Everybody's Dummy

In 1987, it wasn’t enough to write catchy songs and record them well. John Mellencamp had the “heartland sound” pretty much sown up, hair m...

For most of his solo career, Gene Clark’s albums had all been worth at least hearing by many more than the people who took the time to do ...

Being the good professional songwriters they’d longed to be, Elton John and Bernie Taupin took seriously the task of composing the soundtra...

At the risk of sounding crass, the prize for most “rock ‘n roll” death goes to a man who actually died onstage. Morphine was playing a show...

The next Faces album sported minimal cover art, a throwback to the days when records came in plain sleeves with only the label showing for ...

Just as his previous label was willing to indulge him , so did Van Morrison’s current corporate home. Having moved more than a few copies o...

As they’d promised , each of the volumes (save the bonus mop-up set) in Pink Floyd’s massive The Early Years 1967-1972 box set were made a...