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.
Willie Nelson’s ‘Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle’: Review
The program features 11 numbers written (or in two cases, co-written) by Haggard, and embraces some of his best-known songs.
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‘Dylan’s Circle’ Album Collects Seminal Folk, Rock & Blues: Review
‘Jac Holzman Presents Dylan’s Circle’ features folk, rock and blues performances by Bob Dylan and those he influenced.
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Bruce Springsteen’s Expanded ‘Nebraska ’82’: Review
His new performance of the material is stunning, with the septuagenarian singer seeming just as immersed in his material as he was when he composed it more than 40 years ago.
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John Lennon’s Massive ‘Power to the People’ Box Set: Review
Lennon lovers will find interesting material in the new collection, and even casual fans will discover some pleasures here.
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Frank Zappa’s ‘One Size Fits All’ Gets Boxed: Review
Though you might or might not like the quirky, sometimes puerile lyrics that pepper portions of this set, Zappa’s elaborate prog-rock compositions are impressive, as is the band’s musicianship.
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The Third Mind Is First-Rate ‘Right Now’: Review
The band recorded this CD the same way it made its previous albums: quickly, and without preconceptions, discussions or rehearsals.
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An Anthology of Demos from Fabled Pop Songwriter Doc Pomus: Review
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of his birth, the box features 165 demos, most of which were previously unreleased.
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Lindsey Buckingham & Stevie Nicks, Before the Fame: Review
Listening now to the album is a bit like hearing the Beatles’ 1962 audition tape for Decca.
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A Career-Spanning Cat Stevens Anthology: Review
The two-CD ‘On the Road to Findout’ offers a comprehensive survey of his entire career.
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David Bowie’s Massive ‘I Can’t Give Everything Away [2002–2016]’: Review
Despite the dearth of new material, the box’s compilers have managed to deliver a wealth of content.
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