Author: Thomas Kintner

Although it’s fully satisfying on its own, the album, the most successful of Townshend’s solo releases, has been called a Who record that never was.

Everyone knew the makeup, the blood and that tongue, but their records weren’t selling. Then came ‘Destroyer’ and a single that almost didn’t make the cut.

Equal parts ambitious and meticulous, the band’s 1972 best-seller is a smartly produced collage whose appeals remain undimmed

The LP took the Doobies to heights previously unreached, even as no one could know how close the band was to the end of its first era.

It didn’t sound at first listen like something to change the course of rock music, but they opened doors for any number of rock acts.

It ushered in the singer-songwriter era and has endured as a beacon to listeners and like-minded musicians for half a century.

With songs like “Werewolves of London,” “Lawyers, Guns and Money” and the title track, it was not only his greatest work but a singer-songwriter classic

Her 1974 best-seller was adorned by a sophisticated sonic sensibility that would define her career from that moment forward.

Performing for prison inmates was nothing new for the legendary singer, but his record label was nervous about making an album at one. Good thing they did

Their fourth album was “a showy spectacle that revels in its bombastic production” and gave us “Bohemian Rhapsody.” It’s also an indisputable classic.