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Led Zeppelin III

CD-Charts > Music > Classic Rock
by: Led Zeppelin

Release Date August 25, 1997
I bought this album as a teenager in the 70's and never felt it was one of zeps greatest albums compared to Physical Graffiti and vol4 so unfortunately it was the last of the remasters that I bought. Having listened to it a couple of times it has quickly become one of my favourates. Its understated beauty really hit me and touched me particularly "tangerine" and the really beautiful "thats the way". Pity the packaging doesnt reflect the curiosity of the original LP cover. Buy it and enjoy!

CD-Charts Position 82
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Deja Vu

CD-Charts > Music > Classic Rock
by: Crosby Stills Nash and Young

Release Date September 19, 1994
I listen to an expansive range of musical styles and ages, from "The Classics" right through to Metal. Now I'm not calling myself an expert in the field by any means, but you can usually get a gut feeling pretty quickly about the effort, imagination and skill put into any work - and this album, from the first listen - give you audio pleasure at every turn. It just oozes skillfull musicianship and beautifully crafted harmonies. The type of work that will always be considered a classic and will always be replayed by the listener over and over again. As for the opinions about Young's involvement etc - it really doesn't matter - CSN were already fantastic - adding in Y was simply a case of adding an extra ingredient of a similar style - and for me ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 83
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The Best of Steeleye Span

CD-Charts > Music > Classic Rock
by: Steeleye Span

Release Date August 26, 2002
Worth the price of admission for Gaudete alone, this is a good solid folk album, you can picture the lead singer resting his chin on his hand as he nasally crafts each track. For someone new to Span, it is a grower, which is always a sign of quality in an album.

If I have one gripe, it's that several songs, and 'All Around My Hat' in particular, tend to go a bit 'Quo' when they get over-excited. This is of the time, and to a degree the Span signature, but I find it an unnecessary blot on an otherwise great CD.

CD-Charts Position 84
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Quadrophenia

CD-Charts > Music > Classic Rock
by: The Who

Release Date June 24, 1996
Coming back to this album after many years without hearing it, I'm struck by the complexity of the songs, the wit and emotion of the lyrics and the sheer quality of the musicianship. If anyone tries to tell you that The Who were overrated, play them this album.

Just from the opening song 'The Real Me', you hear the most extraordinary rhythm-section in rock as Moon and Entwistle lock in and syncopate more tightly and intensely than they ever had before, and it's right at the front of the mix! The slicing of Townshend's guitar and Daltrey's raw vocal almost feel like afterthoughts. But everyone is operating at the peak of their ability.

Personally, my favourite song is 'Sea and Sand'. The protagonist is Jimmy, the young Mod ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 85
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The Essential Bob Dylan

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

Release Date June 07, 2004
In the beginning the way into Dylan was via Peter Paul & Mary,the Turtles,the Byrds and Johnny Cash.
And commercially electric Dylan was just right.
This CD is just a sampler and introduction to the Art of Dylan.If you want more you get the original albums on CD.All but one have been on catalog since CDs began.
My favorite Dylan song is Can you please crawl out your window.
Thus this double CD would only be of interest if there was a booklet with it and its by no means the only one of its kind as the most recent-titled DYLAN and in 3 different editions -comes with a picture book.
Today's Dylan collector needs plenty of money and plenty of room

CD-Charts Position 86
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Rumours: Expanded and Remastered

CD-Charts > Music > Classic Rock
by: Fleetwood Mac

Release Date March 22, 2004
Reviewing a best-selling, immensely popular album over 30 years after it was released is a bit like trying to evaluate Marmite. It's been around for ages, you know that people will always buy it, but everyone either loves it or hates it already, and there's little point trying to change their minds.

For me, Rumours is just about the best album ever made, and 'Go Your Own Way' is my favourite song, my desert island disc, the one that still sends a shiver up my spine and makes me smile and / or cry (or both) every time I hear it. Part of that is down to memories of earlier times evoked by the music (it just sounds like it came from better days, whether it really did or not); part of it is down to a knowledge of the intricate human relationships within the ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 87
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Sandy (Remastered)

CD-Charts > Music > Classic Rock
by: Sandy Denny

Release Date May 02, 2005
Listening to Sandy Denny's voice makes you realise how much the music industry short-changes us these days. Sublime and unaffected, young yet embedded with wisdom, it sweeps you away like none of today's wannabes ever will. 'Sandy' also benefits from first class arrangements, production and musicianship, with Richard Thompson and Dave Swarbrick adding valuable guitar and violin respectively. Sneaky Pete contributes some of his best pedal steel playing too, lending a country tinge to some of the tracks. By and large, this is folk at the edge of rock. 'It'll Take A Long Time' is an expansive, epic opening, while Denny's take on 'Tomorrow Is A Long Time' is one of the best Dylan covers you'll hear.

There are many breathtaking passages, such as the multi-tracked ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 88
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Animals

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

Release Date July 25, 1994
What more could you want. I read once that this was the end of all Floyd as we know it. How wrong can you get! As I'm writing this I'm listening to it, and believe me when I tell you this album does not disappoint. Ok, it might not be as good as Dark Side, Wish You Were Here or The Wall, but its in no way a bad record; and its on record where you really get the beauty of it. A cd is still good, but you don't have the raw-ness of the original format they released it to. Anyway the music: admittedly, looking at the lengths, dogs might be a little too long, and have an unnecessarily long bridge, but that's what Floyd are all about. Dogs just goes to show what a writing partnership of Gilmour/Waters can produce. And this being the only song on the album not written entirely by Waters, ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 89
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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars: Remastered

CD-Charts > Music > Classic Rock
by: David Bowie

Release Date September 06, 1999
In my opinion, this is one of the greatest albums ever recorded. I first heard it in 1972 (after Starman had got into the charts) and never looked back - been a bowie fan ever since. Bowie's best album still. It contains classics such as Moonage Daydream and Suffragette City and the Spiders never sounded better. Every track is superb, even the oddly sounding 'It ain't easy' penned by Ron Davies (surely not the same Ron Davies who played for Southampton?. It also seems to have a very intimate feel to it, i.e. the production is so clear its almost like being in the studio with the musicians.
Says on the album sleeve 'To be played at maximum volume'- indeed it should, all across the land!

CD-Charts Position 90
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Help!

CD-Charts > Music > Classic Rock
by: The Beatles

Release Date November 01, 1988
The beatles released this gem in 1965 to massive acclaim,it serves as a soundtrack to the enjoyable film of the same name,other tracks were tagged on as well to beef it up to 14 tracks and with the exception of one or two tracks,this is pop perfection,after this,the beatles changed their sound slightly and kept their momentum going.
The album features classic numbers like 'help'.'youve got to hide your love away','your'e going to lose that girl','the night before''ticket to ride' and the much covered 'yesterday',a few of the tracks dont rate as highly such as 'its only love' and 'dizzy miss lizzy' which i have never rated,not the perfection that the beatles would be more famed for but a darn good album.