The aptly titled A SINGLE MAN finds Elton John working without legendary partner Bernie Taupin, his usual lyricist, during a much-needed break from each other, following their turbulent, albeit wildly successful mid '70s collaborations. Joining forces instead with Gary Osborne, Elton takes the opportunity to present an album of pure craft–with its scaled down production, A SINGLE MAN is an almost live-sounding album, one of his most straightforward. This approach places in even greater relief John's gift for combining widely varying musical atmosphere with beautiful melodies and honest emotional performance…
Love Stories - The Collection presents 6CDs of classics love songs and ballads and features contemporary favourites from the likes of Celine Dion, Whitney Houston combined with classic love songs from Rod Stewart, Cliff Richard, Phil Collins and other. Packed with hits from the '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s.
The heavy, psychedelic acid rock of Iron Butterfly may seem dated to some today, but the group was one of the first hard rock bands to receive extensive radio airplay, and their best-known song, the 17-minute epic "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," established that more extended compositions were viable entries in the radio marketplace, paving the way for progressive AOR…
The clues are all there. A solo album from Cradle Of Filth's backing singer featuring ex-Cradle men Martin Powell and Dave Pybus. Guess what it's gonna sound like, eh? And you'd only be half right. Yes, 'A Sign Of Sublime' features its fair share of orchestral flourishes, blazing guitars and dynamic time changes, but though it may share many of the 'Filth’s ambitious musical tropes, admirably it surpasses them with its expansive, theatrical splendour. What could have been an easy way for SJD to rest on her laurels is actually the sound of an artist seeking to expand her horizons.