The Last In Line by Dio
Buy The Last in Line After stints in several rock groups, Ronnie James Dio found his popular groove in the early eighties with the founding of the group, Dio. Although this band was […]
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The Unforgettable Fire by U2
Buy The Unforgettable Fire U2 decided to take a bit of a turn following their initial mainstream success. They brought in producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois to forge the ambient sound of […]
In the Eye of the Storm by Roger Hodgson
Buy In The Eye Of The Storm Although it was not a great commercial success, Roger Hogdson‘s debut album did well in advancing the compositional foundation that he established in his decade-plus as […]
Purple Rain by Prince
Buy Purple Rain Prince reached the pinnacle of his success in 1984, with the release of the musically potent Purple Rain to accompany the major motion picture of the same name. The sixth […]
The Works by Queen
Buy The Works The Works was sort of a comeback album by Queen in 1984. We say “sort of” because the group never really went away, they just faced a major commercial flop […]
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 […]
Learning to Crawl
by The Pretenders
Buy Learning to Crawl Following a very tumultuous period where two band members lost their lives due to drug overdoses, Learning to Crawl, was a bit of an early career comeback album for […]