461 Ocean Boulevard
Artist: Eric Clapton
Community Score: 7.28

461 Ocean Boulevard is Eric Clapton's second studio solo album, arriving after his side project of Derek and the Dominos and a long struggle with heroin addiction. Although there are some new reggae influences, the album doesn't sound all that different from the rock, pop, blues, country, and R&B amalgam of Eric Clapton. However, 461 Ocean... Read More

Friends and Angels
Artist: Martha Velez
Community Score: 10.00
On Tour With Eric Clapton
Artist: Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
Community Score: 8.50

This 42-minute, eight-song live album, cut at Croydon late in 1969, is not only the peak of Delaney & Bonnie's output, but also the nexus in the recording and performing careers of Eric Clapton and George Harrison. On Tour With Eric Clapton features the guitarist performing the same blend of country, blues, and gospel that would characterize his... Read More

Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live!
Artist: Santana
Community Score: 10.00

From December 1971 to April 1972, Carlos Santana and several other members of Santana toured with drummer/vocalist Buddy Miles, a former member of the Electric Flag, and Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys. The resulting live album contained both Santana hits ("Evil Ways") and Buddy Miles hits ("Changes"), plus a 25-minute, side-long jam. It was not,... Read More

Abraxas - BONUS TRACKS
Artist: Santana

The San Francisco Bay Area rock scene of the late '60s was one that encouraged radical experimentation and discouraged the type of mindless conformity that's often plagued corporate rock. When one considers just how different Santana, Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape, and the Grateful Dead sounded, it becomes obvious just how much it was... Read More

The Best of Golden Earring
Artist: Golden Earring
Accept No Substitute
Artist: Delaney & Bonnie

While Delaney & Bonnie will be forever associated with Eric Clapton and Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs, the couple, along with a loose association of friends, recorded a number of classics in their own right. Released in 1969, Accept No Substitute contained the same blend of soul and rock & roll that would show up on Layla the following year.... Read More

Eight Miles High
Artist: Golden Earring
Community Score: 7.25
Moontan
Artist: Golden Earring
Community Score: 8.17

This 1973 outing is the album that raised Golden Earring to an international level of popularity, primarily on the strength of the hit single and enduring radio favorite "Radar Love." However, there is much more to this album than just that hit. In many ways, Moontan is like a summation of everything the group had learned on their first three... Read More

Toulouse Street
Artist: The Doobie Brothers
Community Score: 8.00

This was the album by which most of their fans began discovering the Doobie Brothers, and it has retained a lot of its freshness over the decades. Producer Ted Templeman was attuned to the slightly heavier and more southern style the band wanted to work toward on this, their second album, and the results were not only profitable -- including a... Read More

The Captain and Me
Artist: The Doobie Brothers
Community Score: 8.40

The Doobie Brothers' third long-player was the charm, their most substantial and consistent album to date, and one that rode the charts for a year. It was also a study in contrasts, Tom Johnston's harder-edged, bolder rocking numbers balanced by Patrick Simmons' more laid-back country-rock ballad style. The leadoff track, Johnston's "Natural... Read More

With a Little Help from My Friends - A&M
Artist: Joe's Grease Band
Community Score: 9.70

Joe Cocker's debut album holds up extraordinarily well across four decades, the singer's performance bolstered by some very sharp playing, not only by his established sideman/collaborator Chris Stainton, but also some top-notch session musicians, among them drummer Clem Cattini, Steve Winwood on organ, and guitarists Jimmy Page and Albert Lee,... Read More

Santana III - JAPAN BONUS TRACKS
Artist: Santana

The group's third album, simply titled Santana on its original September 1971 release, was the last work of the original Woodstock-era lineup. With hit singles and albums under their belt, the group became more experimental on their third go-round. This yielded some of their best work and another number one for the band. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide Read More