Month: June 2023
As the history books show, the debut Boston album went on to sell millions (it is currently certified as 16X…
This would be the fourth installment of the band Montrose during their first 70’s run, many would also consider it…
The album went to number one upon release immediately, it’s held up as a solid offering by Led Zeppelin and…
This live album from Robin Trower entered the US Album Top 10 in 1976, and would become a fan favourite…
‘Rocks’ is the fourth album by Aerosmith, released May 3, 1976. Released after the superb ‘Toys In The Attic’. It…
It’s been described as one of the best symphonic rock albums of the 70’s, I wouldn’t go quite that far,…
A landmark recording on nearly every level was Queen’s 1975’s ‘A Night At The Opera’, but how to follow-up on…
My very first album from The Scorpions, I used to play this ad nauseum during my high-school years, and it…
As a follow up to ‘Jailbreak’, Thin Lizzy were reasonably successful with this album reaching #11 in the UK charts.
If you peruse the Thin Lizzy history books, you will find agreement overall that the early 1976 album ‘Jailbreak’ was…
Recorded in England and co-produced by Gino Vannelli, his brother and long-time collaborator Joe and the legendary Geoff Emerick, his…
The Krokus debut is often extremely heavy, bordering on fusion, and easily the most challenging work of their career in…
Although it’s often overlooked in favor of it’s more illustrious follow up ‘Tracks’, ‘Wrabit’/’Wrough And Wready’ is a slice of…
Wrabit’s ‘Tracks’ album is a really great album, and one I played for years on end – it ended up…
Wrabit. Without doubt one of the essential and legendary bands in Canadian AOR.
Melidian were a hard rockin’ band from the New York area who came to the attention of the rock public…
Fed up with David Gates hogging the spotlight in Bread, guitarist James Griffin left in 1972, returning a couple years…
Zazu have been compared to Styx by some but there is no comparison as their sounds were far removed despite…
Though known mostly in West Coast music circles, Ambrosia at the time of their debut were heavily influenced by British…
Pink Floyd’s 1975 album didn’t receive positive reviews from the music rags of the day upon its release, thank god…
This is the pick of the HPB albums for me. Though I do occasionally drag the others out for a…
The original review from Geir might come across as indifferent. But much of this album is really good. 'Escape' and…
Terrific, obscure Hi-Tech AOR in my book.
Great to see this album getting some love. 💜
Alan Kelly talks about the song 'Caught In The Act'. Apparently Shy did a pre production version/demo of the song…
Always enjoyed the cover on this one. Reminds me of Captain Beyond's debut fused with some comic book character.
This album should've been called 'The Circus'.
Listening to 'Heroine', musically this is similar to 80's era Barclay James Harvest.
A perfect AOR album for the late '80s. Heavenly melody after heavenly melody.
Agree with the review. Also a big fan of the Mk and 4 albums and after a couple of listens…