Category: 1996
After a nearly twelve year layoff, Bobby Barth rebooted Axe back into life, ‘Five’ was the album to restart the…
This is the third and final instalment from Melbourne’s Southern Sons, it’s not as lush as the other two, but…
Overall, this is a feature rich slab of melodic rock from Dante Fox, and you will definitely get value for…
Stan Bush’s 1996 effort ‘The Child Within’ is less of a heavy rock album, and is more in keeping with…
This Player album was originally known as ‘Electric Shadow’ and released in 1995 outside of the US, where this type…
As with all Alan Parson albums, they are not musically arresting, and they definitely don’t hit you in the face…
Firehouse ventured into 1996 with an acoustic-semi-unplugged CD, having migrated through the grunge era and coming out the other end.
Why Geoff Downes had to go and do an album full of schmaltzy covers is beyond me, the Asia maestro…
This is my favourite Robby Valentine album, and that says quite a lot about this record as his releases throughout…
So, for some classy musicianship, Peter Mayer has a voice that melds warmth and feeling, songs that breathe with ambience,…
Fans of pure AOR and westcoast have always appreciated Fee Waybill’s endearing 1984 gem ‘Read My Lips’, but it would…
Nothing could have prepared anyone for The Scorpions ‘Pure Instinct’, 1996 was a faceless year for music in general and…
There’s not really a great deal I can say about this album from the REO Speedwagon team, as history would…
Metallica’s complete removal from what made them legends was total and complete, ‘Load’ abandoned everything the band stood for.
In comparison to Tim Feehan’s other mainstream albums, it’s not as heavy as ‘Full Contact’ for example, but not as…
Effectively a comeback album for Fee Waybill and The Tubes troops, and probably not as immediate as their earlier material,…
The 1996 reunion of Kiss’ original lineup has led to overlooking the actual significance this MTV Unplugged live album has…
Journey delivered too many ballads in ‘Trial By Fire’, but they are offset by some songs that cut up with…
Some of these tracks are unbelievable, and I have no hesitation in declaring Harlan Cage one of the albums of…
It’s a hard task to emulate the debut Only Child album, Paul and his band don’t even try to, the…
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,…