Always singing as if his life depends on a good take, the 1970 album is a lesson in musical brilliance, flexibility and hard work.
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
She reached beyond folk, rock and blues influences then dominant among Los Angeles’ singer-songwriters, looking to earlier generations of songsmiths.
The album proved that Genesis was set to achieve commercial and artistic successes beyond what they’d accomplished during the Peter Gabriel years
It’s difficult to discern any one Seger album that stands out overall. Yet even now, this 1980 release still ranks as one of Bob’s best.
Alice Cooper was still a band, not just one guy, and this was the album that started their transition from novelty act to classic rock legends.
The album, with its great lineup won him the first of his four Grammys.
Their record label was looking for commercial progress in order to justify keeping them under contract. This 1971 classic put the band on the prog map
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.
Looking back at the recording of the album, Scaggs said that while listening to the playbacks in 1975 he had the sense that something special had happened.
Knopfler delivered a score that was integral to the film’s enduring appeal, launching a successful second career as a film composer.