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ZZ Top: Life after Dusty Hill - only in the new issue of Classic Rock, out now
Also in this issue: Kate Bush, Dave Mustaine, Prince, Guns N' Roses, The Gaslight Anthem, Marshall Tucker Band, Chuck Leavell, H.e.a.t, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Fantastic Negrito and more
Nazareth: Malice In Wonderland - Album Of The Week Club review
Malice In Wonderland was perhaps Nazareth's most commercial album, but it was also a commercial disaster
Guns N' Roses: Appetite For Destruction - Album Of The Week Club review
Turning 35 this month, Appetite For Destruction is generally accepted as one of the greatest debut albums ever. Does it still hold up to such high praise?
AC/DC: Flick Of The Switch - Album Of The Week Club review
Ditching the studio polish of Mutt Lange, AC/DC went back to basics on Flick Of The Switch and recorded what's often seen as their weakest album. But was it?
Scorpions: World Wide Live - Album Of The Week Club review
Recorded in The US, France and Germany, Scorpions' second live album World Wide Live showcased the band at their pyramid-building, fearsomely well-drilled peak
The 40 best rock albums of the year... so far
2022 has thrown up more great albums than any reasonable person would think possible, and this is the proof
Steely Dan: Can't Buy A Thrill - Album Of The Week Club review
Steely Dan's Can't Buy A Thrill was the debut album from two of music's great smart-asses, or as one reviewer puts it, "Yacht rock captained by two cranky eggheads"
Why it's time to add Queen's Live Killers to the pantheon of truly great live albums
Queen's Live Killers may have lacked the gloss of their studio albums, but four decades on it stands as one of the best double live albums of the era
Santana: Abraxas - Album Of The Week Club review
Fusing Afro-Latin rhythms and West Coast rock more more successfully than previously, Santana's Abraxas was also the soundtrack to at least two European back-packing adventures
The butcher cover: the story of The Beatles' most controversial sleeve art
Draped with raw meat, dismembered doll parts and false teeth, this was a more maniacal version of the loveable moptops
Tygers Of Pan Tang: Crazy Nights - Album Of The Week Club review
Two new members – including a future member of Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake – and an album rush-recorded to keep the record company happy: Crazy Nights by Tygers Of Pan Tang
Alter Bridge: Blackbird - Album Of The Week Club review
Blackbird was the album that fully heralded the arrival of the Alter Bridge sound, the shackles of Creed shaken free for once and for all
Electric Light Orchestra: Face The Music - Album Of The Week Club review
Released in autumn 1975, Face The Music was a US hit but missed the British chart before an Evil Woman came to the rescue
It's over! Kiss reach the end of the road: the full story - only in the new Classic Rock
Also in this issue: Robin Trower, Graham Nash, Church Of The Cosmic Skull, The Sheepdogs, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Jones, Simon McBride, Ghost and more
Dr. Feelgood: Stupidity - Album Of The Week Club review
The first live album to top the UK charts in its week of release, Dr. Feelgood's Stupidity showcased the band at their fiery, menacing best
How Pythagorean theory, ancient Egyptology and a topless dancer inspired the cover of Hawkwind's greatest album
Throw in British op-art, Balinese art, Czech nouveau art and the cinematic visions of Stanley Kubrick, and you've got yourself a classic
Chris Cornell: the 15 songs you need to know
A journey through the back catalogue of the great Chris Cornell, from Soundgarden to solo, Audioslave and Temple Of The Dog
Jeff Buckley: Grace - Album Of The Week Club review
Jeff Buckley's Grace: the ultimate example of an album that's passed into legend as much for what might have been as for what is was?
Drug busts, guns, car crashes, fights, fires… these are Keith Richards' greatest scrapes
At his peak, Keith Richards was a walking danger zone – yet he only ever missed one Rolling Stones show
Phil Lynott: Solo In Soho - Album Of The Week Club review
Made during Thin Lizzy downtime, Phil Lynott's Solo In Soho album was less of a busman's holiday than a true break from the dayjob
Rainbow: Long Live Rock 'N' Roll - Album Of The Week Club review
Ronnie James Dio's swansong with Rainbow contained hints of what was to come, but still delivered swords 'n' sorcery aplenty
The return of the unstoppable Def Leppard: only in the new issue of Classic Rock
Also in this issue: Taylor Hawkins, Halestorm, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd, Hellacopters, Bill Ward, John Coghlan, Alex Lifeson, Thunder, Shinedown, Monster Magnet and more
Pixies: Doolittle - Album Of The Week Club review
One of the albums that altered the course of rock music as we know it, how will the Pixies' Doolittle stand up to the Album Of The Week Club scrutineers?
