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Album Reviews (detailed guide)

I. Introduction: The Proto-Rock Heroes Page

II. THE FEARLESS PIONEERS (British Invaders and American Folkies)

The Beatles
*****
Please Please Me; With The Beatles; A Hard Day's Night; Beatles For Sale; Help!; At The Hollywood Bowl; Rubber Soul; Revolver; Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band; Magical Mystery Tour; The Beatles; Yellow Submarine; Abbey Road; Let It Be; Past Masters (vol. 1); Past Masters (vol. 2); Live At The BBC; Anthology-I; Anthology-II; Anthology-III
Bob Dylan
*****
Bob Dylan; The Freewheelin'; The Times They Are A-Changin'; Another Side Of Bob Dylan; Subterranean Homesick Blues; Highway 61 Revisited; Blonde On Blonde; Live 1966; The Basement Tapes; John Wesley Harding; Nashville Skyline; Selfportrait; New Morning; Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid; Planet Waves; Before The Flood; Blood On The Tracks; Desire; Hard Rain; Street Legal; At Budokan; Slow Train Coming; Saved; Shot Of Love; Infidels; Real Live; Empire Burlesque; Dylan & The Dead; Down In The Groove; Oh Mercy; Under The Red Sky; The Bootleg Series; Good As I Been To You; World Gone Wrong; Time Out Of Mind
The Rolling Stones
*****
England's Newest Hitmakers; 12 X 5; The Rolling Stones, Now!; Out Of Our Heads; December's Children (And Everybody's); Aftermath; Got Live If You Want It; Between The Buttons; Flowers; Their Satanic Majesties' Request; Beggar's Banquet; Rock And Roll Circus; Let It Bleed; Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!; Sticky Fingers; Exile On Main Street; Goats' Head Soup; It's Only Rock'n'Roll; Metamorphosis; Black And Blue; Love You Live; Some Girls; Emotional Rescue; Tattoo You; Still Life; Undercover; Dirty Work; Singles Collection: The London Years; Steel Wheels; Flashpoint; Voodoo Lounge; Stripped; Bridges To Babylon; No Security; + Jagger/Wyman/Watts/Cooder/ Hopkins: Jamming With Edward; + Bill Wyman: Monkey Grip; Stone Alone; Bill Wyman; Struttin' Our Stuff; Anyway The Wind Blows; + Keith Richards: Talk Is Cheap; Main Offender; + Mick Jagger: Primitive Cool; Wandering Spirit; + Mick Taylor: Mick Taylor; + The Dirty Strangers: The Dirty Strangers
The Who
*****
The Who Sings My Generation; A Quick One; The Who Sell Out; Tommy; Live At Leeds; Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970; Who's Next; Quadrophenia; Odds And Sods; The Who By Numbers; Who Are You; The Kids Are Alright; Face Dances; It's Hard; Who's Last; Join Together; + Keith Moon: Two Sides Of The Moon; + Roger Daltrey: Daltrey
The Byrds
****
Mr Tambourine Man; Turn Turn Turn; Fifth Dimension; Younger Than Yesterday; Sweetheart Of The Rodeo; Dr Byrds And Mr Hyde; Ballad Of Easy Rider; Byrds
The Kinks
****
Kinks; Kinda Kinks; The Kink Kontroversy; Face To Face; Something Else By The Kinks; Live At Kelvin Hall; The Village Green Preservation Society; Arthur, Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire; Lola Vs. Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One; Percy; Muswell Hillbillies; Everybody's In Show-Biz; Preservation Act I; Preservation Act II; Soap Opera; Schoolboys In Disgrace; Sleepwalker; Misfits; Low Budget; One For The Road; Give The People What They Want; Phobia; To The Bone
The Animals
***
The Animals; The Animals On Tour; Animal Tracks; Animalisms; Winds Of Change; Love Is; + Eric Burdon & War: Eric Burdon Declares "WAR"; + The Eric Burdon Band: Sun Secrets; Stop
The Beach Boys
***
Surfin' Safari; Surfin' USA; Surfer Girl; Little Deuce Coupe; Summer Days (And Summer Nights); Pet Sounds; M.I.U. Album; L. A. (Light Album); Keepin' The Summer Alive
The Hollies
***
In The Hollies' Style; For Certain Because; Butterfly; Confessions Of The Mind; Distant Light
The Dave Clark 5
*
American Tour; Coast To Coast; I Like It Like That; Try Too Hard
The Pretty Things
[Odds & Sods]
The Pretty Things; Get The Picture?; S. F. Sorrow
The Zombies
[Odds & Sods]
The EP Collection

III. THE AUDACIOUS ALCHEMISTS (British & American Psychedelia of the mid- to late Sixties)

Cream
****
Fresh Cream; Disraeli Gears; Wheels Of Fire; Goodbye Cream; Live Cream; Live Cream Vol. II; + Jack Bruce: Songs For A Tailor; How's Tricks; Somethin Els
Doors
****
The Doors; Strange Days; Waiting For The Sun; Absolutely Live; The Soft Parade; Morrison Hotel; L. A. Woman; Other Voices; Full Circle; An American Prayer; Essential Rarities
Jimi Hendrix
****
Are You Experienced?; Live At Monterey Pop Festival; Axis: Bold As Love; Electric Ladyland; Live At Woodstock; Band Of Gypsys; First Rays Of The New Rising Sun; Blues; South Saturn Delta; BBC Sessions
Crosby, Stills & Nash
***
Super Session; Crosby, Stills & Nash; Déjà Vu; Stephen Stills; Manassas; Looking Forward
Grateful Dead
**
Anthem Of The Sun; Aoxomoxoa; Live/Dead; Workingman's Dead; American Beauty; Grateful Dead; Wake Of The Flood; From The Mars Hotel; Blues For Allah; Terrapin Station; Go To Heaven; Built To Last
Janis Joplin
**
Big Brother & The Holding Company; Live At Winterland '68; Cheap Thrills; I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama; Pearl; Farewell Song
Jefferson Airplane
**
Jefferson Airplane Takes Off; Surrealistic Pillow; After Bathing At Baxter's; Crown Of Creation; Volunteers; Bark; Long John Silver
Blind Faith
*
Blind Faith
Iron Butterfly
*
Heavy; In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida; Ball; Live; Metamorphosis; Scorching Beauty; Sun And Steel
Quicksilver Messenger Service
[Odds & Sods]
Quicksilver Messenger Service; Happy Trails
Spirit
[Odds & Sods]
Spirit; The Family That Plays Together; Twelve Dreams Of Dr Sardonicus

IV. THE INNOVATIVE PHILOSOPHERS (Moderate Art-Rock of the late Sixties/Seventies)

Pink Floyd
****
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn; A Saucerful Of Secrets; More; Ummagumma; Atom Heart Mother; Relics; Meddle; Obscured By Clouds; Dark Side Of The Moon; Wish You Were Here; Animals; The Wall; Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live; The Final Cut; A Momentary Lapse Of Reason; Delicate Sound Of Thunder; The Division Bell; P.U.L.S.E; + Roger Waters: The Pros And Cons Of Hitch-Hiking; Radio K.A.O.S.; Amused To Death
Moody Blues
***
The Magnificent Moodies; Days Of Future Passed; In Search Of The Lost Chord; On The Threshold Of A Dream; To Our Children's Children's Children; Caught Live + 5; A Question Of Balance; Every Good Boy Deserves Favour; Seventh Sojourn; Octave; Long Distance Voyager; The Present; Prelude; Sur La Mer; Keys Of The Kingdom; Strange Times; + Justin Hayward & John Lodge: Blue Jays; + Justin Hayward: Songwriter; Night Flight; The View From The Hill
Procol Harum
***
A Whiter Shade Of Pale; Shine On Brightly; A Salty Dog; Home; Broken Barricades; Live In Concert With The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra; Grand Hotel; Exotic Birds And Fruit; Procol's Ninth; Something Magic; The Prodigal Stranger; The Long Goodbye; + The Paramounts: Whiter Shades Of R'n'B; + Gary Brooker: No More Fear Of Flying
Roy Wood
***
Shazam; Looking On; Message From The Country; Wizzard Brew; Boulders; Introducing Eddy & The Falcons; Mustard; Starting Up
Andrew Lloyd Webber
**
Jesus Christ Superstar; Jesus Christ Superstar (Movie Soundtrack); Cats
Argent
**
Argent; Ring Of Hands; All Together Now; In Deep; Nexus
Family
**
Music In A Doll's House; Family Entertainment; Anyway; Fearless; It's Only A Movie
Traffic
*
Mr Fantasy; Traffic; Last Exit; John Barleycorn Must Die; Welcome To The Canteen; The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys; Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory; When The Eagle Flies; Far From Home
Nazz
[Odds & Sods]
Nazz; Nazz Nazz
Steely Dan
[Odds & Sods]
Katy Lied; The Royal Scam; Aja; Gaucho
Todd Rundgren
[Odds & Sods]
Something/Anything?
Electric Light Orchestra
["Ants"]
No Answer; E.L.O. II; On The Third Day; Eldorado; Face The Music; A New World Record; Out Of The Blue
Kate Bush
["Ants"]
The Kick Inside; Lionheart
Mike Oldfield
["Locusts"]
Tubular Bells; Hergest Ridge; Ommadawn
Santana
["Locusts"]
Santana; Abraxas; Santana III; Caravanserai; Carlos Santana With Buddy Miles! Live!; Love Devotion Surrender; Welcome; Lotus; Illuminations; Borboletta; Amigos; Festival; Moonflower

V. THE ENLIGHTENED PSEUDO-PROPHETS (Progressive Rock)

Genesis
***
From Genesis To Revelation; Trespass; Nursery Cryme; Foxtrot; Genesis Live; Selling England By The Pound; The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway; A Trick Of The Tail; Wind And Wuthering; Seconds Out; And Then There Were Three; Duke; Abacab; Genesis; Invisible Touch; We Can't Dance; Live: The Way We Walk Volume One - The Shorts; Calling All Stations; + Phil Collins: Face Value; Hello I Must Be Going; No Jacket Required
Jethro Tull
***
This Was; Stand Up; Benefit; Live At Carnegie Hall; Aqualung; Thick As A Brick; Living In The Past; A Passion Play; Warchild; Minstrel In The Gallery; Too Old To Rock'n'Roll, Too Young To Die; Songs From The Wood; Heavy Horses; Live - Bursting Out; Stormwatch; A; Broadsword And The Beast; Under Wraps; A Classic Case; Crest Of A Knave; Rock Island; 20 Years Of Jethro Tull (selection); Catfish Rising; A Little Light Music; Nightcap; Roots To Branches; J-Tull Dot Com
King Crimson
***
In The Court Of The Crimson King; Epitaph; In The Wake Of Poseidon; Lizard; Islands; Earthbound; Larks' Tongues In Aspic; The Night Watch; Starless And Bible Black; Red; USA; Discipline; Beat; Three Of A Perfect Pair; Absent Lovers; VROOOM; THRAK; B'Boom; THRaKaTTaK; + Giles, Giles & Fripp: The Cheerful Insanity Of Giles, Giles & Fripp; + McDonald And Giles: McDonald And Giles; + Adrian Belew: Desire Caught By The Tail; Mr Music Head; Young Lions; The Acoustic Adrian Belew; Op Zop Too Wah; Belewprints
Renaissance
***
Renaissance; Illusion; Prologue; Ashes Are Burning; Turn Of The Cards; Scheherazade And Other Stories; Novella; A Song For All Seasons; Azure D'Or; Camera Camera; Time-Line; Songs From Renaissance Days; + Illusion: Out Of The Mist; Illusion
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
**
Emerson, Lake & Palmer; Tarkus; Pictures At An Exhibition; Trilogy; Brain Salad Surgery; Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends; Works Vol. 1; Works Vol. 2; Love Beach; Works Live; Emerson, Lake & Powell; Black Moon; In The Hot Seat; Then And Now
Gentle Giant
**
Gentle Giant; Acquiring The Taste; Three Friends; Octopus; In A Glass House; Live Rome 1974; Free Hand; Interview; The Official Live: Playing The Fool; The Missing Piece; Giant For A Day; Civilian
The Nice
**
The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack; Nice; Five Bridges; Elegy
Steve Hackett
**
Voyage Of The Acolyte; Please Don't Touch; Spectral Mornings; Defector; Cured; Highly Strung; Bay Of Kings; Till We Have Faces; Watcher Of The Skies - Genesis Revisited
Van Der Graaf Generator
**
The Aerosol Grey Machine; The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other; H To He Who Am The Only One; Pawn Hearts; Godbluff; Still Life; World Record; The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome; Vital
Yes
**
Yes; Time And A Word; The Yes Album; Fragile; Close To The Edge; Yessongs; Tales From Topographic Oceans; Relayer; Going For The One; Tormato; Drama; Yesshows; 90125; Big Generator; Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe; Union; Talk; Keys To Ascension; Keys To Ascension 2; Open Your Eyes; The Ladder
Camel
["Ants"]
Camel; Mirage; The Snow Goose; Moonmadness; Rain Dances; Breathless
Rush
["Ants"]
Rush; Fly By Night
Supertramp
["Ants"]
Supertramp; Indelibly Stamped; Crime Of The Century; Crisis? What Crisis?; Even In The Quietest Moments
Eloy
["Locusts"]
Inside; Floating; Power And Passion; Ocean
Rick Wakeman
["Locusts"]
The Six Wives Of Henry VIII; Journey To The Centre Of The Earth; The Myths And Legends Of King Arthur; Lisztomania; No Earthly Connection; White Rock; Criminal Record
Kansas
["Roaches"]
Kansas; Song For America; Masque; Leftoverture; Point Of Know Return
Styx
["Roaches"]
Styx; Styx II; The Serpent Is Rising; Man Of Miracles; Equinox; Crystal Ball; The Grand Illusion

VI. THE INTROSPECTIVE DUDES (The whole singer-songwriting mishmash of the 60s/70s thrown in one pot)

John Lennon
****
Wedding Album; Live Peace In Toronto 1969; John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band; Imagine; Sometime In New York City; Live In New York City; Mind Games; Walls And Bridges; Rock'n'Roll; Double Fantasy; Milk And Honey; Menlove Ave.; Wonsaponatime
Stevie Wonder
****
Talking Book; Innervisions; Songs In The Key Of Life; Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants; In Square Circle
George Harrison
***
Wonderwall Music; Electronic Sound; All Things Must Pass; The Concert For Bangla Desh; Living In The Material World; Dark Horse; Extra Texture (Read All About It); Thirty-Three And One Third; George Harrison; Somewhere In England; Gone Troppo; Cloud 9; Live In Japan
Lou Reed
**
Lou Reed; Transformer; Berlin; Rock'n'Roll Animal; Coney Island Baby; The Bells; Growing Up In Public; Songs For Drella; Perfect Night Live In London
Neil Young
**
Neil Young; After The Gold Rush; Harvest; Zuma; Comes A Time; Rust Never Sleeps; Landing On Water; This Note's For You; Harvest Moon; Dead Man; Broken Arrow
Simon & Garfunkel
**
Sounds Of Silence; Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme; Bookends; The Concert In Central Park
Pete Townshend
*
Empty Glass; White City; The Iron Man; Psychoderelict
Syd Barrett
*
The Madcap Laughs; Barrett; Opel
Dire Straits
[late Odds & Sods]
Dire Straits; Communique; Making Movies
Bruce Springsteen
["Ants"]
Greetings From Asbury Parks, NJ; The Wild, The Innocent, And The E Street Shuffle; Born To Run; Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Iggy Pop
["Ants"]
Kill City; The Idiot; Lust For Life; T.V. Eye
Joe Cocker
["Ants"]
With A Little Help From My Friends; Joe Cocker!; Mad Dogs And Englishmen; Something To Say; Stingray; Luxury You Can Afford
Leonard Cohen
["Ants"]
Songs Of Leonard Cohen; Songs From A Room; Songs Of Love And Hate; New Skin For The Old Ceremony; Death Of A Ladies' Man
Paul Simon
["Ants"]
Paul Simon; There Goes Rhymin' Simon; Live Rhymin'; Still Crazy After All These Years

VII. THE UNPRETENTIOUS POPSTERS (High /or not so high/ quality pop music from late Sixties to Seventies)

Paul McCartney
****
McCartney; Ram; Wild Life; Red Rose Speedway; Band On The Run; Venus And Mars; Wings At The Speed Of Sound; Wings Over America; London Town; Back To The Egg; McCartney II; Tug Of War; Pipes Of Peace; Give My Regards To Broad Street; Press To Play; Back In USSR; Flowers In The Dirt; Tripping The Live Fantastic; Unplugged; Off The Ground; Paul Is Live; Flaming Pie; Run Devil Run; Working Classical
Fleetwood Mac
***
(Peter Green's) Fleetwood Mac; Mr Wonderful; Shrine '69; The Pious Bird Of Good Omen; Then Play On; Kiln House; The Original Fleetwood Mac; Future Games; Bare Trees; Penguin; Mystery To Me; Heroes Are Hard To Find; Fleetwood Mac; Rumours; Tusk; Mirage; Tango In The Night; Behind The Mask; Time; The Dance
ABBA
**
Ring Ring; Waterloo; ABBA; Arrival; The Album; Voulez-Vous; Super Trouper; The Visitors
Badfinger
**
Magic Christian Music; No Dice; Ass; Badfinger; Wish You Were Here; Airwaves
The Bee Gees
**
1st; Cucumber Castle; 2 Years On; Trafalgar; To Whom It May Concern; Life In A Tin Can; Saturday Night Fever; Spirits Having Flown
Elton John
**
Empty Sky; Elton John; 11-17-70; Madman Across The Water; Honky Chateau; Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player; Goodbye Yellow Brick Road; Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy; Rock Of The Westies; Blue Moves; A Single Man; The Fox
The Monkees
**
The Monkees; More Of The Monkees; Headquarters; Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd.; The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees; Instant Replay; The Monkees Present
Ringo Starr
*
Sentimental Journey; Beaucoups Of Blues; Ringo; Goodnight Vienna; Ringo's Rotogravure; Ringo The 4th; Bad Boy; Stop And Smell The Roses; Old Wave; Time Takes Time; Vertical Man; VH1 Storytellers
The Mamas & Papas
[Odds & Sods]
Deliver; The Papas & The Mamas; People Like Us
10CC
["Ants"]
10cc; Sheet Music; The Original Soundtrack; How Dare You?; Deceptive Bends; Bloody Tourists
The Carpenters
["Roaches"]
Ticket To Ride; Close To You; Carpenters; A Song For You; Now And Then; Horizon; A Kind Of Hush; Passage; Christmas Portrait

VIII. THE GRITTY AXEMEN (Vintage Hard 'n' Heavy)

Led Zeppelin
***
Led Zeppelin; Led Zeppelin II; Led Zeppelin III; Led Zeppelin IV; Houses Of The Holy; The Song Remains The Same; Physical Graffiti; Presence; In Through The Out Door; Coda; BBC Sessions
Black Sabbath
**
Black Sabbath; Paranoid; Master Of Reality; Vol. 4; Sabbath Bloody Sabbath; Sabotage; Technical Ecstasy; Never Say Die; Heaven And Hell; Mob Rules; Live Evil; Born Again; Seventh Star; Dehumanizer; Reunion
Deep Purple
**
Shades Of Deep Purple; The Book Of Taliesyn; Deep Purple; Concerto For Group And Orchestra; Deep Purple In Rock; Gemini Suite; Fireball; Machine Head; Made In Japan; Who Do We Think We Are; Burn; California Jamming; Stormbringer; Made In Europe; Come Taste The Band; Last Concert In Japan; Power House; Perfect Strangers; The House Of Blue Light; The Battle Rages On; Purpendicular; Abandon
Jeff Beck
**
Truth; Beck-Ola; Rough And Ready; Blow By Blow; Wired; With The Jan Hammer Group Live; There And Back; Flash; Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop; Crazy Legs; Who Else!
Mountain
**
Mountain; Climbing!; Flowers Of Evil; Twin Peaks; Man's World
Thin Lizzy
**
Thin Lizzy; Shades Of A Blue Orphanage; Vagabonds Of The Western World; Nightlife; Fighting; Jailbreak; Johnny The Fox; Bad Reputation; Live And Dangerous; Black Rose; Chinatown
Robin Trower
*
Twice Removed From Yesterday; Bridge Of Sighs; For Earth Below; Live; Long Misty Days; In City Dreams; Victims Of The Fury
Blue Cheer
[Odds & Sods]
Vincebus Eruptum; New! Improved!
AC/DC
["Ants"]
High Voltage; T.N.T.; Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap; Let There Be Rock; Powerage; If You Want Blood You've Got It; + Geordie: Hope You Like It; Don't Be Fooled By The Name
Rainbow
["Ants"]
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow; Rainbow Rising; Live In Germany; On Stage
Motorhead
["Locusts"]
On Parole
Nazareth
["Locusts"]
Nazareth; Exercises; Razamanaz; BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert; Loud 'n' Proud; Rampant; Hair Of The Dog; Close Enough For Rock'n'Roll; Play'n The Game; Expect No Mercy; + Dan McCafferty: Dan McCafferty
Aerosmith
["Roaches"]
Aerosmith; Get Your Wings; Toys In The Attic; Rocks; Draw The Line; Live! Bootleg
Grand Funk Railroad
["Roaches"]
On Time; Closer To Home; Live Album; Survival; E Pluribus Funk; Phoenix; We're An American Band; Shinin' On; All The Girls In The World Beware; Born To Die; Good Singin' Good Playin'; + Mark Farner Band: Mark Farner
Uriah Heep
["Roaches"]
Very 'Eavy Very 'Umble; Salisbury; Look At Yourself; Demons & Wizards; The Magician's Birthday; Sweet Freedom; Wonderworld; Return To Fantasy; High And Mighty; Firefly; Innocent Victim

IX. DIG THAT COUNTRY BLUES SOUND (American Roots-Rock)

CCR
****
Creedence Clearwater Revival; Bayou Country; Green River; Willy And The Poorboys; Cosmo's Factory; Pendulum; Mardi Gras; Live In Europe
Allman Brothers Band
**
The Allman Brothers Band; Idlewild South; At The Fillmore East; Eat A Peach; Wipe The Windows, Check The Oil, Dollar Gas; Seven Turns; Shades Of Two Worlds; Where It All Begins
The Eagles
*
Eagles; Desperado; One Of These Nights; Hotel California; The Long Run
John Fogerty
*
Blue Ridge Rangers; John Fogerty; Centerfield; Eye Of The Zombie; Blue Moon Swamp; Premonition
Lynyrd Skynyrd
*
Skynyrd's First: The Complete Muscle Shoals Album; Pronounced 'leh-'nerd 'skin-'nerd; Second Helping; Nuthin' Fancy; Gimme Back My Bullets; Freebird: The Movie; Street Survivors; Endangered Species; Twenty
ZZ Top
["Ants"]
First Album; Rio Grande Mud; Tres Hombres; Fandango; Tejas

X. DIG THAT DIRTY BLUES SOUND (British Roots-Rock)

Eric Clapton
***
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton; Eric Clapton; Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs; Live At The Fillmore; Rainbow Concert; 461 Ocean Boulevard; There's One In Every Crowd; E. C. Was Here; No Reason To Cry; Slowhand; Backless; Just One Night; Another Ticket; Money And Cigarettes; Behind The Sun; August; Journeyman; Rush; 24 Nights; Unplugged; From The Cradle; Pilgrim
Rod Stewart
**
The Rod Stewart Album; Gasoline Alley; Every Picture Tells A Story; Never A Dull Moment; Smiler; Atlantic Crossing; A Night On The Town; Foot Loose & Fancy Free; Blondes Have More Fun; Foolish Behaviour; Tonight I'm Yours; Body Wishes; Camouflage; Every Beat Of My Heart; Out Of Order; Vagabond Heart; A Spanner In The Works; When We Were The New Boys
Ten Years After
**
Ten Years After; Undead; Stonedhenge; Ssssh; Cricklewood Green; Watt; A Space In Time; Alvin Lee And Company; Rock And Roll Music To The World; Recorded Live; Positive Vibrations
Free
*
Free; Fire And Water; Highway; Free At Last; Heartbreaker
Taste
*
Taste; On The Boards; Live Taste
Traveling Wilburys
*
Vol. 1; Vol. 3
The Faces
[Odds & Sods]
Long Player; Ooh La La
Humble Pie
[Odds & Sods]
As Safe As Yesterday Is; Rock On
Ronnie Lane
[Odds & Sods]
Kuschty Rye
Ronnie Wood
[Odds & Sods]
Slide On This; Slide On Live
Rory Gallagher
["Ants"]
Rory Gallagher; Deuce; Live In Europe '72; Blueprint; Tattoo; Irish Tour '74

XI. THE ARDENT FOLKSTERS (Anglo-Saxon and Celtic folk-rock)

Fairport Convention
[Odds & Sods]
Unhalfbricking; Angel Delight
Steeleye Span
[Odds & Sods]
Please To See The King; Below The Salt
Clannad
["Ants"]
Clannad; Clannad II; Dulaman; In Concert

XII. THE EXPERIMENTAL WEIRDOS (Classic 'avantgarde' and 'shocking' stuff)

Frank Zappa
***
Freak Out!; Absolutely Free; Lumpy Gravy; We're Only In It For The Money; Cruising With Ruben & The Jets; Ahead Of Their Time; Uncle Meat; Hot Rats; Burnt Weeny Sandwich; Weasels Ripped My Flesh; Chunga's Revenge; Waka/Jawaka; The Grand Wazoo; Overnite Sensation; Apostrophe'; Roxy & Elsewhere; One Size Fits All; Bongo Fury; Zoot Allures; Studio Tan; Sleep Dirt; Sheik Yerbouti; Orchestral Favorites; Joe's Garage; Tinseltown Rebellion; Shut Up 'N' Play Yer Guitar; You Are What You Is; Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch; The Man From Utopia; Baby Snakes; The Perfect Stranger; Thing-Fish; Francesco Zappa; Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention; Does Humor Belong In Music; Guitar; Broadway The Hard Way; The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life; Make A Jazz Noise Here; The Yellow Shark; The Lost Episodes
Velvet Underground
***
The Velvet Underground & Nico; White Light/White Heat; The Velvet Underground; Loaded; VU; + John Cale: Fear; Helen Of Troy; + Nico: Chelsea Girl; Desertshore; The End; Drama Of Exile
Captain Beefheart
**
Safe As Milk; Trout Mask Replica; The Spotlight Kid; Clear Spot; Unconditionally Guaranteed; Shiny Beast
The Residents
**
Meet The Residents; The Third Reich'N'Roll; Duck Stab/Buster & Glen; The Commercial Album
Soft Machine
*
Soft Machine; Volume Two; Third; Fourth; Fifth; Six; Seven; Bundles; Softs; Alive And Well - Recorded In Paris; Land Of Cockayne
The Stooges
[Odds & Sods]
Fun House

XIII. THE GLITTERING IDOLS (Glam-rock, its best... and worst)

David Bowie
***
Early On; David Bowie; Space Oddity; The Man Who Sold The World; Hunky Dory; The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars; Aladdin Sane; Pin Ups; Diamond Dogs; David Live; Young Americans; Station To Station; Low; Heroes; Lodger; Scary Monsters; Let's Dance; Tonight; Never Let Me Down; Tin Machine; Black Tie White Noise; The Buddha Of Suburbia; Outside; Earthling; Hours
T. Rex
***
The Beginning Of Doves; My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair But Now They're Content To Wear Stars On Their Brows; Prophets Seers And Sages - The Angels Of The Ages; Unicorn; A Beard Of Stars; T. Rex; Electric Warrior Sessions; Electric Warrior; The Slider; Left Hand Luke: The Alternate Tanx; Tanx; Zinc Alloy And The Hidden Riders Of Tomorrow; Bolan's Zip Gun; Futuristic Dragon; Dandy In The Underworld; Across The Airwaves
Queen
**
Queen; At The BBC; Queen II; Sheer Heart Attack; A Night At The Opera; A Day At The Races; News Of The World; Jazz; Live Killers; The Game; Flash Gordon
Mott The Hoople
*
Mott The Hoople; Wildlife; Brain Capers; All The Young Dudes; Mott
Slade
["Ants"]
Beginnings; Play It Loud; Alive!; Slayed?; Old New Borrowed And Blue; Slade In Flame; Nobody's Fools; Whatever Happened To Slade
Alice Cooper
["Locusts"]
Easy Action; Love It To Death; Killer; School's Out; Billion Dollar Babies; Muscle Of Love; Welcome To My Nightmare; Alice Cooper Goes To Hell; Lace And Whiskey; The Alice Cooper Show; From The Inside
Kiss
["Roaches"]
Kiss; Hotter Than Hell; Dressed To Kill; Alive!; Destroyer; Rock And Roll Over; Love Gun; Alive II; Ace Frehley; Gene Simmons; Paul Stanley; Peter Criss
The Sweet
["Roaches"]
First Recordings 1968-1971; The Sweet's Biggest Hits; Sweet Fanny Adams; Desolation Boulevard; Strung Up; Give Us A Wink; Off The Record

XIV. THE EVER RESTLESS PURSUERS ("Europeanized" Pop/Rock of the Seventies)

Brian Eno
****
No Pussyfooting; Here Come The Warm Jets; Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy); Another Green World; Evening Star; Cluster & Eno; Before And After Science; Music For Films; After The Heat; Ambient 1: Music For Airports; Ambient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror; My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts; Apollo Atmospheres & Soundtracks; Thursday Afternoon; Nerve Net
Can
***
Delay 1968; Monster Movie; Soundtracks; Tago-Mago; Ege Bamyasi; Future Days; Soon Over Babaluma; Landed; Unlimited Edition; Flow Motion; Saw Delight; Out Of Reach; Can
Peter Gabriel
***
Peter Gabriel; Peter Gabriel (II); Peter Gabriel (III); Security; Plays Live; Birdy; So; Passion; Us; Secret World Live
Roxy Music
***
Roxy Music; For Your Pleasure; Stranded; Country Life; Siren; Viva!; Manifesto; Flesh + Blood; Avalon; + Bryan Ferry: These Foolish Things; Another Time Another Place; Let's Stick Together; In Your Mind; The Bride Stripped Bare; + Phil Manzanera: Diamond Head; + 801: 801 Live
Amon Düül II
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Phallus Dei; Yeti; Tanz Der Lemminge; Carnival In Babylon; Vive La Trance
Kraftwerk
["Ants"]
Kraftwerk; Kraftwerk II; Autobahn; Radio-Aktivitat; Trans-Europe Express; The Man Machine
Vangelis
["Locusts"]
L'Apocalypse Des Animaux; Heaven And Hell; Albedo 0.39; Ignacio; Spiral

XV. THE LOST GENERATION (Punk rock)

The Clash
[late Odds & Sods]
The Clash; Give 'Em Enough Rope
Patti Smith
["Ants"]
Horses; Radio Ethiopia
The Ramones
["Ants"]
Ramones; Leave Home; Rocket To Russia
Television
["Ants"]
Marquee Moon
The Sex Pistols
["Roaches"]
Never Mind The Bollocks... Here's The Sex Pistols!

XVI. THE FOUND GENERATION (New Wave and its whereabouts)

The Cars
[late Odds & Sods]
The Cars; Candy-O; Shake It Up
Elvis Costello
[late Odds & Sods]
My Aim Is True; This Year's Model; Armed Forces; Trust
The Police
[late Odds & Sods]
Reggatta De Blanc
The Talking Heads
[late Odds & Sods]
More Songs About Buildings And Food; Fear Of Music; Remain In Light
U2
[late Odds & Sods]
Boy

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