Curved Air - Second Album [Japanese Ed. SHM-CD] (1971)

Year: September 1971 (CD Apr 8, 2015)
Label: Warner Music (Japan), WPCR 16300
Style: Progressive Rock, New Age
Country: London, England
Time: 42:27
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 285 Mb

The aptly titled “Second Album” catches Curved Air at the peak of their popularity following the success of the single “Back Street Luv” which remains one of their best known tracks. However in line with the high turnover that was to characterise the band’s line-up, seeds of discord were growing between guitarist Francis Monkman and multi-instrumentalist Darryl Way which led to one side being dedicated to tracks penned by Way and other members of the band while the other saw all the Monkman compositions lumped together.
The second album is always a tricky step for a band who achieve success with their first LP. Usually recorded in the gaps of a busy touring schedule, with little time to come up with new material, it can be a band’s undoing. However “Second Album” is a good effort which opens with not one but two bangs, the excellent “Young Mother” that includes an excellent instrumental break in its midst and the already mentioned “Back Street Luv”. “Jumbo” shows a band stretching its wings with the use of a string section. “You Know” is another good rocker that clearly displays the influences of american band Spirit described by Darryl Way in the liner notes, the excellent hook played in unison by the keyboard and the guitar works a treat.”Puppets” meanders a little and might be the only real filler track here but things pick up instantly with “Everdance” where Curved Air’s trademark violin and an almost chidlike-nursery rhyme lyric make it instantly memorable. Monkman’s inventivity shines through on “Bright Summer’s Day 1968” with its unusual melodies and time signature changes. Closing off the second side is the ambitious “Piece of Mind”, again a track where Monkman’s singular music vision is well displayed. This carefully constructed music suite manages to stay interesting for the whole course of its thirteen minutes.
(louderthanwar.com/curved-air-second-album-album-review/)

01. Young Mother (05:58)
02. Back Street Luv (03:41)
03. Jumbo (04:10)
04. You Know (04:11)
05. Puppets (05:29)
06. Everdance (03:08)
07. Bright Summer's Day '68 (02:54)
08. Piece Of Mind (12:53)

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Curved Air - Air Conditioning [Japanese Ed. SHM-CD] (1970)

Year: November 1970 (CD Apr 8, 2015)
Label: Warner Music (Japan), WPCR 16299
Style: Progressive Rock, New Age
Country: London, England
Time: 45:19
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 290 Mb

Air Conditioning, the debut album from Gloucestershire band Curved Air, is widely considered to be one of the pioneering albums of the progressive rock genre. Recorded in July 1970 and released to an unsuspecting public just four months later, this was unlike much of what had been heard previously. Many of the bands that are remembered today as some of the greatest prog bands of all time were yet to unleash something quite as different and out there as Air Conditioning. Genesis' debut had been firmly routed in the 60's pop genre, Pink Floyd were yet to release anything truly incredible and Rush were many years away from releasing their debut. Of all the classic prog albums, only King Crimson had released one yet, in the form of In The Court Of The Crimson King, which would go on to influence Air Conditioning. However, this was a different form of prog rock. Whereas bands like King Crimson focused on shifting their sound up every thirty seconds, Curved Air were more geared towards showing off the significant talent of vocalist Sonja Kristina and were also one of the first rock bands to use a violin which makes for one interesting listen.
(full version: sputnikmusic.com/review/53985/Curved-Air-Air-Conditioning/)

01. It Happened Today (05:02)
02. Stretch (04:06)
03. Screw (04:02)
04. Blind Man (03:35)
05. Vivaldi (07:33)
06. Hide And Seek (06:19)
07. Propositions (03:09)
08. Rob One (03:27)
09. Situations (06:24)
10. Vivaldi With Cannons (01:37)

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Van Halen - The Best Of Volume 1 [Japanese Ed.] (1996)

Year: October 22, 1996 (CD Dec 8, 2010)
Label: Warner Music (Japan), WPCR-14063
Style: Hard Rock, Arena Rock
Country: Pasadena, California, U.S.
Time: 76:23
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 602 Mb

Best Of – Volume I is the first greatest hits album by American hard rock band Van Halen.
The album does not contain any songs from the band's 1982 album Diver Down. Best Of – Volume I also features "Humans Being", the band's contribution to the Twister soundtrack. The two newly recorded songs, "Can't Get This Stuff No More" and "Me Wise Magic", at the end of the album are with original lead vocalist David Lee Roth. These two songs were released as singles to promote this compilation. They are also the last songs recorded and released by the original Van Halen lineup of Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Roth and Michael Anthony. Some demos recorded by the original lineup in 2000 would later be re-recorded by the Van Halen brothers, Wolfgang Van Halen, and Roth for A Different Kind of Truth, released in 2012. Anthony did not play with Van Halen again following the band's 2004 tour. He was replaced by Eddie's son Wolfgang.
(full version: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Of_%E2%80%93_Volume_I_(Van_Halen_album))

01. Eruption (01:42)
02. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love (03:48)
03. Runnin' With The Devil (03:37)
04. Dance The Night Away (03:08)
05. And The Cradle Will Rock... (03:34)
06. Unchained (03:29)
07. Jump (04:03)
08. Panama (03:32)
09. Hot For Teacher (Japanese bonus track) (04:44)
10. Why Can't This Be Love (03:46)
11. Dreams (04:54)
12. When It's Love (05:39)
13. Poundcake (05:21)
14. Right Now (05:22)
15. Can't Stop Lovin' You (04:08)
16. Humans Being (05:09)
17. Can't Get This Stuff No More (04:12)
18. Me Wise Magic (06:06)

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Bad Company - Straight Shooter [Japanese Ed.] (1975)

Year: March 28, 1975 (CD March 7, 2007)
Label: Warner Music Inc. (Japan), WPCR-12543
Style: Hard Rock, Blues Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 38:46
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 272 Mb

Charts: UK #3, AUS #8, CAN #3, FRA #3, GER #47, NDL #19, NOR #6, NZ #13, US #3. CAN & UK: Gold; US: 3x Platinum.
"Where Bad Company was stark, minimalist hard rock, Straight Shooter bears lots of different, vibrant colours: acoustic guitars are used for light and shade, guitars are channelled through chorus pedals, pianos and organs alternate with the occasional wash of strings, and the entire thing feels bigger and bolder than before." (AllMusic)
"Forsaking the constant thunder-thudding drone motif of ’74 in favour of a more textured approach, the group uses subdued acoustic guitar and tight vocal harmonies during most of the verses, saving the harsh electrical shocks for the head-slamming choruses. It’s a relatively simple 'calm before the storm' setup, but Bad Company milks it for all its effectiveness." (Rolling Stone)
"This rocks even more consistently than Bad Co., but to argue that it epitomizes hard rock as a style is not only to overlook its deliberate speed but to believe in one's (usually male) heart that Paul Rodgers is the ideal rock singer. You hear that a lot; what it seems to mean is that he doesn't shriek when he gets to the loud parts. Rodgers's power is no more interesting than Tom Jones's, and Jones is twice as subtle. If hard rock doesn't have more to offer, it's not worth arguing about." (Robert Christgau)

01. Good Lovin' Gone Bad (03:37)
02. Feel Like Makin' Love (05:16)
03. Weep No More (04:02)
04. Shooting Star (06:19)
05. Deal With The Preacher (05:04)
06. Wild Fire Women (04:35)
07. Anna (03:45)
08. Call On Me (06:05)

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Bad Company - Bad Co [Japanese Ed.] (1974)

Year: 24 May 1974 (CD Sep 22, 2010)
Label: Warner Music (Japan), WPCR-13902
Style: Blues Rock, Hard Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 34:53
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 254 Mb

When I think of the term “supergroup”, Bad Company are one of the first bands that spring to mind. With their 1974 self-titled debut album, they absolutely lived up to that billing. The British group featured two former members of Free and their unfussy, soulful rock picks up where Free left off but in a more feelgood, riff-based, rock ‘n’ roll mode courtesy of ex-Mott The Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs. And Ralphs ensured they achieved mega success by penning the ingeniously simple single Can’t Get Enough, a cruising and carefree radio staple. Not to be outdone, vocalist Paul Rodgers chipped in the album’s masterful title track, a thoroughly stirring mix of ghostly atmosphere and outlaw manliness. Other highlights include the priapic proto-Whitesnake Rock Steady and a sublimely classy remake of Mott’s Ready For Love.
Bad Company were having too good a time to infuse the album’s ballads with anything near the emotional heavy load that Free conjured but tracks like The Way I Choose have proven to be growers over decades of listening and are great vehicles for Rodgers’ smooth vocals. The whole album sounds ballsy and beautiful, especially Ralphs’ creamy guitar tones. Bad Company is the cool, confident and timeless sound of talented musicians revelling in a newfound personal and creative chemistry. When I think of the term “classic rock” Bad Company is one of the first albums that springs to mind.
(heavymetaloverload.com/2025/07/05/bad-company-bad-company-album-review/)

01. Can't Get Enough (04:16)
02. Rock Steady (03:47)
03. Ready for Love (05:02)
04. Don't Let Me Down (04:21)
05. Bad Company (04:50)
06. The Way I Choose (05:05)
07. Movin' On (03:24)
08. Seagull (04:04)

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Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps [Japanese Ed.] (1979)

Year: June 22, 1979 (CD Sep 21, 2005)
Label: Warner Music (Japan), WPCR-75096
Style: Folk Rock, Country Rock, Hard Rock
Country: Toronto, Ontario, Canada (November 12, 1945)
Time: 38:22
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 256 Mb

Neil Young ended off the seventies on a great note. Before releasing the live album Live Rust, Young finished the decade that was perhaps his most successful with one of this finest works up until then and remains now, ‘Rust Never Sleeps’. Although the album was recorded live on the tour of the same name, it consisted entirely of new material and with most of the audience track removed and later overdubbing, it felt like a studio recording but with a rawer, more intense and intimate feel of a live performance. Young makes some of his most memorable work ranging from the gentle, cryptic folk of the opening track to a heavier, rocking alteration of the same song to conclude. Divided into two separate sections, acoustic first and electric tunes on the second half with his famous backing band Crazy Horse, Rust Never Sleeps is one of his most unique and self representative works.
Opening with powerful, atmospheric My My Hey Hey (Out of the Blue), the albums distinctive tone is set. Possessing the infamous line “It’s better to burn out than to fade away”, an inside look at the music industry and an era as well as a modest salute to the King Elvis Presley and embracing the modern punk age with a nod to Johnny Rotten, the track is one of Young’s most prominent and for good reason. Thrasher solidifies the albums brilliant start with a beautiful, warming and intimate story telling song with some of his best and most descriptive lyrics that read like an autobiography with lines such as “And I was just getting up, hit the road before it's light; trying to catch an hour on the sun, when I saw those thrashers rolling by; looking more than two lanes wide I was feeling like my day had just begun” and a excerpt from the final verse “But me I'm not stopping there got my own row left to hoe; just another line in the field of time”. Ride My Llama and Pocahontas are also both wonderful songs that fit along side his best, especially the latter. The majority of the lyrics are written cleverly, sometimes laced with obscure metaphors, imagery and passages that may have numerous meanings, but are bound to make the listener think. What to think about depends.
The electric second half is highlighted by Powderfinger, which actually works as a transitional song in the middle with its blending of softer, mid tempo melodies with heavier guitar parts. One of Young’s undisputed highlights, the five minute plus song combines a folk country melody with mesmerizing guitars including a remarkable, yet straightforward solo and Young’s distinctive tenor. Only contending with the opener and Thrasher, this track leaves the longest lasting impression.
(sputnikmusic.com/review/12378/Neil-Young-Rust-Never-Sleeps/)

01. My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue) (03:47)
02. Thrasher (05:39)
03. Ride My Llama (02:30)
04. Pocahontas (03:23)
05. Sail Away (03:48)
06. Powderfinger (05:29)
07. Welfare Mothers (03:48)
08. Sedan Delivery (04:38)
09. Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black) (05:15)

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Neil Young - After The Gold Rush [Japanese Ed. SHM-CD] (1970)

Year: September 1970 (CD Dec 10, 2008)
Label: Warner Music (Japan), WPCR-13241
Style: Folk Rock, Country Rock
Country: Toronto, Ontario, Canada (November 12, 1945)
Time: 35:15
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 253 Mb

The album opens with three of its quieter songs, highlighted by the piano-led title track in which Young demonstrates just how perfectly he can generate melancholy with his voice. Soon after comes "Southern Man," which is Crazy Horse at their finest. This is one of the most furious, apocalyptic songs that Neil ever put out, and also one of his best. His trademark solo style is in full effect, playing off of a pounding piano line.
"Southern Man" is a brief diversion in sound, but it fits the overall tone because, like every good Neil Young song, it has something to say. And every one of these songs has something to say--or at least feels like it. Whether the instrumentation is bare or Young is using the full Crazy Horse band, every song on After the Gold Rush feels important. It doesn't matter if Young is being introspective or socially critical, he demands that you listen to him. Nobody sounds like they've had as much life experience and wisdom as Neil Young does, even if he was only 24 when he recorded this album.
These days I still feel like I respect Neil Young more than I enjoy him. I don't care for the country and folk music that he so obviously embraces. But it's almost impossible to listen to an album like After the Gold Rush and not hear his genius, even if "Southern Man" and "When You Dance You Can Really Love" are the only two songs that fit my general listening habits. It's only my fifth-favorite album of 1970 and it gets the 4.0 rating that I bestow upon the majority of music that I enjoy, but in an attempt to speak objectively, After the Gold Rush is not only at the very top of 1970, but one of the greatest albums of the decade. A mandatory listen for anyone who appreciates rock music in general.
(sputnikmusic.com/review/62604/Neil-Young-After-the-Gold-Rush/)

01. Tell Me Why (02:59)
02. After The Goldrush (03:46)
03. Only Love Can Break Your Heart (03:08)
04. Southern Man (05:32)
05. Till The Morning Comes (01:20)
06. Oh, Lonesome Me (03:50)
07. Don't Let It Bring You Down (02:57)
08. Birds (02:33)
09. When You Dance You Can Really Love (04:05)
10. I Believe In You (03:27)
11. Cripple Creek Ferry (01:34)

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Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac) - Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie (2017)

Year: June 9, 2017 (CD Jun 9, 2017)
Label: Warner Music UK (Europe), 0190295828318
Style: Pop Rock
Country: U.S. / UK
Time: 39:38
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 298 Mb

Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie (also referred to as simply Buckingham McVie) is a studio album by Fleetwood Mac vocalists Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie, released on June 9, 2017. Four of the five "classic members" of Fleetwood Mac are featured on the album; vocalist Stevie Nicks is the sole member absent. The album was recorded at The Village Recorder, where Fleetwood Mac had recorded their Tusk album. Work on the album began soon after Christine McVie rejoined Fleetwood Mac in 2014 and resumed following the conclusion of the band's On with the Show tour. Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie sold over 22,000 units in the United States in its first week and debuted within the top 20. It debuted at No. 5 in the United Kingdom and was certified silver in November 2017 for sales exceeding 60,000 units.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsey_Buckingham_Christine_McVie)

01. Sleeping Around The Corner (03:47)
02. Feel About You (03:27)
03. In My World (04:24)
04. Red Sun (03:15)
05. Love Is Here To Stay (04:25)
06. Too Far Gone (03:20)
07. Lay Down For Free (03:56)
08. Game Of Pretend (04:33)
09. On With The Show (03:46)
10. Carnival Begin (04:40)

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