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Skunk Anansie's The Painful Truth is their best work in decades
By Stephen Dalton published
Veteran Brit-rockers Skunk Anansie defy challenging times with ambitious midlife reboot The Painful Truth

It's not just the familiar names on Young & Wild glam metal compilation
By Philip Wilding published
The good, the bad and the ugly from a colourful 10-year period of American hard rock gathered together on Young & Wild - A Decade Of American Glam Metal 1982-1992

The Painful Truth is Skunk Anansie's most vital and inventive album in years
By Emma Johnston published
Where many bands coast on past glories thirty years in, Skunk Anansie have served up something special

Mahavishnu Orchestra explore new musical worlds on The Inner Mounting Flame
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Mahavishnu Orchestra's The Inner Mounting Flame was the first jazz-rock album that found favour among significant numbers of rock aficionados

Anthony Phillips’ remastered, extended Sail The World is literally yacht music
By David West published
It’s smooth sailing in every sense from the original Genesis guitarist, packed with extensive insight and unheard material

Status Quo's classic Live! gets a deluxe, multi-disc makeover
By Johnny Sharp published
Status Quo's classic live 1976 double repackaged in an eight-CD set with three full show recordings

Gong’s 10th anniversary edition of I See You casts Daevid Allen’s final work in a new light
By Jeremy Allen published
Subtle touches mark the full-circle moment when Allen – who still had plenty to say – put his band in the hands of Kavus Torabi, and the wheel moved on

Dire Straits' 30-million-selling Brothers In Arms marks its 40th birthday with energised extras
By Mark Beaumont published
Mark Knopfler’s crowning achievement: mildly dated, largely evocative, expanded with live shows
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