Special Features

Top 9 Songs of Spring

David Gilmour, George Harrison, Jimmy Page, John Lennon, John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin, Modern English, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Ringo Starr, Robert Plant, Roger Hodgson, Roger Waters, Supertramp, Terry Jacks, The Beatles, The Doors, The Lovin Spoonful, Thin Lizzy

  With the arrival of Spring, we will look at some of the great rock songs that explicitly mention or implicitly conjure images of Springtime. We countdown this subjective list from #9 to […]

Top 9 Rock Moments 1964

1964 Albums, 2014 Special Features, Bob Dylan, Classic Rock Lists, Rock Influences and Legends, Rolling Stones, The Animals, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Supremes, The Who

The earliest year we will review on Classic Rock Review will be 1965. But this week we will cheat a little and look at the top moments from the preceding year, 1964, as […]

Top 9 Rock Festivals

2014 Special Features, Aerosmith, Allman Brothers Band, America, Arlo Guthrie, Bachman–Turner Overdrive, BB King, Black Sabbath, Blood Sweat and Tears, Blue Oyster Cult, Blues Traveler, Bob Dylan, Bob Seger, Booker T and the MG's, Boz Scaggs, Brian Wilson, Bryan Adams, Buddy Guy, Candlebox, Chicago, Collective Soul, Comebacks and Reunions, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Crosby Stills and Nash, David Bowie, David Gilmour, Deep Purple, Dire Straits, Donovan, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Eric Clapton, Grateful Dead, Green Day, Gregg Rollie, Hall and Oates, Howard Jones, INXS, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez, Joe Cocker, Joe Walsh, John Sebastian, Johnny Winter, Joni Mitchell, Judas Priest, Keith Richards, Kenny Loggins, Led Zeppelin, Leonard Cohen, Live Albums, Lynard Skynard, Marshall Tucker Band, Melissa Etheridge, Men At Work, Metallica, Mick Jagger, Miles Davis, Motley Crue, Music History, Neil Young, Otis Redding, Ozzy Osbourne, Paul McCartney, Paul Rodgers, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Pink Floyd, Procol Harum, Queen, Ravi Shankar, Red Hot Chili Peppers, REO Speedwagon, Richie Havens, Robert Cray, Rock Influences and Legends, Roxy Music, Santana, Scorpions, Sheryl Crow, Sly and the Family Stone, Spin Doctors, Stevie Nicks, Stevie Wonder, Supertramp, Ted Nugent, Ten Years After, The Band, The Beach Boys, The Boomtown Rats, The Cars, The Clash, The Doors, The Eagles, The Hooters, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Mamas and the Papas, The Moody Blues, The Pretenders, The Who, Tina Turner, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Traffic, Triumph, U2, Van Halen, ZZ Top

This week Classic Rock Review joins the celebration of the 45th Anniversary of the historic 1969 Woodstock Music Festival. In conjunction with Top 9 Lists, we present a list of the Top 9 […]

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 […]

The Live Album

1976 Albums, 2011 Special Features, Allman Brothers Band, Bob Seger, Deep Purple, James Brown, Joe Cocker, Johnny Cash, Kiss, Led Zeppelin, Live Albums, Music History, Music Industry, Music Media, Neil Young, Robin Trower, Rock Influences and Legends, Rush, The Who, U2

  We pretty much cover studio albums exclusively at Classic Rock Review and will continue to do so with the exception of the few studio/live hybrids that we explore later in this article. […]

The Beatles in India

Donovan, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Beach Boys, The Beatles

In early 1968, all four members of The Beatles traveled to northern India to attend a Transcendental Meditation training course with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. While George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo […]

The Beatles 1^st Session

2012 Special Features, British Artists, George Harrison, George Martin, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Rock Influences and Legends, The Beatles

At the very end of The Beatles’ very last live performance, an improvised concert on the roof of a building in January 1969, John Lennon jokingly stated, “I’d like to say thank you […]

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 […]

Paul McCartney Turns 80

2022 Special Features, British Artists, Paul McCartney

Rumors in recent years have stated that this would be the age at which Paul McCartney would stop touring and possibly even recording. Frankly, we hope these to be unfounded for no other […]

Our 500th Album Review

2016 Special Features, Classic Rock Lists, Rock Influences and Legends

On December 23, 2016, Classic Rock Review published our 500th album review, David Bowie’s Station to Station. This milestone dates back to our inception on January 1, 2011 and includes in-depth reviews of […]