Marquee METAL – Various Artists

It takes a very special Various Artists package to earn four or five stars. This one doesn't fill all the requirements, but it is still a very good compilation. Although this LP contains many classic heavy metal tracks

Brothers in Arms – Dire Straits

The rock sound diminished on Dire Straits fifth album ‘Brothers In Arms’, that pushed the band’s established work into a pop setting and became immensely successful, quickly becoming the biggest selling LP in the UK during the 80s, a double Grammy award winning album in 1986

The Works - Queen

When you label an album as The Works it conjures up different ideas of what one can expect. Queen’s eleventh album has all the elements that any Queen album is known for, a pure rock sound, similar to their last two albums 'The Game’ and ‘Hot Space'.

Spirits Having Flown – Bees Gees

I have always loved listening to the Bee Gees, right from the time I was about 11 years old, playing their songs on my cassette player. ‘Spirits Having Flown’ was an album that was produced in India, and Bee Gees brings this genre of music - pop music at its very best I’d say. By the time 1979 rolled around, the disco wave had been created, but the Gibb brothers were still the biggest band on earth despite other disco buddies spinning tunes. You could certainly dance to a few the tracks on Spirits Having Flown, and later the heavy disco influenced soundtrack of ‘Saturday Night Fever’ which you could dance to under the mirror ball.

Some Girls – The Rolling Stones

Besides the music of The Rolling Stones, what I really also like about this album is the die-cut design, with the Rolling Stones' members faces alongside those of select female celebrities inserted into a copy of an old Valmor Products Corporation advertisement.

We Are The World - USA For Africa - Various Artists

Every time I hear this song We are the World, I think of the 80s. I have heard this song a couple of times down the years, on my turntable, radio and also on CD. We Are The World is timeless. It’s truly a great song. Just this one song has so much meaning, that I am not sure if I needed the additional tracks. It's been a long time since this album was released, but the great music lives forever and ever with so many great musicians joining for a noble cause.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland

‘Electric Ladyland’ is the third and final studio album by English-American rock band the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Released by Reprise Records in North America and Track Records in the UK on October 16, 1968, the double LP was the only record from the band produced by Jimi Hendrix and mixed entirely in stereo.

Led Zeppelin IV - (Four Symbols)

Led Zeppelin released their fourth album on 8th November 1971 with no title printed on the cover. Generally referred to as ‘Four Symbols’ or ‘Led Zeppelin IV’, it has since sold over 37 million copies worldwide, while critics have regularly placed it on lists of the greatest albums of all time.

Tapestry – Carole King

For the record, there’s an interesting story on how Carole King’s second studio album ‘Tapestry’ came to be. Going back into a bit of her biography, we learn that King began playing the piano at the age of four with her mother.

The Beatles - 'The White Album' 50th Anniversary

The Beatles 1968 album, known as 'The White Album', is the ninth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, and was released on 22nd November 1968. It was their first double-length release.