Who’s Next by The Who
Buy Who’s Next Perhaps THE most complete rock album in history, Who’s Next has just about everything a classic rock fan can want in an album. It has plenty of three-chord power riffs, […]
2011 Reviews
What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye
Buy What’s Going On When something is completely original, breakthrough, and/or innovative it grabs our attention. Classic Rock Review’s mission is to spotlight what are, in our opinion, the most essential albums in […]
Use Your Illusion (I & II) by Guns n’ Roses
Buy Use Your Illusion I Buy Use Your Illusion II It had been four years since Guns n’ Roses had put out their last full studio album, which also happened to be their […]
Turnstiles by Billy Joel
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 […]
Too Fast for Love by Mötley Crüe
Buy Too Fast for Love Perhaps more than any other band, Mötley Crüe epitomized the “hair band” phenomena of the 1980s, with their updated version of 1970s glam. But they did have a […]
Third Stage by Boston
Buy Third Stage Tom Scholz is a figure unlike any other in the history of rock n roll. A natural inventor, Scholz studied at M.I.T. as a mechanical engineer. After graduating, he worked […]
The Yes Album by Yes
Buy The Yes Album There are certain albums that have undoubtedly broken through to establish new rules of rock n’ roll and are, therefore immortally classics. Then there are some albums that seem […]
The Psychedelic Sounds of
The 13th Floor Elevators
Buy The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators Emerging from Austin, Texas in the mid-sixties was the band which many consider to be the pioneers of psychedelic rock, The 13th Floor Elevators. […]
The Pretender by Jackson Browne
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 […]
The Dylans
Buy The Dylans When determining which albums to review here at Modern Rock Review, we like to stay pretty much within the bounds of mainstream rock and usually only make exceptions for very […]