Classic Rock Buying Guides
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By Malcolm Dome Last updated
Buying guide There’s a lot more to Blue Öyster Cult than more cowbell, as their best albums clearly show

By Paul Elliott Published
Buying guide Ronnie James Dio's albums with Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell and Dio helped define what a hard rock singer can be

By Paul Elliott Published
Buying guide The complete set of 29 Kiss albums, ranked from woeful worst to wonderful best

By Rob Hughes Published
Buying guide Navigating a path through classic pop, soul, garage-rock and rock’n’roll, Chrissie Hynde steered the Pretenders to major success - and these are their best albums

By Campbell Devine Last updated
Buying guide A true songwriter's songwriter, Ian Hunter has improved with age, racking up critically acclaimed albums well into his ninth decade - and these are his best

By Dave Ling Last updated
Buying guide With Mountain, West Bruce & Laing and solo, Leslie West proved he was a class act - and these are his best albums

By Bill DeMain Published
Buying guide Soul-stirring singer and guitarist Bonnie Raitt has carved her niche covering celebrated songwriters in blues, folk, R&B and rock

By Classic Rock Published
Buying guide With their legacy defined by the tragic death of guitarist Paul Kossoff and the ubiquity of All Right Now, it’s often forgotten just how miraculous Free were

By Rob Hughes Last updated
Buying guide Originally just another R&B band, the Moody Blues would create one of the sounds of the late 60s/early 70s as psychedelic and progressive rock pioneers

By Henry Yates Published
Buying guide From Mississippi roots to wilderness years and redemption, John Lee Hooker always played the blues his way. Here are the albums that go boom boom

By Grant Moon Published
Buying guide Joe Satriani’s spectacular albums have dazzled and inspired for the best part of four decades, and these are the best of the bunch

By Paul Elliott Published
Buying guide Since picking up the progressive rock baton from Genesis in the 80s, Marillion have recorded one of prog’s most impressive catalogues, and these are their best albums

By Paul Brannigan Published
Buying guide With The Gaslight Anthem and solo Brian Fallon has made some marvellous records, but industry pressures extracted a heavy toll

By Dave Ling Published
Buying guide Although never rock A-listers, enduring Scots Nazareth have a recorded catalogue peppered with timeless bluesy rock gems. These are their best albums

By Hugh Fielder Published
Buying guide From psychedelia to wild success, the very best of the band who delivered The Dark Side Of The Moon and The Wall

By Ian Fortnam Published
Buying guide From anonymous sixties session men to globe-straddling seventies rock goliaths - the albums that soundtracked Led Zeppelin's conquest of Earth

By Chris Lord Published
Buying guide Tom Morello is best known as the guitarist with RATM, but there’s much more of his playing to marvel at than that - and these are his best albums
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