Classic Rock Review

British Steel by Judas Priest

1980 Albums, 2015 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, Judas Priest

Buy British Steel British Steel was the album where Judas Priest finally found a mainstream American audience and launched the heavy metal band into stadium headliners. The album reached the Top 40 in […]

Drama by Yes

1980 Albums, 2015 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, Steve Howe, Yes

Buy Drama Yes entered the 1980s with a new lineup and a renewed compositional approach. 1980’s Drama, is the band’s tenth studio album but the first not to feature Jon Anderson as the […]

Gaucho by Steely Dan

1980 Albums, 2015 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, New York Artists, Steely Dan

Buy Gaucho Steely Dan had a smooth and steady upward climb through their heyday in the 1970s, with an album-a-year released for six straight years and each gaining in popularity. The group’s seventh […]

Zenyatta Mondatta by The Police

1980 Albums, 2015 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, Sting, The Police

Buy Zenyatta Mondatta Zenyatta Mondatta was the hinge album which fell right in the middle of The Police‘s short career as an active band. True to form, this third studio release by the […]

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 […]

Remain In Light
by Talking Heads

1980 Albums, 2015 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, Brian Eno, New York Artists, Talking Heads

Buy Remain In Light Remain In Light is far from your typical rock album. In fact, a case might be made that it is not really a rock album at all. However, this widely […]

Go To Heaven by Grateful Dead

1980 Albums, 2015 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, California Artists, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia

Buy Go To Heaven Long derided as one of the most unpopular albums among the Grateful Dead faithful, Go To Heaven is ,nonetheless, a solid record musically. The biggest change in the group’s […]

Begin Here by The Zombies

1965 Albums, 2015 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, The Zombies

Buy Begin Here We commence our year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of 1965 album releases with the oldest music we’ll ever cover at Classic Rock Review. The British group, The Zombies, recorded […]

Pretenders by The Pretenders

1980 Albums, 2015 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, British Artists, Midwest Artists, The Pretenders

Buy Pretenders Pretenders, is the self-titled debut studio album by the British-American band of the same name. Released just weeks into the new decade of the eighties, this was one of the more […]

On Through the Night
by Def Leppard

1980 Albums, 2015 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, Def Leppard

Buy On Through the Night It is clear that Def Leppard had yet to refine their signature sound when they recorded their debut LP, On Through the Night. The album, which contains songs […]