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In hindsight, Boston’s second album ‘Don’t Look Back’ definitely did not suffer at the box office because of the dreaded…
No AOR collectors album collection would be complete without this debut album from the legendary Toto.
Glory Daze would be only half a site if no mention was ever made of this great band The Cars,…
Recorded at two of three nights at Tokyo’s famed Nakano Sun Plaza ‘Tokyo Tapes’ compiles The Scorpions last performances with…
Thin Lizzy’s ‘Live And Dangerous’ has been described as one of the best double live albums of the 70’s hard…
Interestingly though, the initial Molly Hatchet sound was quite smooth, given Tom Werman’s production and the budget that Epic Records…
Here we progress through Robin Trower’s Mark II era, following on from his transition to shorter format songs first heard…
Hard to believe that after twenty years of writing reviews, we’ve only got around to this one from The Doobie…
Following 1977’s ‘Off The Record’, change was in the air for The Sweet and ‘Level Headed’ was indeed a radical…
Gentle Giant’s ‘Giant For A Day!’ with its gimmicky cover and stronger, straighter rock songs was their first LP I…
If you’re into melodic rock and AOR, then Departure is a must have CD for your collection.
Stun Leer’s music is at the heavier end of the spectrum, with massive walls of guitars from Michael McCabe, ginormous…
Listeners still pining for a return to their stunning 1988 debut ‘Out Of The Silence’ get half a return on…
A must have album for the Toto fan/collector, and certainly sits comfortably among anyone’s Toto CD collection, the fact that…
With this effort, we have a collection of songs recorded between 1993 and 1998, the result is a typical consistent…
Although they never reached the sustained commercial peaks of such AOR legends as Foreigner, Boston, Journey etc, this career retrospective…
Californians Artica had all the hallmarks of an archetypal melodic rock band, with a sound somewhere between Journey and Survivor….
If you feel that your belief in melodic rock and roll could do with an upgrade, then Starz is the…
This is the career defining album ‘A Night At The Opera’ (ANATO), and of course the real game changer being…
Kiss served up another classic hard rock album, even if the album was barely over 25 minutes long, with all…
‘Attention Shoppers’ ushered in a change of direction for Starz, delivering AOR and power pop but the wider public were…
Attention Shoppers!’ missed the power pop explosion of 1979-80 and how different things might have been for Starz if released…
Long regarded as one of the biggest influences on North American hard rock are Starz, who recorded four albums in…
The music created by the exceptional quartet Starz was blessed with the amazing vocal talents of Michael Lee Smith to…
Please note, only 10 of the 16 tracks are available in the video. The ones missing are the Rarities.
I never really appreciated how good Love her all i can was until i heard Ace Frehley do a live…
The drummer in the videos above is not Bobby Rock.
[The Murf] In Canada: Platinum status is 100,00 units, Gold is 50,000 and Diamond Status is 1 million units.
The catalyst in this band was guitarist - the late Jimmy Berick. Jimmy was part of the Northern California band…
Think I'm gonna go on a treasure hunt for this. Quite enjoy this era of golden AM Radio pop.
I quite liked the band through the 1986-1988 period, but it ended up being a recipe for disaster. Much like…
[JeffLynneFan] I strongly disagree with you on this one. "Pleasure Palace" , "Edge Of Your Life" , "Love Don't Lie"…
More comments from the Net. From the Prog Not Frog website. "A Matter of Time" was released in 1981. It…
Some notes regarding this album. The ornate album cover is an absolute gem. It's never been released on CD so…