1976 Albums

The Live Album

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  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. […]

Compilations and Box Sets

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  Ever since the beginning of the rock era, there have been compilations. As we mentioned in our very first special feature on The Album, long playing vinyl albums were simply a collection […]

Year of the Cat by Al Stewart

1976 Albums, Al Stewart, Alan Parsons, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists

Buy Year of the Cat It took Al Stewart more than a decade of grind and seven studio albums before it finally achieve a measure of mainstream success with the release of Year […]

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 […]

The Runaways

1976 Albums, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, California Artists, Joan Jett, Lita Ford, The Runaways

Buy The Runaways The Southern California all-female teenage rock group The Runaways had a short and tumultuous career during the mid 1970s, a career which commenced with their 1976 self-title debut album. In […]

The Royal Scam by Steely Dan

1976 Albums, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, New York Artists, Steely Dan

Buy The Royal Scam We’ve all heard of the genre called “outlaw country”. But with Steely Dan‘s 1976 fifth studio album, The Royal Scam, the group put forth a collection of songs that […]

The Pretender by Jackson Browne

1976 Albums, 2011 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, California Artists, Jackson Browne, Jeff Porcaro

Buy The Pretender Written the the wake of a personal tragedy, The Pretender, by Jackson Browne brings the listener on a subtle journey. It begins by exploring the heavy burdens and trials of […]

Station to Station by David Bowie

1976 Albums, 2016 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, David Bowie, Roy Bittan

Buy Station to Station His tenth overall studio album, Station to Station was a transitional album for David Bowie. Musically, this 1976 album seamlessly bridges the gap between the glam rock of Bowie’s […]

Songs In the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder

1976 Albums, 2011 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, Midwest Artists, Stevie Wonder

Buy Songs In the Key of Life The incredibly long and ambitious Songs In the Key of Life became the tour-de-force of Stevie Wonder‘s prolific seventies. The album consisted of two LPs plus […]

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 […]