Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop
Artist: Jeff Beck
Community Score: 8.88

Guitar Shop represents guitar hero Jeff Beck's return to the scene following his 1985 pop/rock-based recording, Flash; an outing that featured his one time lead vocalist, Rod Stewart. Essentially, this 1989 release provides Beck's ardent admirers with a power-packed outing, brimming with memorable melodies, drummer Terry Bozzio's often... Read More

The Female Elvis: Complete Recordings 1955-60
Artist: Janis Martin

Thirty songs, and not a loser in the bunch. This little lady rocks -- hard -- and she doesn't start to slow down until 21 songs in. The best is sort of like Elvis' early RCA sides, only better, mixed with some wildness that makes one wonder if Sun Records wouldn't have been a better home for her. As it happens, Martin is a good enough singer... Read More

The Complete Palomino Club Recordings
Artist: Jerry Lee Lewis

In the late '80s, Tomato released several CDs focusing on Jerry Lee Lewis' performances at the Palomino in L.A.'s suburban San Fernando Valley. First, Tomato released Rockin' My Life Away, Rocket 88, and the country-oriented Heartbreak. Then, in 1989, Tomato combined the contents of those three CDs on the double-CD The Complete Palomino Club... Read More

Green Thoughts
Artist: The Smithereens
Community Score: 9.50

The Smithereens' excellent sophomore effort picks up where their debut, Especially for You, left off, with Pat DiNizio delivering another impressive batch of superbly constructed pop gems; tracks like "Only a Memory," "House We Used to Live In," and "Drown in My Own Tears" are immediately ingratiating -- instantly familiar, yet performed with... Read More

New York
Artist: Lou Reed
Community Score: 10.00

New York City figured so prominently in Lou Reed's music for so long that it's surprising it took him until 1989 to make an album simply called New York, a set of 14 scenes and sketches that represents the strongest, best-realized set of songs of Reed's solo career. While Reed's 1982 comeback, The Blue Mask, sometimes found him reaching for... Read More

Law of the Fish
Artist: The Radiators

The cohesive band feel of The Radiators is emphasized on this well-produced major-label debut. The groups that influenced them (especially Little Feat and the Allman Brothers Band) are obvious -- but how many bands are good enough to suggest such comparisons? ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide Read More

Full Moon Fever
Artist: Tom Petty
Community Score: 8.41

Although Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) found the Heartbreakers regaining their strength as a band and discovering a newfound ease at songcraft, it just didn't sell that well. Perhaps that factor, along with road fatigue, led Tom Petty to record his first solo album, Full Moon Fever. Nevertheless, the distinction between "solo" and "Heartbreakers"... Read More

Classic
Artist: Jerry Lee Lewis

At eight discs, including numerous alternate takes all presented in sequential order, Bear Family's thorough retrospective of Jerry Lee Lewis' Sun recordings on Classic is a monumental, even exhausting experience, even for those serious listeners prepared to immerse themselves in this music. Not that the music itself is taxing; it's among the... Read More

Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 - RHINO
Artist: The Kinks
Community Score: 7.50

Featuring a total of 18 highlights from the Kinks' early career, Rhino's Greatest Hits is the definitive compilation of the group's hit singles from the mid-'60s. Beginning with "You Really Got Me" and ending with "Sunny Afternoon," all of the Kinks' essential garage rockers and British Invasion singles are here -- "All Day and All of the... Read More

Unfinished Business
Artist: Danny Gatton

Danny Gatton's album Unfinished Business rated #10 of the Top 100 albums of the 80s by Guitar World Magazine. On that album, he uses six different Fender and Gibson guitars and amps of 1963 vintage and earlier. The material is very diverse. Included is the Les Paul tribute "Cherokee," an eerie version of the Jackie Gleason theme "Melancholy... Read More

Greatest Hits - CBS
Artist: Dion & the Belmonts

A solid compilation of Dion's solo sides, including "Donna the Prima Donna," "Ruby Baby," and others. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide Read More

A Black & White Night Live
Artist: Roy Orbison