Rolling Stones – Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out (Album Review)
Returning to the American concert scene after a three-year layoff, the Rolling Stones recorded GET YER YA-YA'S OUT! during a triumphant two-date stand at Madison Square Garden in late November 1969 that found B.B. King and Ike & Tina Turner opening for them. Having amassed an impressive recorded...
Black Sabbath – Paranoid (Album Review)
Paranoid is the second album by the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in September 1970 through Vertigo Records. The album consists of some of the band's most readily identifiable work including "Iron Man", "War Pigs", and "Paranoid". It has been certified quadruple platinum with over...
Fleetwood Mac – Rumours (Album Review)
Rumours is the eleventh album by British and American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released in 1977. It was the second album recorded with this line-up, following the successful self-titled Fleetwood Mac album in 1975. In December 1976, prior to the release of the album, Reprise released the single "Go...
Meat Loaf – Bat Out Of Hell (Album Review)
Bat Out of Hell is a 1977 album by singer Meat Loaf, songwriter Jim Steinman, and producer Todd Rundgren that became the third best-selling album worldwide and continues to sell approximately 200,000 per year. This album's title also became the title for two more Meat Loaf albums. Steinman produced...
Lostprophets – The Betrayed (Album Review)
The Betrayed is the upcoming fourth studio album by Welsh rockers the Lostprophets which is scheduled for release on 18 January 2010. Although the band initially wished to record a quick follow-up to 2006's Liberation Transmission, problems with labels and producers led to many delays. Consequently,...
Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon (Album Review)
The Dark Side of the Moon is the sixth studio album by English progressive rock group Pink Floyd. Released in March 1973, the concept built on the ideas that the band had explored in their live shows and previous recordings and the album's themes include conflict, greed, aging, and mental illness, the...
AC/DC – Back in Black (Album Review)
When people think "AC/DC" they think of that classic opening riff from "Back in Black", the title track. That is because this album not only has the AC/DC sound, it is the AC/DC sound. It's rock, in its purest form. Angus and Malcolm Young are great by themselves, but together, and especially in this...
Michael Jackson – Thriller (Album Review)
Thriller is the sixth studio album by Michael Jackson. The album was released on the 30th November 1982 by Epic Records as the follow up to the 1979 album Off the Wall. With a production budget of $750,000, recording sessions took place between April and November 1982 at Westlake Recording Studios...
Queen – A Night at the Opera (Album)
After the huge success of 'Sheer Heart Attack' Queen went back to the studios knowing that there was going to be a lot of expectation for their next album. The recording sessions were made in different studios, sometimes with one member of the band playing on his own. Queen already gained a lot of popularity...