Classic Rock Magazine

After being let go by Whitesnake, John Sykes returned with supergroup Blue Murder and a debut album that failed at the box office

Arriving after a difficult gestation, Dust found Mark Lanegan tweaking the Screaming Trees blueprint

In which former Thin Lizzy guitarist Gary Moore attempts to forge a new career in the post-NWOBHM rock landscape and also writes some ballads

Released in between Pink Floyd's Animals and The Wall, David Gilmour's self-titled solo album laid the groundwork for future releases

Blonde On Blonde is the album that saw Bob Dylan complete the transition from folk to rock artist

In which Talking Heads seamlessly merged funk, afrobeat and early hip-hop rhythms with their more abrasive art-rock ideas

Featuring members of Yes, ELP and King Crimson, Asia were billed as a prog rock supergroup but kept it concise, to enormous success

A Deeper Cut was the last album The Temperance Movement made before parting ways with now-returned frontman Phil Campbell

With Gene Simmons in the production chair, Keel conjure up a small batch of decent headbangers and not much else

Released between two major metal milestones, Somewhere In Time is something of an underrated fan favourite

Michael Des Barres leads Detective through an album that owes much to their Led Zeppelin paymasters

Rooted in tragedy, Temple Of The Dog's 10 original tracks are a kind of catharsis through music

Dark Room is the fourth studio album by Aussie rockers The Angels, released in 1980

Amused To Death is Roger Waters’ proudest solo moment and a damning reflection on social disintegration.

Containing her biggest hit and her most controversial song, the Patti Smith Group's third album Easter is a fascinating whole

Having discovered they could harmonise, Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead released what many consider to be their most user-friendly album

Recorded in Nigeria as his bandmates deserted him, Band On The Run might just be the best post-Beatles work by any Beatle

In which four Germans and a Brit hook up and invent prog-jazz-rock showtunes

Dismissed initially as Radiohead copyists, Muse were blasted into the stadium-slaying stratosphere by Absolution

The sound of Rush finding their way

Released in 1965, Live At The Regal is the blues equivalent of The Who’s Live At Leeds – an exhilarating, honest account of an artist at the top of their game