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“Nothing in this world is free,” Jack White declares on the opening track of his surprise-released sixth solo album – branded as “No Name” on the disc and at least for our purposes now. Call it hubris or humor, mischievousness or muso conceit. White’s Third Man Records “released” the 13-track set on July 19 in an unmarked white sleeve, by slipping the vinyl set – yes, for free – into the bags of customers at its retail outlets in Nashville and White’s hometown of Detroit. An online post encouraged lucky recipients to “Rip It” and share the music with the rest of the world. No details, not even...
Ultimate Classic Rock
Mind Games was meant to be a return to form for John Lennon, after an instantly dated protest album that felt didactic and cold. He certainly seemed to be back on track with its opening Top 20 hit title song. But the rest of Mind Games could be a strangely ruminative and often mid-tempo, with a shaggy studio approach. Mind Games: The Ultimate Collection makes it clear who fans should blame: The producer. Lennon took over those duties after three straight projects with co-producers Phil Spector and Yoko Ono. He clearly couldn’t place enough distance between himself and the material to make the ...
Ultimate Classic Rock
The past three months’ best reissues and archival releases focus on artists’ key albums and the stories behind their creations. This is especially true of new releases by David Bowie, Deep Purple and Billy Idol, whose respective best records are expanded for their anniversaries with demos, alternated versions, outtakes and live tracks. But other great records from the first part of the year turn the spotlight on previously unreleased concert recordings. Late-’60s era Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, “Godmother of Rock ‘n’ Roll” Sister Rosetta Tharpe and spiritual jazz icon Alice Coltr...
Ultimate Classic Rock
Going into a new Bon Jovi album with an open mind in 2024 requires the understanding that this isn’t the same band from 40 years ago. Gone are the bare-chested, libidinous glam-metal anthems of the MTV era; ever since Max Martin got his hands on the career-rejuvenating “It’s My Life” at the dawn of the millennium, Bon Jovi has trafficked in slick, nostalgia-soaked adult-contemporary pop-rock. They still reach for the rafters, but they are now full of parents who are likely more concerned with memorizing their kids’ soccer schedules than Aqua Netting their hair or wiggling into a pair of leathe...
Ultimate Classic Rock
Shaboozey dominated the internet with his viral hit “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” but his album is far deeper than just a bunch of beer-drinking and line-dancing songs. The singer — who offers a blend of hip-hop and Americana — put his heart on his sleeve in several songs off his new album Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going, which arrived today (May 31). The 12-track album does feature his certified gold drinking song, but it also deals with subjects such as heartbreak, depression and even suicide. While the project does feature some more light-hearted tracks, Shaboozey chooses to let us all in on...
Taste of Country
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