Reviews Of Classic Rock & Pop Albums

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Important Note that's Been a Long Time Coming

As you may have noticed, the site has not been updated for more than a year. All of this time I was hoping I would finally get around to doing it, but now it is finally obvious to me that the updates can no longer continue the same way they used to. I neither have the time to keep writing reviews like I did before, nor can I be inventive enough to write further rows of lengthy reviews without repeating myself and falling back on the old cliches.

So, "Only Solitaire" is no more. But here is a little replacement that some may be interested in.

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Table Of Contents

 Music reviews

 View list of artists sorted by time period 

[gradation approximate]

 View list of artists by style/category 

[includes complete album listing]

 View list of artists in alphabetic order 

[including those in appendices]

Auxiliary Pages


Introduction: The Proto-Rock Heroes Page

  • Bill Haley
  • Buddy Holly
  • Carl Perkins
  • Chuck Berry
  • Elvis Presley
  • Fats Domino
  • Jerry Lee Lewis
  • Little Richard
  • Muddy Waters
  • Robert Johnson
  • Special review project

  • ATLANTIC RHYTHM & BLUES

  • 1. The Early Years: 1962-1965

    Class A artists

  • The Beatles
  • Bob Dylan
  • The Rolling Stones
  • The Who
  • Class B artists

  • The Byrds
  • The Kinks
  • Class C artists

  • The Animals
  • The Beach Boys
  • The Hollies
  • The Yardbirds
  • The Zombies
  • Class D artists

  • The Pretty Things
  • Class E artists

  • The Dave Clark 5
  • The Searchers
  • Unrated artists

  • Manfred Mann

  • 2. The Psychedelic Years: 1966-1968

    Class B artists

  • Cream
  • Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • The Doors
  • Jimi Hendrix
  • Pink Floyd
  • Class C artists

  • Arthur Brown
  • Captain Beefheart
  • Family
  • Fleetwood Mac
  • Frank Zappa
  • Janis Joplin
  • The Left Banke
  • The Moody Blues
  • Procol Harum
  • Roy Wood/The Move
  • Simon & Garfunkel
  • Tyrannosaurus Rex/T. Rex
  • The Velvet Underground
  • Class D artists

  • 13th Floor Elevators
  • Bee Gees
  • Buffalo Springfield
  • Free
  • The Grateful Dead
  • Jeff Beck
  • Jefferson Airplane
  • Love
  • The Mamas & Papas
  • The Monkees
  • The Nice
  • Quicksilver Messenger Service
  • The Small Faces
  • Soft Machine
  • Spooky Tooth
  • Ten Years After
  • Traffic
  • The United States Of America
  • Class E artists

  • Country Joe & The Fish
  • Iron Butterfly
  • The Troggs
  • Unrated artists

  • Aphrodite's Child
  • The Band
  • Blood, Sweat & Tears
  • Blue Cheer
  • Bonzo Dog Band
  • Donovan
  • Electric Prunes
  • Fairport Convention
  • Harry Nilsson
  • The Incredible String Band
  • Leonard Cohen
  • Lovin' Spoonful
  • Moby Grape
  • Nico
  • Sly & The Family Stone
  • Spirit
  • Steppenwolf
  • Tim Buckley
  • Special review project

  • NUGGETS

  • 3. The Artsy/Rootsy Years: 1969-1971

    Class B artists

  • Genesis
  • John Lennon
  • King Crimson
  • Paul McCartney
  • Stevie Wonder
  • Class C artists

  • Alice Cooper
  • Amon Düül II
  • The Allman Brothers Band
  • Bob Marley
  • Can
  • Caravan
  • Crosby, Stills & Nash
  • David Bowie
  • Deep Purple
  • Emerson, Lake & Palmer
  • Electric Light Orchestra
  • Elton John
  • Eric Clapton
  • Gentle Giant
  • George Harrison
  • Gong
  • J. J. Cale
  • Jethro Tull
  • Led Zeppelin
  • Lou Reed
  • Renaissance
  • Yes
  • Class D artists

  • Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Argent
  • Atomic Rooster
  • Badfinger
  • Black Sabbath
  • Budgie
  • Colosseum
  • Curved Air
  • Faust
  • Mountain
  • Neil Young
  • Nick Drake
  • Rod Stewart
  • Thin Lizzy
  • Van Der Graaf Generator
  • Class E artists

  • Blind Faith
  • Bloodrock
  • Grand Funk Railroad
  • Gravy Train
  • High Tide
  • James Gang
  • MC5
  • Mott The Hoople
  • Ringo Starr
  • Stone The Crows
  • Syd Barrett
  • Unrated artists

  • Barclay James Harvest
  • Carole King
  • The Carpenters
  • Chicago
  • The Faces
  • Flamin' Groovies
  • Flying Burrito Brothers
  • Focus
  • Funkadelic
  • Hawkwind
  • Hot Tuna
  • Humble Pie
  • It's A Beautiful Day
  • Jack Bruce
  • Joe Cocker
  • John Cale
  • Joni Mitchell
  • Kraftwerk
  • Lindisfarne
  • Nazareth
  • Peter Hammill
  • Rory Gallagher
  • Santana
  • Seatrain
  • Slade
  • Sparks
  • Steamhammer
  • Steeleye Span
  • The Stooges
  • Strawbs
  • Tangerine Dream
  • Todd Rundgren
  • Uriah Heep
  • Vangelis
  • ZZ Top

  • 4. The Interim Years: 1972-1975

    Class B artists

  • Brian Eno
  • Class C artists

  • 10CC
  • ABBA
  • AC/DC
  • Bruce Springsteen
  • Cockney Rebel/Steve Harley
  • Patti Smith
  • Queen
  • Roxy Music
  • Steely Dan
  • Steve Hackett
  • Tom Waits
  • Class D artists

  • Big Star
  • Gryphon
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • Pete Townshend
  • Premiata Forneria Marconi
  • The Residents
  • Robin Trower
  • Class E artists

  • Eagles
  • Fruupp
  • New York Dolls
  • Unrated artists

  • Aerosmith
  • Al Green
  • Alan Parsons Project
  • Alvin Lee
  • Ash Ra Tempel
  • Bad Company
  • Blue Oyster Cult
  • Camel
  • Clannad
  • Eloy
  • Henry Cow
  • Kansas
  • Kayak
  • Kiss
  • Klaus Schulze
  • Magma
  • Manfred Mann's Earth Band
  • Mike Oldfield
  • Paul Simon
  • Rainbow
  • Rick Wakeman
  • Ronnie Lane
  • Ronnie Wood
  • Rush
  • The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
  • Styx
  • Supertramp
  • The Sweet
  • Tina Turner

  • 5. The Punk/New Wave Years: 1976-1979

    Class B artists

  • The Police
  • The Ramones
  • Talking Heads
  • Class C artists

  • Accept
  • Blondie
  • The Clash
  • The Cure
  • Dire Straits
  • The Jam
  • Peter Gabriel
  • Class D artists

  • The Cars
  • Unrated artists

  • Boston
  • Brand X
  • Cheap Trick
  • Elvis Costello
  • Foreigner
  • Gary Moore
  • Heart
  • Ian Dury
  • Iggy Pop
  • Japan
  • Joy Division
  • Judas Priest
  • Kate Bush
  • Klaatu
  • Meatloaf
  • Michael Jackson
  • Midnight Oil
  • Motorhead
  • National Health
  • Nina Hagen
  • Pere Ubu
  • Prince
  • The Sex Pistols
  • Siouxsie & The Banshees
  • Television
  • Tom Petty
  • Van Halen
  • Wire
  • XTC

  • 6. The Divided Eighties: 1980-1989

    Class C artists

  • The Birthday Party/Nick Cave
  • Cocteau Twins
  • The Flaming Lips
  • Class D artists

  • Adrian Belew
  • Art Of Noise
  • Bangles
  • Crowded House
  • Class E artists

  • Traveling Wilburys
  • Unrated artists

  • Asia
  • Coil
  • Current '93
  • Dead Can Dance
  • Depeche Mode
  • Duran Duran
  • Einsturzende Neubauten
  • Enya
  • Eurythmics
  • Extreme
  • Faith No More
  • INXS
  • Iron Maiden
  • Joe Satriani
  • Laurie Anderson
  • Loreena McKennitt
  • Madonna
  • Marillion
  • Meat Beat Manifesto
  • Megadeth
  • Metallica
  • Ministry
  • Oingo Boingo
  • Ozzy Osbourne
  • Pet Shop Boys
  • Pixies
  • The Pogues
  • Queensryche
  • R.E.M.
  • The Replacements
  • Sade
  • Sepultura
  • Sinead O'Connor
  • Slayer
  • Smiths
  • Sonic Youth
  • Steve Vai
  • Stevie Ray Vaughan
  • Sting
  • Stone Roses
  • Suzanne Vega
  • Swans
  • Tears For Fears
  • They Might Be Giants
  • This Mortal Coil
  • U2

  • 7. From Grunge To The Present Day: 1990-2005

    Class B artists

  • Ween
  • Class C artists

  • Alice In Chains
  • Björk/The Sugarcubes
  • Blur
  • Class D artists

  • Angra
  • Autechre
  • The Chemical Brothers
  • The Cranberries
  • Unrated artists

  • Fountains Of Wayne
  • Hole
  • Mariah Carey
  • Morphine
  • Mr Bungle
  • Nirvana
  • Oasis
  • Pavement
  • Pearl Jam
  • Portishead
  • The Posies
  • Primus
  • Radiohead
  • Tori Amos
  • Wilco