Classic Rock Magazine

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

After being sacked By Deep Purple, bassist Nick Simper took up with Marsha Hunt’s backing band and gradually turned them into a hard-rockin' force

At a time when punk rock was new, Queen suddenly epitomised everything about the old rock aristocracy that the critics now held in contempt... so they released their most popular album yet

Stormwatch largely ditched the ‘folk’ elements that had come to define Jethro Tull's sound in favour of a noticeably harder and more ominous edge

Before all that hairspray, David Coverdale created Whitesnake as a blues-based hard rock band in the classic tradition – and this live album was their greatest moment

As far as swansongs go, Thunder And Lightning crackles with undeniable zeal and energy, with new guitarist John Sykes helping to create what is Thin Lizzy's heaviest album.

Robbie Robertson hooked up with producer Daniel Lanois for his debut solo album, conjuring up a fashionably atmospheric twist to his ongoing fascination with American culture

Criticised for being exemplars of the beige stodge-rock that followed grunge, Creed sold albums by the million. We try and figure out why

Brice Dickinson ventures out of his Iron Maiden-shaped comfort zone for debut solo album Tattooed Millionaire

High Voltage was the album that introduced AC/DC to the world beyond Australia, but it was not met with universal acclaim, as readers of Rolling Stone will attest

When Metallica tried to follow The Black Album, the results were mixed. Then the leftovers arrived

Live At The Greek wasn't quite what it should have been due to contractual obligations, but it was the most animated Jimmy Page had sounded in years