Category: 1982
Moving on to the third installment of our recent Santana coverage, we look at 1982’s ‘Shango’ album.
‘Rough Diamonds’ builds on Bad Company’s AOR friendly nature of 1979’s ‘Desolation Angels’ to provide the stepping stone between their…
After taking considerable time off after the ‘Nature Of The Beast’ tour, April Wine reconvened for ‘Power Play’.
Isn’t it a ghastly cover? It’s fortunate the same cannot be said about Coney Hatch’s music, which is superb hard…
I guess the combination of Leo Sayer’s background/discography and this L.A session all-stars line-up is one to make all the…
Make no mistake, ‘Famous Last Words’ is nothing short of classic Supertramp but something was definitely missing.
Opting for a more straight-ahead rock approach, Duke Jupiter’s overall sound was still infused with Southern bluesy stylings, but delivered…
Raven recaptured their spirit in the later part of the decade, but it was never as wild or untamed as…
Dara Sedaka is part of pop royalty, and though this album is decades old, it still packs a punch.
With renowned producer Jeff Glixman in tow, Washington DC band 4 Out Of 5 Doctors sound moved closer to typical…
By 1982 and in particular this album, the Welsh trio Budgie had introduced keyboards into the mix with excellent results.
‘Blackout’ is obviously one of the most well known metal albums of the 1980’s from The Scorpions.
Aerosmith”s resulting 1982 album ‘Rock In A Hard Place’ met with minimal success, as without Joe Perry many thought the…
For REO Speedwagon, this album along with the following ‘Wheels Are Turnin’ we’re both considered successes for their respective timeframes,…
‘Ignition’ would lay the platform for former Babys lead singer John Waite to successfully go it alone as a solo…
The Steve Miller Band struck it big with ‘Abracadabra’. Everyone remembers the song right.. ‘Abra Abracadabra – I wanna reach…
By the time 1982 rolled around, Point Blank were sounding anything but Texan, with fat keyboards and rollicking melodic rock…
Rick Springfield has said himself he wasn’t happy with how this album turned out, claiming it lacked the rawness of…
‘Shaping Up’ is the lesser known of the three albums from The Sherbs, a seven-tracker released in 1982. The band…
Following the massive success of 1978’s ‘Legend’, Poco continued to release consistently superior albums on the cusp of AOR brilliance.
Unfortunately this album wasn't available in it's entirety on YTM. All the individual tracks are there but no logged in…
I recently reacquainted myself with this album. It's much better than I remembered it by. Good to hear 'Can't Stop…
I like the storyline but not much else. 👎
Have added a new video into the review. 'Breaking Me Up'. These gals look and sound great. 💛
Carmine Appice is also involved with the band Ruffyunz, and appears on their 2023 album 'III'. https://raritetno.com/hard-rock/210584-ruffyunz-iii-2023.html
30 years on, the song 'Foreclosure Of A Dream' can be directly aimed at former Dutch PM Mark Rutte and…
There is one unofficial release on YouTube Music from around 2008/2009 with a load of Unreleased tracks. It's called Post…
I would agree this isn't one of Queen's best. Jazz which followed after this wasn't much better. Live Killers from…
I have this need to revisit the first two Argent albums for review. Argent and Ring Of Hands. Watch this…
I recall buying this in 98 and foolishly expecting another Midnight Madness. It doesn’t sound like Night Ranger at all,…