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 The album can be seen as a half 'solo' by Stewart recorded in France, mixed with the other half managed by Gouldman and made in England.

 Those sumptuous, richly vocal chorus loops... prove useless, redundant.

 Explore 10cc's Mirror Mirror to experience the bittersweet farewell to a legendary band’s journey.

 10cc is the epitome of an art rock band, a definition that someone will coin only later; similar to progressive, a word that wasn’t circulating in the seventies at all.

 One has to listen carefully, repeatedly, to discover each subtlety, peculiarity, melodic quality, the meticulous application note by note, verse by verse.

 Dive into 10cc's debut album and discover a timeless gem of art pop innovation and whimsical storytelling.

 It’s curious that a product of civil protest is filled with harmless music by brilliant but anything but provocative artists.

 It’s normal, though, that downstream of such a resonant initiative nothing changes. The nuclear power plants remain.

 Listen to the legendary No Nukes album and experience the iconic artists united for a cause that still resonates today.

 Morley ... set out to learn to play well, compose better, write meaningful lyrics, arrange effectively, produce with vigor.

 The title, Dopamine, precisely allegorizes the media drug that pervades our everyday life, ... for today’s youngsters undermines intellectual and character growth.

 Explore Thunder’s Dopamine for powerful rock blues and a sharp take on today’s media culture—listen now and feel the passion!

 There is a widespread bias, the preconceived notion of never giving any chance to reunions of rock “dinosaurs” after a few decades. This is fitting most of the time, but not always and anyway.

 The best tracks... are the ones for which it’s definitely “worth it” to listen, playlist, buy.

 Listen to The Tall Ships by It Bites now and experience a masterful progressive rock comeback!

 All this mastery of Leadon that I extolled... are unfortunately not reaffirmed in this, which is the only solo work he managed to publish.

 Giving a passing grade to the work of one of the Eagles... is equivalent to being disappointed by it.

 Discover Bernie Leadon's solo journey—listen to 'Mirror' and explore the roots of a country rock pioneer.

 One time out of five, they pull out a gem, maybe only instrumental, of great class, wisdom, and inventiveness.

 'Passing Thing' is a progressive episode, an endless guitar/mandolin duet of rare elegance.

 Explore Seals & Crofts' 'Get Closer' and discover the hidden instrumental gems in this classic soft rock album.

 This album deserves five stars because it doesn’t have a real flaw… except that it wasn’t released ten, fifteen years earlier.

 All Led Zeppelin, Humble Pie, Free, Ten Years After, AC/DC fans, and so on should own this album and listen to it at full volume.

 Listen to Fastway’s debut for a powerful dose of classic rock and blues riffs that will energize any vintage rock fan.

 What makes the album unmissable is the last track, a quintessential masterpiece dedicated to the late Dunnery’s father.

 The particular progressive pop rock specific to this band, indebted to big names of the seventies, yet unmistakably their own.

 Listen to It Bites’ Eat Me in St. Louis and experience a masterful blend of progressive rock and heartfelt guitar artistry.

 The best thing about this work is... the cover, as disturbing and anxiety-inducing as few others.

 We may never know if, with a less problematic professional destiny, this man would have given us many more epochal songs.

 Discover John Fogerty's lesser-known 'Eye of the Zombie'—listen now and explore the story behind the music.