Classic Rock Review

Kick by INXS

1987 Albums, 2012 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, Australian Artists, INXS

Buy Kick The Australian band INXS reached their absolute commercial peak with the well-crafted pop/rock/dance album Kick in 1997. This was the band’s sixth overall studio album since 1980 and marked a distinct […]

Whitesnake

1987 Albums, 2012 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, David Coverdale, Whitesnake

Buy Whitesnake Whitesnake‘s eponymous 1987 album bears the dual distinction of being the moment where a rock band finally reaches its full commercial promise and assures its own rapid demise. Both of these achievements […]

A Momentary Lapse of Reason
by Pink Floyd

1987 Albums, 2012 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, David Gilmour, Pink Floyd

Buy A Momentary Lapse of Reason The first Pink Floyd album not to feature founder and bassist Roger Waters, A Momentary Lapse of Reason represented a definite transition to a new phase in […]

Hysteria by Def Leppard

1987 Albums, 2012 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, Def Leppard

Buy Hysteria After the great success of their 1983 album Pyromania which sold 6 million copies, Def Leppard set out to achieve even loftier goals. They wanted to write an album made of “greatest hits” […]

Are You Experienced?
by Jimi Hendrix Experience

1967 Albums, 2012 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, British Artists, Classic Rock Review Album of the Year, Jimi Hendrix, Northwest Artists, The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Buy Are You Experienced? An extraordinary debut by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Classic Rock Review has named Are You Experienced? as our Album of the Year for the phenomenal music year of 1967. […]

The Who Sell Out

1967 Albums, 2012 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, Pete Townshend, The Who

Buy The Who Sell Out After establishing themselves as a successful singles band in the mid 1960s, The Who made a concerted effort to concentrate on making cohesive albums. This all commenced with […]

Just For You by Neil Diamond

1967 Albums, 2012 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, Neil Diamond, New York Artists

Buy Just For You Neil Diamond broke through in a big way in 1966 and 1967, both as a performer and a respected songwriter (although he had been writing “hit” songs for other […]

Procol Harum

1967 Albums, 2012 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, Procol Harum, Robin Trower

Buy Procol Harum Procol Harum released their fantastic eponymous debut at the end of the summer of 1967 but most listeners have not had an opportunity to hear it as it was created. […]

Something Else by The Kinks

1967 Albums, 2012 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, The Kinks

Buy Something Else by The Kinks Something Else by The Kinks was a transitional album which straddled the riff-driven pop songs of their early years and the more artful compositions of the band’s […]

The Beatles in 1967

1967 Albums, 2012 Reviews, Album Reviews by Karyn Albano, British Artists, George Harrison, George Martin, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Beatles

Buy Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Buy Magical Mystery Tour There has never been (nor probably will ever be) a year in which a single band produced so much quality material as […]