American Artists

Don’t Look Back by Boston

1978 Albums, 2013 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, Boston, New England Artists

Buy Don’t Look Back Don’t Look Back was the much anticipated second album by Boston. After the unprecedented success of the group’s debut album, the two year wait was considered a long gap between […]

Do You Believe in Magic
by The Lovin’ Spoonful

1965 Albums, 2015 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, John Sebastian, New York Artists, The Lovin Spoonful

Buy Do You Believe in Magic? The Lovin Spoonful had a meteoric career which climaxed shortly after it began in the mid 1960s. Do You Believe in Magic is the 1965 debut album […]

Dizzy Up the Girl by Goo Goo Dolls

1998 Albums, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, Goo Goo Dolls, New York Artists

Buy Dizzy Up the Girl It took six albums and over a decade for Goo Goo Dolls to be propelled into international success and 1998’s Dizzy Up the Girl was that ultimate catalyst. […]

Diver Down by Van Halen

1982 Albums, 2012 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, California Artists, David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, Van Halen

With their 5th album, Van Halen decided to take a less intense approach. Diver Down was developed by accident as the band, exhausted from constant touring and the production of four studio albums […]

Disciplined Breakdown by Collective Soul

1997 Albums, 2017 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, Collective Soul, Southern Artists

Buy Disciplined Breakdown After exploding onto the international rock scene in the middle of the 1990s with the success of their first two albums, Collective Soul released their much anticipated third studio album, […]

Dirt by Alice In Chains

1992 Albums, 2012 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, Alice In Chains, American Artists, Jerry Cantrell, Northwest Artists

Buy Dirt The band which practically invented the genre of dark alternative metal, Alice In Chains bridged the gap between the “traditional” heavy metal and the new, alternative inspired “fusion” metals which began […]

Diamonds In the Coal
by The Badlees

1992 Albums, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, Pennsylvania Artists, The Badlees

Buy Diamonds In the Coal At a time when many in the rock world were in the process of re-imaging from the slick 80’s hair band to the grungy 90s alternative, a young […]

Destroyer by Kiss

1976 Albums, 2011 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, Kiss, New York Artists

Buy Destroyer On the brink of mainstream success, glam rock band Kiss set out to create a serious studio album by enlisting Alice Cooper’s producer Bob Ezrin. In producing the band’s fourth album, […]

Departure by Journey

1980 Albums, 2015 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, California Artists, Gregg Rollie, Journey

Buy Departure Journey continued their climb to rock superstardom with 1980’s Departure, the group’s highest charting studio album of the six with founding keyboardist and vocalist Gregg Rolie. This album contains a diverse […]

Déjà Vu by
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

1970 Albums, 2015 Reviews, Album Reviews by Ric Albano, American Artists, Canadian Artists, Crosby Stills and Nash, Neil Young, Stephen Stills

Buy Déjà Vu Déjà Vu is the sophomore effort by the super group with the expanded name of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, after the addition of Neil Young to the group. Each […]