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Machine Head
(more) »rank: 2743by: Deep Purple
:Album Description:Japanese-only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD) paper sleeve pressing of this classic album from the British Heavy Metal icons, originally released in 1972. SHM-CDs can be played on any audio player and delivers unbelievably high-quality sound. You won't believe it's the same CD! Warner. 2008. :Home of 'Smoke on the Water' and 'Highway Star,' Machine Head blends proto-metal density with epic arrangements, resulting in a record that's far more grandiose than the sum of its parts. --Jon Wiederhorn
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Led Zeppelin
(more) »rank: 1881by: Led Zeppelin
: :Here are the original monsters of rock in all their epic, bombastic glory. The Who may have had more decibels (a dubious distinction), but no band took hard rock higher into the stratosphere than the Zep did with their cosmic mixture of deep blues, gothic melodrama, and the supernatural chops of Page, Plant, Bonham, and Jones. For listeners new to the Zep canon, there's no better primer of the band's range and power than this 4 CD box set, compiled and remixed in 1990 by Page himself. All the obvious song choices are here. But even if you've already heard 'Black Dog' once ...
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How the West Was Won
(more) »rank: 2409by: Led Zeppelin
: :For a band with such an overarching legacy, the official record of Led Zeppelin's legendary--and unpredictable--live act has heretofore been poorly represented by the disappointing, scattershot soundtrack to The Song Remains the Same. But this triple-disc live set (culled from 1972 Long Beach/LA shows in advance of Houses of the Holy) addresses history with a vengeance, if a few decades late. These shows have rightfully assumed cult status in the bootleg market, showcasing a band at the peak of its creative and performing powers. Zep faithful will welcome the belated release as evidence for enduring loyalty, but younger fans may find its diversity ...
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Past Masters, Vol. 1
(more) »rank: 1922by: The Beatles
:Album Description:Australian 2 LP set. EMI. 2005. :Although they were probably the band that most transformed rock from a singles medium to an album-oriented form, the Beatles also released many singles and EP tracks that never made it onto albums. In the U.S., Capitol turned the group's early LPs, through Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, into compilations, more or less, throwing the hit singles onto the vinyl to augment the album tracks. When the label later released the U.K. albums on CD, it posed a problem: What to do with the non-LP singles? Past Masters, Volume 1 compiles 18 of those singles, ...
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Quick One (Happy Jack)
(more) »rank: 1786by: The Who
:Album Description:Reissue of the British rock icon's sophomore album, originally issued in 1966. 20 tracks available for the first in digitally remastered stereo. Polydor. :The Who's second album is a mite inconsistent, not least because all four members were encouraged by a business deal to churn out songs. A Quick One nonetheless manages several Who classics, notably 'A Quick One While He's Away,' Pete Townshend's first longform (10 minutes) piece, and John Entwistle's licensed-to-ill 'Whiskey Man' and 'Boris the Spider.' The band's sense of humor, however, gives way on rote pop tunes like Roger Daltrey's 'See My Way.' But CD bonus tracks like ...
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The Who Sell Out
(more) »rank: 1308by: The Who
:Album Details:Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork. Different Cover essential recording:The Who Sell Out's pirate-radio concept goes south in the album's second half--the Who ran out of time before they could write enough faux commercials--but it still remains in many ways their best and most entertaining album. Pete Townshend and John Entwistle supply song after great song, and along with Keith Moon play them with power and focus. The classic single 'I Can See for Miles' is matched on at least a handful of tracks, including the ...
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Flowers
(more) »rank: 1725by: The Rolling Stones, Rolling Stones
:Album Description:This album represents a turning point for the Stones. Though they had not yet fully integrated the baroque aspirations of pop into their music, the flower-power influence had nonetheless begun to take root. While all the earlier elements of their sound are still firmly in place, in the folky 'Backstreet Girl' and the relentlessly rocking 'Let's Spend The Night Together,' new sounds also crop up. Cuts like the woodwind-sweetened ballad 'Ruby Tuesday' and the Middle Eastern-tinged 'Mother's Little Helper' set the stage for the full-blown head-trip that would unveil itself later that year on THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST.
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The Best of the Doors
(more) »rank: 3287by: The Doors
: :The Best of The Doors delivers exactly what it promises. Rather than relying solely on the hits, this collection also mines the darker, and often richer, recesses of The Doors material resulting in a fairly representative statement. The hits are here: 'Light My Fire' with Ray Manzarek's keyboards on a dizzy, psychedelic spree; 'People Are Strange,' with Morrison's tortured psyche barely being held in check; 'L.A. Woman,' with its bluesy sexuality. More important, favorites of fans are here, like the controversially (at the time) explicit 'The End,' which was one of the first of Morrison's forays into narrative poetry. In hits like 'Break ...
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Pulse
(more) »rank: 4857by: Pink Floyd
: :A two-CD live collection from a band left splintered by the departure of bassist-songwriter Roger Waters, Pulse is perhaps best noted for the blinking red light that was set in its spine upon initial release. It contains the remaining band (with guest musicians) performing the entire Dark Side of the Moon album, the novelty of which wears off soon after the crowd noise interrupts any potential intimacy. The crowd also sings along for several songs, which makes this either a great audio-video document or a misguided attempt at replicating the live experience. --Rob O'Connor
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In Through the Out Door
(more) »rank: 2536by: Led Zeppelin
:Album Description:Japanese-only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD) paper sleeve pressing of this classic album from the Rock legends, originally released in 1979. SHM-CDs can be played on any audio player and delivers unbelievably high-quality sound. You won't believe it's the same CD! Universal. 2008. :Though the band likely didn't know it at the time, this would prove to be the last studio record by one of the most famous rock & roll bands in the world. Drummer John Bonham died shortly after its release. Although nothing compares to early Led Zeppelin--and they lost many longtime fans in the late 1970s--this LP is nothing ...
