Misplaced Childhood
Artist: Marillion
Community Score: 9.44

After the album-tour-album cycle of Script for a Jester's Tear, Fugazi, and the subsequent Euro-only release of Real to Reel, Marillion retreated to Berlin's Hansa Ton Studios with Rolling Stones producer Chris Kimsey to work on their next opus. Armed with a handful of lyrics born out of a self-confessed acid trip, Fish came up with the... Read More

Live Dates
Artist: Wishbone Ash
Community Score: 10.00

No surprise -- in concert was the best way to hear Wishbone Ash, because the studio was just too sterile an environment, at least for their hardest-rocking stuff to take off. Anyone really into the group should own this record. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide Read More

Wishbone Four
Artist: Wishbone Ash
Community Score: 9.00

The progressive aspirations were put aside for Wishbone Four, the group's most solid-rocking album, though the folk-based element is still there, more solid than ever. "Ballad of the Beacon" is a genuinely beautiful song, and might have come from any number of electric folk-rock bands -- the fact that it came from Wishbone Ash indicates just how... Read More

Time Was: The Wishbone Ash Collection
Artist: Wishbone Ash
Community Score: 10.00

A two-disc snapshot of this band's more vital work, from the meat-and-potatoes rock of their eponymous 1970 debut, the thematic, progressive-minded peak of Pilgrimage and Argus, and a return to more basic structures for Wishbone 4. Mercifully, their less "enduring" albums from the later '70s and early '80s are touched on only sporadically. The... Read More

Day for Night
Artist: Spock's Beard
Community Score: 8.50

Neal Morse continues to produce some of the most melodic and lyrically rich progressive music since the early '70s. Day for Night is another great effort from Spock's Beard. Standout tracks include the vocally beautiful "The Distance to the Sun," the progressive epic "The Healing Colors of Sound," and the title track. Add to the mix Alan Morse's... Read More

Dead Bees on a Cake
Artist: David Sylvian
Community Score: 9.88

Fans of David Sylvian may consider some of his earlier releases to have been autumnal spectacles filled with intoxicating arrangements and some of the most beautifully heartbreaking songs ever composed. At face value, Dead Bees on a Cake should have been one of David Sylvian's most spiritually fulfilled and innovative releases -- maybe next... Read More

Master Hits: The Alan Parsons Project
Artist: The Alan Parsons Project

Arista celebrated its 30th anniversary by releasing The Heritage Series, spotlighting the most popular artists on the label. The Alan Parsons Project installment in The Heritage Series is pretty much a straight hits collection, featuring highlights from their stint at the label. While the Parsons Project was at Arista, they achieved the peak of... Read More

Driver's Eyes
Artist: Ian McDonald

Ian McDonald's first solo album appears nearly 20 years after his double-platinum days with Foreigner and practically 30 years to the day after his debut with King Crimson. The record contains the influences of both bands, which isn't surprising since McDonald was a central creative force in both. It's surprising to see McDonald still playing... Read More