Bad EnglishArtist: Bad English
Community Score: 9.27
Amid some tailor-made power ballads lurks some decent hard rock. ~ Dan Heilman, All Music Guide
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HysteriaArtist: Def Leppard
Community Score: 8.71
Where Pyromania had set the standard for polished, catchy pop-metal, Hysteria only upped the ante. Pyromania's slick, layered Mutt Lange production turned into a painstaking obsession with dense sonic detail on Hysteria, with the result that some critics dismissed the record as a stiff, mechanized, pop sell-out (perhaps due in part to Rick...
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Live at WinterlandArtist: Jimi Hendrix Experience
Community Score: 9.50
Jimi Hendrix's sonic assaults and attacks hypnotized, frightened, and amazed audiences in the late '60s. His studio recordings helped him attain his reputation, but his live works validated it. That's the case on the 13 songs from a 1968 Winterland concert that made their way onto CD in 1987. Whether he was doing short, biting songs like "Fire"...
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Things You've Never Done BeforeArtist: Roxx Gang
Community Score: 6.00
The Album That Never Was
Artist: Dave Davies
Community Score: 10.00
When Dave Davies racked up a couple British hits in 1967, rumors were rife that the Kinks' lead guitarist would cut a solo album of his own. He never did -- not in the '60s, anyway -- and The Album That Never Was is a facsimile of what might have been, packaging some ultrarare solo singles of the time with tracks that Davies wrote and sang on...
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Radio OneArtist: Jimi Hendrix Experience
Community Score: 9.25
Seventeen songs from 1967 BBC broadcasts, when the Jimi Hendrix Experience had yet to burn out from the wheel of constant touring, management hassles, and internal strife. They're in good, enthusiastic form as they run through early gems like "Hey Joe," "Foxy Lady," "Fire," and "Stone Free," the lack of studio polish giving these versions a...
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Artist: Bon Jovi
Community Score: 9.00
This four-track live tour souvenir, released only in Australia, is well worth seeking out for fans. ~ David Jehnzen, All Music Guide
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