My Book of Rock´n´Roll

Review of the Best Albums in Rock History By Lifeson Rush

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Rare Earth-Ma (1973)

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Rare Earth's sixth album was preceded by four excellent studio works and a sensational double live album, and became another of their gr...
Saturday, September 14, 2024

Electromagnets-Electromagnets (1974)

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Electromagnets was an interesting jazz-rock band known for having a very young Eric Johnson in its line-up, who was already showing signs of...
Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Rose´s Pawn Shop-"Dancing On The Gallows" (2010)

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Rose's Pawn Shop are a band that gave a breath of fresh air to the American sound in 2005, when they were founded (this does not mean th...
Monday, February 21, 2022

Cargo-Cargo (1972)

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Cargo were a fleeting Dutch heavy prog band, who only recorded one album published in 1972, which is full of overwhelming and dynamic sounds...
Friday, February 18, 2022

Aerosmith-Aerosmith (1973)

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"Dream on" is one of the songs that is part of the first album of the Boston band, Aerosmith, published in 1973, but it would be a...
Thursday, February 17, 2022

Robert Berry-3.2 Third Impression (2021)

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In 2015 Keith Emerson and Robert Berry considered giving continuity to the project in which both participated in 1988 and resulted in the al...
Wednesday, February 16, 2022

10cc-...Meanwhile (1992)

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One of the most refined progressive pop bands of the 1970s was the British formation 10CC. The ability of this band was to fuse addictive an...
Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Omega-The Hall Of Floaters In The Sky (1975)

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Omega, are the most successful Hungarian rock band in the history of their country, which even had a great acceptance internationally. Such ...
Monday, February 14, 2022

Crow-Crow Music (1969)

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Crow were an interesting American heavy blues band that are recognized for their song "Evil Woman", which was later covered by Bla...
Monday, April 5, 2021

Goblin-"Roller" (1976)

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Goblin was an Italian band that oriented its music mainly to horror movie soundtracks with dark, intriguing and progressive sounds, but also...
Tuesday, February 9, 2021

GNP-Safety Zone (1989)

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In 1986 the members of Saga; Jim Gilmour and Steve Negus, left the band to form the group GNP (initials of Gilmour Negus Project), next to t...
Friday, November 27, 2020

David Sancious And Tone-Transformation (Speed Of Love) (1976)

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David Sancious was one of the components of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, with whom he would record the albums "Greetings Fro...

Survivor-Eye Of The Tiger (1982)

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"Eye Of The Tiger" is the quintessence of melodic rock, the album that elevated the genre to the general public and that decades l...
Thursday, November 26, 2020

Trapeze-Medusa (1970)

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Trapeze were other of the many great bands born in the late sixties and early seventies, a time that undoubtedly took place the greatest exp...
Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Armageddon-Armageddon (1975)

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Keith Relf's career was fascinating, the founder of The Yardbirds shared memorable moments in this mythical band with Eric Clapton, Jimm...
Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Alcatrazz-"No Parole From Rock ´n´ Roll" (1983)

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The main attraction of Alcatrazz was the voice of its singer and founder Graham Bonnet, who some years ago had been the vocalist of Rainbow ...

Y&T-"Earthshaker" (1981)

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Y&T are a hard rock band heir to the best American rock of the 60s and 70s, with the sensitivity of the sublime melodies of British rock...
Monday, November 23, 2020

Poobah-"Let Me In" (1972)

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Poobah are complete strangers in Europe, but legends in the United States, where their powerful hard rock was all the rage in the 1970s. Fou...
Friday, November 20, 2020

Funkadelic-Maggot Brain (1971)

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Together with Parliament, Funkadelic were the greatest exponents of the fusion between psychedelic rock, funk and soul, a fascinating synthe...

Jeff Beck, Tim Bogert & Carmine Appice-Beck, Bogert & Appice (1973)

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In 1973 Jeff Beck ended his adventure with the Jeff Beck Group and decided to form a power trio calling Carmine Appice and Tim Bogert, one o...
Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Rush-Counterparts (1993)

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"Counterparts" was released in October 1993 and produced by the band's own musicians. It corresponds to the last active stage ...

Ozric Tentacles-The Yumyum Tree (2009)

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In the mid-1980s, Ozric Tentacles, in Somerset, a county in the south-west of England, founded Ozric Tentacles, a group of young people rela...
Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Steve Miller Band-Fly Like An Eagle (1976)

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Steve Miller is one of those musicians whose passion for blues and rock made him one of the best artisans of the style, with a charisma and ...
Friday, November 13, 2020

Tir Na nÓg-Tir Na nÓg (1971)

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In a mysterious and delicate way with their musical style in 1971 a duo called Tir Na nÓg appeared. Their sound was a wise mixture of orient...

The Electric Prunes-"Underground" (1967)

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In the field of experimentation, Electric Prunes played a decisive trump card in the second half of the 1960s. Their albums full of spirited...
Thursday, November 12, 2020

Henry Cow-"Legend" (1973)

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Henry Cow is one of the most politicized groups in the history of progressive rock, its journey would begin in 1968, a year of great student...

Bad Company-"Straight Shooter" (1975)

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After its first and effective as well as successful first Bad Company album, fans feared that they would drift towards new sonic adventures,...
Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Little Feat-"Sailin´ Shoes" (1972)

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Originally from Burbank in California, Little Feat have been one of the greatest North American rock bands in the seventies for their techni...

Ian Dury-"New Boots And Panties!!" (1977)

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Ian Dury was a flamboyant character, raised during the first half of the 70s in London pus and later become one of the leading figures of th...

The Tubes-"The Tubes" (1975)

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The Tubes' debut with A&M Records dates back to 1975 and was produced by none other than former Blues Project Al Kooper. The disc en...

Bruce Cockburn-"Sunwheel Dance" (1972)

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Unlike Joni Mitchell and Neil Young, two Canadians who crossed the border with the United States to become famous, Bruce Cockburn became a s...
Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Montrose-Warner Bros. Presents (1975)

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Montrose's third album was weighed down in part by their huge debut album released two years earlier and also by losing their vocalist S...

Van Morrison-"The Healing Game" (1997)

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During the nineties Van Morrison published a series of great and very productive albums that, without reaching the level of his masterpieces...

Flash-"In The Can" (1972)

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Peter Banks had been invited to leave Yes in the early 1970s, his position would be occupied by Steve Howe, meanwhile Banks, far from being ...

Man-"2 Ozs Of Plastic With a Hole in the Meddle" (1969)

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Man are one of the cult bands par excellence, these Welsh went into the annals of rock for the demonized guitar jams halfway between Gratefu...

Love Sculpture-Blues Helping (1968)

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One of the most unknown British blues bands of the late 60s, but not for that reason they did not treasure a very high quality were Love Scu...

Various Artists-"Fill Your Head With Rock" (1970)

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"Fill Your Head With Rock" was a successful double compilation that the North American label Columbia Records published in 1970 an...

Fleetwood Mac-"Mirage" (1982)

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"Mirage" had the great handicap of being just behind the superb "Rumors" and "Tusk", so it had a more moderate...
Monday, November 9, 2020

Colosseum II-"Wardance" (1977)

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In 1975 the drummer Jon Hiseman re-floated his band Colosseum, with which he had recorded five albums in the period from 1969 to 1971, renam...
Sunday, November 8, 2020

Gary Wright-"The Dream Weaver" (1975)

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Gary Wright was a former member of a damn British band such as Spooky Tooth, a group with very bad luck but of enormous quality and with co...
Saturday, November 7, 2020

Uriah Heep-"The Magician´s Birthday" (1972)

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Following the line started in "Demons and Wizards" that same year of 1972, Uriah Heep published "The Magician's Birthday...
Friday, November 6, 2020

The Doors-"The Doors" (1967)

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Between 1967 and 1971 The Doors polarized world attention on their music and their enormous sound and the great vitality of the group. In al...

Jethro Tull-"Aqualung" (1971)

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"Aqualung" was Jethro Tull's fourth album, released in 1971, chronologically located between "Benefit" and "Thi...
Thursday, November 5, 2020

Hatfield and the North-Hatfield and the North (1973

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Formed in late 1972, Hatfield and the North were framed in the Canterbury Sound scene, of which it was one of the most recognized and influe...

The Rascals-"Time Peace: The Rascals' Greatest Hits" (1968)

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First as The Young Rascals and then simply as Rascals, this band was during the period between 1966 and 1968 one of the favorites of young A...
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