Melissa Etheridge
Buy Melissa Etheridge In 1988, Melissa Etheridge released a strong and passionate debut album which was built during several years of grinding out recognition, one small venue at a time. With this well […]
Album Reviews by Ric Albano
Meddle by Pink Floyd
Buy Meddle In 1967, Pink Floyd released their debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, a fantastic work led by the talented songwriting of lead singer & guitarist Syd Barrett. That […]
Mechanical Resonance by Tesla
Buy Mechanical Resonance Mechanical Resonance is the 1986 debut album by hard rock quintet Tesla. The original album sides were distinctive in approach, with the first side containing garden-variety hair-metal anthems complete with […]
Mean Business by The Firm
Buy Mean Business After the big success of their eponymous 1985 debut, the super-group The Firm followed up with their sophmore release in early 1986 called Mean Business, which would end up being […]
McCartney by Paul McCartney
Buy McCartney The second of our three “Life After Beatles” reviews looks at the most controversial release in the sense that it played an indirect role in the group’s demise. Covertly recorded during […]
Master of Reality
by Black Sabbath
Buy Master of Reality Black Sabbath‘s third album, Master of Reality, sees the quartet building on the foundations of their two 1970 albums and exploring new fusions of heavy rock n roll. Some […]
Master of Disguise by Lizzy Borden
Buy Master of Disguise Had Master of Disguise been released five to ten years earlier, it would have a huge commercial success and probably considered a rock classic. But as the climate changed […]
Manic Nirvana by Robert Plant
Buy Manic Nirvana If Led Zeppelin had attempted to make a pop-oriented album, it may have sounded like Manic Nirvana. This 1990 release by Robert Plant fuses some of the pop and dance-oriented […]
Mama Said by Lenny Kravitz
Buy Mama Said Lenny Kravitz followed up his brilliant 1989 debut, Let Love Rule with Mama Said two years later. Although many critics thought this sophomore effort paled in comparison, Mama Said was […]
Making Movies by Dire Straits
Buy Making Movies In 1980 Dire Straits made a theatrical rock masterpiece with their third studio album, Making Movies. This record features many extensive, personally themed compositions by Mark Knopfer with complex arrangements […]