Axis: Bold as Love
Artist: Jimi Hendrix Experience
Community Score: 8.19

Jimi Hendrix's second album followed up his groundbreaking debut effort with a solid collection of great tunes and great interactive playing between himself, Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell, and the recording studio itself. Wisely choosing manager Chas Chandler to record the album, since he was in the midst of a creative hot streak, Hendrix... Read More

Groove Family Cyco
Artist: Infectious Grooves
Community Score: 10.00
Built to Perform
Artist: Phantom Blue
Community Score: 8.00

Boasting impressive performances and arrangements, Built to Perform could be the most instrumentally accomplished all-female melodic hard rock recording ever. After Phantom Blue caused quite a buzz with their 1989 eponymous debut, this follow-up was delayed years, causing the band to loose all commercial momentum as their '80s style had become a... Read More

Time Machine
Artist: Joe Satriani
Community Score: 7.71

Time Machine is an excellent double-CD set providing something for just about everyone who's interested in Joe Satriani's music. Disc one reprints four tracks from the 1984 Joe Satriani EP, while also showcasing nine new studio tracks and a loose jam session, and disc two is a collection of 14 of Satriani's best live performances. Included among... Read More

Animal Instinct
Artist: Gary Hoey
The Savoy Brown Collection (Chronicles Series)
Artist: Savoy Brown

With one of the smoothest and most compelling guitarists of the blues-rock style, Savoy Brown and the finger wizardry of Kim Simmonds unleashed some of the smoothest and most mesmerizing rock & roll of the 1970s. Their ingenious blend of contented blues and hard-edged rock resulted in some wholesome yet somewhat bypassed guitar music. The Savoy... Read More

Metal Works '73-'93
Artist: Judas Priest
Community Score: 10.00

Although the double-disc Metal Works '73-'93 is an intoxicating listen, it isn't quite the definitive Judas Priest retrospective it could have been. Six of the band's 11 U.K. chart singles aren't here, and while "Johnny B. Goode" probably won't be missed, Hell Bent for Leather's "Take on the World" and "Evening Star," British Steel's "United,"... Read More

Psychedelic Sundae: The Best of Vanilla Fudge
Artist: Vanilla Fudge

A generous compilation, Psychedelic Sundae includes the best of this heavy, progressive, psychedelic band from the late '60s. ~ All Music Guide, All Music Guide Read More

Led Zeppelin III
Artist: Led Zeppelin
Community Score: 8.20

On their first two albums, Led Zeppelin unleashed a relentless barrage of heavy blues and rockabilly riffs, but Led Zeppelin III provided the band with the necessary room to grow musically. While there are still a handful of metallic rockers, III is built on a folky, acoustic foundation that gives the music extra depth. And even the rockers... Read More

Uncanned! The Best of Canned Heat
Artist: Canned Heat

For most non-completists, this anthology should more than suffice as an apt compact disc retrospective of Canned Heat's releases on Liberty Records. To that end, it's a more or less chronological overview of the combo's LPs, commencing with a trio of tunes from a spring 1967 studio session that predates their self-titled debut (1967). Primary is... Read More