Manufacturer: Thirty Tigers
Big, lantern-jawed Glen Campbell, erstwhile session guitarist and fill-in Beach Boy, had an image problem for years: staple of Seventies Radio 2 and the dream of the everyday housewife. More recently, his best recordings have again been appreciated for their majesty and massive emotional power. 20 Golden Greats is as comprehensive a hits compilation as one could hope for, covering the ...
Manufacturer: EMI
Hotel California represented a commercial peak for the Eagles, selling nine million copies in its year of release alone. Founder member Bernie Leadon quit and was replaced with tougher-sounding guitarist Joe Walsh just before the band spent eight months in the studio crafting this album. Unfortunately, as often happens with albums that take so long to make, spontaneity is almost wholly ...
Manufacturer: Warner
Manufacturer: Camden
Manufacturer: Warner Bros.
Manufacturer: Bmg
Manufacturer: Arista
Manufacturer: Loose
Although he rose from the ranks of journeyman 60s' folksingers to become a potent and consistent 70s hit-maker, Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot's stock-in-trade was as much hard-eyed, dispassionate observation as it was romance or poetic whimsy. Perhaps that's why his songs have been covered by everyone from Elvis (this sets "Early Morning Rain") to Dylan. If there's such a thing as an ...
Torrential creativity has fast-forwarded the artistic evolution of former Whiskeytown frontman Ryam Adams from country-rock boy wonder to despondent troubadour with a 1960s fixation (his solo debut Heartbreaker), but it may also explain why listeners often need to wade through some pedestrian material just to find a few pearls of poetic excellence. Gold is no exception to that trend, ...
Manufacturer: Mercury Records Ltd (London)
