Hallowed Ground is the second album by the Violent Femmes, released in June 1984. As with the band's first album, the songs were primarily written by singer, guitarist and lyricist Gordon Gano when he was in high school. "Country Death Song", for example, written by Gano during his high school years, was inspired by the tradition of folk songs about "terrible, horrible stories". Departing from the straightforward rock style of […]

Prologue is the third studio album by English progressive rock band Renaissance, released in 1972.In this particular year, the line-up at that time disbanded and only former Gentle People singer Annie Haslam and former Rupert's People keyboardist John Tout remain, who are also the core of the band. New members added were bassist Jon Camp, drummer Terence Sullivan and guitarist Mick Parsons. Shortly afterwards, Parsons was killed in a car […]

Heavy Horses is the eleventh studio album by English rock band Jethro Tull, released on 10 April 1978 on Chrysalis Records. This was the second of the band's trilogy of records where their sound featured a lot of folk elements, following 'Songs From The Wood' which had been released a year earlier, which took a more realistic perspective on the ever-changing world. The album is dedicated to the domestic working […]

Trilogy is the third studio album by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in July 1972 by Island Records. The cover, designed by Hipgnosis, features a combined bust of the three members, while the first edition's inside features a photomontage of the three of them in Epping Forest.Trilogy increased ELP's worldwide popularity by including "Hoedown", an Aaron Copland composition, which was one of their most popular live songs. Greg Lake himself […]

The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys is the fifth studio album by Traffic, released in 1971. As with the group's other albums, The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys featured different styles of rock music including jazz rock , progressive rock, as well as classic rock and roll. The name of the song from which the album takes its name was suggested by actor Michael J. Pollard.The Traffic trio […]

"The Flock" is an excellent album from 1969, the boom year of brass bands and is the debut album of the group of the same name, whose sound includes guitar, bass, drums, backed by trumpet, two tenor saxophones, with the second to take the place usually occupied by the trombone in the typical wind instruments of the time, and a violin.This resulted in Flock sounding completely different from other similar […]

Live is the seventh album by German progressive Kraut rock band Eloy and their first live album, released in 1978.Being, now, one of the two most successful German rock bands (with Scorpions being perhaps the only other equally successful), Eloy decide to unfold their rich musical talent through a double, as was customary in the 70s, live album. The group had now also received several proposals for appearances in other […]

Absolutely Live is the first live album released by Toto in 1993, featuring new singers Jenney Douglas-McRae, John James and Donna McDaniel. After its first release the album was reissued in 1999 by Sony International.Toto are considered by many critics and fans to be one of the best live bands to ever appear. The original line-up of the group was probably the tightest band ever to appear on the modern […]