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Spins: Foreigner ⢠4 – Deluxe
Foreigner 4 Deluxe (Atlantic/Rhino) 1981’s 4 saw the peak refinement of the Foreigner formula by guitarist and principal composer Mick Jones, singer Lou Gramm, drummer Dennis Elliott, and bassist Rick Wills. The album charted at #1 for 10 weeks with three singles that became major pop hits. “Urgent” reached an appropriate #4 position on […]
Spins: Supertramp – Crime of the Century ⢠Crisis? What Crisis? – Half-speed LP Remaster
Supertramp Crime of the Century half-speed LP remaster Crisis? What Crisis? half-speed LP remaster (A&M/UMe) These two Supertramp albums arrive as the first pair of entries in a campaign of vinyl LP reissues restored via half-speed mastering at Abbey Road Studios. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1974’s Crime of the Century was the English group’s third album and the […]
Spins: Frank Zappa ⢠Halloween ’78: Live at the Palladium, NY Super Deluxe
Frank Zappa Halloween ’78: Live at the Palladium, NY Super Deluxe (UMe/Zappa) Spooky! Scary! I am, of course, referring to the compositional skill and dazzling technical chops on display by Frank Zappa and his top-flight band on the Halloween night of 1978 in New York City. This is the fourth Super Deluxe costume box […]
Spins: Clifton Chenier/The Rolling Stones featuring Steve Riley
Clifton Chenier/The Rolling Stones featuring Steve Riley Zydeco Sont Pas SalĂŠs Valcour/Arhoolie/Smithsonian Folkways This 7â vinyl single is a six-minute getaway to the Big Easy by way of London and a tribute by some surprising acolytes of Creole and Cajun music. King of Zydeco Clifton Chenierâs original single occupies the A-side. âZydeco et Pas SalĂŠsâ […]
Spins: Robin Trower ⢠For Earth Below 50th Anniversary Edition
Robin Trower For Earth Below 50th Anniversary Edition (Chrysalis) Following the 1974 landmark sophomore effort, Bridge of Sighs, Procol Harum veteran Robin Trower returned in 1975 to prove his staying power as a solo act with For Earth Below. The gold-selling album was the third under Trowerâs name. Like its predecessor, For Earth Below is steeped in […]
CinemaScopes: UHF 35th Anniversary Edition
UHF 35th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) Review by Jeff Elbel Itâs been 35 years since we were introduced to the Twinkie-wiener sandwich, and fans everywhere were encouraged to grab life by the lips and yank. Shout! Factory invites us once again to âturn up the volume, and yank of the knob.â All of that yanking […]
Spins: Buck Curran ⢠One Evening and Other Folk Songs
Buck Curran One Evening and Other Folk Songs (ESP-Diskâ/Obsolete Recordings) Singer-songwriter Buck Curran offers the aptly named One Evening and Other Folk Songs as a snapshot of creative evolution since 2020âs No Love is Sorrow. Learned quickly and captured mostly in intuitive live takes in an Italian studio, these psychedelic folk songs find Curran and […]
Spins: Thompson Twins ⢠Into the Gap 40th Anniversary LP
Thompson Twins Into the Gap 40th anniversary LP (BMG) Thompson Twinsâ fourth album, Into the Gap, is one of the emblematic New Wave albums of the â80s. The album was a creative, cultural, and commercial smash that saturated radio and then-influential MTV. The albumâs indelible singles include a song of reconciliation, âHold Me Now,â the moody and amorous […]
Spins: Neon Horse ⢠Habit of Creature
Neon Horse Habit of Creature (Velvet Blue) The originally clandestine gothic rockers Neon Horse released a second full-length album called Haunted Horse: Songs of Love, Defiance, and Delusion in 2009. Already about as underground as they come, the band went further underground. Fifteen years later, the disbanded band has re-banded to lob this Molotov […]
Spins: The Beatles ⢠1964 US Albums in Mono 8xLP Box Settings
The Beatles 1964 US Albums in Mono 8xLP box (Apple/Universal) The 2023 holiday season saw the release of the Beatlesâ Red and Blue compilation albums, along with the bandâs final single, âNow and Then.â This yearâs deluxe offering returns to the Fab Fourâs initial British Invasion to chronicle the music that swept America in 1964. […]
Spins: Ashley Naylor ⢠Soundtracks, Volume 2
Ashley Naylor Soundtracks, Volume 2 (El Reno) If your record collection includes instrumental albums by solo rock guitarists â perhaps Jeff Beckâs Blow by Blow, Peter Framptonâs more recent All Blues, or efforts by the Fixxâs Jamie West-Oram and Televisionâs Tom Verlaine â the latest album by Australian guitarist Ashley Naylor will likely be up […]
Spins: The Outfit “Go”
The Outfit Go (Pavement Entertainment) On its third full-length album, Go, local rockers, The Outfit continues its infectious blend of catchy hooks, memorable melodies, and a hybrid of Cheap Trick meets Foo Fighters influences. Chicago veteran sound engineer Matt Mercado returns for this release, as does Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum producer and mixer Ulrich Wild (Pantera, Static-X, […]
Spins: Green Day ⢠Saviors
Green Day Saviors (Reprise) Thirty years after sending punk to the top of the charts with breakthrough album Dookie, erstwhile upstarts Green Day return as power-pop elder statesmen with Saviors. With the bandâs familiar friend and producer Rob Cavallo back at the helm for the first time in a decade, Saviorsâ 15 tracks find frontman […]
Spins: Rob Fetters ⢠Mother
Rob Fetters Mother (Baby Ranch) If youâre already familiar with him, Rob Fetters may be your favorite musician that your friends have never heard. Fettersâ regional reach into Chicago and surrounding areas is largely due to his former role in the Bears alongside co-frontman Adrian Belew and the great post-Bears power-pop trio Psychodots with bassist […]
Spins: Paul McCartney & Wings ⢠Band on the Run – 50th anniversary LP
Paul McCartney & Wings Band on the Run 50th anniversary LP (MPL/Apple/UMe) Paul McCartney scattered enduring pop singles across the seven albums made with post-Beatles group Wings, but few fans would dispute identifying Band on the Run as the bandâs peak. Furthermore, Band on the Run is commonly cited as McCartneyâs best overall work outside […]
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