Baby Animals
Artist: Baby Animals

Hailing from Australia, Baby Animals is a four-piece hard rock/pop band whose self-titled debut was released in 1991. Produced by veteran Mike Chapman (Blondie, Divinyls, Lita Ford), this is pretty standard late '80s/early '90s AOR. Fronted by Suze DeMarchi, a powerful if nondescript singer, the band plows through a set of unchallenging material... Read More

Anthology
Artist: Angel

For a band who materialized on-stage Star Trek-style and did all they could to exploit their heavenly image, it's a wonder Angel didn't break through to a larger number of those rock fantasy-loving fans Kiss monopolized during the latter half of the '70s. Angel's problem might have been bad timing: had the band emerged during the spandex-metal... Read More

The Extremist
Artist: Joe Satriani
Community Score: 9.00

The Extremist lives up to its name, continuing Joe Satriani's tradition of exploring new musical and compositional ground. A vastly different array of musicians assists him in creating the songs displayed on this all-instrumental disc, and as such the songs are different from even the usual envelope-pushing Satriani fare. The chugging "Summer... Read More

The Best of Bob Welch
Artist: Bob Welch

Bob Welch has had an interesting, yet arguably frustrating career. The singer, songwriter, and guitarist spent five years and five albums with Fleetwood Mac in the early 1970s and left just before the band became a superstar act. The 1991 Rhino compilation The Best of Bob Welch collects the highlights of his work from 1976 to 1991. Welch's... Read More

Cherry Pie
Artist: Warrant
Community Score: 8.14

Warrant became the stars they so desperately wanted to be with their 1989 debut, Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich. Perhaps not the biggest stars, since Guns n' Roses still ruled the roost in 1989, but Warrant nearly reached number one with "Heaven" and went platinum, which gave them the spoils of a rock star, from groupies and model girlfriends... Read More

Born to Be Wild: A Retrospective
Artist: Steppenwolf
Community Score: 8.00

Born To Be Wild: A Retrospective was the first attempt at a serious historical overview of Steppenwolf and founder/leader John Kay's career, and considering that the makers limited themselves to two CDs, they did an amazingly good job. A lot of listeners -- even those who were around during the band's heyday -- who think of Steppenwolf as... Read More

Brick by Brick
Artist: Iggy Pop
Community Score: 10.00

While Don Was is best known for his work with mutant funkateers Was (Not Was), he was also a Motor City boy with fond memories of the Stooges' glory days, and when he was hired to produce an album for Iggy Pop, Was said, "The guy is incredibly intelligent, writes great lyrics, is a great singer, and I just wanted to get that across." And he did:... Read More

The Best of Foghat, Vol. 2
Artist: Foghat

If Best of Foghat made you hungry for more, Best of Foghat, Vol. 2, with no hit singles, only album tracks, and including two live cuts and an outtake, should satiate your desire. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide Read More

Cycle Sluts from Hell
Artist: Cycle Sluts from Hell

Playing fast, simple, thundering heavy metal, the Cycle Sluts From Hell could almost be compared to L7, were it not for the fact that they were so cartoonish. Taking Joan Jett's trashy, badass-mama persona to an aggressive extreme, both musically and attitude-wise, the Cycle Sluts come up with such entertainingly silly anthems as "Conqueress,"... Read More

Pop Songs (Greatest Hits)
Artist: Iggy Pop