REVIEWS:
What’s the read on the latest reissue releases and live performances by classic rock artists? What biopics, movies or documentaries are worth seeing in theaters and at home? What books about rock music and the people who make and work with it are worth reading. Our team also takes a fresh look at notable works in our Album Rewind series
Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ Album: Crazy, Man, Crazy
The 1984 album yielded 5 hit singles and became one of the best-selling soundtracks of all time. It was his first LP to hit #1
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ABBA’s ‘Album Box Set’ is the Ultimate Guilty Pleasure
The box boasts ABBA’s irresistible wall of sound, which incorporates soaring melodies, terrific vocal work, hooks galore, and inventive use of synthesizers.
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At 81, Bob Dylan is Still Full of Surprises: Live Review
“One can no longer really expect to commune with Dylan as a fellow human being, but rather to observe him as an increasingly distant, orbiting alien.”
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The Rolling Stones Go Small with Big Results on ‘El Mocambo 1977’
This Toronto recording, capturing a gig played for 300 lucky souls and featuring both hits and obscurities, ranks with the best of the Stones’ live LPs.
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Led Zeppelin’s Epic Live ‘How the West Was Won’
The chart-topping three-disc set, remastered in 2018, culls the best material from three June 1972 Los Angeles–area concerts.
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Roger Waters Reminds Fans Who ‘Us’ + ‘Them’ Are
Audiences for his 2017-18 “Us + Them” world tour were in for a treat. Waters chose many Floyd favorites. Our review, with some video highlights
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Bauhaus Live Review: A Commanding Tour de Force
The British group have reunited 40+ years after they first disbanded. Some members enjoyed success as Love and Rockets as did vocalist Peter Murphy as a solo act
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Rick Wakeman Performs and Shares Wondrous Stories: Review
The keyboardist delighted the audience with his marvelous playing and had them in stitches with his engaging (and often ribald) tales
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Mark Knopfler’s ‘The Studio Albums 1996–2007′: Review
The music is well recorded, but if you’re looking for the arena rock and guitar pyrotechnics that characterized Dire Straits, you may be disappointed.
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Roger McGuinn Solo Concert Review: Still Soaring at 79
Accompanied only by his own guitars and banjo, the founder of the Byrds performed songs going back more than 50 years, and still sounded fantastic.
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