Shake Your Money Maker
Artist: The Black Crowes
Community Score: 7.61

The Black Crowes' debut album, Shake Your Money Maker, may borrow heavily from the bluesy hard rock grooves of the Rolling Stones and Faces (plus a bit of classic soul), but the band gets away with it due to sharp songwriting and an ear for strong riffs and chorus melodies, not to mention the gritty, muscular rhythm guitar of Rich Robinson and... Read More

The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
Artist: The Black Crowes
Community Score: 7.61

The addition of the more technically gifted guitarist Marc Ford and a full-time organist gives the Black Crowes room to stretch out on The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion, perhaps the band's finest moment. Using Rich Robinson's descending chord progressions as a base, the band grooves its way through a remarkably fresh-sounding collection... Read More

The Walls Came Down: The Best of the Mercury Years
Artist: The Call

The Walls Came Down: The Best of the Mercury Years is a generous overview of the Call's peak years, containing 18 tracks from their days at Mercury. That means, of course, that it has everything most listeners could want, including the title track and many other college-radio big music anthems of the '80s. The music may have dated somewhat,... Read More

Vinyl
Artist: Dramarama

Finding itself on a major label for the first time in its career, Dramarama maintained the overall course of its career with Vinyl, combining smart pop/rock kicks and a sense of hip cool for grand overall results. With Brian Macleod taking over the drum duties from departed sticksman Jesse and keyboard/guitar player Tommy T stepping in on a... Read More

All Shook Down
Artist: The Replacements
Community Score: 8.33
The Supersonic Storybook
Artist: Urge Overkill

With the addition of drummer Blackie Onassis, Urge Overkill shapes up into a killer rock & roll combo. It also doesn't hurt that the songs are the finest they have written to date. Although the production is a little flat, there's no denying the force of the best tracks. "The Candidate" boasts a huge, stadium-size riff, "The Kids Are Insane" is... Read More

Stull EP
Artist: Urge Overkill

It's not the full-throttle rock masterpiece that Supersonic Storybook suggested, but the Stull EP is almost as remarkable. Opening with a straight cover of Neil Diamond's "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" (which fits Urge Overkill's image perfectly), the EP is an atmospheric guitar workout. While "Stitches" is a salute to their punk roots, the most... Read More

Pastoral Hide and Seek
Artist: Gun Club

Recorded in Brussels, Pastoral Hide and Seek continues the Gun Club's sudden resurgence; "Emily's Changed" is a provocative and gripping character study, while the country inflected "I Hear Your Heart Singing" is one of Jeffrey Lee Pierce's most moving songs to date. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide Read More