Bill Ward (Black Sabbath) - Ward One: Along The Way (1990)

Year: 10 January 1990 (CD 1990)
Label: Chameleon Records (US), D2-74816
Style: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Country: Aston, Birmingham, England (5 May 1948)
Time: 49:13
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 324 Mb

Musicians: Ozzy Osbourne (vocals 3,7); Zakk Wylde (guitar 4); Bob Daisley (bass 3,7); Jack Bruce (bass & vocals 5,10); Eric Singer (drums 1,4).
Билл сам записал партии ударных, вокал и фортепиано, но не на всех треках. To date, since leaving Black Sabbath (the first time) in 1980, Bill Ward has released precisely two full solo albums (plus the single “Straws”).   This is especially unfortunate, since both solo albums are particularly fine pieces of work.  The finest and most noteworthy was his first, Ward One: Along the Way, released a decade after his Sabbath departure.  A long time in the making doesn’t begin to sum it up.
Aside from some production issues (this album could use a nice, clear remix) this is among the best solo products issued by any ex-member of Black Sabbath, including Dio and Ozzy.  It has its Sabbathesque moments (a few crushing guitar chords, pounding drums, peacenik lyrics) but it truly is an animal of its own.   Bill Ward received a co-writing credit on every original Black Sabbath song, and it’s clear why.  The man has a vivid imagination, creating swirling soundscapes of music.  There is nothing here that is outright commercial, nothing straightforward, everything is just slightly fucked up.  I think most likely it was Bill that gave Black Sabbath its oddball experimental edge in the early days.  An edge they have lost now that they have given him the boot.
The obvious standout track is “Bombers (Can Open Bomb Bays)”, the thunderous single featuring none other than Ozzy himself on lead vocals.  But even that is strange and offputting, as the pitch of Ozzy’s voice is manipulated in the mix, giving him an otherworldly sound at times.
(full version: mikeladano.com/2012/11/26/review-bill-ward-ward-one-along-the-way-1990/)

01. (Mobile) Shooting Gallery (05:11)
02. Short Stories (01:06)
03. Bombers (Can Open Bomb Bays) (04:23)
04. Pink Clouds An Island (03:15)
05. Light Up The Candles (Let There Be Peace Tonight) (03:35)
06. Snakes And Ladders (06:35)
07. Jack's Land (04:41)
08. Living Naked (06:03)
09. Music For A Raw Nerve Ending (02:05)
10. Tall Stories (05:04)
11. Sweep (04:00)
12. Along The Way (03:09)

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AC/DC - The Razors Edge [remastered] (1990)

Year: 24 September 1990 (CD 2003)
Label: Epic Records (Europe), EPC 510771 2
Style: Hard Rock
Country: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Time: 46:42
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 361 Mb

It was a major comeback for the band, featuring the hits "Thunderstruck", "Are You Ready" and "Moneytalks". This is the only studio album to feature Welsh drummer Chris Slade, who was the drummer for AC/DC from 1989 to his dismissal in 1994.
Critical commentary for the album was generally mixed, with Alex Henderson of AllMusic complimenting Brian Johnson and Angus Young, while John Mendelsohn from Rolling Stone criticises its similarity to the band's past works. The album reached number 2 on the US Billboard 200 and number 4 on the UK Albums Chart, a smash commercial success that returned the band to a peak equivalent to that of their late 1970s and early 1980s popularity. The album earned multi-platinum certifications in Australia, Canada, Germany, Switzerland and the US. To support The Razors Edge, the band undertook the Razors Edge World Tour, starting in November 1990.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Razors_Edge_(AC/DC_album))

01. Thunderstruck (04:52)
02. Fire Your Guns (02:53)
03. Moneytalks (03:45)
04. The Razors Edge (04:22)
05. Mistress for Christmas (03:59)
06. Rock Your Heart Out (04:06)
07. Are You Ready (04:10)
08. Got You by the Balls (04:30)
09. Shot of Love (03:56)
10. Let's Make It (03:32)
11. Goodbye & Good Riddance to Bad Luck (03:13)
12. If You Dare (03:18)

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Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) - Manic Nirvana (1990)

Year: 19 March 1990 (CD 1990)
Label: Es Paranza Records (U.S.), 7 91336-2
Style: Hard Rock, Rock
Country: West Bromwich, England (born August 20, 1948)
Time: 49:37
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 323 Mb

Manic Nirvana is the fifth studio album by former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, released March 19, 1990 on Es Paranza Records. The lead single, "Big Love", reached #35 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and its follow-up, "Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes on You)", held #1 on the same chart for six consecutive weeks. The vinyl release had 10 songs (five per side) rather than 11, omitting "She Said".

Robert Plant made big news on 1988’s NOW AND ZEN as he, for practically the first time in his solo career, seemed to fully embrace the legacy of Led Zeppelin. It was something he had studiously avoided on previous records, though, to be honest, on songs like “Burning Down One Side” from his first solo album, or “Other Arms” from his second, he couldn’t help but put a little lemon squeeze into the mix. SHAKEN ‘N’ STIRRED (1985), though, had been devoid of much that could even be called bluesy, replaced by a strange coldness that surprised even his most devoted fans.

No, NOW AND ZEN brought back something Plant had lacked, in part by getting Jimmy Page involved on “Heaven Knows” and “Tall Cool One,” and even sampling Zeppelin riffs and vocals on the latter song, a gimmick that made it a hit, and enabled Plant to sell three million copies of the album. It can be argued, though, that it wasn’t until 1990’s MANIC NIRVANA that everything truly came together – where Plant was able to channel his past and incorporate it into a heavy but complex contemporary sound, where he was able to take his blues and move forward with them, to excellent effect.

From the guitar figure that starts "Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes on You)” – a sort of declaration of the big rock to come – MANIC NIRVANA crackles with an urgency Plant hadn’t been much interested in mustering with his previous few records. The guitar cuts through some of the more superfluous production tricks (the hand-clappy percussion in particular), cracking the song open so Plant can open up. The “talk about love” pre-chorus also gives him the opportunity to slide into his upper register, which is another welcome sign.

Guitarist Doug Boyle piles on the riffs – the chugging figure on “Nirvana,” the Page-like blast on “Tie Dye on the Highway,” the bluesy slide on “S S S & Q” – and Plant matches them with the swagger in his voice. It’s not that he yields completely to the six-string pyrotechnics; the synth-heavy “Anniversary” gives him space to stretch and give in to the song’s inherent drama (though it also contains Boyle’s best solo on the record, so there’s that). “Liar’s Dance,” conversely, peels back the production, providing Plant with room to go deep into the blues, a circumstance he clearly relishes.

By the time the spacy, quasi-psychedelic “Watching You” fades out and Plant has screamed, moaned and sung his fill, you realize what kind of a trip he’s taken you on, and you’re happy to have gotten to ride along. MANIC NIRVANA is Robert Plant at his post-Zeppelin best, embracing his past and present in a titanic rock sound that’ll crack your windows and rattle your walls, if you let it. And you really should.

(rhino.com/article/the-one-after-the-big-one-robert-plant-manic-nirvana)

01. Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes On You) (04:11)

02. Big Love (04:35)

03. S S S & Q (04:38)

04. I Cried (04:54)

05. She Said (05:13)

06. Nirvana (04:30)

07. Tie Dye On The Highway (05:16)

08. Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night (04:17)

09. Anniversary (05:02)

10. Liars Dance (02:34)

11. Watching You (04:21)

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National Health - Complete [2CD. all three studio albums plus bonus tracks] (1990)

Year: 1990 (CD 1990)
Label: East Side Digital (US), ESD 80402/412
Style: Progressive rock, Canterbury scene
Country: Canterbury, England
Time: 79:02, 79:25
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 526, 526 Mb

National Health were an English progressive rock band associated with the Canterbury scene. Founded in 1975, the band featured members of keyboardist Dave Stewart's band Hatfield and the North and Alan Gowen's band Gilgamesh, including guitarists Phil Miller and Phil Lee and bassist Mont Campbell as original members. The band was named after Stewart's National Health spectacles. Bill Bruford (previously of Yes and King Crimson) was the initial drummer, but was soon replaced by Pip Pyle. Campbell was replaced by Neil Murray and then John Greaves. Alan Gowen left the group before its first album (although he appeared on it as a guest musician), but returned for their final tours, replacing Dave Stewart, who resigned after their second album. Amanda Parsons sang with the group in its original lineup but also appeared on the first album only as a guest; the group never had another full-time vocalist, although Richard Sinclair appeared a few times as a guest vocalist, and Greaves sang on one track of the second album and occasionally in concerts. Guitarist Phil Miller was National Health's only constant member.
They toured extensively and released their first album, National Health, in 1978. Although it was created during the rise of punk rock, the album is characterized by lengthy, mostly instrumental compositions. National Health continued performing live until winter 1980, but disbanded without recording another album.
After the May 1981 death of Gowen, the Queues lineup of Stewart, Miller, Greaves and Pyle reunited to record the album D.S. Al Coda, a set of compositions by Gowen, most previously unrecorded. The original albums and additional archival material have subsequently been released on CD.
The intro of National Health's "Binoculars" was used as a sample on American rock band Deftones' "Black Moon".
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Health)

01. Paracelsus (01:45)
02. Tenemos Roads (14:34)
03. Brujo (10:18)
04. Borogoves (Excerpt From Part Two) (04:12)
05. Borogoves (Part One) (06:35)
06. Elephants (14:31)
07. The Bryden 2-Step (For Amphibians), Part 1 (08:54)
08. The Collapso (06:18)
09. Squarer for Maud (11:50)

01. Dreams Wide Awake (08:50)
02. Binoculars (11:45)
03. Phlakaton (00:08)
04. The Bryden 2-Step (For Amphibians), Part 2 (05:33)
05. Apocalypso (06:50)
06. Portrait of a Shrinking Man (05:35)
07. T.N.T.F.X. (03:12)
08. Black Hat (04:52)
09. I Feel a Night Coming On (06:37)
10. Arriving Twice (02:22)
11. Shining Water (08:53)
12. Tales of a Damson Knight (01:56)
13. Flanagan’s People (05:20)
14. Toad of Toad Hall (07:26)

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