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Golden Earring sharpen their sound and score an MTV hit on Cut
Proof that there's more to Golden Earring than Radar Love
Black Sabbath tweak the formula on Master Of Reality, invent even more genres
Black Sabbath: now heavier, denser and doomier than before
Electric Light Orchestra hit the right formula on A New World Record
A New World Record added Olympian levels of commercial success to Jeff Lynne's mix of melodic craft and production nous
Keith Richards goes solo on Talk Is Cheap
The polar opposite to Mick Jagger’s synthesised solo clatter, Keith Richards' Talk Is Cheap brimmed with soul
Filler rears its head on Lenny Kravitz's breakthrough album Are You Gonna Go My Way
Everyone seems to love that title track. The rest? Your mileage may vary
Garbage's classic electro-grunge-pop debut, revisited
Combining Massive Attack with Nine Inch Nails and the Smashing Pumpkins was always a great elevator pitch
Motörhead ring the changes on Another Perfect Day, initial dismay now a distant memory
Joined by Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson, Motörhead's Another Perfect Day has increased in stature over the years – just don't mention the shorts
The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds is revered by the critics - but not everyone is on board
Brian Wilson's celebrated masterpiece, reappraised
Gillan's Future Shock pays sonic tribute to their singer's illustrious Purple past
Future Shock found Gillan with a free-spirited sound that brought to mind nothing so much as an update on vintage Deep Purple
Rick Derringer's debut album might contain his biggest hit, but is that enough?
More than just a flashy sidekick?
Ian Dury becomes an unlikely pop star on New Boots And Panties!!
Ian Dury: Equal parts music-hall scamp, art school troubadour, estuary poet and new-wave figurehead
The Tubes bring in the big producer on The Completion Backwards Principle, with mixed results
Desperate for major label success, The Tubes turned to David Foster, who had just struck gold with Earth, Wind And Fire
Mahavishnu Orchestra explore new musical worlds on The Inner Mounting Flame
Mahavishnu Orchestra's The Inner Mounting Flame was the first jazz-rock album that found favour among significant numbers of rock aficionados
The Move's Looking On signposts better things further down the road
What happened to Jeff Lynne in between the Idle Race and the Electric Light Orchestra
Mixed results as Roger Glover gets his mates in on The Butterfly Ball And The Grasshopper's Feast
Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover's endearing all-star 1974 period piece revisited
Available now: The limited edition Luke Spiller Classic Rock bundle
The Luke Spiller bundle includes an exclusive autographed lyric sheet (hand-signed by Luke), an exclusive t-shirt and a limited-edition Classic Rock magazine with Luke Spiller on the cover
Twisted Sister start their own party on You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll
Hated by their US record company, Twisted Sister's You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll was a mission statement and a launchpad
"It sounds like Dream Theater doing a pastiche of Bon Jovi songs": Did Extreme over-egg the funk-rock pudding on III Sides To Every Story?
Extreme's third album, the three-part III Sides To Every Story, was the sound of a band over-reaching themselves
Eric Clapton fails to wake up the neighbours on the cathartic but glum Pilgrim
Stick a pin in Eric Clapton’s late-period work and you’re liable to hit a stinker, but for sheer lack of invention, Pilgrim is routinely held up as his lowest ebb
The Band's second album is an acknowledged classic, but there are some dissenters
For their second album, The Band relocated from upstate New York to California and turned Sammy Davis Jr.’s poolhouse into a makeshift studio
The Datsuns back themselves into a musical cul-de-sac on Outta Sight / Outta Mind
The trousers were tight, the guitars were wielded like weapons, but The Datsuns' second album hasn't aged well
The greatest gig I've ever seen: 24 writers pick the most memorable live show of their lives
24 life-changing live shows from 60 years of gigs
That time The Darkness added a riot of colour to a grey musical landscape
Two decades on and people still can't decide whether Permission To Land is parody, pastiche or perfection
