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Solid Air

CD-Charts > Music > Classic Rock
by: John Martyn

Release Date October 23, 2000
This is a great record of undefinable trips into blues and folk with a jazz vibe at times.
Great guitar playing, great singing, great songs and an almost mesmerising laid back atmosphere.
Nothing else I have heard by John Martyn touches this.
I love to hear a record where a musician so clearly says "this is my sound, and it isn't like anyone else"
He shies away from the "hey nonny nonny" of Pentangle etc and produces a genre-defying piece of brilliance which could sit equally in the folk or blues camps.

This is great music - it just remains for you to buy it immediately at this bargain price.

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A Momentary Lapse of Reason

CD-Charts > Music > Classic Rock
by: Pink Floyd

Release Date September 07, 1987
So Roger Waters threw the toys out of the pram and spat out his dummy. Who the hell cares? He went on to have a successful solo career and jolly good luck to him.

But to then say, oh well Pink Floyd is no longer in existence and this is a Gilmour solo album, under the name of Pink Floyd, is frankly infantile. This is David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Rick Wright and they are as much the essence of Pink Floyd as Roger Waters ever was. Oh and by the way if Roger Waters was so damn sure that Floyd could not exist without him, why did he take such trouble to exclude Rick Wright and draw up legal papers preventing him from ever rejoining the group? Perhaps because he recognised, as anyone with a semblence of wits should, that great groups are not ... Read More:

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In Rock: 25th Anniversary Edition

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by: Deep Purple

Release Date June 19, 1995
For those of you who are unaware this was the second incarnation of Deep Purple, the most notable change being the vocalist Ian Gillan with his screaming, howling and soulful vocal chords. Faint of heart beware, this could have been the founding point of heavy metal (Speed King). They went in an instant from being an art rock band to being a hard rock band. The three pronged attack of organ, vocal and guitar make this album see-saw between brooding and frantic. However, nothing can be taken away from the very tight rhythm section of Ian Paice and Roger Glover. This is really the best of Mark II, and in the later albums of this grouping most of the songs are done better on live versions (especially Machine head - Smoke on the Water is pretty lame as the studio version).

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The Best Of

CD-Charts > Music > Classic Rock
by: Buddy Holly

Release Date September 02, 2002
looking for an overview of Buddy Holly's work? They don't come much better than this. We can all wish this one was in there or that, but someone somewhere had to make a decision on what went in and what didn't. The result is a good all round representation of the skill, the talent, the sheer joy that was Buddy Holly's music. It is hard to believe all this happened in just 18 months. If anyone ever left a legacy, he did.

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Jailbreak

CD-Charts > Music > Classic Rock
by: Thin Lizzy

Release Date March 18, 1996
Thin Lizzy has always been big because they are one of the most famous rock bands and the fact that they are Irish and that type of hype never appeals to me it's happend to bands like U2 & Snow Patrol, and they arn't as good as everyone says they are. But Thin Lizzy are a great irish rock n roll band. Made famour by their songs The Boys are back in town & Whiskey In The Jar, they are more then just those 2 awesome songs. This album for example, all the songs are excellent and some brilliant rock n roll riffs.With classics likes Jailbreak, Angel From The Coast & of course The Boys Are Back In Town. This is a brilliant way to start with Thin Lizzy if you're curious about the band, you will already know The Boys are Back In Town so you won't be dissapointed with it. Yes Thin Lizzy ... Read More:

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Blood on the Tracks

CD-Charts > Music > Classic Rock
by: Bob Dylan

Release Date March 29, 2004
The album that, in 1974, brought Bob Dylan back from the semi-wilderness he'd been in and out of since 1967. A laid-bare, heart-rending reconstruction in the recording studio of his disintegrating marriage, "Blood On The Tracks" contains some of Bod Dylan's (and anybody's) finest recorded work. It is, needless to say, completely reccommendable to anyone think of trying Dylan's music out for size, and yes there are many who know far less about his work than those of us who were brought up on this album in the seventies. These people are whom this review is aimed at. The rest of us know it's great.

The overall feel of the album, musically, is acoustic, and it kicks in with three pared-down classics of the genre - the mighty, mighty, mighty "Tangled Up In Blue" with its marvellous imagery ... Read More:

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Diamonds & Rust

CD-Charts > Music > Classic Rock
by: Joan Baez

Release Date February 20, 2003
Having bought the single way back in the 70's when it was first released and heard what seemed the fashionable comment at the time that "some records were too good for the charts" I wanted to buy the album when funds permitted. No disappointments - this is a classic that doesn't waste a track. Different in style to other albums that Joan Baez has done but more than worth hearing and at a fantastic price. Buy, play, enjoy, you will not regret.

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The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

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by: Bob Dylan

Release Date March 29, 2004
I'm not one of Bob Dylan's biggest fans, though I agree with the view that he has no equal as a wordsmith. Indeed, his book 'Chronicles' suggests that he could have been one of the world's premier writers or novelists had he chosen books instead of guitars. When people elevate later albums such as 'Blood On The Tracks' to 'greatest album' status, though, I chuckle. Dylan's reputation is built on the albums he made during the 1960s, starting with 'Freewheelin''. In 1962/63, the average pop album consisted of half an hour of cover songs. From a member of the same generation, a student of folk music, came over three quarters of an hour of original material, bar two songs. Dylan did admit to nicking the odd tune, but that's not an unusual practice.

Dylan was following a folk-protest movement at the time ... Read More:

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Moving Pictures

CD-Charts > Music > Classic Rock
by: Rush

Release Date July 14, 1997
i got this album, the day it came out, still play it a lot, my not my lp, got the cd version too, it still sounds modern even yet, the production is superb, the playing even better, is its rushs best album, probably yes, but its rush, were talking about, rush dont make bad albums, i should know, got them all on lp, and cd, go on give it a try, you wont be disspointed, great stuff,
john bruce.

CD-Charts Position 130
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461 Ocean Boulevard

CD-Charts > Music > Classic Rock
by: Eric Clapton

Release Date March 17, 1997
This is a wonderful album. It marked Clapton's sobriety following his heroin usage, and has a theme of redemption and rebirth running through it. Also, there's a strong taste of someone who has turned himself inside and out.

In places, this is passionate, elsewhere playful, and in many places you can hear a man asking himself what he has left. Fantastic stuff, strongly recommended.