Tag: Year-1974

‘Todd Rundgren’s Utopia’ shook a few punters, and for an oddball release in 1974, it did remarkably well, getting to…

Stardrive has been described as one of the greatest synthesizer albums of the 70’s, and I’d be the last person…

The American Tears debut ‘Branded Bad’ is a fun spin and while it’s not up to the pomp majesty of…

Gryphon’s unique take on British folk would change significantly for their third album ‘Red Queen to Gryphon Three’, a full…

A Bloody Mary is a nice drop yes, and maybe an inspiration for this rather mysterious band that no one…

Michael Omartian debut is roundbreaking musically, it was also the first album of Christian origins to be released on a…

What can you say about a band such as Queen, who back then were untouchable, SHA comes in the middle…

Russ Ballard’s debut is clearly an album from an artist set free, trying a variety of things he couldn’t do…

Scottish band Captain Marryat are influenced by Deep Purple and Uriah Heep but not nearly as heavy.

For purist AORsters, much of Hawkwind’s material is a hard ask, however there is something that captures me when I’m…

Deep Purple’s ‘Stormbringer’ was released to ever declining audiences, and the subsequent tour was Blackmore’s last, his disgust at Purple’s…

‘Burn’ saw Deep Purple still at the height of their powers, and it never really has gotten the recognition it…

Aerosmith at this early stage of their career were still finding their ‘wings’ (excuse the pun), but from this point,…

After years of struggle and playing nearly every two-bit watering hole in the Midwest, the Kansas debut arrived on store…

The music on ‘Diamond Dogs’ sees David Bowie dragging out the final remains of the slowly dying Glam movement, before…

I think history will show that the second Montrose album ‘Paper Money’ doesn’t quite live up to the expectation or…

This album is often cited as the start of Uriah Heep’s downward spiral musically and commercially,.there’s definitely an element of…

UFO deliver some good songs here, with the earlier meandering style now mixed with the lead guitar wizardry of Schenker,…

Being a fan of both power pop and bubblegum music, Rick Springfield delivers the goodies with ‘Mission: Magic!’

I gushed big time over the Doobie Brothers 1973 album ‘The Captain And Me’, a glorious affair really, and when…