Love You
Artist: The Beach Boys
Community Score: 5.33

Judging by the title and the quilted design on the cover, Love You would appear to be an album of ballads or romantic tracks, maybe '70s remakes of "Surfer Girl" or "In My Room." But from the brutal synthesizer stabs and Carl Wilson's throaty yell, "Harrahhh!" on the opening track, it's clear this is no ordinary Beach Boys LP. Besides several... Read More

The Roaring Silence
Artist: Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Community Score: 7.00

The reason that The Roaring Silence became Manfred Mann's Earth Band's best-selling album may have been because of both Bruce Springsteen-penned singles, but its instrumental makeup, by way of Mann's keyboard manipulation coupled with Chris Thompson's chiseled singing, had just as much of an affect. "Blinded By the Light" and "Spirit in the... Read More

20 Rock N'Roll Hits
Artist: Cliff Richard

Concentrating mostly on his 1958-59 material, this has Richard's most untamed recordings (bearing in mind that they're still pretty polished compared to most U.S. rockabilly). Includes his first brace of hits -- "Move It," "High Class Baby," "Mean Streak," and "Never Mind" -- along with the megasmash "Livin' Doll," which pointed the way toward... Read More

Come & Get Your Redbone
Artist: Redbone
Randalls New York
Artist: Elliott Randall
Night Out
Artist: Ellen Foley
Community Score: 9.67

The grand opener "We Belong to the Night" is breathtaking and bombastic bliss; a creamy confection of debonair dreams that could only come from the late '70s and the glitter-gutter combo of Mick Ronson and Ian Hunter. The princely poppers provide the perfect atmosphere for Foley's powerful theatrics on her inaugural flight. The second single,... Read More

Young & Rich
Artist: The Tubes
Community Score: 9.00

After knocking out an impressive debut with their self-titled 1975 release, The Tubes fell prey to the dreaded sophomore slump on their second album Young And Rich. Although this album contains a fistful of inspired and witty tracks, it simply lacks the coherence and consistent material that made The Tubes such a cheeky delight. Young And Rich... Read More

Atlantic Crossing
Artist: Rod Stewart
Community Score: 8.43

Atlantic Crossing wasn't simply the moment when Rod Stewart left Britain for the greener pasture of America, it was the moment when he accepted his role as a full-fledged, jet-setting superstar. Stewart abandoned the formula of his first five solo records, as well as most of his folk-rock and hard rock undercurrents, trading them for a... Read More

The Best of Redbone
Artist: Redbone
Community Score: 6.80
Broken English/Faithfull
Artist: Marianne Faithfull

After a lengthy absence, Faithfull resurfaced on this 1979 album, which took the edgy and brittle sound of punk rock and gave it a shot of studio-smooth dance rock. Faithfull's whiskey-worn vocals perfectly match the bitter and biting "Why'd Ya Do It" and revitalize John Lennon's "Working Class Hero." [A 2002 reissue of the album packaged it... Read More