Records That Made History

Nightingales & Bombers is the sixth and final album recorded by the original quartet of Manfred Mann's Earth Band. The album was also released before the cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Blinded By The Light" with the band's new lineup that propelled them to greater commercial acceptance. Despite the replacement of singer Mick Rogers by Chris Thompson and the addition of another guitarist, Dave Flett, to widen the gap between Nightingales […]

Pulse is a double album and the second live album by Pink Floyd, released on 29 May 1995 by EMI in Europe and Columbia in the US. It has also been released on video and DVD.Recordings for this release took place from August to October 1994 during the tour in support of their album "The Division Bell".Pulse topped the charts in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Canada, Australia, etc. […]

Real Macaw is Graham Parker's second studio album since his split from Rumour, released in 1983.Rolling Stone magazine described The Real Macaw as "a propulsive, brilliantly sung LP." Trouser Press, on the other hand, called it "a softer-sounding record that should have been harder" while PopMatters wrote that "even with the keyboards with an expiration date, it ranks among the best pop-oriented rock albums of all time."Graham Parker must have […]

Zucchero - Live At The Kremlin is the first live album by Italian singer Zucchero Fornaciari, released on 4 November 1991 by Polydor.Although not originally planned, the set-box included a double live LP and a VHS tape, representing in fact the artist's first live work, from his Gold, Incense and Beer tour, as well as his self-titled album Oro, Incenso e Beer, culminating in his double stop at the Moscow […]

Hejira is the eighth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. The songs on the album were written during a series of road trips in 1975 and 1976, and reflect on events that occurred during those trips, including several romantic relationships she had during that time.Featuring lyrically extended songs, as well as the amazing bass playing of Jaco Pastorius, whom she had just met, Hejira continued Mitchell's journey beyond her […]

How Dare You! is the fourth album by British band 10cc. It was released in 1976 and included the UK hits "I'm Mandy Fly Me" and "Art For Art's Sake". The album was the band's third to feature cover art by the creative team at Hipgnosis Studio.It was also the last 10cc album by the original lineup of Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman, Kevin Godley and Lol Crème, the latter two […]

American Stars 'n Bars is the eighth studio album by Canadian folk-rock musician Neil Young, released by Reprise Records on May 27, 1977. The selection of tracks was made from recordings made over a period of 29 months and includes "Like A Hurricane", one of Young's best-known and most popular songs. It peaked at number 21 on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold in the United States.In the summer […]

Treasure is the third studio album by Scottish alternative rock band Cocteau Twins, released on 1 November 1984 by 4AD. With this album, the band introduced their current core line-up of vocalist Elizabeth Fraser, guitarist Robin Guthrie and bassist Simon Raymonde. This new line-up also coincided with the development of the ethereal sound associated with the band's music.The album peaked at No. 29 on the UK Albums Chart and became […]

Straight Ahead is the fifth album by Brian Auger and the Oblivion Express, released in 1975 and for many his last good one, after which the reviews that followed were mixed. Brian Auger, who was also called the "godfather of acid jazz", has done an excellent job, with some of his keyboard passages being truly wonderful as in "Beginning Again", with which the album begins, or "Bumpin' On Sunset", with […]