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Can: Tago Mago - Album Of The Week Club review
Can's Krautrock masterpiece Tago Mago was an album that realigned rock, commencing countdown for 21st-century music
British Steel by Judas Priest: the story behind that iconic album artwork
"Still now, when you look at that cover, it has a tremendous impact" - Rob Halford
Montrose: Paper Money - Album Of The Week Club review
After announcing their arrival with a stone-cold classic, Montrose returned to the studio in 1974 to record an underwhelming second album. Perhaps they should have released them in reverse order
Metallica's 72 Seasons: the full story is told in the new issue of Classic Rock
Inside: a brand new Metallica interview, plus Gary Rossington, Ian Hunter, Def Leppard, Jethro Tull, DeWolff, Floor Jansen, Kansas, Richard Marx, Europe, Floor Jansen and more
Heart: Heart - Album Of The Week Club review
In the 1980s Heart's music was retooled as super-slick AOR, the Wilson sisters rocked Dynasty hairdos and frilly corsets, MTV loved them, and they sold millions
John Lee Hooker: The Best Of Friends - Album Of The Week Club review
More than a dozen of John Lee Hooker's superstar duets, gathered together in a collaborative showcase
Lynyrd Skynyrd: The Last Rebel - Album Of The Week Club review
A refurbished Lynyrd Skynyrd attempt to conjure up original Skynyrd spirit on 1993's The Last Rebel
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow: Stranger In Us All - Album Of The Week Club review
Rainbow’s unloved final album was released in 1995, after Ritchie Blackmore’s nine loveless years married to the re-formed Deep Purple
Europe: Walk The Earth - Album Of The Week Club review
Walk The Earth is the sixth studio album since Europe's reunion, and The Final Countdown – nor anything like it – is nowhere to be seen
The making of Deep Purple's classic Machine Head: only in the new issue of Classic Rock
Also in this issue: Led Zeppelin, The Answer, David Crosby, Jellyfish, Robert Fripp, Empyre, Queensryche, Steel Panther and much more
The story of Rush's debut album: "We wanted to be a hard rock band"
In 1973, unsigned power trio Rush worked the graveyard shift to record their debut album. It was the start of something magnificent
Jimmy Page: Outrider - Album Of The Week Club review
After the demise of The Firm, Jimmy Page roped in some old friends for his only solo album, Outrider
Buffalo: Volcanic Rock - Album Of The Week Club review
Buffalo brought hard rock to the bars and hotels of Australia, and second album Volcanic Rock found them rocking at their lava-laden best
Lou Reed: New York - Album Of The Week Club review
Lou Reed's New York was an angry love letter, a biting indictment, an open-hearted outpouring of empathy, despair, resignation, fury and outrage
The story of the man who jammed with Led Zeppelin then sold Jimmy Page his most famous guitar
"How I spent so many hours jamming with Jimmy and the entire line-up of Led Zeppelin is something I still have difficulty in coming to terms with to this day"
Kyuss: Blues For The Red Sun - Album Of The Week Club review
Billed as "a fresh bong-load of potent, sticky and hairy musical salvation", Blues For The Red Sun is a landmark in stoner-rock
The ultimate all-star tribute to Jeff Beck: only in the new issue of Classic Rock
Also in this issue: Iron Maiden, Neil Young, Those Damn Crows, Uriah Heep, Stranglers, Mike Oldfield, Kings X, Steve Vai, Ry Cooder, Skindred and more
Big Big Train: The Underfall Yard - Album Of The Week Club review
The Underfall Yard was Big Big Train's first album with late singer David Longdon, and a key staging post on the band's long crawl to success
Fleetwood Mac: Mystery To Me - Album Of The Week Club review
Mystery To Me is the oddest and most eclectic album of Fleetwood Mac’s entire career, mixing mellow rock with funk, reggae and even disco
Porcupine Tree: Fear Of A Blank Planet - Album Of The Week Club review
Fear Of A Blank Planet is a terrifying album about a generation being raised by "screens" as surrogate parents, recorded before the widespread popularity of smartphones
What songs did Jeff Beck guest on? The 12 best collaborations of his amazing career
From Stevie Wonder and Tina Turner to Brian May and Mick Jagger, Jeff Beck was called in to sprinkle his genius on innumerable recordings. Here are a dozen of his best collaborations
20 spectacular reissues from 2022 you should definitely own
With notable anniversaries, mouth-watering retrospectives and great compilations, 2022 bestowed a ton of must-hear reissues upon us. Here are some that are definitely worth your time
Atomic Rooster: Death Walks Behind You - Album Of The Week Club review
An offshoot of the Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Atomic Rooster mixed prog with furious riffs and thunderous drum beats
