Bad English
Artist: Bad English
Community Score: 9.27

Amid some tailor-made power ballads lurks some decent hard rock. ~ Dan Heilman, All Music Guide Read More

Lotus
Artist: Santana

Recorded in Japan in July 1973, this massive live album, originally on three LPs and now on two compact discs, was available outside the United States in 1974 but held back from domestic release until long into the CD age. It features the same "New Santana Band" that recorded Welcome, and combines that group's jazz and spiritual influences with... Read More

Caravanserai
Artist: Santana
Community Score: 8.75

Drawing on rock, salsa, and jazz, Santana recorded one imaginative, unpredictable gem after another during the 1970s. But Caravanserai is daring even by Santana's high standards. Carlos Santana was obviously very hip to jazz fusion -- something the innovative guitarist provides a generous dose of on the largely instrumental Caravanserai. Whether... Read More

The Album That Never Was
Artist: Dave Davies
Community Score: 10.00

When Dave Davies racked up a couple British hits in 1967, rumors were rife that the Kinks' lead guitarist would cut a solo album of his own. He never did -- not in the '60s, anyway -- and The Album That Never Was is a facsimile of what might have been, packaging some ultrarare solo singles of the time with tracks that Davies wrote and sang on... Read More

Viva Santana! - COLUMBIA/SONY
Artist: Santana

Released in 1988, Viva Santana! is a generous 30-track overview of Santana's first 20 years of recording. Appropriately, it concentrates on the band's glory years of the late '60s and early '70s, when both Carlos Santana and his supporting musicians were on fire. There are several unreleased cuts, including live tracks included for hardcore... Read More

Blues for Salvador
Artist: Santana
Community Score: 10.00

On previous "solo" albums, Carlos Santana had made noticeable stylistic changes and worked with jazz, pop, and even country musicians. On this, his fourth Carlos Santana release, the line between a "solo" and a "group" project is blurred; this record is really a catchall of Santana band outtakes and stray tracks. For example, included are an... Read More

Santana III
Artist: Santana
Community Score: 7.85

Santana III is an album that undeservingly stands in the shadows behind the towering legend that is the band's second album, Abraxas. This was also the album that brought guitarist Neal Schon -- who was 15 years old -- into the original core lineup of Santana. Percussionist Thomas "Coke" Escovedo was brought in to replace (temporarily) José... Read More

Second Heat
Artist: Racer X
Community Score: 10.00

Racer X's debut album, Street Lethal, established the band as little more than a vehicle for guitarist Paul Gilbert's virtuosic neo-metal soloing style. For its sophomore release, Second Heat, Racer X ups the intensity of its already terrifying instrumental attack by adding second guitarist Bruce Bouillet to the fold, thereby enabling some of... Read More

Bon Jovi Live
Artist: Bon Jovi
Community Score: 9.00

This four-track live tour souvenir, released only in Australia, is well worth seeking out for fans. ~ David Jehnzen, All Music Guide Read More