The Band's second album is an acknowledged classic, but there are some dissenters
For their second album, The Band relocated from upstate New York to California and turned Sammy Davis Jr.’s poolhouse into a makeshift studio
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That time The Darkness added a riot of colour to a grey musical landscape
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Bob Mould, live in London: one man and his guitar elevating troubled souls in a manner that only the best music can
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10 years in, Dorothy delivers her best album yet with The Way
Dorothy’s The Way is a modern rock gem – with added Slash
Coheed And Cambria mix the personal and the cosmic on new album The Father Of Make Believe
Coheed And Cambria retain their sci-fi prog metal crown on The Father Of Make Believe
Jon Anderson effortlessly recreates the best of Yes on new album Live – Perpetual Change
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Was Black Sabbath's Sabotage as good as everyone remembers?
The final entry into Black Sabbath's original golden run, Sabotage is often hailed as the band's heaviest and most fearless album. But is it really?
Prog fans rejoice! Steven Wilson has come home with cosmic modern classic The Overview
Steven Wilson’s interstellar new album The Overview measures up to prog’s greats
Neil Young’s Oceanside Countryside uncorks some vintage 70s vibes from deep within the cellar
The latest in Neil Young’s series of ’lost’ albums is a 1977 adventure, now welcomely restored.
The Wildhearts prove once again they’re one of the UK’s greatest bands with The Satanic Rites Of…
Cult UK rock heroes The Wildhearts deliver another masterpiece with their 11th album
Jethro Tull lean into the twilight on inspired and poignant 24th album Curious Ruminant,
Age cannot wither Ian Anderson, as Jethro Tull’s new album Curious Ruminant proves
Bad Company fail to recapture old glories on Desolation Angels
Made between the much-derided Burnin' Sky and the much-derided Rough Diamonds, Desolation Angels was heralded as a return to form - but was it?
