Recordings
Best Classic Bands offers smart, informed and unbiased assessments of the latest rock album releases and reissues to offer readers guidance on what sounds they might enjoy.
‘Sgt. Pepper’ Super Deluxe Edition: Review
For many it’s the crowning achievement of the Beatles and rock itself. You want to believe these mixes are new recordings
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Creedence Clearwater Revival 1969 Archive Box Delivers
A magnificent box set commemorates CCR’s run when they released 3 great LPs and had a string of hit singles, all in one remarkable year
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Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie Album Review
What you’ve got here is Mac-to-the basics. It’s at once familiar and sparkly-new. You’re going to want to come back to it often, for a long time.
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Review: The Rolling Stones Blue & Lonesome
There’s nothing retro about it yet the Stones’ first-ever all-blues album is very much a celebration of their roots. We listened, and we loved it.
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Beatles Live at the Hollywood Bowl Album Review
Producer Giles Martin has vastly improved what his father, George, called the fans’ “eternal shriek” to deliver a more dynamic and definitely more powerful album than the original
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Heart Breathes Life Into Old and New Songs
The iconic classic rock band’s Beautiful Broken is “the new Heart album fans have been waiting for,” says our reviewer. Listen to the title cut
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Jeff Beck’s Guitars + Messages Hail Loudly
The six-string classic rock master fires up his stunning music again, and it comes with a loud message for the world.
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Neil Young Rocks the Globe on EARTH
The classic rock icon and his young but mighty backing band Promise of the Real soar to greatness on a live LP that plays and prays for the planet.
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Rolling Stones ‘Totally Stripped’ Totally Rocks
When The Rolling Stones are at their best, as they are on this release, they are indeed the world’s greatest.
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Paul Simon Gets Masterful on New Album
Our reviewer finds that the compelling rhythms and cool musical touches on Simon’s 13th solo album add up to a ‘modern masterpiece’
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