Category: 1972
Few Wishbone Ash fans will argue that ‘Argus’ stands as their masterwork and is a perfect blend of rock and…
Bo Hansson has released an album to satisfy the hunger of all things to do with Tolkien, hobbits, and the…
Asgaerd is very American with a Wooden Nickel-era Styx vibe landing between prog and pomp.
Reforming in 1972, the Pretty Things sound was a marked change from the psychedelic pop of their early work, running…
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band created the near perfect blend of prog and pop which was their forte.
There was nothing quite like Steely Dan even in the banner musical year that was 1972, Rolling Stone named ‘Can’t…
Few bands could match The Association’s sunshiny harmonies and knack for taking middle-of-the-road cheesiness and turning it into pure solid…
This second LP from Canada’s Fludd is very glam and very rock, it provided plenty of glittery fuel for rock…
No relation to the Scottish band that gave us ‘Magic’, this Pilot was a minor-super group based in the UK,…
Sonny Geraci was a much better pop singer than a rocker and fortunately most of the material here with Climax…
The early 70’s were a time of transition for The Grass Roots and ‘Move Along’ was their first studio album…
Comprised of two side long suites, the Chirco sound compares to early Journey, Styx and Strongbow, simply put this is…
It’s A Beautiful Day combined rock music with classical, jazz and folk that was totally unique for the time, they…
It’s Frisco west coast, Midwest hippie rock a touch of prog, Thirty Days Out is a mash of all of…
Once a popular 60’s band, The Raiders had to reinvent themselves in the early 70’s to stay relevant, this album…
From Adelaide Australia, Mississippi were the pre-cursor of the Little River Band who would become one of the biggest bands…
This is a full blown progressive rock album from Belgian violinist Raymond Vincent, mixing instrumental and vocal tracks.
Pell Mell hailing from the city of Marburg, released albums that are considered to be the Creme de la Creme…
UK band Kid Gloves are a real treat for anyone, like yours truly, into post-Beatles pop with a touch of…
We’ve name checked Big Star enough it’s about time we got down to reviewing what is arguably the greatest power…
I follow this bloke on YouTube called Dan McClellan who is a religious scholar. He's very good, calm and to…
Based on the legendary album cover I’d been trying to track this down for years. I can see why Eric…
A mixed bag, but ‘One Good Reason’ has to be one of the best songs the band ever produced.
This is a seriousky underrated album. 'Don't Accuse Her' is simply breathtaking.
This album now has a YTM link. 31 tracks in total. 18 extras on top of the original 13. Upon…
Just listened to this via the YTM link. Pretty damn good. Some quirky synth reminded me of Donnie Iris. Will…
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. 💜