David Quantick

One of Britain's great songwriters Ian Hunter delivers a shining example of his craft on new solo album Defiance Part 1

With The Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd invented something new: stadium rock that was very loud but somehow very sensitive

A Divine Symmetry features demos, concerts and more from 1971, tracking David Bowie’s progression through the year his future took shape

Words & Music, May 1965 features demos of Lou Reed songs that became cornerstones of the alternative music pantheon

This retrospective Best Of rewinds through Roxy Music's past from beginning to end which is also the beginning

The brilliance continues on Eels' 14th album Extreme Witchcraft

Elvis Costello conjures up echoes of his excellent past as the excellence continues on The Boy Named If (And Other Children’s Stories)

Late legend Chuck Berry in excellent form on the club recording Live From Blueberry Hill

Barn is album number umpteen from grizzled veteran singer-songwriter Neil Young and his old friends Crazy Horse

The final Beatles album Let It Be, peered at from yet another angle, reveals a new perspective

Rest In Blue is a posthumously-completed, career-spanning collection from singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty

Time’s been kind to Ram, Paul McCartney’s second, relatively understated, post-Beatles solo album

Van Morrison's Latest Record Project: Volume 1 suggests that lockdown wasn’t such a bad thing for some

Veteran American genre leaders Cheap Trick continue to fuse power and pop with panache on In Another World

Gang Of Four's 77-81 compiles the groundbreaking band's post-punk glory years

Drastic Plastic was Be-Bop Deluxe's swansong album before Bill Nelson moved on, and its consistency masked an inner turmoil

Sound sense from Mogwai on 10th album As The Love Continues

Drive-By Truckers embellish their brilliant legacy on The New OK, their second album of a troubling year

George Thorogood & The Destroyers prove themselves to be badder than ever with the thoroughly expanded Live in Boston, 1982: The Complete Concert

Elvis Costello's aim is still true on 25th solo album Hey Clockface

Return of 80s big hitters Psychedelic Furs well worth the decades wait on eighth album Made Of Rain

Never Boring: a collection that conspires to capture the extraordinary personality and talent of Freddie Mercury

Career-spanning but hits-heavy collection from Fleetwood Mac

From Mott The Hoople, a band that had two lives: a collection drawn from their fist and most exciting one

Macca goes back to basics.