Tag: Columbia
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Alice In Chains – Jar Of Flies 12” EP (30th Anniversary Reissue)
Alice In Chains Jar Of Flies 12” EP (black vinyl 30th Anniversary reissue) (Legacy Recordings/Columbia/Sony Music) After seeing the multitude of “deluxe” variants of Alice In Chains’ Jar Of Flies EP that have been released in celebration of its thirtieth anniversary (on multi-colored vinyl, on vinyl with little replica houseflies pressed into it and so…
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Blink-182 – One More Time LP
Blink 182 One More Time… LP (Columbia/Sony Music) It would be easy to find a cynical angle to approach the existence and sound of One More Time…, Blink-182’s ninth studio album and first to feature singer/guitarist Tom DeLonge since 2015. Did DeLonge’s return have something to do with singer/bassist Mark Hoppus’ cancer diagnosis in 2021?…
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Bruce Springsteen – Covers Volume 1 – Only The Strong Survive 2LP
Bruce Springsteen Covers Volume 1 – Only The Strong Survive 2LP (Columbia/Sony Music) As open as Bruce Springsteen’s fans have become to the singer’s experimentations and his desire to push boundaries as the tape rolls in the studio, that doesn’t mean the singer’s fans are incapable of being apprehensive when they hear how far from…
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The White Stripes – Elephant 2LP Reissue
The White Stripes Elephant 2LP (20th Anniversary reissue) (Legacy/Columbia/Sony Music) I’m not so proud that I cannot admit I didn’t like The White Stripes when the band first appeared on the great, big, popular radar with “Fell In Love With A Girl” in 2001. I didn’t like White Blood Cells at all, in fact; crammed…
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Alice In Chains – Dirt 30th Anniversary 2LP Reissue
Alice In Chains Dirt (30th Anniversary 2LP) (Columbia/Sony/Legacy) While there are plenty of deluxe reissue versions of classic albums on the market at the moment (including of Dirt, actually; there are multi-disc sets of the album which include enough 7” singles to contain all the songs on the album’s hype sticker, and then some), that…
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Tom Odell – Monsters LP
Tom Odell Monsters LP (Columbia/Sony Music) When it comes to Tom Odell’s fourth album, Monsters, it’s very likely that listeners will find themselves wondering if context does indeed inform musical creation, to a degree. The reason for that is simple: as soon as stylus a sinks into the A-side of Monsters and “Numb” opens it,…
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AC/DC – PWR/UP LP
AC/DC has tried a few different things and taken a few different turns to try and grow up (or age up? Or act their age?) in the last thirty-eight years with limited success at most. Every time the band has tried to move forward from the callous one-liners and double entendres which first helped to…
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Judas Priest – Screaming For Vengeance (30th Anniversary Edition)
In listening to the reissue of Screaming For Vengeance, it suddenly becomes clear that, as “of its time” the production applied to the record was (the effects on “Electric Eye” – all the clanking reverb and robotic imagery – and the glammy metal sheen of “You’ve Got Another Thing Coming” are good examples), the record…
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Ted Nugent – Setlist: The Very Best Of Ted Nugent Live
Even without any accompanying video footage too, Nugent’s Setlist translates incredibly well; culling essential tracks from the extended edition reissues of Free For All and Cat Scratch Fever as well as essential tracks from Intensities In 10 Cities and Double Live Gonzo and Live At The Hammersmith ’79, Setlist assembles a very vivid track list…