Van Halen II
Buy Van Halen II While rarely cited as one the group’s best works, Van Halen II, features some of the band’s best individual tracks and may well showcase Van Halen at its cohesive […]
Album Reviews by Ric Albano
The Who Sell Out
Buy The Who Sell Out After establishing themselves as a successful singles band in the mid 1960s, The Who made a concerted effort to concentrate on making cohesive albums. This all commenced with […]
The Who By Numbers
Buy The Who By Numbers With both the successes and failures of conceptual rock operas behind them, The Who made a transitional record with 1975’s The Who By Numbers. The album contains some […]
The Stone Roses
Buy Stone Roses Like lightning in a bottle, The Stone Roses debut album captured the energy of an emerging movement which would influence the British pop scene for the better part of a […]
The Guess Who’s 1969 albums
Buy Wheatfield Soul Buy Canned Wheat Although the group was already over a decade old and had already released three albums, the pop career of The Guess Who really got underway with the […]
The Guess Who 1970 Albums
Buy American Woman Buy Share the Land The year 1970 saw the apex of popularity for The Guess Who as well as the initial cracks in their band unity. The two albums they […]
The Firm
Buy The Firm There was much anticipation ahead of the release of The Firm’s debut album. This “super group”, anchored by former Swan Song label mates Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin and Paul […]
The Doors 1967 Albums
Buy The Doors Buy Strange Days I have been a fan of The Doors music since I was about 12 or 13 and have constantly gone back and forth over which is their […]
The Byrds 1968 Albums
Buy The Notorious Byrd Brothers Buy Sweetheart of the Rodeo 1968 was a transitional year for folk/rock group, The Byrds, in terms of both musical approach and lineup changes. During the year, the group […]
The Allman Brothers Band
Buy The Allman Brothers Band As a group that became known for their live performances, The Allman Brothers Band did put out a handful of excellent studio albums. The first of these was […]