In the Heat of the Night
Artist: Pat Benatar
Community Score: 10.00

With her debut recording In the Heat of the Night, Pat Benatar wasted no time starting out of the gate with the furious leadoff track "Heartbreaker," which solidified her place in a class of women who were taking the rock world by storm in the late '70s. In the Heat of the Night was an album that obviously had its share of filler, but the... Read More

You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish
Artist: REO Speedwagon
Community Score: 8.67

You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish was a breakthrough album for REO Speedwagon in a sense, gelling the guitar craft of Gary Richrath and the vocals of Kevin Cronin with songs that rambled and rolled and never stopped for air. Richrath's style finally formed some catchy hooks, and Cronin's songwriting is solid, while his voice sounds... Read More

Some Girls
Artist: The Rolling Stones
Community Score: 7.00

During the mid-'70s, the Rolling Stones remained massively popular, but their records suffered from Jagger's fascination with celebrity and Keith's worsening drug habit. By 1978, both punk and disco had swept the group off the front pages, and Some Girls was their fiery response to the younger generation. Opening with the disco-blues thump of... Read More

Stranger in Town
Artist: Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
Community Score: 7.33

Night Moves was in the pipeline when Live Bullet hit, and wound up eclipsing the double live set anyway, so Stranger in Town is really the record where Bob Seger started grasping the changes that happened when he became a star. It happened when he was old enough to have already formed his character. Even as celebrity creeps in, as on "Hollywood... Read More

Stage Pass
Artist: Michael Stanley

The Michael Stanley Band's live album Stagepass is a fine example of the no-frills rock & roll concert experience. Fitting on one CD, the Cleveland quintet recorded this double album over three consecutive nights in October 1976 at their hometown's old Agora Ballroom, which was destroyed by a fire a few years later. Five of the songs on... Read More

The Best of Rod Stewart, Vol. 2
Artist: Rod Stewart

Like its sister, Best of Rod Stewart, Vol. 2 was also expanded in 1998 to include several bonus tracks -- it now weighs in at a hefty 19 tracks. The biggest hits were put on the first volume, so this contains smaller hits and album-oriented radio favorites like "Country Comforts," "Mandolin Wind," "Reason to Believe," "Lost Paraguayos," and... Read More

Greatest Hits
Artist: Rod Stewart
Community Score: 9.00

Even though it has a couple of flaws -- particularly the appearance of "Maggie May," which doesn't quite fit in with the rest of the material -- Greatest Hits is an enjoyable sampler of Rod Stewart's first four Warner albums, including most of the hits but not necessarily all of his greatest performances. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide Read More

The Best of Rod Stewart - MERCURY
Artist: Rod Stewart

Originally released in the '70s, Mercury's The Best of Rod Stewart was expanded to a generous 18 tracks in 1998. Many of those added tracks were not proper hits -- they were album track favorites that may not have been big on the charts, but were of the consistently high quality that Rod was turning out in the early '70s. That means that this is... Read More

Country Classics
Artist: Elvis Presley