Steel by Judas Priest

1980 Albums, 2015 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, Judas Priest

Buy British Steel British Steel was the album where Judas Priest finally found a mainstream American audience and launched the heavy metal band into stadium headliners. The album reached the Top 40 in […]

Bringing It All Back Home
by Bob Dylan

1965 Albums, 2015 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, Bob Dylan, Midwest Artists

Buy Bringing It All Back Home Perhaps the most lyrically potent album ever, Bob Dylan delivered a masterpiece with his fifth overall album, Bringing It All Back Home, released 50 years ago today […]

Bringing Down the Horse
by The Wallflowers

1996 Albums, 2016 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, California Artists, The Wallflowers

Buy Bringing Down the Horse The Wallflowers struck a fine chord with their second LP, Bringing Down the Horse. The songs on the album were all composed by front man Jakob Dylan and […]

Bridge Over Troubled Water
by Simon & Garfunkel

1970 Albums, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, New York Artists, Paul Simon, Simon and Garfunkel

Buy Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel saved their best for last with the early 1970 release of Bridge over Troubled Water, the fifth studio album by the New York based folk […]

Bridge of Sighs by Robin Trower

1974 Albums, 2014 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, Robin Trower

Buy Bridge of Sighs Full of subtle but solid and rewarding tracks which are well composed and sonically masterful, Bridge of Sighs is the album where Robin Trower may have advanced the rock […]

Breakfast In America
by Supertramp

1979 Albums, 2014 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, Classic Rock Review Album of the Year, Roger Hodgson, Supertramp

Buy Breakfast In America Breakfast In America is, at once, an artistic statement and a pure pop record. This sixth overall album by Supertramp was composed and recorded after the British group relocated […]

Brand New Day by Sting

1999 Albums, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, Sting

Buy Brand New Day Sting‘s sixth solo record, Brand New Day was a 1999 critical and commercial success that ultimately earned a Grammy Awards for both Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Male […]

Brain Salad Surgery by Emerson, Lake, & Palmer

1973 Albums, 2013 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, Carl Palmer, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Greg Lake, Keith Emerson

Buy Brain Salad Surgery Emerson, Lake, & Palmer reached their progressive climax with their fourth studio album Brain Salad Surgery. It was the group’s most ambitious and commercially successful album, with a mixture […]

Boston

1976 Albums, 2011 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, Boston, Classic Rock Review Album of the Year, New England Artists

Buy Boston Although portrayed as a true “band”, Boston was really pretty much a solo project by engineer Tom Scholz. An M.I.T. graduate then working for Polaroid, Sholz built a home studio in […]

Bossanova by Pixies

1990 Albums, 2015 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, New England Artists, Pixies

Buy Bossanova One who appreciates an album which flows in a seamless order from track to track will not be happy with Bosanova, a collection of short tracks that change radically from one […]