Yearly Archives: 2025

Lily Allen – West End Girl Review

Lily Allen mounts a return with her personally charged album, West End Girl, though the story within is let down by instrumentally underwhelming choices.

Queen – A Night at the Opera Review

Queen's A Night at the Opera is still a mess, with the experimental influence in the studio never translating into frankly light material.

The Rolling Stones – A Bigger Bang Review

The Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang promises biblical quality but falls well short of expectation, though it does serve as a solid blues rock endeavour.

Ozzy Osbourne – Diary of a Madman Review

Ozzy Osbourne improves on his Blizzard of Oz sound with some ballads across Diary of a Madman, which survives thanks to the capable work of Randy Rhoads.

Bob Dylan and Joan Baez – Savoy Hotel Review 

Bob Dylan and Joan Baez shared excellent on-stage chemistry, which you can hear worked on in these excellent Savoy Hotel tapes.

Jethro Tull – Aqualung Review

Jethro Tull's Aqualung still, inevitably, holds up today, but it's through the commentaries Ian Anderson makes and the complimentary flute sound that it stays that way.

Bob Dylan – Power, Greed and Corruptible Seed Review

You can find all sorts of oddities from Bob Dylan's backlog if you dig deep enough. Whether Power, Greed and Corruptible Seed is a...

Johnny Cash – Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar! Review

Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar! is a staggering debut album from the Man in Black, who puts together a B-side of brilliance here.

The Doobie Brothers – Self-titled Review

The Doobie Brothers' self-titled debut is a cool and still fun piece of work from a band whose genre experimentation defines them just as much as country rock does.

Vittorio Angelone: Who Do You Think You Are? I Am! Review

Vittorio Angelone storms through with an outstanding hour of stand up in his new Pete Weber themed special, Who Do You Think You Are? I Am!

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