album and live reviews
Over the past 20 years I've reviewed countless albums and more than 600 gigs. I have the tinnitus to prove it. Here's just a very small sample of some recent work.
tom petty and the heartbreakers
One of the most consistent songwriters in rock, the superlative boxset The Best Of Everything is a fitting tribute to the much-missed Tom Petty.
the beatles
Can the studio wizardry of producer Giles Martin improve on the original for the 50th anniversary super deluxe edition of Sgt Pepper?
bob marley &
the wailers
The legacy of Bob Marley has been well served by Island Records. I take a look at the 40th anniversary expanded edition of landmark LP, Exodus.
roger waters
Rubbing shoulders with David Gilmour’s On An Island as the most consistent Floyd solo album,
Is This The Life We Really Want? finds Roger Waters at his introspective and politicised best.
the band and
the pretty things
Reviews of the 50th anniversary editions of two masterpieces – The Band’s Music From Big Pink and The Pretty Things’ SF Sorrow.
the rolling stones
45 years of Stones action in one vinyl boxset. The band’s exhaustive collection from 1971 onwards goes from the sublime to the ridiculous. I pick the bones out of this intriguing 15-album release.
Otis redding and black sabbath
Not often seen in the same place, two reviews of an excellent Otis compilation from his Dock Of The Bay recording sessions and a Black Sabbath 7” boxset.