Classic Pop & Rock Reviews

Latest Classic Pop & Rock Reviews

• Backtracks AC/DC

  
  The ultimate rarities collection from the ultimate hard rock band.

  reviewed by Greg Moffitt

• Good Evening New York City Paul McCartney

  
  He could turn up and play on a washboard and it'd still be worth 20 quid.

  reviewed by Will Dean

• Out Come the Freaks! An Island Post Punk Anthology Various Artists

  
  A muddled, but occasionally magnificent, time capsule-style package.

  reviewed by Mike Diver

  • 6 Music Album of the Day

• Glitter & Doom Live Tom Waits

  
  That he is a copper-bottomed, titanium-plated genius is undeniable.

  reviewed by John Doran

  • 6 Music Album of the Day

• Songs From the Red Room Shakespears Sister

  
  Inconsistent, haphazard, dark and occasionally touched by pop genius.

  reviewed by Jaime Gill

• There’s a Riot Goin’ On Sly & The Family Stone

  
  Dark, troubled and brilliant funk from kaleidoscopic soul-rock legends.

  reviewed by Stevie Chick

  • 6 Music Album of the Day

• Sans Fusils, Ni Souliers, A Paris. Martha Wainwright's Piaf Record Martha Wainwright

  
  Wainwright can be proud of this performance, but is more powerful when being herself.

  reviewed by Jude Rogers

• Live at the El Mocambo Elvis Costello

  
  Pop’s angriest man caught live in 1978.

  reviewed by Paul Lester

• Spaceball - The American Radio Sessions Marc Bolan And T.Rex

  
  One for collectors and obsessives only.

  reviewed by Jon Lusk

• Balm in Gilead Rickie Lee Jones

  
  The 11 tracks on Balm in Gilead tie up loose ends.

  reviewed by Barney Hoskyns

• Paul Weller: Deluxe Edition Paul Weller

  
  This sounds better today than it ever did.

  reviewed by Chris Roberts

  • 6 Music Album of the Day

• The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again John Fogerty

  
  Fogerty, despite the famous friends and the elderly tunes, still rocks.

  reviewed by David Quantick

• Live at Reading Nirvana

  
  Nirvana’s triumphant final UK performance finally released as a live album.

  reviewed by Stevie Chick

  • 6 Music Album of the Day

• The Circle Bon Jovi

  
  Dependable drive-time rock delivered with an admirable straight face.

  reviewed by Tom Hocknell

• The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman Sparks

  
  The story of a maverick creative force – remind you of anyone?

  reviewed by Louis Pattison

• Christmas in the Heart Bob Dylan

  
  Indulge Dylan his whims and this is worth a spin come Christmas morn.

  reviewed by Nigel Smith

• One Step Beyond... (30th Anniversary Edition) Madness

  
  The vaudevillian nuttiness of their debut set hasn’t diminished over the decades.

  reviewed by Stevie Chick

  • 6 Music Album of the Day

• Bleach: Deluxe Edition Nirvana

  
  An unheard live set makes this album worth investing in again.

  reviewed by Mike Diver

  • 6 Music Album of the Day

• Once More Spandau Ballet

  
  First album for 20 years from former kilt-wearing New Romantics.

  reviewed by Paul Lester

• Celebration Uriah Heep

  
  English heavy rock veterans re-record classic tracks.

  reviewed by Greg Moffitt