The album restored the band’s platinum stature with a more expansive style verging on prog rock while retaining retro accents
Browsing: Album Rewinds
Given the test of time and the wisdom of hindsight, how do significant albums from the past sound and play today? Our critics take a second look from a fresh perspective
Their unexpected union was a landmark combining an array of distinctive voices into something no individual could create alone.
Left for dead by their record label, and with musicians using the group as a revolving door, Pure Prairie League nearly packed it in. Then they got lucky.
His only #1 LP, and an Album of the Year Grammy winner, this 1975 release offered definitive proof that he was not going back to the past.
By any measure they were a great rock ‘n’ roll band, but their sole album under the group’s name didn’t always show why.
The album is a quiet masterpiece, a portrait of a young singer-songwriter already fully formed and crafting songs for the ages.
The 1969 debut album set a standard for all prog-rock that followed and raised the bar in terms of expectation and achievement.
Other triumphs would follow, but clearly this 1975 best-seller marked a turning point in both their tapestry and trajectory
“Sultans of Swing” was immediately distinctive in both sound and story. The album proved the band to be one of the most refreshingly creative of its day.
Fed up with the volume of unauthorized Who LPs on the market, the band put together this mixed bag of leftover tracks.