Album Reviews

Badfinger’s 1974 Albums

1974 Albums, Articles by Ric Albano, British Artists

Buy Badfinger Buy Wish You Were Here Buy Badfinger Combo (Badfinger, Wish You Were Here, & BBC Sessions) Badfinger had one of the saddest roller coaster rides of the early 1970’s rock n’ […]

Badfinger 1970 albums

1970 Albums, Articles by Ric Albano, British Artists

Buy Magic Christian Music Buy No Dice Badfinger thrust into the world of popular music with their first two releases, the soundtrack Magic Christian Music and the rock album No Dice. The first […]

Bad Company 1974 debut

1974 Albums, Articles by Ric Albano, British Artists

Buy Bad Company Originally considered a pet project of Led Zeppelin manager Peter Grant and his new label, Swan Song, it took no time for Bad Company to find their own niche in […]

Audioslave

2002 albums, American Artists, Modern Classic

Buy Audioslave Audioslave was the merging, in the early 2000s, of some remnants of two defunct bands from the 1990s. Producer Rick Rubin was working with the three remaining members of the group […]

Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie

1972 Albums, Articles by Ric Albano, British Artists

Buy The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars Through a very long and distinguished career, David Bowie’s absolute classic is the 1972 album The Rise and Fall of […]

Zenyatta Mondatta by The Police

1980 Albums, Articles by Ric Albano, British Artists

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 […]

Zebra

1983 Albums, American Artists, Articles by Ric Albano, New York Artists

Buy Zebra The rock trio Zebra existed with almost equal measures of three critical stripes – love, hate and indifference. The group’s dedicated fans point out the melodic dynamics present with group leader […]

Yourself or Someone Like You
by Matchbox 20

1996 Albums, American Artists, Articles by Ric Albano, Florida Artists

Buy Yourself or Someone Like You A blockbuster debut for Florida-based rock band Matchbox 20, the 1996 album Yourself or Someone Like You hit the post-grunge sweet spot with popular music fans as […]

Younger Than Yesterday
by The Byrds

1967 Albums, American Artists, Articles by Ric Albano, California Artists

Buy Younger Than Yesterday The fourth album by The Byrds, 1967’s Younger Than Yesterday saw a continued evolution of the quartet’s sound towards a mature fusion of jazz and psychedelia and jazz into […]

Young Americans by David Bowie

1975 Albums, Articles by Ric Albano, British Artists

Buy Young Amricans For his ninth studio album, David Bowie decided to move in a radically new direction with the soul and R&B infused 1975 album Young Americans. On this record, which was […]