deep dive

The 1970s was a very good decade to be Al Stewart: thanks to such major hits as “Year of the Cat,” “On the Border,” and “Time Passages,” the Glasgow-born, Dorset-raised singer/songwriter became a big name on both sides of the...

45 years ago today, Dan Seals and Dash Crofts – known collectively as Seals & Crofts – released the album that would serve both as their commercial breakthrough and, indeed, the defining album of their entire career. Produced by Louie...

During the course of his career as a solo artist, Teddy Pendergrass released three studio albums that featured #1 R&B hit singles. This was the third. Produced variously by Craig Burbidge, Derek Nakamoto, Terry Price, and Pendergrass himself, TRULY BLESSED...

There are precious few songs in the pantheon of rock music which include in their lyrics the word “brucellosis.” In fact, as far as we know, there’s still only one, and it features on this album. BAD LUCK STREAK IN...

The Hollies have a long, strong history of occasionally taking songs written by other artists and putting their own stamp on them, but in 1969 they released an album which found them streamlining their song-searching process by delivering naught but...

50 years ago this month, The Yardbirds released an album which was their first with Jimmy Page as their lone guitarist and – by pure coincidence – the last proper studio album of their career. Produced by Mickie Most, LITTLE...

When it comes to the Faces, the band’s first album should be viewed through the prism of its title: FIRST STEP. As debut albums go, it’s strong, make no mistake about that, but it’s not until the band’s second album...

Comedy might not have been born on this day in 1937, but one of the greatest comedians ever to walk to earth did arrive on this date: George Denis Patrick Carlin. Although he left us back in 2008, his legacy...

If you’re a fan of classic ‘60s R&B, then it’s hard to say that anything from within the catalog of Wilson Pickett is truly a deep dive: during that particular decade, it seemed like the man they called “Wicked” was...