British Artists

Walking Into Clarksdale by Page & Plant

1998 Albums, British Artists, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant

Buy Walking Into Clarksdale Nearly two decades after they recorded the final Led Zeppelin studio album with 1979’s In Through the Out Door, guitarist Jimmy Page and vocalist Robert Plant  collaborated on an […]

Union by Yes

1991 Albums, 2016 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, Yes

Buy Union The 1991 album, Union, is unique not only among the vast collection of Yes albums, but is a unique release among all mainstream rock albums. At the time they were recorded, […]

Turn of a Friendly Card
by Alan Parsons Project

1980 Albums, 2015 Reviews, Alan Parsons, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists

Buy Turn of a Friendly Card Alan Parsons Project produced one of their more accessible albums with, Turn of a Friendly Card, a quasi-concept record which concludes with a sixteen-minute-plus title suite. The […]

Tug Of War by Paul McCartney

1982 Albums, 2012 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, George Martin, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder

Buy Tug of War The naive belief that one could end war by political correctness at a time when no major wars were occurring in the Western world may be the best way […]

Truth by The Jeff Back Group

1968 Albums, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Keith Moon, Nicky Hopkins, Rod Stewart

Buy Truth There probably has never a debut album like Jeff Beck‘s 1968 solo debut, Truth. This album, of unique interpretations of diverse covers, introduced the talents of future superstar Rod Stewart on […]

Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3
by Traveling Wilburys

2015 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, Bob Dylan, British Artists, Florida Artists, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Jim Keltner, Midwest Artists, Tom Petty

Buy Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 As heralded and popular as the Traveling Wilburys 1988 debut album was, the 1990 follow up Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 was relatively ignored. In part, this was the […]

Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
by Traveling Wilburys

1988 Albums, 2013 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, Bob Dylan, British Artists, Florida Artists, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Jim Keltner, Midwest Artists, Roy Orbinson, Tennessee Artists, Tom Petty

Buy Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 “Super Groups” were commonplace during the seventies and eighties, often causing much hype which was rarely surpassed by the music itself. But in the case of the Traveling […]

Tommy by The Who

1969 Albums, 2014 Reviews, Album Reviews by J.D. Cook, British Artists, Pete Townshend, The Who

Buy Tommy If any humble reader seeks to be enlightened to the ways of spiritual rock and roll I’d suggest they start with Tommy. The fourth studio album by The Who is a […]

Time Passages by Al Stewart

1978 Albums, 2013 Reviews, Al Stewart, Alan Parsons, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists

Buy Time Passages Time Passages was the third of Al Stewart‘s popular late seventies albums, following Modern Times in 1975 and Year of the Cat in 1976. While all three of these albums […]

This Year’s Model by Elvis Costello

1978 Albums, 2013 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, Elvis Costello

Buy This Year’s Model 1978 was a breakthrough year for Elvis Costello. His second album, This Year’s Model, was released in the Spring featuring his backing band, The Attractions, for the first time. […]