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Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know (Rhino) *****
UFO - The Visitor (SPV) ****
Bob Dylan - Together Through Life (Columbia) ****
Native Window (Star City Recordings) ****
Neil Young - Fork in the Road (Reprise) ***1/2
Saga - The Human Condition (SPV) ****1/2
Schenker Barden Acoustic Project - Gipsy Lady (Inakustik) ****
Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe (Capitol) ****
Ian Gillan - One Eye to Morocco (Eagle) ***1/2
Stratovarius - Polaris (Armoury Records) ****
Chickenfoot (Redline Entertainment) ****
Voivod – Infini (Relapse) ****
Robin Trower – What Lies Beneath (V-12 Records) *****
Mark Knopfler – Get Lucky (Reprise) ****1/2
John Fogerty/The Blue Ridge Rangers – Rides Again (Verve) ****
Marbin (Self-Release) ****1/2
Foreigner – Can’t Slow Down (Rhino) ****
Kiss - Sonic Boom (Kiss Records) ****
Ace Frehley - Anomaly (Bronx Born Records) ****
Status Quo - In Search of The Fourth Chord (Eagle Records) ****
The Coloursound - Reclaim (Lazyeye Records) ****
Bad Lieutenant - Never Cry Another Tear (Triple Echo) ****
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Fountain (Ocean Rain Records) ****
WASP - Babylon (Demolition) ****1/2
Paul Wertico’s Mid East/Mid West Alliance - Impressions of a City (Chicago Sessions) ****1/2
Heathen – The Evolution of Chaos (Mascot Records) *****
Scorpions – Sting In the Tail (Universal) ****1/2
The Wishing Tree – Ostara (Eagle Records) ****
Ringo Starr – Y Not (Hip-O Records) ****
Bad Company – Hard Rock Live (Image Entertainment) ****1/2
Benny Andersson - Story Of A Heart (Decca)***1/2
Armored Saint – La Raza (Metal Blade) ****1/2
Peter Gabriel – Scratch My Back (Real World) ***1/2
Jimi Hendrix – Valleys of Neptune (Experience Hendrix/Legacy) ****
Triumph – Greatest Hits Remixed (TML Entertainment) *****
Ratt – Infestation (Roadrunner) ****1/2
Jeff Beck - Emotion & Commotion (Atco) ***
The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St. (Rarities Edition) (Universal Music) ****
Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones (Century Media) ****1/2
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Mojo (Reprise) ***
Devo - Something for Everybody (Warner Brothers) ****1/2
JPT Scare Band - Acid Blues is a White Man’s Burden (Ripple Music) ****1/2
The Steve Miller Band - Bingo! (Roadrunner) ****
Y&T - Facemelter (Frontiers Records) ****1/2
BoDeans - Mr. Sad Clown (429 Records) ****
Cynic - Re-Traced (Season of Mist) ****
Asia - Omega (Frontiers Records) ****1/2
Ozzy Osbourne - Scream (Epic) ***
Master - The Human Machine (Pulverised Records) ****
Stripping The Pistol - (Floga Records) ****1/2
Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier (Universal Music Company) ****
Roy Orbison - The Last Concert (Eagle Records) *****
Crowded House - Intriguer (Fantasy) ****