Latest articles by David Quantick
11 Ian Hunter albums you should listen to... and one to avoid
A true songwriter's songwriter, Ian Hunter has improved with age, racking up critically acclaimed albums well into his ninth decade - and these are his best
Manic Street Preachers show that rage never sleeps on Critical Thinking
A vein of melancholy runs through Manic Street Preachers' 15th album Critical Thinking
Joan Armatrading does serious harm to electric guitars on How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean
National treasure Joan Armatrading maintains forward momentum
The best of Bryan Ferry collected on the epic Retrospective 1973-2023
Celebrating 50 years of Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry as solo artist
The Yardbirds stretch out on the raw and thrilling The Ultimate Live At The BBC
Undervalued pioneers The Yardbirds rock the corporation on 90-track collection
Nick Lowe hooks up with Mexican wrestler-faced surf rockers Los Straitjackets on Indoor Safari
Pub rock elder statesman Nick Lowe gets gnarly
Definitely Maybe is a reminder of the cockiness and verve of Oasis
The Sex Beatles' defining moment, expanded
Album Of The Week Club review: Broken Barricades by Procol Harum
1971’s Broken Barricades was Procol Harum's last with guitarist Robin Trower. Despite – or perhaps because of - this, it’s one of their most guitar-led
Mark Knopfler repeats his formula to great effect on One Deep River
Dire Straits mainman Mark Knopfler delivers one of his best solo records
Liam Gallagher & John Squire's collaborative album really works: maybe it's because Squire is working with a singer for the first time
Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher and Stone Roses guitarist John Squire combine on an album that's derivative but hugely enjoyable
"Tentative shavings from things we already own": Why the 50th anniversary edition of Band On The Run isn't essential, even if the original album is
Paul McCartney's mega-selling third post-Beatles album Band On The Run gets thoroughly de-belled and de-whistled
"As an album it's pretty good but as a handbook for Mott's future it's fantastic": Mott The Hoople's All The Young Dudes (50th Anniversary Edition)
Mott The Hoople's David Bowie produced 1972 classic receives the now traditional 50th Anniversary remastered makeover (with bonus tracks)
"Still making music that could have appeared any time between 1971 and now": Foghat's Sonic Mojo
The Roger Earl-led line-up of Foghat get back to the blues on 18th studio album Sonic Mojo
"Morrison is like a guest on a musical chat show, turning these songs into musical anecdotes": Van Morrison's Accentuate The Positive
Van Morrison takes ownership of an archipelago’s worth of his desert island discs on covers album Accentuate The Positive
News just in: Roger Waters' reworking of The Dark Side Of The Moon actually works
Roger Waters has rerecorded The Dark Side Of The Moon. Because there was so much wrong with the original
Nobody but Ian Hunter has the power, at this point in their career, to sound so fresh, so new and so exciting
One of Britain's great songwriters Ian Hunter delivers a shining example of his craft on new solo album Defiance Part 1
After 50 years, Pink Floyd's imposing The Dark Side Of The Moon remains a cornerstone of rock
With The Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd invented something new: stadium rock that was very loud but somehow very sensitive
A comprehensive and extraordinary trawl through a year in the life of David Bowie
A Divine Symmetry features demos, concerts and more from 1971, tracking David Bowie’s progression through the year his future took shape
Words & Music, May 1965 is a captivating examination of Lou Reed's early talent
Words & Music, May 1965 features demos of Lou Reed songs that became cornerstones of the alternative music pantheon
The Best Of Roxy Music: a storied career laid out in reverse
This retrospective Best Of rewinds through Roxy Music's past from beginning to end which is also the beginning
Mark Everett continues to perfect the sound in his head on Eels' Extreme Witchcraft
The brilliance continues on Eels' 14th album Extreme Witchcraft
Elvis Costello & The Imposters continue winning streak with The Boy Named If
Elvis Costello conjures up echoes of his excellent past as the excellence continues on The Boy Named If (And Other Children’s Stories)
Chuck Berry goes back to basics but thrills on Live From Blueberry Hill
Late legend Chuck Berry in excellent form on the club recording Live From Blueberry Hill
