Classic Rock Review

Love

1966 Albums, 2011 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, California Artists, Love

Buy Love The Los Angeles based band Love had a rather short but important ride on the sixties rock scene. Although they never quite reached national or international fame, the band was extremely […]

Fresh Cream by Cream

1966 Albums, 2011 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, British Artists, Cream, Eric Clapton

Buy Fresh Cream The British blues-rock trio Cream was, perhaps, the first to be deemed a “super group”. Their 1966 debut, Fresh Cream was produced by Robert Stigwood and includes a true fusion […]

The Psychedelic Sounds of
The 13th Floor Elevators

1966 Albums, 2011 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, Texas Artists, The 13th Floor Elevators

Buy The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators Emerging from Austin, Texas in the mid-sixties was the band which many consider to be the pioneers of psychedelic rock, The 13th Floor Elevators. […]

Freak Out! by
The Mothers of Invention

1966 Albums, 2011 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, California Artists, Frank Zappa, Southern Artists, The Mothers

Buy Freak Out! In one of his last interviews, Frank Zappa said, “sounds are for people to listen to,” while summing up all the different types of instruments and objects he used to […]

Parsley Sage Rosemary Thyme
by Simon & Garfunkel

1966 Albums, 2011 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, New York Artists, Paul Simon, Simon and Garfunkel

Buy Parsley Sage Rosemary Thyme Although Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme is officially the third album by Simon & Garfunkel, they certainly did not take the traditional path to get to this point. […]

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones

1966 Albums, 2011 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, Brian Jones, British Artists, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones

Buy Aftermath Although it was their fourth album released in Britain and their sixth album released in America, Aftermath was really the second “true” album by The Rolling Stones, following 1965’s Out Of […]

Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan

1966 Albums, 2011 Reviews, Album Reviews by J.D. Cook, American Artists, Bob Dylan, Midwest Artists, New York Artists

Buy Blond On Blonde I had the pleasure of seeing Bob Dylan live over the summer. It was a great experience, which I wrote about for Modern Rock Review. So I jumped at […]

Ten by Pearl Jam

1991 Albums, 2011 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, Classic Rock Review Album of the Year, Northwest Artists, Pearl Jam

Buy Ten Pearl Jam‘s excellent debut is one of the most potent and indelible of debut albums ever released. The album called Ten was released in August 1991, at the vanguard of a […]

Metallica (Black Album) by Metallica

1991 Albums, 2011 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, California Artists, Metallica

Buy Metallica After four studio albums and ever-building popularity in the 1980s, heavy metal band Metallica felt they were poised for their artistic breakthrough. During the summer of 1990, the band got together […]

Psychotic Supper by Tesla

1991 Albums, 2011 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, California Artists, Tesla

Buy Psychotic Supper Out of the deluge of “hair bands” that populated the rock scene in the late 1980s, Tesla was, perhaps, the most talented and interesting. The band composed songs which were […]