“I saw rock and roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen”. It’s a hell of a claim and while that quote may not have accurately predicted what was to come it certainly became part of rock mythology. The man who wrote it was John Landau, the music critic and record producer who would go on to both produce and manage Springsteen. It was written as part of a review for a live … [Read more...]
Reggatta de Blanc – The Police
The early Police albums encapsulate a time in my mid teens that tapped into my boundless energy and unbridled enthusiasm for just about everything. There’s a wide-eyed openness in our young lives that seems a little naïve on reflection, yet the shortcomings we possessed through our inexperience were compensated by our willingness to embrace promising new concepts with … [Read more...]
The Dark Side Of The Moon – Pink Floyd
Let’s be honest. You can’t have a classic album series without including this record. It’s impossible. The Dark Side Of The Moon is a record vast in its thematic, musical and lyrical scope and one that is brilliantly engineered. It’s become so ubiquitous that for many who aren’t rock music fans if there is one rock record in their collection chances are it’s this … [Read more...]
Look Sharp! – Joe Jackson
Is She Really Going Out With Him? is the breakthrough hit from Look Sharp! that introduced the world to Joe Jackson, and while I quickly became a fan of that song it wasn’t enough to make me buy the album. As a new, previously unheard of artist he could have been just another 1 hit wonder for all I knew – there seemed to be so many of them on the radio around that time. I … [Read more...]