Tag: Life at 33 1/3
Life at 33 1/3: Queen, the hit machine
Queen, Greatest Hits (Parlophone)
From the vaults of Carl Meyer, an original album review written in November 1981.
“I still think Queen’s regular albums are a...
Life at 33 1/3: Bottled Up and Going Down
Alice Cooper, Alice Cooper Goes To Hell (Warner Brothers)
Released: June 25, 1976
The sequel to “Welcome To My Nightmare” in every possible way. An extension...
Life at 33 1/3: The Hollies – how it all began
Between April 1963 and May 1965, The Hollies released 7 singles, 5 EPs and 2 albums, and transformed themselves from a rickety novelty act...
Life at 33 1/3: King Midas in Reverse
The Hollies entered the summer of love firing on all cylinders, and then Graham Nash picked the wrong single, and it all came crashing...
Life at 33 1/3: The album that doesn’t exist
The Beatles, A Collection Of Beatles Oldies But Goldies! (Parlophone)
This is a weird one: An official Beatles-album that doesn’t exist. Or at least that...
Life at 33 1/3: The dark horse of country music
David Allan Coe, “Castles In The Sand” (CBS)
*From the vaults of Carl Meyer, an original album review written in July 1983.*
Coe really is the...
Life at 33 1/3: ELO: Close to perfection
Electric Light Orchestra: A New World Record (Jet)
I was an Electric Light Orchestra follower from the moment I read about the project. After all,...
Life at 33 1/3: Rear-view mirror views
Steve Gibbons Band, ‘Street Parade’ (Polydor)
*From the vaults of Carl Meyer, an original album review written in May 1980.*
Steve Gibbons continues to be helplessly...
Life at 33 1/3: …but the sleeve is a classic
Depeche Mode, A Broken Frame (Mute)
*From the vaults of Carl Meyer, an original record review written in October 1982.*
Depeche Mode used to be Vince...
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