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John Mellencamp: Nine albums you should listen to, and one to avoid
By Johnny Sparks published
The name may change and the music may vary, but at his best John Mellencamp is one of the great American storytellers, and these are his best albums

Prog stars choose the 40 greatest Kate Bush songs of all time
By David West published
Members of Marillion, King Crimson, Nightwish, Big Big Train and others compile a list of a uniqe artist’s most powerful and persuasive creations

The 20 greatest power ballads you won't find on power ballad compilations
By Paul Elliott published
Or, to give this list its full title: The 20 greatest power ballads you’ve probably never heard unless you're an extreme AOR connoisseur

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: July 28, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Tuk Smith, Blues Pills, The Vintage Caravan and more

Electric Light Orchestra hit the right formula on A New World Record
By Classic Rock Magazine published
A New World Record added Olympian levels of commercial success to Jeff Lynne's mix of melodic craft and production nous

The Pink Floyd songs that influenced final Pink Floyd album The Endless River
By Daryl Easlea published
The biggest influence on The Endless River? Pink Floyd themselves. Here are the sounds from the band’s past that informed their 2014 release

"As a transitional record, More Songs About Buildings And Food is extraordinary": Talking Heads' second album, expanded
By David Quantick published
Talking Heads' More Songs About Buildings And Food takes the existential blankness of European art-rock and filters it through a uniquely American lens

Wang Chung’s Jack Hues reinvented himself by revisiting Robert Wyatt, Radiohead and Talk Talk
By Jo Kendall published
Decades after playing to 80,000 people a night with Wang Chung, the Canterbury artist went wild on Epigonal Quark, with help from Syd Arthur and others
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