Piano Man by Billy Joel
Buy Piano Man While in the midst of a bitter legal with his first label Family Records, Billy Joel sought exile in Los Angeles, biding his time as a lounge singer under the […]
Album Reviews by Ric Albano
Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin
Buy Physical Graffiti Today we cover an album that epitomizes everything that is great about classic rock. Through their dozen years as a band, Led Zeppelin released eight studio albums, all of which were […]
Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
Buy Pet Sounds To this day, The Beach Boys remain the most commercially successful American rock band with 36 Top 40 hits. Most of these hits were scored between 1962 and 1965, when […]
Permanent Waves by Rush
Buy Permanent Waves On the very first day of the new decade, Rush launched an evolved sound for the 1980s with Permanent Waves, their seventh studio album. The group approached this album differently […]
Permanent Vacation by Aerosmith
In spite of their much celebrated “reunion” in 1984, two years later Aerosmith was still a band in turmoil. Their 1985 album Done With Mirrors did not do so well commercially and various […]
Perfect Strangers by Deep Purple
Buy Perfect Strangers Through the past half century of classic rock and roll, there have been scores (if not hundreds) of major group reunions, with very mixed results. However, there have been very […]
Paul Simon
Buy Paul Simon Staking his own claim in the musical landscape, Paul Simon began exploring world influences with his 1972 eponymous album. It was his first post Simon and Garfunkel album, and let […]
Parsley Sage Rosemary Thyme
by Simon & Garfunkel
Buy Parsley Sage Rosemary Thyme Although Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme is officially the third album by Simon & Garfunkel, they certainly did not take the traditional path to get to this point. […]
Parallel Lines by Blondie
Buy Parallel Lines Blondie has become one of those groups that is often misunderstood on multiple levels. First, this was a band, not a female solo artist with a common nickname. Next, this […]
Paradise Theatre by Styx
Buy Paradise Theatre At a time when the “concept album” had all but gone out of fashion, Styx released Paradise Theatre, an album that loosely couples a fairly interesting concept with some strategically […]