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Vaughan’s retooling of the blues made it relevant to a new generation.
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A sad album finale for a remarkable band.
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Immediately assumes the status of the best Stones compilation on the market.
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They defined the Stax sound, but were always more than just a backing band.
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A comprehensive A-Z of one of the most stylish, adventurous bands of all time.
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The Stones’ debut knocked The Beatles from the chart summit… They were on their way.
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A cynically motivated product saved by the Small Faces’ extraordinary talent.
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Originally released in the summer of 78, Some Girls was the best Stones LP in yonks.
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Simon selects highlights from his solo career, with You Can Call Me Al oddly omitted.
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Took popular music into areas previously thought impossible.
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The first proper Kinks album, pointing the way to pop greatness.
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A respectable album, but also puzzling and almost painfully self-conscious.
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A hundred years after Johnson’s birth, this remains a landmark record.
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40th anniversary bells-and-whistles repackaging of Clapton and company’s classic.
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Traffic’s 1970 comeback might contain great highs, but it lacks focus.
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The first opportunity to experience these ‘director’s cuts’ for four decades.
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Any listener will be bowled over by the best of the new material.
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Pink Floyd and solo material on a single disc for the first time.
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Williams seems to be psychologically clearing the decks for a certain reunion.
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Always likeable and rarely boring, the Derry pop-punks are neatly summarised on this set.
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A far tougher record than is understood by those who have only heard the singles.
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Though there is very little subtlety, there is evident affection throughout.
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A bizarre release that fans of The King probably won’t rush to buy.
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They donned their dancing shoes to join the dominant disco craze.
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The latest posthumous Hendrix album offers underwhelming ‘new’ material.
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Unmistakably the entrée of someone with a future.
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He genuinely was one of the greatest vocalists who ever drew breath.
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A mixed bag, rather like Kenny Rogers’ career.
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One of popular music’s most innovative and inspired artists.
