Tag "best classic bands"

The Frank Zappa Bestselling LP, ‘Apostrophe (’),’ Resurfaces as a Box Set: Review

The 1974 album offers a complex and challenging sonic brew that incorporates jazz, rock, avant-garde and other influences.

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The Doors’ ‘Strange Days’: We Want the World…

On their second album, Jim Morrison and the band moved into uncharted territory lyrically and instrumentally. When the music’s over, turn out the lights…

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Watch Carole King, Queen Perform at 2019’s Global Citizen Event

The concert was believed to be the singer-songwriting legend’s first scheduled public performance since she sang 2 songs at a 2017 event

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Elton John Pens Book, ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road: Memories of My Life on Tour’

The star shares his fondest memories, most unforgettable moments, and previously untold stories from his record-breaking final tour

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Steely Dan: ‘Aja’—A Dazzling Listen

Previously a collective yet to realize its most effective means of transforming ideas into finished art, Becker and Fagen coalesced on this 1977 classic.

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The Band’s 2nd Album: A Rustic Masterpiece

Following up their debut Music From Big Pink, Dylan’s former backup band made a transcendent, self-titled masterpiece in 1969. Here’s the story.

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Bob Dylan and The Band in Energetic Romp on Massive Live 1974 Set

In his first tour in over 7 years, he was backed by his friends and previous touring partners, Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel

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Oasis’ ‘Definitely Maybe’: The Audacious Debut from the Britpop Behemoths  

The original album has never gone out of style. While the States accepted it with mild trepidation in 1994, the impact was immediate in the U.K.

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Phil Collins ‘Both Sides’ Gets 30th Anniversary Box Set

The musician called the 1993 title his “favorite album from a songwriting and creative perspective”

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