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Elvis Costello and the Attractions: Trust (Columbia)

Review by Richard Riegel, Creem, May 1981

"ACCESS" IS a word that has never tripped lightly off Elvis Costello's devilishly silver tongue. As in "Access All Areas," rockbiz parlance for an unlimited ...

James Blood Ulmer: Free Lancing (Columbia)

Review by Richard C. Walls, Creem, February 1982

ULMER IS A 39-year-old guitarist who's come up thru' blues bands and organ/guitar trios, thru the Del Vikings and Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars, thru ...

Moby: The Story So Far/Ambient/Early Underground/ Rare: The Collected B-Sides 1989 — 1993

Review by Stephen Dalton, Uncut, July 2000

Feted techno munchkin's prolific past catches up with him ...

The Smiths: Rank

Review by Nick Kent, The Catalogue, September 1988

IN MANCHESTER this summer, the first Smiths convention is held, effortlessly attracting thousands of the faithful. In London the New Musical Express tirelessly trumpets an ...

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Tender Prey, The Good Son, Henry's Dream

Review by David Quantick, Uncut, May 2010

The dark masters caught in transition, and all the better for being reissued, says David Quantick. ...

Hot Chip: One Life Stand (Parlophone)

Review by Simon Price, The Word, February 2010

THE NAME, of course, is one of pop's great double entendres. As well as carrying the sense of overloaded silicon circuitry, "Hot Chip" — like ...

Metallica: Death Magnetic

Review by Stephen Dalton, Uncut, October 2008

Troubled Dark Knights of metal return to form. ...

UNKLE: Psyence Fiction (Mo Wax)

Review by Emma Warren, Jockey Slut, August 1998

New Adventures in Psy-Fi! ...

Bell Biv DeVoe: Hootie Mack (MCA 10682; CD and cassette)

Review by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 18 July 1993

When Rap Meets Rhythm-and-Blues ...

Tom Waits: Franks Wild Years (Island)

Review by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 30 August 1987

WAITS: DREAMLIKE, DISTANT ...

Steve Earle: I Feel Alright (E-Squared/Warner Bros. 46201)

Review by Geoffrey Himes, Country Music, April 1996

STEVE EARLE started a revolution in Nashville, but he left it unfinished. ...

DIG THIS! Fave Raves and Rabid Enthusiasms for May 2003

Review by Various Writers, Rock's Backpages, May 2003

SOUNDTRACK OF THE MONTH ...

Michael Jackson: Bad

Review by Tom Graves, Rock and Roll Disc, November 1987

IF MICHAEL JACKSON is not the most confusing entertainer of our time, you can't blame him for not trying. ...

Beatles, The, Keith West, Bee Gees, The, Beach Boys, The, Buffalo Springfield, Country Joe & The Fish, Pink Floyd: New Singles including The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Buffalo Springfield

Review by Nick Jones, Melody Maker, 18 November 1967

STILL THE BEATLES OLD SOUL AND FEELING ...

Michael Jackson: Thriller 25

Review by Miles Marshall Lewis, The Village Voice, 5 February 2008

Michael Jackson's Nigh-Unstoppable Thriller Gets the 25th-Anniversary Treatment ...

Bruce Springsteen: The Ties That Bind – The River Collection

Review by Phil Sutcliffe, MOJO, November 2015

ON HIS FIFTH E Street Band album, Springsteen still struggled "to gain the knowledge of how to make records". But this sense of technical difficulty ...

Wings: Wings Over America showcases Paul McCartney and Wings at 1970s peak

Review by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 3 June 2013

IF YOU'RE A FIRST or second generation fan of Paul McCartney, then Wings Over America holds a special place in your record collection. The newly ...

Neil Young: Monumental: Neil Young's Archives, Vol. 1

Review by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages, May 2009

NOTE: This is an extended version of a review written in a Belfast hotel room for the Observer Music Monthly. BH * ...

Kiss: Rock and Roll Over

Review by Lester Bangs, Circus, 14 February 1977

LIKE MANY OTHER citizens of Lower Manhattan, I feel guilty. The reason I feel guilty is, however, not the same as the other 2,833,756 culpable ...

R.E.M.: R.E.M: The Warner Years 1988-2004

Review by Andria Lisle, MOJO, March 2005

The best — and worst — of major label era R.E.M., repackaged in deluxe, 2-CD sets that include DVDs full of surround sound mixes, live ...


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