Classic Rock Reviews

Sweet rock hard and conjure up a cult classic on Give Us A Wink

By Classic Rock Magazine published 26 January 26

Could Sweet still produce after dumping Chinn and Chapman? You bet!

Decades on, The Beatles' White Album is still igniting pub arguments

By Classic Rock Magazine published 19 January 26

The one where the cracks in the Beatles' armour began to appear and quality control took a back seat

Gluecifer's first album in two decades is sleazy and snotty, packed with blood-guzzling scorchers

By Sleazegrinder published 16 January 26

Gluecifer bring Scandinavian action rock (back) to the Man on sixth album Same Drug New High

Chris Rea finds friends among fans of Mark Knopfler, J.J. Cale and Robbie Robertson on The Road To Hell

By Classic Rock Magazine published 12 January 26

The Road To Hell fuses Chris Rea's weather-beaten blues instincts with serious songwriting smarts and a sharp-eyed sense of social unease

This is the end, but Megadeth are leaving us with an absolute killer of a final album

By Dom Lawson published 10 January 26

Megadeth will be missed, but what a final record to leave us with

Alter Bridge are at their most Alter Bridge on the unwaveringly confident Alter Bridge

By Emma Johnston published 9 January 26

It's more of the same on Alter Bridge's self-titled seventh album, but who’s complaining when their same is this good?

Steven Wilson seeks the sweet spot between pop and progression on Hand. Cannot. Erase.

By Classic Rock Magazine published 5 January 26

Inspired by a tragic modern story, Steven Wilson's Hand. Cannot. Erase. is often hailed as his masterpiece. But is it?

Judas Priest revive themselves on Painkiller before Rob Halford's decade-long hiatus

By Classic Rock Magazine published 22 December 25

Judas Priest follow up the lukewarm Turbo and the tepid Ram It Down with the red-hot Painkiller

Prince aims for superstardom and succeeds with Purple Rain - just steer clear of the movie

By Classic Rock Magazine published 15 December 25

The Purple Rain movie may have been a polished turd of soapy melodrama, but it – and the brilliant soundtrack – transformed Prince into a towering icon of the video age

Jan Akkerman celebrates four decades of My Focus – Live Under The Rainbow

By Stephen Dalton published 12 December 25

Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Freddie's solo debut remains flawed but sporadically glorious.

Sabaton's Legendary tour lives up to its name: Review

By Rich Hobson published 8 December 25

Thanks, but no tanks: history-loving Swedes Sabaton reinvent their stage show for the Legendary tour

Jimmy Barnes strives for solo success on second album For The Working Class Man

By Classic Rock Magazine published 8 December 25

Freed from Cold Chisel, Australian national treasure Jimmy Barnes called in the big guns for his attempted US breakthrough

Freddie Mercury's Mr Bad Guy at 40: Still the great album that might have been

By Stephen Dalton published 5 December 25

Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Freddie's solo debut remains flawed but sporadically glorious.

Dave Mustaine reaches thrash metal nirvana on Megadeth's Rust In Peace

By Classic Rock Magazine published 1 December 25

No filler or flab on one of the most obscenely thrilling moments in all of recorded metal history

Foreigner arrive fully-formed and formidable on debut album

By Classic Rock Magazine published 24 November 25

While punk rock was big news in 1977, the radio-friendly rock of Foreigner was still perfectly timed

Aerosmith and Yungblud's One More Time EP is a surprising but welcome triumph

By Jack Rogers published 21 November 25

Rock's past and present meet in the middle and make a certain kind of magic in hopes of securing its future

Review: 74-75: Night Life / Fighting is a seven-CD countdown to Thin Lizzy's lift-off

By Paul Elliott published 21 November 25

74-75: Night Life / Fighting finds Phil Lynott, Brian Downey, Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson pointing Thin Lizzy in the right direction

The Beatles' Anthology 4 is more evidence of original reality turned distorted mythology

By David Quantick published 21 November 25

The bottom of the Abbey Road barrel approaches

Spock’s Beard are still pushing prog’s boundaries on first album in seven years

By John Aizlewood published 21 November 25

Spock’s Beard: Still proud to be prog on The Archaeoptimist