Classic Rock Magazine

In which Marc Bolan adds some R&B to T. Rex's glam template and opinions have been divided ever since

Robert Cray's 1986 album Strong Persuader album took blues to the masses and sold more than two million copies in the US

Buoyed by the success of breakthrough album Don’t Say No, Billy Squier teamed up once again with Queen producer Reinhold Mack to create 10 tracks of state of the art, radio-friendly pop rock

The NWOBHM was a broad church, and Demon's second album The Unexpected Guest was more melodic than most

Discovered by Gene Simmons and sold as a more wholesome alternative to Kiss, Angel's stage show was equally theatrical, but their music was a mix of pomp and prog

Released at the height of hair metal, Kingdom Come's debut album made waves for its startling resemblance to Led Zeppelin

Goodnight L.A. was meant to be Magnum’s big chance to break America, but eventually wasn't released there at all

Featuring stellar duets with Tom Petty and Don Henley, Bella Donna established Stevie Nicks as a star in her own right, away from the Fleetwood Mac soap opera

Grace Slick and Marty Balin were gone but Jefferson Airplane had Jane, an AOR landmark, and riffs from Craig Chaquico that would guide the band into the gleaming 80s

The double-platinum Flirtin' With Disaster was the second album from the triple-guitar southern rock band from Jacksonville who weren't Lynyrd Skynyrd

Harder... Faster was the eighth studio album by Canuck rockers April Wine, and spent the best part of a year on the US album chart

Van der Graaf Generator's fourth album Pawn Hearts sums up all that is glorious and bewildering about the band: unconventional vocals, confrontational music, and the unruly spectre of jazz

An object of both affection and derision, Canada's Anvil made the NWOBHM-friendly Metal On Metal in 1982: It gave them an international audience and their most iconic song

Released in 1970, Elton John's Tumbleweed Connection was a concept album themed on Wild West Americana with flavours of country and blues

One thing we can all agree on, surely: that inner gatefold is one of the great photographs in rock'n'roll

With Crime Of The Century, Supertramp defined their signature sound and created a progressive rock masterpiece

The Tragically Hip's third album Fully Completely was dominated by Canadian themes, propelling the band on their way to becoming 'Canada's Band'

In which Mikael Åkerfeldt ditches his death metal growl and falls under the spell of his collection of rare progressive rock records

The Traveling Wilburys originally came together to record a George Harrison B-side, but ended up writing and recording a whole album