Posts From Jeff Burger
The Cranberries’ ‘To the Faithful Departed’ Anniversary Edition: Review
Critics may have dismissed it, but there’s a lot to like on the CD, and even more to appreciate on a new 25th anniversary edition.
Read More‘Fyfty’ Years of Lynyrd Skynyrd: Review
The new collection may be their best yet, as it embraces all their hits, numerous standout LP cuts and eight potent live performances.
Read MoreJoni Mitchell’s ‘Archives, Volume 3’ Covers a Fruitful Era: Review
Throughout these live and studio performances, you’ll have trouble deciding which is more impressive: Mitchell’s music or vocals.
Read MoreGrateful Dead Expanded ‘Wake of the Flood’: Review
In the midst of numerous internal changes, the band released one of its most beloved studio albums, featuring several classic tunes.
Read MoreTom Waits Reissues Five Key LPs: Review
Even those who are less enthralled with his work will have to agree that it takes you to a place you can’t get to any other way.
Read MoreFleetwood Mac, Live and Flying High: Review
This is consistently remarkable stuff, and serious Mac addicts can be forgiven if they want all the versions they can get.
Read MorePretenders’ ‘Relentless’: Winning New Music From One of Rock’s Great Singers
The album’s punchy rockers and lilting ballads uphold Hynde’s reputation as one of rock’s greatest and most emotive vocalists.
Read MoreThe Doors’ ‘Live at the Matrix’ Showcases the Band in 1967: Review
Recorded in concert before they had any hits, the performances reveal a band that was fully formed from the onset.
Read MoreJohn Mellencamp’s Dark But Rewarding ‘Orpheus Descending:’ Review
The Rock Hall inductee doesn’t sound like he did at his peak, but his new album is heartfelt and contains several understated numbers.
Read MoreA 50th-Anniversary Blu-ray of David Bowie’s ‘Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars’ Film: Review
All Bowie’s goodbye speech did here was to close the door on the Ziggy phase of his career. But what a phase it was.
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