Black Lab – Your Body Above Me – Loaded with dark and gloomy lyrics, lead singer Paul Durham’s haunting vocals weave tales of failed and broken relationships.
Blondie – No Exit – Bringing the early ’80’s into the late ’90’s is a brutal task indeed, but Deborah Harry and Blondie have never been afraid to give anything a try.
Candlebox – Happy Pills – The 90’s just has not seen very many mature hard rock bands, so I must tell everyone out there about the latest Candlebox disc.
Collective Soul – Dosage – Just what the doctor ordered. It’s the fourth effort since their 1993 debut for this consistent 5-man rock band.
Cool For August – Grand World – Traditional Rock ‘N Roll record with great song writing, solid instrumentation and tremendous, tantalizing vocals.
Depeche Mode – Violator – The mysterious evolution and career of Depeche Mode is still unknown to most music fans.
Fleetwood Mac – The Dance – Sold over 4 million copies in the U.S., but clearly it has not reached it’s full potential.
INXS – Welcome to Wherever You Are – This effort epitomizes why Michael Hutchence became a respected, venerable vocalist for over a decade and a half.
Lenny Kravitz – 5 – This collection embraces good ole rock ‘n roll, funk and R&B with a dash of jazz. Imagine Sly & the Family Stone, Earth, Wind & Fire, Miles Davis, Seal and Jimi Hendrix recording together!
Live – Secret Samadhi – This 4-man band from Pennsylvania continually shows us that pure, raw rock is still around.
Maxwell – Embrya – Where has the romantic, soulful musical styles of the ’70’s gone? Look no further.
New Radicals – Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed – The flavor of the disc has an obvious Rolling Stones influence, but also integrates subtle memories of the ’60’s, ’70’s and ’80’s without losing it’s late ’90’s modern rock/pop genre.
Seal – Human Beings – Eerie truths always flow through Seal’s lyrics and here is no exception.
Simply Red – Picture Book – Perfect albums do come few and far between, but here we definitely have a vintage one.
Ringo Starr – Vertical Man – Who out there can deny their occasional craving for the ’70’s type schmaltzy, bouncy, catchy, pop song about love and relationships?
Rod Stewart – When We Were The New Boys – The death of Rock ‘N Roll? Not a chance! Rod reminds us of his classic signature vocals and style which have been around longer than most of us.
War – The Best of War…and More – A 30th anniversary is fast approaching for one of the most underrated soul, funk bands of all time.
