Reviews & Top Picks

By Dave White, About.com Guide to Classic Rock

Which classic albums should be in your collection? Which artists have most influenced Classic Rock? Which new releases should you spend your money on? You'll find the answers here.

1. Essentials
2. Classic Rock Standards - Reviews
3. New Releases and Concert Reviews
4. Top Picks for All Occasions

Essentials

When you're just beginning to build a classic rock collection, the first question is usually, "Where do I start?" You'll find the answer here.

• Top 50 Classic Rock Bands
• Top 25 Classic Rock Solo Artists
• Top 10 Essential Classic Rock Albums
• Top 500 Classic Rock Songs

Classic Rock Standards - Reviews

These are the essential artists and albums, with reviews of reissues and remasters of their classic work.

• Pink Floyd - 'Piper At The Gates Of Dawn'
• 'Crosby Stills & Nash' and 'Daylight Again'
• 'Grateful Dead - Fillmore West 1969'
• The Who - 'Tommy and Quadrophenia Live'

• Jackson Browne - 'Running On Empty'
• Steely Dan - 'The Definitive Collection'
• Electric Light Orchestra - 'The Very Best Of ELO, Vol. 2'

New Releases and Concert Reviews

New releases from classic rock artists and reviews of live gigs.

• Steve Miller Band - 'Live From Chicago' DVD/CD
• Michael Schenker Group - 'In The Midst Of Beauty' CD
• Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Concert
• Def Leppard - 'Songs From The Sparkle Lounge' CD
• Moody Blues - Concert
• Jackson Browne - Concert
• Toto - 'Falling In Between Live'
• Whitesnake - 'Good To Be Bad'
• RPM - Rock & Pop Masters Concert
• Eric Clapton / Steve Winwood Concert

• Hot Tuna Electric Concert
• Heart - 'Dreamboat Annie Live'
• Trans-Siberian Orchestra Concert
• 'Fantasia - Asia Live In Tokyo'
• Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - 'Raising Sand'
• Foreigner - 'Alive & Rockin''
• Bruce Springsteen - 'Magic'
• John Fogerty - 'Revival'
• 'Dear Mr. Fantasy - A Celebration For Jim Capaldi'
• 'Jethro Tull Live At Montreux 2003'

Top Picks for All Occasions

Out on the open road, stuck inside on a snowy day, slogging through your tax return. Name the occasion and you'll find no lack of classic rock songs to fit it.

• Worst Love Songs
• Top Irish Rockers
• Songs for a Winter Day
• Music to Do Your Taxes By

• Summertime Songs
• Songs for the Open Road
• Halloween Classic Rock
• Classic Rock Christmas Albums