Tag: Year-1978
Reviews tagged to the year 1978.
In hindsight, Boston’s second album ‘Don’t Look Back’ definitely did not suffer at the box office because of the dreaded…
No AOR collectors album collection would be complete without this debut album from the legendary Toto.
Glory Daze would be only half a site if no mention was ever made of this great band The Cars,…
Recorded at two of three nights at Tokyo’s famed Nakano Sun Plaza ‘Tokyo Tapes’ compiles The Scorpions last performances with…
Thin Lizzy’s ‘Live And Dangerous’ has been described as one of the best double live albums of the 70’s hard…
Interestingly though, the initial Molly Hatchet sound was quite smooth, given Tom Werman’s production and the budget that Epic Records…
Here we progress through Robin Trower’s Mark II era, following on from his transition to shorter format songs first heard…
Hard to believe that after twenty years of writing reviews, we’ve only got around to this one from The Doobie…
Following 1977’s ‘Off The Record’, change was in the air for The Sweet and ‘Level Headed’ was indeed a radical…
Gentle Giant’s ‘Giant For A Day!’ with its gimmicky cover and stronger, straighter rock songs was their first LP I…
‘Attention Shoppers’ ushered in a change of direction for Starz, delivering AOR and power pop but the wider public were…
Attention Shoppers!’ missed the power pop explosion of 1979-80 and how different things might have been for Starz if released…
‘Kingdom of Madness’, as an album, may be ‘of its time’, but it’s still a good Magnum album in my…
Paul Stanley set out to deliver a melodic and heartfelt solo record, and gathered a host of gifted studio musicians…
It’s not a long album by any stretch, clocking in at 36 minutes, but ‘Hemispheres’ has certainly gathered a reputation…
This is the album which turned the band Journey from a semi-progressive rock band, into a fully fledged commercial success,…
Judas Priest’s ‘Killing Machine’ was released at the tailend of 1978 (Nov), and was a quick-fire follow-up to the ‘Stained…
However you choose to view it Judas Priest’s ‘Stained Class’ will stand forever as an example of when metal was…
Sorcery were an influential Los Angeles act who recorded this album as the soundtrack for the 1978 film of the…
It was a time when double live albums were the norm. Kansas did their bit for the cause. Yes, the…
The Van Halen debut.. Where does one start when discussing one of the genre-defining debut albums of the 70’s, if…
If you’re into multi-part harmonies like Queen and Yes then Trillion will appeal to you.
In retrospect, Tycoon was a pretty decent band for its time, and this album in particular should’ve been reviewed years…
Lorna Wright’s only solo album was jam packed with triple-scale players but it was largely ignored by both the label…
Please note, only 10 of the 16 tracks are available in the video. The ones missing are the Rarities.
I never really appreciated how good Love her all i can was until i heard Ace Frehley do a live…
The drummer in the videos above is not Bobby Rock.
[The Murf] In Canada: Platinum status is 100,00 units, Gold is 50,000 and Diamond Status is 1 million units.
The catalyst in this band was guitarist - the late Jimmy Berick. Jimmy was part of the Northern California band…
Think I'm gonna go on a treasure hunt for this. Quite enjoy this era of golden AM Radio pop.
I quite liked the band through the 1986-1988 period, but it ended up being a recipe for disaster. Much like…
[JeffLynneFan] I strongly disagree with you on this one. "Pleasure Palace" , "Edge Of Your Life" , "Love Don't Lie"…
More comments from the Net. From the Prog Not Frog website. "A Matter of Time" was released in 1981. It…
Some notes regarding this album. The ornate album cover is an absolute gem. It's never been released on CD so…