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Tom’s Top 5’s: Albums of 1971

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Tom Emanuel

As mentioned before, I’m hard-pressed to say that 1971 isn’t the single best year for rock & roll. It wasn’t a year of earth-shaking changes in popular music. It’s simply a year in which incredible artists released incredible albums, from … Continue reading →

Posted in Top 5's | Tagged Alice's Restaurant, Aqualung, Billy Joel, Cold Spring Harbor, hard rock, Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin IV, Linda McCartney, pop, progressive rock, Ram, singer-songwriter, The Who, Top 5 Albums of 1971, Who's Next, Zoso | 2 Comments

Tom’s Top 5’s: Albums of 1969

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Tom Emanuel

1969: the year of Woodstock, the year of Altamont. A year of contradictions that saw rock music leaving behind much of its world-changing idealism as the genre of a counterculture began to splinter into dozens of specialized subgenres, each with … Continue reading →

Posted in Top 5's | Tagged Abbey Road, Beatles, hard rock, In the Court of the Crimson King, King Crimson, Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II, Let It Bleed, prog, progressive rock, Rolling Stones, Top 5 Albums of 1969 | 2 Comments

Album Review: Fuzz, “Fuzz”

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Tom Emanuel

You can often guess something about a band’s sound from its name. Noah & the Whale has “indie rock” written all over it; Amon Amarth just screams (literally) Viking metal; the Rolling Stones give away their debt to Muddy Waters. … Continue reading →

Posted in Album Reviews | Tagged Albums of 2013, Black Sabbath, Blue Cheer, blues rock, Charles Moothart, Dazed and Confused, Earthen Gate, Geezer Butler, hard rock, Hazemaze, heavy metal, Loose Sutures, Preacher, Roland Cosio, San Francisco, Ty Segall, What's In My Head | Leave a comment

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Tom’s Top 5’s: Albums of 1971

Tom’s Top 5’s: Albums of 1969

Album Review: Fuzz, “Fuzz”

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