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December 2006
1) Asia – ‘The Definitive Collection’ (Geffen – Every track a gem)
2) Diving For Pearls – ‘Diving For Pearls’ (Rock Candy – One of the greatest AOR albums ever)
3) Trouble – ‘Psalm 9’/‘The Skull’ (Escapi – Got both of these white metal classics from the 1980s on CD at last!)
4) Pat Travers Band – ‘Go For What You Know – Live’ (Polydor – Gem from 1979… on glorious red vinyl!)
5) Spock’s Beard – ‘Spock’s Beard’ (Inside Out)
6) Alice In Chains – ‘The Essential’ (Legacy/Columbia – Like Soundgarden, the grunge band it was okay to like)
7) Onslaught – ‘In Search Of Sanity’ (Blackend – Re-issue of 1989 album… What a great track ‘Welcome To Dying’ is)
8) Stackridge – ‘Stackridge’ (Angel Air – Expanded re-issue of 1971 oddity)
9) Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush – ‘Double Live’ (SPV – Re-issue of 1988 album, with bonus track)
10) The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – ‘Live ’74’ (Major League Promotions)
11) Jakko M Jakszyk – ‘The Bruised Romantic Glee Club’ (Iceni – Killer prog double from erstwhile 21st Century Schizoid Band frontman)
12) Bill Clift – ‘Smokescreen’ (Tongue & Groove – Excellent singer/songwriter fare, but make sure you include the ‘f’)
13) Waysted – ‘Organised Chaos… Live’ (Majestic Rock)
14) Fishbone – ‘Still Stuck In Your Throat’ (Ter A Terre)
15) Man – ‘Rhinos, Winos & Lunatics’ (BGO re-issue from 1974 – You can’t keep a good Man down!)
16) Coldworker – ‘The Contaminated Void’ (Relapse – Primal death metal from ex-Nasum man Anders Jakobson)
17) A.C.T. – ‘Silence’ (Inside Out – Any band that cites City Boy as an influence scores points with me)
18) Sikth – ‘Flogging The Horses’ EP (Bieler Bros – Envelope-pushing extreme metal)
19) Tim Finn – ‘Imaginary Kingdom’ (Parlophone – Tim nice but Finn… reliable as ever)
20) Winters – ‘Satellites’ EP (Rise Above – Great melodic doom-rock)

November
1) Thunder – ‘Robert Johnston’s Tombstone’ (STC/Universal – Their best in quite a while)
2) Wetton/Downes – ‘Icon II’ (Frontiers)
3) Porcupine Tree – ‘Arriving Somewhere…’ (Snapper – The band’s first live DVD)
4) Crowded House – ‘Farewell To The World – 10th Anniversary Edition’ (EMI DVD)
5) Robin Trower – ‘Living Out Of Time’ (Ruf – Yeah, I know it came out last year, but...)
6) Europe – ‘Secret Society’ (T&T/Sanctuary)
7) Final Frontier – ‘Freelight’ (Escape Music)
8) Steve Harley – ‘The Cockney Rebel: An Anthology’ (EMI triple collection)
9) Preview – ‘Preview’ (Geffen – Parp-tastic record fair gem, dating back to 1983)
10) Stackridge – ‘Purple Spaceships Over Yatton – Best Of’ (Angel Air)
11) Meat Loaf – ‘Bat Out Of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose’ (Mercury)
12) Bernie Marsden – ‘Blues N’ Scales: A Snakeman’s Odyssey 1970-2004’ (Castle Music double-disc anthology)
13) My Dying Bride – ‘A Line Of Deathless Kings’ (Peaceville)
14) Skid Row – ‘Revolutions Per Minute’ (SPV – Good record… but is it really Skid Row?)
15) GMT – ‘Bitter & Twisted’ (Retrowreck – Return of Bernie Tormé and John McCoy, with Robin Guy on drums)
16) The Abominable Iron Sloth – ‘The Abominable Iron Sloth’ (Undergroove – Sludge, sludge and more sludge. With a side order of sludge)
17) Roxette – ‘A Collection Of Roxette: Their 20 Greatest Songs’ (EMI)
18) Kris Dollimore – ‘02/01/1978’ (Sun Pier – Iron-hard blues from ex-Godfathers guitarist)
19) Hellhound – ‘Tokyo Flying V Massacre’ (Majestic Rock – Gumby metal, Jap-style!)
20) Evanescence – ‘The Open Door’ (Wind-Up)

October
1) Frost – ‘Milliontown’ (Inside Out – Provocative, enthralling prog rock)
2) Audioslave – ‘Revelations’ (Epic)
3) Paul Stanley – ‘Live To Win’ (Universal – Available October 23)
4) Talisman – ‘7’ (Frontiers)
5) Mastodon – ‘Blood Mountain’ (Reprise – Sorry, it’s not a patch on the last one to me…)
6) Richie Zito – ‘Avalon’ (Frontiers – Mega-producer with all-star guest singers)
7) Felony – ‘First Works’ (Escape Music – Killer symphonic prog-pomp from Switzerland)
8) Buckcherry – ‘15’ (Atlantic)
9) UFO – ‘The Monkey Puzzle’ (SPV – A grower… but in my opinion doesn’t quite live up to ‘You Are Here’)
10) Cheap Trick – ‘Silver’ (SPV – Re-issue of double-live album from 2001)
11) Walter Trout & Friends – ‘Full Circle’ (Ruf)
12) Cradle Of Filth – ‘Thornography’ (Roadrunner)
13) Dream Evil – ‘United’ (Century Media – Not as inspirational as ‘The Book Of Heavy Metal’, but still pretty cheese-tastic!)
14) Various Artists – ‘Gigantour’ (SPV – Double live, featuring Megadeth, Dream Theater, Anthrax and more)
15) JJ Marsh – ‘Music From Planet Marsh’ (www.jj-marsh.com - Highly accomplished solo album from Glenn Hughes’ guitarist)
16) To-Mera – ‘Transcendental’ (Candlelight)
17) Vicious Rumors – ‘Warball’ (Mascot)
18) Primal Fear – ‘Metal Is Forever: The Very Best Of’ (Nuclear Blast)
19) Helloween – ‘The Singles Box 1985-1992’ (Castle Music)
20) Rattlesnake Remedy – ‘Magic Man’ (BEM Recordings – Full-length debut from UK sleaze rockers; derivative but entertaining)

September
1) Iron Maiden – ‘A Matter Of Life And Death’ (EMI – Album of the year, no bother)
2) Dream Theater – ‘Score’ (Warner Music Vision – 20th anniversary live DVD)
3) Ted Nugent – ‘Double Live Gonzo’ (Rock Candy – Re-mastered re-issue of 1978 masterpiece)
4) Slamer – ‘Nowhere Land’ (Frontiers – Ex-City Boy/Streets man Mike Slamer, with Terry Brock on vocals… nurse, the screens!)
5) Winger – ‘IV’ (Frontiers – It’s a grower, give it a chance!)
6) Tigertailz – ‘Bezerk 2.0’ (Demolition)
7) Gov’t Mule – ‘High And Mighty’ (Blue Rose)
8) Stray – ‘Saturday Morning Pictures’ (Castle Music – Expanded re-packaging of 1972 gem)
9) GPS – ‘Window To The Soul’ (Inside Out – John Payne-era Asia with Ryo from Spock’s Beard on keys… quality!)
10) Breed 77 – ‘In My Blood – En Mi Sangre’ (Albert Productions)
11) White Willow – ‘Signal To Noise’ (The Laser’s Edge – Strong Gothic-flavoured prog)
12) Paul Samson – ‘P.S…’ (Angel Air – Wonder if he’s had that jam with Jimi yet?)
13) Send More Paramedics – ‘The Awakening’ (In At The Deep End – Zombie-tastic!)
14) Insomnium – ‘Above The Weeping World’ (Candlelight)
15) Steve Hackett – ‘Wild Orchids’ (Camino)
16) Slow Motion Reign – ‘Slow Motion Reign’ (Serjical Strike – Hypnotic prog-flavoured modern rock)
17) Saracen – ‘Vox In Excelso’ (Escape Music – Brilliantly pompous concept album about the Da Vinci Code!)
18) American Heritage – ‘Millenarian’ (Translation Loss – Stupendously heavy!)
19) Evil Masquerade – ‘Third Act’ (Escape Music)
20) Wednesday 13 – ‘Fang Bang’ (Ryko – You want cheap horror-goth puns by the truckload? Wednesday’s gott’em!)

August
1) Foreigner – ‘Live In ’05’ (Replica)
2) Slayer – ‘Christ Illusion’ (American)
3) Motörhead – ‘Kiss Of Death’ (SPV – Available August 25)
4) Wig Wam – ‘Wig Wamania’ (Voices Of Wonder – Norwegian glamsters from Eurovision 2005 are back, and sounding magnificent!)
5) Rory Gallagher – ‘Live At Montreux’ (Eagle)
6) Slade – ‘Old New Borrowed & Blue’ (Salvo – expanded re-issue of 1974 classic)
7) Stream Of Passion featuring Ayreon – ‘Live In The Real World’ (Inside Out DVD)
8) From Behind – ‘Game Over!’ (Lion Music – Nicky Moore… whatta voice!)
9) Girlschool – ‘Nightmare At Maple Cross’/‘Take A Bite’ (Castle Music – two-on-one from 1986 and 1988)
10) Greg X Volz – ‘The River Is Rising’ (Myrrh – AOR-tastic 1986 solo album from Petra’s vocalist)
11) Cactus – ‘V’ (Escapi)
12) The Answer – ‘Rise’ (Albert Productions – a great record, but “the best British rock debut of the decade?” I don’t think so…)
13) The Pyske Project – ‘Daikini’ (CPH-Sound)
14) The Bottle Rockets – ‘Zoysia’ (Evangeline)
15) The Green Ray – ‘Back From The Edge’ (www.thegreenrayband.co.uk)
16) Randy Piper’s Animal – ‘Violent New Breed’ (Diesel And Glory)
17) GU Medicine – ‘Saints Of Excess’ (Undergroove)
18) Claire Hamill – ‘Love In The Afternoon’ (Coda, 1988 – record fair bargain)
19) Crowning Glory – ‘Path To Glory’ EP (www.crowninggloryuk.com)
20) Birds Of Prey – ‘Weight Of The Wound’
(Relapse – including the hits ‘Buttfucked With A Shotgun’ and ‘The Old Lady Rots, But The Cheques Keep Coming’)

July
1) Bruce Dickinson – ‘Anthology’ (Sanctuary Visual Entertainment – exhaustive historical triple-DVD)
2) Nightwish – ‘End Of An Era’ (Nuclear Blast DVD – title says it all…)
3) Genesis – ‘Live’ (Virgin – 1973 blast from the past, first time I’ve owned it on CD!)
4) Glenn Hughes – ‘Music For The Divine’ (Frontiers)
5) Cheap Trick – ‘Rockfield’ (SPV)
6) Porcupine Tree – ‘Stupid Dream’ (Snapper Music – two-disc revision of 1999 beauty)
7) John Waite – ‘Downtown Journey Of A Heart’ (Frontiers)
8) Firewind – ‘Allegiance’ (Century Media)
9) Shark Island – ‘Gathering Of The Faithful’ (Frontiers – lighter and more mature, but it’s a grower…)
10) Captain – ‘This Is Hazelville’ (EMI – Amazing… Jellyfish meets It Bites with echoes of Prefab Sprout, Radiohead and the Beautiful South)
11) Armored Saint – ‘March Of The Saint’ (Rock Candy – glorious expanded version of lost classic from 1984)
12) Desperado – ‘Ace’ (Angel Air – long-lost project from Dee Snider and Bernie Tormé)
13) Cloven Hoof – ‘Eye Of The Sun’ (Escape Music)
14) B Movie Heroes – ‘Calibrate’ (Undergroove)
15) Shelter – ‘Eternal’ (Dockyard 1)
16) Grand Prix – ‘There For None To See’ (Lemon Recordings – re-issue of 1982 pomp-rock gem)
17) Rose Hill Drive – ‘Rose Hill Drive’ (Sci Fidelity)
18) Twinzero – ‘The Tomb To Every Hope’ (Undergroove)
19) Woven Hand – ‘Mosaic’ (Glitterhouse)
20) Head Automatica – ‘Popaganda’ (Warner Bros)

June 2006
1) Dio – ‘Holy Diver – Live’ (Eagle – splendid stuff!)
2) Rainbow – ‘Live In Munich 1977’ (Eagle)
3) Bad Company – ‘Live Albuquerque, NM, USA - 1976 (Angel Air)
4) Red Hot Chili Peppers – Stadium Arcadium’ (Warner Bros)
5) House Of Lords – ‘World Upside Down’ (Frontiers)
6) Lostprophets – Liberation Transmission’ (Visible Noise)
7) Enslaved – ‘Ruun’ (Tabu – splendid black metal-meets-prog)
8) George Thorogood & The Destroyers – ‘The Hard Stuff’ (Eagle)
9) Strapping Young Lad – ‘Heavy As A Really Heavy Thing’ (Century Media – expanded edition of aural atomic bomb from 1995)
10) Triumph – ‘Stages’ (Castle Music – re-issue of 1985 live album)
11) Feeder – ‘The Singles’ (Echo – Almost forgot how much great material they’ve got)
12) Treat – ‘Weapons Of Choice 1984-2006’ (Universal – collection, with new tracks)
13) Blackjack – ‘Anthology’ (Lemon Recordings – both albums on one CD!)
14) Moonstone Project – ‘Time To Take A Stand’ (Majestic Rock – cool songs and loadsa great special guests!)
15) Traffic – ‘John Barleycorn Must Die’ (Island, 1970 – record fair bargain!)
16) Stephen Pearcy – ‘Stripped’ (Sidewinder)
17) Bullets And Octane – ‘In The Mouth Of The Young’ (RCA)
18) Newman – ‘Heaven Knows’ (Escape Music)
19) Nebula – ‘Apollo’ (Sweet Nothing)
20) Square One – ‘Supersonic’ (Stay Gold – impressive nu-breed AOR from Down Under)

May 2006
1) UFO – ‘Strangers In The Night’ (EMI Gold – can’t believe I never owned it on CD before!)
2) Roadstar – ‘Grand Hotel’ (Magic Hat – a quite brilliant hard rock debut!)
3) Lita Ford – ‘Lita’ (Rock Candy – expanded re-issue of 1988 beaut)
4) Def Leppard – ‘Yeah!’ (Mercury - due on June 5)
5) Celtic Frost – ‘Monotheist’ (Century Media – due on May 29)
6) Magnum – ‘Stronghold’ (Castle Music – re-vamped double live album from ‘farewell’ tour)
7) Gotthard – ‘Made In Switzerland: Live In Zürich’ (Nuclear Blast)
8) Zyklon – ‘Disintegrate’ (Candlelight)
9) Procol Harum – ‘The First Four’ (Union Square – the band’s first four albums on one double… cool!)
10) No-Man – ‘All The Blue Changes: An Anthology 1988-2003' (Hidden Art)
11) Bonfire – ‘Double X’ (LZ Records – especially the track ‘Rap Is Crap’!)
12) Danko Jones – ‘Sleep Is The Enemy’ (Bad Taste)
13) Wolverine – ‘Still’ (Candlelight)
14) Fleetwood Mac – ‘Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac’ (Columbia – expanded re-issue of 1968 album)
15) Man - ‘Keep On Crinting – The Liberty/UA Years Anthology’ (EMI double anthology – released on June 26)
16) Live – ‘Songs From Black Mountain’ (Epic)
17) Rob Lamothe – ‘Long Lazy Curve’ (Livewire/Cargo – the title says it all)
18) Joe Bonamassa – ‘You And Me’ (Provogue)
19) Last Autumn’s Dream – ‘Winter in Paradise’ (Escape Music)
20) Taking Back Saturday – ‘Louder Now’ (Warner Bros)

April 2006
1) The Black Crowes – ‘Freak ‘N’ Roll… Into The Fog’ (Eagle Vision DVD)
2) Budgie – ‘The BBC Recordings’/‘Radio Sessions 1974 & 1978) (NP Records, available from www.budgie.uk.com)
3) Rick Springfield – ‘Karma’ (Platinum Entertainment – record fair bargain gem from 1999)
4) Ihsahn – ‘The Adversary’ (Candlelight – jaw-dropping black metal meets prog)
5) Danger Danger – ‘Live And Nude’ (Low Dice – what, no ‘Slipped Her The Big One’?!)
6) Jim Peterik – ‘Above The Storm’ (Frontiers)
7) David Gilmour – ‘On An Island’ (EMI)
8) Samson – ‘Tomorrow And Yesterday’ (Angel Air – new anthology from the much-missed 'Mr. Stampton')
9) Saxon – ‘Lionheart – Special Edition’ (SPV – expanded version of 2004 dizbuster)
10) Grand Funk Railroad – ‘Greatest Hits’ (Capitol… apart the vile version of ‘The Locomotion’!)
11) Satyricon – ‘Now, Diabolical’ (Roadrunner)
12) Katatonia – ‘The Great Cold Distance’ (Peaceville)
13) Helloween – ‘The Time Of The Oath’ (Castle Music – expanded edition of 1996 gem)
14) Killing Joke – ‘Hosannas From The Basements Of Hell’ (Cooking Vinyl)
15) Al Kooper – ‘Act Like Nothing’s Wrong’ (United Artists – golden oldie from 1976)
16) Gwyn Ashton – ‘Prohibition’ (Dixie Frog)
17) Wishbone Ash – ‘Clan Destiny’ (Talking Elephant)
18) Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel – ‘Face To Face – A Live Recording’ (EMI – vintage 1977 concert double set)
19) Daylight Dies – ‘Dismantling Devotion’ (Candlelight – bit of an Opeth rip-off, but cool)
20) Get Amped – ‘Postcards From Hell’ (Stronglikebull – yes, yes… I know it’s a dreadful name!!)

March 2006
1) Lynyrd Skynyrd – ‘Gimme Back My Bullets’ (Universal – whopping two-disc expanded edition of 1976 classic)
2) Judas Priest – ‘Live Vengeance ’82’ (Sony BMG DVD)
3) Scorpions – ‘The Platinum Collection’ (EMI – all the classics on three CDs!)
4) Alexa – ‘Alexa’ (MTM Music – re-issue of 1989 melodic rock gem)
5) Sparks – ‘Hello Young Lovers’ (Gut – already a strong contender for album of 2006)
6) Chariot – ‘Behind The Wire’ (Rippa Rock/Plastic Head)
7) Bif Naked – ‘Superbeautifulmonster’ (Unique Corp – riotously infectious modern pop-rock)
8) The Jones Gang – ‘Any Day Now’ (AAO Music)
9) Municipal Waste – ‘Hazardous Mutation’ (Earache – splendid thrash insanity)
10) Doc Holliday – ‘Rebel Souls’ (Phoenix – cover versions, Southern-style)
11) Khoma – ‘The Second Wave’ (Roadrunner – released April 3)
12) The Pirates – ‘Skullduggery’ (Prism Leisure)
13) Lamb Of God – ‘Killadelphia’ (Epic)
14) Brain Surgeons NYC – ‘Denial Of Death’ (Cellsum)
15) Manngard – ‘Circling Buzzards’ (Candlelight)
16) Dismember – ‘The God That Never Was’ (Regain)
17) Stephen Dale Petit – ‘Guitararama’ (333 Records – puts most of those silly widdlers to shame)
18) Darkthrone – ‘The Cult Is Alive’ (Peaceville)
19) Epica – ‘Consign To Oblivion’ (Transmission – expanded edition of 2005 album)
20) Witchery – ‘Don’t Fear The Reaper’ (Century Media)

February 2006
1) Rush – ‘R30’ (Anthem/Sanctuary – must-own live DVD)
2) Queensrÿche – ‘Operation: Mindcrime 2’ (Rhino – on sale March 14)
3) Strangeways – ‘Native Sons’ (Bonaire classic from 1987 – arguably the greatest UK AOR album ever)
4) The Sword – ‘Age Of Winters’ (Relapse – a monstrous stoner-meets-old school metal stomp)
5) Y&T – ‘Black Tiger’ (Meanstreak – re-mastered re-issue of 1982 gem)
6) Children Of Bodom – ‘Are You Dead Yet?’ (Spinefarm/Universal)
7) Lemmy – ‘Damage Case’ (Castle Music – fascinating double career anthology)
8) John Waite – ‘Ignition’ (Rock Candy – re-issue of 1982 masterpiece)
9) Ginger – ‘Valor Del Corazón’ (Round)
10) Hard Rain – ‘Hard Rain’ (Castle Music expanded edition of 1997 album)
11) Billy Squier – ‘Take Of The Tape’ (Rock Candy, expanded revamp of 1980 album)
12) Helloween – ‘Keeper Of The Seven Keys, Part One’ (Castle Music, expanded re-issue)
13) Ace Frehley – ‘Greatest Hits Live’ (Megaforce)
14) Michael Katon – ‘MK’ (Provogue)
15) Default – ‘One Thing Remains’ (TVT)
16) Pat Travers – ‘Power Trio Pt 2’ (Provogue)
17) Driller Killer – ‘The 4Q Mangrenade’ (Osmose – beautifully vile)
18) Sadus – ‘Out For Blood’ (Mascot)
19) Saracen – ‘Red Sky’/‘Heroes Saints & Fools’ (Escape Music re-issue double pack)
20) Yellowcard – ‘Lights And Sounds’ (Parlophone)

January 2006
1) Toto – ‘Falling In Between’ (Frontiers – simply immense, out on February 10)
2) Radioactive – ‘Taken’ (MTM Music – top-notch AOR)
3) Judas Priest – ‘Rising In The East’ (Warner Music DVD – due February 6)
4) Two Guns – ‘Balls Out’ (Capricorn, 1979 – Southern Rawk bargain basement gem)
5) Deep Purple – ‘Rapture Of The Deep’ (Edel… okay okay, it’s embarrassing that I only just heard it!)
6) Proto-Kaw – ‘The Wait Of Glory’ (Inside Out – available January 20)
7) Ambition – ‘Ambition’ (Frontiers)
8) Ritual – ‘Live’ (Inside Out – awesome prog-folk-metal – due February 3)
9) The Devin Townsend Band – ‘Synchestra’ (Inside Out – due February 3)
10) Clawfinger – ‘Hate Yourself With Style’ (Nuclear Blast)
11) Grimfist – ‘10 Steps To Hell’ (Candlelight)
12) Slave To The System – ‘Slave To The System’ (Spitfire – due February 6)
13) Elton John – ‘Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy’ (Mercury – expanded anniversary edition)
14) Bleeding Through – ‘The Truth’ (Roadrunner – release date January 23)
15) Crimsonfire – ‘Crimsonfire’ (Majestic Rock)
16) Chicken Legs Weaver – ‘Nowhere’ (Wishbone Records, darkly enjoyable blues-rock)
17) Edguy – Rocket Ride’ (Nuclear Blast – release date January 23)
18) Sevendust – ‘Best Of (Chapter One 1997-2004)’ (TVT)
19) Amorphis – ‘Eclipse’ (Nuclear Blast – release date February 10)
20) Stream Of Passion – ‘Embrace The Storm’ (Inside Out)

December 2005
1) FM – ‘Indiscreet’ (Bad Reputation – expanded re-issue of seminal 1986 album)
2) Neal Morse – ‘?’ (Inside Out - stupid title, utterly fabulous record!)
3) Shy – ‘Reflections: Anthology 1983-2005’ (Castle Music)
4) Motörhead – ‘Overkill, Expanded Edition’ (Sanctuary Midline, 1979 classic)
5) Kate Bush – ‘Aerial’ (EMI - weird and wonderful)
6) UFO – ‘Showtime’ (SPV – shouldn’t Phil Mogg recall how ‘Lights Out’ goes by now?!)
7) The Syn – ‘Syndestructible’ (Umbrello)
8) DragonForce – ‘Inhuman Rampage’ (Roadrunner – due January 9)
9) Seventh Key – ‘Live In Atlanta’ (Frontiers)
10) Mendeed – ‘This War Will Last Forever’ (Rising – release date January 9)
11) TNT – ‘All The Way To The Sun’ (MTM Music)
12) Wobbler – ‘Hinterland’ (Laser’s Edge – a full-on Gentle Giant/Genesis-style parp-fest)
13) Benedictum – ‘Uncreation’ (Locomotive… Ronnie James Dio with breasts)
14) Hercules – ‘License To Rock’ (www.herculesband.com - check out their cool boogie-rock!)
15) Ricky Warwick – ‘Love Many Trust Few’ (Townsend)
16) Tyla & Spike – ‘Flagrantly Electrically Acoustically Yours’ (Stone Me)
17) Vain – ‘On The Line’ (Jackie Rainbow Records… better late than never!)
18) Todd Rundgren – ‘The Best Of Todd Rundgren Live’ (Castle Music)
19) Hermano – ‘Live At W2’ (Suburban)
20) Roger Eno – ‘Fragile (Music)’ (Burning Shed… stark, beautiful simplicity)

November 2005
1) Cream – ‘Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6 2005’ (Reprise)
2) Night Ranger ‘Dawn Patrol’ (Lemon Records – re-issue of seminal 1982 debut)
3) Coheed And Cambria – ‘Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star@ Volume 1’ (Equal Vision)
4) Cockney Rebel – ‘The Psychomodo’ (EMI – re-discovered 1974 gem)
5) The Mob – ‘The Mob’ (Frontiers… members of Winger, Whitesnake, Night Ranger… ’nuff said!)
6) Pallas – ‘The Dreams Of Men’ (Inside Out)
7) Supertramp – ‘Retrospectacle – The Supertramp Anthology’ (A&M)
8) Bon Jovi – ‘Have A Nice Day’ (Mercury… nice album, but he’s still a donut)
9) Aerosmith ‘Rockin’ The Joint’ (Columbia… still better when they took drugs, though!)
10) Plasmatics – ‘Coup D’État’ (Rock Candy – expanded re-issue of 1982 gem… RIP, Wendy)
11) Blondie – ‘Live By Request’ (Cooking Vinyl)
12) Tramp’s White Lion – ‘Rocking The USA’ (Frontiers)
13) Micki Free – ‘Gypsy Cowboy’ (Livewire)
14) King’s X – ‘Ogre Tones’ (Inside Out)
15) Maestoso – ‘Grim’ (Eclectic – the welcome return of BJH icon Woolly Wolstenholme)
16) Institute – ‘Distort Yourself’ (Interscope)
17) Demon – ‘Better The Devil You Know’ (Spaced Out Music)
18) Tokyo Dragons – ‘Give Me The Fear’ (Escapi)
19) American Dog – ‘Foamin’ At The Mouth – Live’ (Colonial Canine)
20) Dark Illusion – ‘Beyond The Shadows’ (Battlefield)

October 2005
1) Iron Maiden – ‘Death On The Road’ (EMI)/‘The Essential Iron Maiden’ (Sony)
2) FM – ‘Tough It Out’ (Bad Reputation – expanded re-issue of classic 1987 album)
3) Dio – ‘Holy Diver’ (Rock Candy – new edition of 1983 masterpiece)
4) Queen + Paul Rodgers ‘Return Of The Champions’ (Parlophone)
5) Exodus – ‘Shovel Headed Kill Machine’ (Nuclear Blast)
6) Creedence Clearwater Revival – ‘The Creedence Collection’ (Impression, 1985 – junk shop gem!)
7) Fountains Of Wayne – ‘Out-Of-State Plates’ (Virgin)
8) Old Man’s Child – ‘Vermin’ (Century Media)
9) Nickelback – ‘All The Right Reasons’ (Roadrunner)
10) Early Man – ‘Closing In’ (Matador - Sabbath-meets-Rush-meets-Minor Threat... amazing!)
11) Marah – ‘If You Didn’t Laugh, You’d Cry’ (Phidelity)
12) Motörhead – ‘BBC Live And In Session’ (Sanctuary Midline)
13) Disturbed – ‘Ten Thousand Fists’ (Reprise)
14) Hawkwind – ‘Take Me To Your Leader’ (Hawkwind)
15) Nashville Pussy – ‘Get Some’ (SPV)
16) Pretty Boy Floyd – ‘The Ultimate’ (Lemon Recordings)
17) Weather Report – ‘Heavy Weather’ (CBS, 1977 – jazz-rock at its finest)
18) Mitch Perry – ‘Projects’ (Z… Paul Shortino rules!)
19) Apostasy – ‘Devilution’ (Black Mark)
20) Most Precious Blood – ‘Gotham City Will Rise Again’ (Roadrunner)

September 2005
1) Uriah Heep - ‘Chapter & verse: The Uriah Heep Story’ (Sanctuary - six-CD anthology, due October 3)
2) Tantrum - ‘Rather Be Rockin’/‘Tantrum’/‘Breaking Away’ (Escape Music - awesome re-issued pomp-rock)
3) Soulfly - ‘Dark Ages’ (Roadrunner - their best in ages!!)
4) Coney Hatch - ‘Coney Hatch’ (Rock Candy - re-issue of 1982 hard rock gem)
5) Cornerstone - ‘In Concert’ (Yamaha Music)
6) Brant Bjork & The Bros - ‘Saved By Magic’ (Duna)
7) Audience - ‘The House On The Hill’ (Charisma, 1971 - obscure prog bargain basement gem)
8) Cathedral - ‘The Garden Of Ugly Delights’ (Nuclear Blast - on sale September 26)
9) Paradise Lose - ‘Paradise Lost’ (Century Media)
10) Circa Survive - ‘Juturna’ (Equal Vision - colossal, prog-tinged post-hardcore)
11) Stryper - ‘Reborn’ (MTM Music)
12) Robert Plant - ‘Mighty Rearranger’ (Sanctuary - better late than never… cheers, Jon!)
13) Martin Gordon - ‘God’s On His Lunchbreak (Please Call Back)’ (Radiant Future - enjoyable whimsy from ex-Sparks member)
15) Tygers Of Pan Tang - ‘Big Game Hunting: The Rarities’ (Castle Music)
16) Biomechanical - ‘The Empires Of The Worlds’ (Earache)
17) The Bloody Hollies - ‘Fire At Will’ (Revolver - hard-drivin’ punk’n’rawl!!)
18) The Answer - ‘Keep Believin’’ EP (Albert Productions, check ‘em out at - www.theanswermusic.com)
19) Mendeed - ‘Beneath A Burning Sky EP’ (Rising Records)
20) Oceansize - ‘Everyone Into Position’ (Beggars Banquet)

August 2005
1) Opeth – ‘Ghost Reveries’ (Roadrunner – on sale August 29)
2) Twisted Sister – ‘Live At Wacken: The Reunion’ (Demolition – DVD)
3) Iron Maiden – ‘Lost Treasures’ (Neighbour Of The Beast – bootleg)
4) Forty Deuce – ‘Nothing To Lose’ (Frontiers… awesome hard rock, fronted by Richie Kotzen)
5) Allman Brothers Band – ‘American University, Washington DC 12/13/70’ (Castle Music)
6) Warren Haynes – ‘Tales Of Ordinary Madness’ (Megaforce – re-issue of 1993 album)
7) David Byron – ‘Man Of Yesterday: The Anthology’ (Castle Music)
8) Emperor – ‘Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk’ (Black On Black – re-issue of 1997 album… blue vinyl!)
9) Enuff Z’Nuff – ‘One More For The Road (Livewire/Cargo)
10) Nevermore – ‘This Godless Endeavor’ (Century Media)
11) Power Quest – ‘Magic Never Dies’ (Majestic Rock)
12) Steve Walsh – ‘Shadowman’ (Frontiers… except the vile ‘disco’ track)
13) The Blue Van – ‘The Art Of Rolling’ (TVT)
14) My Dying Bride – ‘Anti-Diluvian Chronicles’ (Peaceville boxed set)
15) Alice Cooper – ‘Dirty Diamonds’ (Spitfire)
16) Soilent Green – ‘Confrontation’ (Relapse)
17) Machine Men – ‘Elegies’ (Century Media… Maiden in miniature, but it rocks!)
18) Exciter – ‘Violence & Force’ (Megaforce – expanded re-issue of 1984 album)
19) ‘A’ – ‘Teen Dance Ordinance’ (London)
20) Fates Warning – ‘Awaken The Guardian’ (Metal Blade – three-disc expanded edition)

July 2005
1) Avenged Sevenfold – ‘City Of Evil’ (Warner Bros)
2) Arch Enemy – ‘Doomsday Machine’ (Century Media – due August 22)
3) White Spirit – ‘White Spirit’ (Castle Music – expanded edition of 1980 pomp timepiece)
4) Frameshift – ‘An Absence Of Empathy’ (ProgRock – featuring Sebastian Bach)
5) Giant – ‘Hollywood Heroes’ (Rocks Records – bootleg CD of 1990 California show)
6) Styx – ‘Big Bang Theory’ (Frontiers)
7) Audioslave – ‘Out Of Exile’ (Interscope – not as striking as debut, but a real grower)
8) DevilDriver – ‘The Fury Of Our Maker’s Hand’ (Roadrunner – shockingly good!)
9) Ten Years After – ‘Roadworks - Live’ (Fast Western)
10) Stackridge – ‘Sex And Flags’ (Angel Air)
11) Edgar Winter Group – ‘They Only Come Out At Night’ (Epic, 1972 – charity shop bargain!)
12) Spiritual Beggars – ‘Demons’ (Inside Out)
13) Screaming Trees – ‘Ocean Of Confusion’ (Epic – marvellous ‘best of’ CD)
14) Megaforce – ‘707’ (MTM Music, re-issue of 1982 cut-out gem)
15) Slunt – ‘Get A Load Of This’ (Repossession)
16) Van Der Graaf Generator – ‘Present’ (Virgin)
17) Obituary – ‘Frozen In Time’ (Roadrunner)
18) Freak Kitchen – ‘Organic’ (Thunderstruck)
19) Sham 69 – ‘Tell Us The Truth’ (Captain Oi! re-issue of 1978 album – thanks, Mark!)
20) Watchmaker – ‘Kill.Fucking.Everyone’ (Earache – P.S. especially.if.they.support.Br***ton)

June 2005
1) AC/DC – ‘Family Jewels’ (Warner Vision double DVD – ain’t got it? Buy it!)
2) Dream Theater – ‘Octavarium’ (Atlantic)
3) Motörhead – ‘Overkill’ (DualDisc edition of 1979 masterpiece)
4) Rose Tattoo – ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Outlaws’ (Captain Oi! classic re-issue – thanks to Mark)
5) Gotthard – ‘Lipservice’ (Nuclear Blast – awesome melodic hard rock)
6) Brazen Abbot – ‘My Resurrection’ (Frontiers – ditto)
7) 3 Colours Red – ‘If You Ain’t Got A Weapon… You’ll Never Get A Say’ (Castle Music)
8) Mistress – ‘In Disgust We Trust’ (Earache)
9) Zan Clan – ‘We Are The Zan Clan… Who The F**k Are You??!’
(GMR – to quote a friend: “A right old Shotgun Messiah-style Glam Trash-fest!”)
10) Shadow Gallery – ‘Room V’ (Inside Out)
11) Pentagram – ‘Relentless’ (Peaceville, re-issue of 1993 doom masterpiece)
12) Clam Abuse – ‘Stop Thinking’ (Castle Music – re-issue of 1999 cult classic)
13) Wingdom – ‘Reality’ (The A Label)
14) Spearfish – ‘Area 605’ (Lion Music – recommended by Mick Box, and they rock!)
15) Barry Sparks – ‘Can’t Look Back’ (www.barrysparks.com - some excellent songs!)
16) Morgana Lefay – ‘Grand Matera’ (Black Mark)
17) Nine Inch Nails – ‘With Teeth’ (Interscope)
18) 3 Doors Down – ‘Seventeen Days’ (Republic)
19) Myon – ‘Slideshow’ (Escape Music)
20) Jump – ‘Faithful Faithless’ (Den-Tel Records)

May 2005
1) Bruce Dickinson - ‘Tyranny Of Souls’ (Mayan - on sale May 23)
2) Triumph - ‘Livin’ For The Weekend: The Anthology’ (Castle Music)
3) Gamma - ‘Gamma 2’ (Elektra, 1980 - seeing Davey Pattison again reminded me!)
4) Mötley Crüe - ‘Red, White & Crüe (Mötley/Mercury)
5) Gotthard - ‘One Team One Spirit, The Very Best’ (BMG)
6) John Wetton/Geoffrey Downes - ‘Icon’ (Frontiers)
7) Ian Dury & The Blockheads - ‘New Boots & Panties’ (Stiff - not played it for years!!)
8) Leslie West - ‘Got Blooze’ (Provogue)
9) Nile - ‘Annihilation Of The Wicked’ (Relapse)
10) Harem Scarem - ‘Overload’ (Frontiers)
11) Elton John - ‘Greatest Hits’ (DJM, 1974… every one a classic!)
12) Accept - ‘Restless And Wild’ (SPV - re-issue of 1983 masterpiece)
13) Legs Diamond - ‘Out On Bail’ (AOR Heaven - re-issue of 1979, er, gem)
14) Napalm Death - ‘The Code Is Red… Long Live The Code’ (Century Media)
15) Heavy Pettin’ - ‘Lettin’ Loose’ (Polydor - still sounds great two decades later!)
16) Motörhead - ‘Live at Brixton ’87, Expanded Edition’ (Sanctuary)
17) Steve Gaines - ‘One In The Sun’ (Lemon Recordings - re-issue of 1988 album)
18) Robert Palmer - ‘Sneakin’ Sally Through The Alley’ (Island, 1974 - record fair bargain)
19) Various Artists - ‘Subdivisions: A Tribute To Rush’ (Mascot)
20) KGB - ‘KGB’ (Lemon Recordings - re-issue of classic 1976 album)
21) Heartland - ‘Move On’ (Escape Music)
22) Le Roux - ‘Higher Up’ (Zoom Club, 2002 - bargain bin gem)
23) Force Of Evil - Black Empire’ (Escapi)
24) Wednesday 13 - ‘Transylvania 90210, Songs Of Death, Dying And The Dead’ (Roadrunner)
25) Garbage - ‘Bleed Like Me’ (Warner Bros)
26) Smother - ‘Great White Hoax’ (Global Warming)
27) Gratitude - ‘Gratitude’ (Atlantic)
28) Peter Bardens - ‘Write My Name In The Dust, Anthology 1963-2002’ (Castle Music)
29) Hecate Enthroned - ‘The Blackend Collection’ (Blackend)
30) Still Remains - ‘Of Love And Lunacy’ (Roadrunner)

April 2005
1) Sweet - ‘Sweet Fanny Adams’ (Re-issued 1974 masterpiece - possibly the best album of all time?!)
2) Uriah Heep - ‘Head First’ (Sanctuary, re-issue of 1983 classic)
3) Gov’t Mule - ‘Déjà Voodoo’ (Evangeline)
4) Candlemass - ‘Candlemass’ (Nuclear Blast)
5) Soul SirkUS - ‘World Play’ (Frontiers)
6) Strapping Young Lad - ‘Alien’ (Century Media)
7) Y&T - ‘Open Fire - Live’ (Majestic Rock, re-issue of 1985 album)
8) Lana Lane - ‘Lady Macbeth’ (Frontiers)
9) Jeff Paris - ‘Race To Paradise’ (Mercury, 1986 - newly acquired record fair gem!)
10) Disiplin - ‘Anti Life’ (Moonfog)
11) Steve Thorn - ‘Emotional Creatures, Part One’ (Giant Electric Pea - excellent prog!)
12) Kyle Vincent - ‘Don’t You Know’ (Song Tree)
13) Petra - ‘Beyond Belief’ (Dayspring Records, 1990 - God-rock bargain bin delight!)
14) Queens Of The Stone Age - ‘Lullabies To Paralyze’ (Interscope)
15) Cinderella - ‘Rocked, Wired & Bluesed: The Greatest Hits’ (Mercury)
16) James LaBrie - ‘Elements Of Persuasion’ (Inside Out)
17) Presidents Of The United States Of America - ‘Presidents Of The United States Of America,
Tenth Anniversary Edition’ (PUSA Inc)
18) Days Of Worth - ‘The Western Mechanism’ (Visible Noise)
19) Stanley Clarke - ‘I Wanna Play For You’ (Epic, another record fair bargain - live album from 1979)
20) Thine Eyes Bleed - ‘In The Wake Of Separation’ (The End)

March 2005
1) Kino – ‘Picture’ (Inside Out – members of It Bites, Marillion, Porcupine Tree and Arena!)
2) Dream Evil – ‘The Book Of Heavy Metal’ (Century Media)
3) Final Frontier – ‘High Tension Wire’ (Frontiers)
4) Napalm Death – ‘The Code Is Red… Long Live The Code’ (Century Media)
5) The Mars Volta – ‘Frances The Mute’ (Universal)
6) Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – ‘Greatest Hits’ (Capitol, 1994)
7) Gotthard – ‘One Team One Spirit, The Very Best’ (BMG)
8) Jackdaw 4 – ‘Gramophone Logic’ (369 Music – the long-awaited return of Willie Dowling)
9) Kamelot – ‘The Black Halo’ (SPV)
10) Balance Of Power – ‘Heathenology’ (Massacre)
11) Starbreaker – ‘Starbreaker’ (Frontiers)
12) Black Witchery – ‘Upheaval Of Satanic Might’ (Osmose)
13) Judie Tzuke – ‘The End Of The Beginning’ (Big Moon)
14) American Dog – ‘Scars-N-Bars’ (Outlaw – Yeeee-haw!)
15) American Heritage – Bipolar’ (Escape Artists)
16) Lordi – ‘The Monster Show’ (Mayan)
17) Graham Parker & The Rumour – ‘The Parkerilla’ (Vertigo, double live classic from 1978)
18) Crucified Barbara – ‘In Distortion We Trust’ (GMR)
19) Brainstorm – ‘Liquid Monster’ (Metal Blade)
20) Fastlane – ‘New Start’ (Sucka-Punch)

February 2005
1) Kansas - 'Sail On: The 30th Anniversary Collection' (Legacy three-CD boxed set, 2004)
2) Porcupine Tree - 'Deadwing' (Lava/Atlantic - out on March 28)
3) Nektar - 'Sunday Night At The London Roundhouse' (Eclectic, re-issue of 1974 masterpiece)
4) Black Label Society - 'Mafia' (Artemis)
5) Tony Iommi featuring Glenn Hughes - 'The 1996 DEP Sessions' (Mayan)
6) Within Temptation - 'The Silent Force' (Gun/BMG)
7) Vardis - '100 M.P.H.' - (Logo, 1980 - forgot how good this is!)
8) Walter Trout - 'Deep Trout, The Early Years' (Provogue)
9) Sack Trick - 'Sheep In Kiss Make Up' (- bonkers but great!)
10) Dark Tranquillity - 'Character' (Century Media)
11) Nine Inch Nails - 'The Downward Spiral, Special Edition'
(Interscope - didn't grab me back in 1994, but I was obsessed with Winger at the time!)
12) Joe Lynn Turner - 'The Usual Subjects' (Frontiers)
13) Dweezil Zappa - 'My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama' (Chrysalis, long-lost 1988 gem)
14) Clutch - 'Blast Tyrant' (DRT Entertainment)
15) Ginger - 'A Break In The Weather' (Castle Music)
16) Chariot - 'Early Days, Late Nights' (Rippa Rock)
17) Angra - 'Temple Of Shadows' (SPV)
18) The Soundtrack Of Our Lives - 'Origin Vol. 1' (Telegram/Warner Music)
19) Outland - 'Long Way Home' (Melodic Symphony)
20) Dave Edmunds - 'The Best Of' (Swan Song, 1981 - just about every track a classic!)

January 2005
1) Status Quo - ‘Hello!’ (Universal, re-issue of must-have 1973 gem)
2) Judas Priest – ‘Angel Of Retribution’ (Sony – due on February 28)
3) Chris Robinson & The New Earth Mud – ‘This Magnificent Distance’ (Vector)
4) Porcupine Tree – ‘The Sky Moves Sideways’ (Delerium, 1995-going-on-1973 masterpiece)
5) Blue Öyster Cult – ‘Some Enchanted Evening’ (CBS, 1978 live classic)
6) Yes – ‘Tormato’ (Atlantic, 1978 – not everyone likes it, but…)
7) Glenn Hughes – ‘Soul Mover’ (Frontiers)
8) So! – ‘Brass Monkey’ (So Much Music, 1998 – incredible songs!!!)
9) The Power Station – ‘The Power Station’ (EMI, 1985 – new DVD enhanced edition available March 21st)
10) Trivium – ‘Ascendancy’ (Roadrunner)
11) Atlanta Rhythm Section – ‘A Rock And Roll Alternative’ (Polydor, newly acquired Southern-tinged sizzler from 1976)
12) The Rasmus – ‘Live Letters’ DVD (Universal)
13) Soundgarden – ‘Badmotorfinger’ (A&M – Jeeezus… did it really come out in 1991?!)
14) Open Hand – ‘You And Me’ (Roadrunner)
15) Tishamingo – ‘Wear ‘N’ Tear’ (Magnatude, cool new Southern rawk… www.tishamingo.com)
16) Greg Ridley – ‘Anthology – All I Ever Needed’ (Angel Air)
17) Arena – ‘Stories Of Mystery And Imagination’ (Verglas)
18) Pig Irön – The Law And The Road Are One’ (Pig Irön Records EP)
19) Discharge – ‘Society’s Victims’ (Castle Music boxed set)
20) Nightingale – ‘Invisible’ (Black Mark)

December 2004
1) Iron Maiden – ‘The Early Years’ DVD (EMI)
2) Budgie – ‘Never Turn Your Back On A Friend’ (NP – re-issue of 1973 masterpiece)
3) Molly Hatchet – ‘Flirtin’ With Disaster’ (Epic 1979 classic – yee-haw!!)
4) Emerson Lake & Palmer – ‘Best Of The Bootlegs’ (Sanctuary Midline)
5) Cream – ‘Disraeli Gears – Deluxe Edition’ (Polydor re-issue, from 1967)
6) Black Bonzo – ‘Black Bonzo’ (B&B – excellent Heep-flavoured 70s-style rock – check ‘em out
7) Sherbert – ‘Photoplay’ (Epic – long-lost adult-pomp masterpiece from 1977)
8) Gentle Giant – ‘Gentle Giant’ (Repertoire, re-issued gem from 1970)
9) Twisted Sister – ‘Still Hungry’ (Detonator)
10) Heaven & Earth Featuring Stuart Smith – ‘Heaven & Earth’ (Black Star – re-issue from 1998)
11) The Ladder – ‘Future Miracles’ (Escape Music)
12) Khan – ‘Space Shanty’ (Eclectic Discs – re-issue from 1972, featuring Steve Hillage!)
13) M.ILL.ION – ‘Kingsize’ (Majestic Rock)
14) Kreator – ‘Enemy Of God’ (SPV, advance CD – out January 17)
15) Dennis DeYoung – ‘The Music Of Styx: Live With Symphony Orchestra’ (Grand Illusion)
16) Silver Sun – ‘Disappear Here’ (Invisible Hands)
17) Usurper – ‘Cryptobeast’ (Earache, advance CD – out Jan 17)
18) Dozer – Five-song demo (The next album will rock!)
19) Live – ‘Awake: The Best Of’ (Radioactive)
20) The Datsuns – ‘Outta Sight/Outta Mind’ (V2 – better late than never… great exercise bike music!)

November 2004
1) Thunder – ‘I Love You More Than Rock ‘N’ Roll’ (STC Recordings – classic single… cowbells rule!!)
2) Neal Morse – ‘One’ (Inside Out)
3) Prism – ‘Armageddon’ (Capitol – pomp rock golden oldie!)
4) Roadmaster – ‘Hey World’ (Mercury – another vintage pomp gem)
5) Trillion – ‘Trillion’ (Epic – newly acquired AOR treasure!)
6) Megadeth – ‘Countdown To Extinction’ (Capitol – 2004 re-master)
7) Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush – ‘RealLive’ (Just A Minute!)
8) The Wildhearts – ‘The Wildhearts Strike Back – Live’ (Gut)
9) Pride Of Lions – ‘The Destiny Stone’ (Frontiers)
10) Jethro Tull – ‘Nothing Is Easy: Live At The Isle Of Wight 1970’ (Eagle)
11) The Sign – ‘The Second Coming’ (Frontiers)
12) Motörhead – ‘Inferno’ (SPV - better late than never)
13) Various – ‘Fenriz Presents… The Best Of Old School Black Metal’ (Peaceville)
14) George Thorogood & The Destroyers – ‘30th Anniversary Tour: Live’ (Eagle)
15) Girlschool – ‘Believe’ (Communiqué)
16) Mantas – ‘Zero Tolerance’ (Demolition)
17) Slayer – ‘Still Reigning’ (American DVD)
18) Tim Bowness – ‘My Hotel Year’ (One Little Indian)
19) Peter Gabriel – ‘Play, The Videos’ (Warner Music DVD)
20) Stan Webb’s Chicken Shack – ‘Still Live After All These Years’ (Mystic)

October 2004
1) Survivor – ‘Ultimate Survivor’ (BMG Heritage)
2) Tom Robinson Band – ‘Power In The Darkness’ (EMI re-issue)
3) Enslaved – ‘ISA’ (Candlelight)
4) Glenn Hughes – ‘Soulfully Live In The City Of Angels’ (Frontiers)
5) Status Quo – ‘XS All Areas: The Greatest Hits’ (Universal)
6) Scorpions – ‘Unbreakable’ (BMG)
7) Asia – ‘Silent Nation’ (Inside Out)
8) Blackfield – ‘Blackfield’ (Snapper)
9) Europe – ‘Start From The Dark’ (T&T/Sanctuary)
10) Within Temptation – ‘Mother Earth’ (Sanctuary)
11) Chariot – ‘What Goes Around’ (Rippa Rock)
12) Richie Kotzen – ‘Get Up’ (Frontiers)
13) Richard Marx – ‘My Own Best Enemy’ (Manhattan)
14) Cradle Of Filth – ‘Nymphetamine’ (Roadrunner)
15) Alter Bridge – ‘One Day Remains’ (Wind-Up/Epic)
16) Mastodon – ‘Leviathan’ (Relapse)
17) Pat Benatar – ‘Best Shots’ (Chrysalis – golden oldie!)
18) Goddo – ‘Kings Of The Stoned Age’ (Bullseye)
19) The Finn Brothers – ‘Everyone Is Here’ (EMI)
20) Bubble – ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Hell’ (Basement Boy)