Paul and Linda McCartney's Ram: half-speed mastery By David Quantick Time’s been kind to Ram, Paul McCartney’s second, relatively understated, post-Beatles solo album
Van Morrison is surprisingly enjoyable on album of grumpy but bouncy R&B By David Quantick Van Morrison's Latest Record Project: Volume 1 suggests that lockdown wasn’t such a bad thing for some
Cheap Trick's In Another World is one of their best albums yet By David Quantick Veteran American genre leaders Cheap Trick continue to fuse power and pop with panache on In Another World
Gang Of Four's 77-81 is the sound of deadening alienation you can dance to By David Quantick Gang Of Four's 77-81 compiles the groundbreaking band's post-punk glory years
Be-Bop Deluxe's Drastic Plastic expanded but still elegant By David Quantick Drastic Plastic was Be-Bop Deluxe's swansong album before Bill Nelson moved on, and its consistency masked an inner turmoil
Mogwai's As The Love Continues treads an unlikely fine line between waft and heft By David Quantick Sound sense from Mogwai on 10th album As The Love Continues
Drive-By Truckers keep their anger sharp on The New OK By David Quantick Drive-By Truckers embellish their brilliant legacy on The New OK, their second album of a troubling year
George Thorogood's Live In Boston 1982 is one of the great live albums... and now it's even bigger By David Quantick George Thorogood & The Destroyers prove themselves to be badder than ever with the thoroughly expanded Live in Boston, 1982: The Complete Concert
Elvis Costello pays brilliant homage to himself on Hey Clockface By David Quantick Elvis Costello's aim is still true on 25th solo album Hey Clockface
The Psychedelic Furs' Made Of Rain: warm, melancholy, and blessed with great songs By David Quantick Return of 80s big hitters Psychedelic Furs well worth the decades wait on eighth album Made Of Rain
Freddie Mercury: never, ever, ever boring By David Quantick Never Boring: a collection that conspires to capture the extraordinary personality and talent of Freddie Mercury
Fleetwood Mac: 50 Years - Don’t Stop - album review By David Quantick Career-spanning but hits-heavy collection from Fleetwood Mac
Mott The Hoople: Mental Train (The Island Years 1969-1971) album review By David Quantick From Mott The Hoople, a band that had two lives: a collection drawn from their fist and most exciting one
Various Artists - Revolutionary Spirit: The Sound Of Liverpool...album review By David Quantick Great music coming out of Liverpool didn’t stop after The Beatles
The Fall - Singles 1978-2016 album review By David Quantick A remarkable consistency across almost four decades
Sparks at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London - live review By David Quantick Not yet rated Almost 50 years in, the genre-hopping duo are still on sparkling form
Chris Spedding - The RAK Years album review By David Quantick Ex-Womble superstar-sideman’s solo collection boxed and reappraised
Various Artists - Gary Crowley’s Punk & New Wave album review By David Quantick Curation breathes new life into a once tired format
The Lurkers - 40th Anniversary Boxed Set album review By David Quantick A proper five-CD, 86-track collection for a proper punk band
Mogwai - Every Country’s Sun album review By David Quantick More themes for imaginary films from Scots post-rockers
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon: Singles album review By David Quantick All the ‘hits’ and more
Kraftwerk 3D: The Catalogue review By David Quantick Nothing new from the onetime pioneers of future music
Stiff Little Fingers - Best Served Loud! Live At Barrowland album review By David Quantick Live album number 15 shows the Fingers still rock
