Just like Hot Tuna's latest album two years earlier there is a big difference between songs, as some are quite mellow and half boring and other rock like like hell with blistering guitar solos and long jamming sessions.

Sammy Piazza had left the band and was raplaced by Bob Steeler who really lifts the songs with his frantic drumming! Kaukonen's guitarplaying is also very nice. The album reached nr. 75 on the Billboard chart.

1)Sleep song (5,5) Boring sleepy song.

2)Funky nr. 7 (7,0) A nice guitar-chaotic funky rocker.

3)Walkin' blues (7,5) A Robert Johnson-cover. Bluesrock that just goes on and on but it's good anyway.

4)Invitation (6,0) Flowing rock song that's too long.

5)Hot single nr. 1 (8,5) Very good 70's rocker with a nice slow flow, good melody and nice guitarplaying.

6)Serpent of a dream (7,0) Nice mellow Wishbone Ash-flow in this one.

7)I don't wanna go (7,0)

8)Great divide: Revisted (5,0) Very boring, gaasp.

Score: 6,69

Jorma Kaukonen-vocals and guitars (b.1940)

Jack Casady-bass (b.1944)

Bob Steeler-drums

On this, the 4th album by american band Hot Tuna, the band moved from towards more rock and hard rock, leaving the more acoustic sound of the last first 3 albums behind. Vocalist and guitarrist Jorma Kaukonen and bassist Jack Cassidy had just left Jefferson Airplane for good and former 2nd drummer Papa John Creach had left for Jefferson Starship. They continued as a trio for the next years.

This album is very much in the vein of the 70's rock. Simple riffs, melodic singing, superb guitar playing and good songs. There are some highlights on it but some are too weak and, should I say cheesy. There were better bands than Hot Tuna in the 70's but it's not bad at all.

1)I see the light (8,0) Good Wishbone Ash-like mellow rock flow.

2)Letter to the north star (6,0) Happy jump-pop/rock.

3)Easy now (9,0) Damn good rock song!

4)Corners without exits (6,5) Mellow rock-flow.

5)Day to day out the window blues (7,0) Same as above but with more ZZ Top blues feel.

6)In the kingdom (4,5) Strange.

7)Seeweed strut (6,0) Acoustic instrumental.

8)Living just for you (6,5)

9)Soliloquy for 2 (6,0) 60's style ballad.

10)Sally, where'd you get your liquor from? (4,0) Happy-happy, traditional acoustic instrumental.

Score: 6,35

Jorma Kaukonen-vocals and guitars (b.1940)

Jack Casady-bass (b.1944)

Sammy Piazza-drums

Nils-Åke Runeson from Falkenberg, Sweden moved to Hässleholm in 1965 and started the band The Hittills that are still active. In 1973 Benny Andersson from ABBA called and wanted to give Runeson a record deal and the album was released the year after, featuring some of the top rock artists in Sweden at the time. It is produced by the, in Sweden, very well known artist and DJ Claes af Geijerstam. The album is a good example of high quality rock from Sweden and defenitely ranks among the best from the middle of the 70's, but today it sounds a bit dated even though it has it's good moments. Runeson did only record this album, he's goal to record an album was fulfulled and he nowadays plays with he's band The Hittills and works with commercials.

1)Fredag kväll (7,0)

2)Tob, my friend (7,0)

3)Just dig (8,0)

4)In a fantasy (5,5)

5)I'm not a poet (6,0)

6)Her seventh floor (7,0)

7)Longleg (5,5)

8)Realize (6,0)

9)Jenny child (5,0)

10)Längtans väntan (6,5)

11)Eftermiddagsvind (6,5)

Score: 6,36

Nils-Åke Runeson-vocals, guitars, organ, moog and mellotron (b.1952)

Björn Linder-guitars

Janne Schaffer-guitars (b.1945)

Ib Christiansen-guitars

Mike Watson-bass (b.1946)

Roger Palm-drums

Lasse Bagge-piano (1935-2000)

Benny Andersson-piano (b.1946)

Vlodek Gulgowski-piano (b.1944)

Lars-Inge Bjärlestam-cello (b.1957)

Christer Eklund-saxophone (b.1944)

Ahmadu Jarr-congas

Claes af Geijerstam-harp and background vocals

With this album Wishbone Ash went in a heavier direction. The songs are more uptempo and contains more distorted guitars than before, and I like that. They also have some progressive elements in their music. Before they were kind of low key and in my opinion boring but this album is more my style. Actually I like it quite a lot. For example Stand and deliver is a fantastic song.

1)You see red (7,5) A nice slowtempo song with a good bassline, guitarsolo and catchy refrain.

2)Baby the angels are here (7,5) Same as above but without the refrain but with more feeling.

3)Ships in the sky (8,0) Beautiful intro and great Simon and Garfunkel-like singing and very melodic.

4)Stand and deliver (8,5) Very much Barclay James Harvest about this heavy and slow song with variations in tempo. Great mainriff. Truly great song!

5)Anger in harmony (5,0) A halfboring song that changes tempo to a heavy blues in the middle but it doesn't get better because of that. Misplaced guitarplaying.

6)Like a child (7,0) Nice melody and a capella-singing. Beautiful solo but a little too soft.

7)The way of the world (8,0) Fantastic melody in singing and guitarplaying with a cool bassline.

8)Stormy weather (7,0) What could have been a fantastic closer is destroyed by endless soloing.

Score: 7,31

Laurie Weisfield-vocals and guitars (b.1952)

Andy Powell-vocals and guitars (b.1950)

Martin Turner-vocals and bass (b.1947)

Steve Upton-drums (b.1946)

On this Quo-album the band took a slightly different direction by playing some more melodic rock. Some songs are okey, but only the ones that are played in the "old" way. The melodic ones are... well, not so good. Also a couple of really bad ones is featured on the album.

1)Again and again (8,0) A good rockin' opening with a strong refrain and nice guitarsoloing.

2)I'm giving up my worryin' (5,5) Poppy and melodic. Not very fun.

3)Gonna teach you to love me (6,0) Not very good start but when it starts to rock it's Status Quo-boogietime again.

4)Someone show me home (6,0) An okey ballad. Very melodic and almost cheesy, but they get away with it.

5)Long-legged Linda (8,0) A furious rocker about a 16-year old performer at the Whisky-a-go-go in L.A Very good partysong!

6)Oh! What a night (7,0) Boogierocker with a melodic refrain and female background vocals.

7)Accident prone (4,0) Discodrumming and very melodic. This is not good...

8)Stones (4,5) Stupid and bad poppy song.

9)Let me fly (7,5) Back to what Quo does well; boogierock'n'roll.

10)Like a good girl (7,5) Rock'n'roll!

Score: 6,40

Rick Parfitt-vocals and guitars (b.1948)

Francis Rossi-vocals and guitars (b.1949)

Alan Lancaster-bass (b.1949)

John Coghlan-drums (b.1946)

Andy Bown-keyboards (b.1946)

This selftiteled album (also called the Beardsley album due to that the cover was made by Audrey Beardsley) was Humble Pie's 3rd. The band was formed from The Small Faces (Peter Frampton), The Herd (Steve Marriot) and Spooky Tooth (Greg Ridley) in 1969. They were popidols during the 60's and Marriot had also been a childactor. This album was the last with Framton, he quit in 1971. He later had a successful carrier as a soloartist. Marriot died in a fire in 1991 and Ridley died in Spain in 2003.

1)Live with me (10,0) Not many songs get full points from me but this one is one of the best songs I've heard. For an opening song on a rockalbum to be it's too long, too slow and not rocking enough, but what a song this is! The organ lays the ground and furious drumming, powerful and soulful vocals and exellent guitarplaying in a song that is full of life and power. Incredible!

2)Only a roach (3,0) A honky tonk-waltz? Why?

3)One eyed trouser snake rumba (7,5) A good and heavy boogierocker that is waaay to short (2.50).

4)Earth and water song (8,0) Wonderful song with great singing that is full of feeling (Frampton).

5)I'm ready (7,5) A re-writing of the Willie Dixon bluesclassic. A slow rocker with a heavy riff.

6)Theme from Skint (See you later liquidator) (5,0) A somewhat strange, calm song with a countryfeel to it.

7)Red light mama, red hot (8,5) A superb "red hot" heavy slow boogierocker. Remainds a lot of Frankie Miller. Astonishing last 2 minutes of the song.

8)Sucking on the sweet vine (7,5) A beautiful ballad ends the album.

Score: 7,13

Peter Frampton-vocals and guitars (b.1950)

Steve Marriot-vocals and guitars (1947-1991)

Greg Ridley-bass (1943-2003)

Jerry Shirley-drums (b.1952)

Point Blank from Texas, USA was formed in 1974 and released this selftiteled album in 1976 as their first. They had toured heavily before the album was recorded and continued to do so. They were produced by Bill Ham, more known for his work with ZZ Top. The sound on this album is also close to ZZ Top's with their heavy bluesy boogie-rock deeply rooted in the american south. Compared to the ZZ's this album is harder and with a rougher rockfeel to it and Rusty's and Kim's twinguitarplaying is really really good. When I heard the album for the first time a few years ago I bought it right away and i have loved the band since and I've seen them live twice, something I recommend everyone to do because these guys can still rock! Sadly Phlip Petty died of cancer in 2010 and the original guitarrist Kim Davis also passed away the same year from a shotwound he caused himself. But this album smokes!

1)Free man (8,5) High octane southern rock with a crazy singer, heavy riffing and changes from midtempo to fast that incluedes some great guitarplaying.

2)Moving (8,0) Short, heavy and intense.

3)Wandering (7,0) Varies between nice ballad and chaotic guitarplaying which gets a little too much.

4)Bad bees (8,0) Short and cool boogierocker.

5)That's the law (8,0) A great midtempo southern rocker.

6)Lone star fool (7,5) Slowtempo and as always strong vocals that fits and lifts the music.

7)Distance (7,5) A beautiful ballad that builds up to an chaotic ending.

8)In this world (8,0)

Score: 7,81

John O'Daniel-vocals

Rusty Burns-guitars

Kim Davis-guitars (1952-2010)

Philip Petty-bass (1951-2010)

Peter Gruen-drums

New York:s Blondie released their 2nd album in 1977 and it included the worldwide hit Denis wich was a cover on a Randy & The Rainbows-song from 1963. The band really has a style of their own with their punkinspirated pop and rocksongs and progressive elements with weird lyrics and songtitles. I like the punkier songs best. Debbie Harry is also an actress and has released 5 solo albums. The drummer Clement Burke has played with The Romantics, Pete Townshend, Bob Dylan, Eurythmics, Iggy Pop and Joan Jett.

1)Fan mail (6,5)

2)Denis (5,5)

3)Bermuda triangle blues (Flight 45) (7,0)

4)Youth nabbed as sniper (7,5)

5)Contact in Red Square (6,0)

6)I'm always touched by your) presence, dear (6,5)

7)I'm on E (5,5)

8)I didn't have the nerv to say no (6,0)

9)Love at the pier (6,5)

10)No imagination (6,0)

11)Kidnapper (5,5)

12)Detroit 442 (7,5)

13)Cautious lip (5,0)

Score: 6,23

Deborah Harry-vocals (b.1945)

Chris Stein-guitar, bass (b.1950)

Clement Burke-drums (b.1955)

James Destri-piano, organ, synthesizer (b.1954)

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