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“Is this a feel-bad album?”: 10th anniversary edition of Bruce Soord’s solo debut
By David West published
New vinyl version proves that songs he writes outside The Pineapple Thief’s domain still deserve to be heard

The Blue Öyster Cult albums you should definitely listen to... and one to avoid
By Malcolm Dome last updated
There’s a lot more to Blue Öyster Cult than more cowbell, as their best albums clearly show

Toto finally released a live DVD after two attempts had failed for Spinal Tap style reasons
By Derek Oliver published
A last-minute crew change, an exploding car and a contract battle all contributed to plans being abandoned, until the band delivered 35th Anniversary: Live In Poland in 2014

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Featuring Joe Bonamassa, Turnstile, Jerry Cantrell and five other scary monsters from the rock'n'roll deep

What if I told you A-ha’s Hunting High And Low is really a prog album?
By Jeremy Allen published
Believe it or not, the 1985 pop record emerged from a background of Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, and Morten Harket singing along to Queen songs

Big Big Train once hated 2002 album Bard. Long deleted, the dark secret has become a rare gem
By Grant Moon published
In the process of remastering it for a limited edition, friendships were rekindled, music was re-evaluated, and the band’s current line-up demonstrated what the quarter-century journey had been all about

The Tubes bring in the big producer on The Completion Backwards Principle, with mixed results
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Desperate for major label success, The Tubes turned to David Foster, who had just struck gold with Earth, Wind And Fire

The story of “kissing and fainting to the floor” that inspired Robert Smith for a 1987 classic by The Cure
By Niall Doherty published
As a teenager, The Cure frontman Robert Smith had a magical moment on a clifftop with his future-wife and he revisited it for one of his best ever songs
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