The Residents: Meat, Metal & Bone: Album Review
San Francisco’s The Residents offer up an album based on the works of long-lost bluesman Alvin ‘Dyin’ Dog’ Snow.
Glenn Hughes – Justified Man, The Studio Albums 1995-2003: Album Review
A monster set from a particularly prolific period for Glenn Hughes. To be fair, the voice of rock has never shied away from being anything less than active.
Spirit – Tent Of Miracles: Album Review
Tent Of Miracles from 1990 finds the thirteenth album by Spirit reissued in an expanded format with a live show from Amsterdam as the added bonus.
Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & The Furious Five – Sugar Hill Adventures: The Collection: Album Review
Sugar Hill Adventures brings together the complete output, for Sugar Hill Records, of Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & The Furious Five.
Babe Ruth – Darker Than Blue: The Harvest Years 1972-1975: Album Review
1970s Rock band Babe Ruth are celebrated in a collection of their three albums for the Harvest record label.
Strawbs – Heartbreak Hill / Burning For You: Album Review
Strawbs fans can rejoice with the pairing of Heartbreak Hill and Burning For You in Remastered and Expanded forms.
Reissues & Compilations of 2020 – Writers’ Picks
We turn our attention to the many excellent reissues and compilations that have helped to keep many of us afloat in 2020.
NWOBHM Thunder: Album Review
A Cherry Red three-disc collection from The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal 1978-1986. A reminder of a classic period for rock music and of how difficult it was to say NWOBHM…
Neil Innes – How Sweet To Be An Idiot: Album Review
A fitting tribute to the great and sadly missed Neil Innes. His 1973 debut album in expanded format.
Nektar – The Other Side: Album Review
Prog rock veterans Nektar return for a new decade with The Other Side that celebrates both their past and the present.
Winter In Eden – Social Fake: Album Review
Pre- and during lockdown compositions see symphonic rock ensemble Winter In Eden release their well-crafted fourth studio album, Social Fake, which is bristling with energy.
Be Bop Deluxe – Modern Music: Album Review
Release Date: 29th November 2019 Label: Cherry Red Formats: 2CD, DL, special edition 4CD/DVD mega package Cherry Red are doing the Be Bop Deluxe catalogue a real service. After the excellent reissues of Sunburst Finish and Futurama, we get another impossible to resist offering of Modern Music. Modern […]
Luke Haines & Peter Buck – Beat Poetry For Survivalists: Album Review
Is anybody there? Former REM man Peter Buck and The Auteurs’ Luke Haines make a record that’s delightfully off kilter.
Toyah – Four More From Toyah – Expanded 12″ Neon Violet Vinyl Version: Album Review
The story continues – The latest triumphant installment in Cherry Red’s reissue series of Toyah’s Safari Records catalogue
Hawkwind – All Aboard The Skylark: Album Review
Hawkwind command you to take flight on board the Skylark. This is their 32nd album, and they’re still going strong.
