Latest articles by David Quantick
Gerry Rafferty's Rest In Blue is a suitable memorial to a much-missed talent
Rest In Blue is a posthumously-completed, career-spanning collection from singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty
Paul and Linda McCartney's Ram: half-speed mastery
Time’s been kind to Ram, Paul McCartney’s second, relatively understated, post-Beatles solo album
Van Morrison is surprisingly enjoyable on album of grumpy but bouncy R&B
Van Morrison's Latest Record Project: Volume 1 suggests that lockdown wasn’t such a bad thing for some
Cheap Trick's In Another World is one of their best albums yet
Veteran American genre leaders Cheap Trick continue to fuse power and pop with panache on In Another World
Gang Of Four's 77-81 is the sound of deadening alienation you can dance to
Gang Of Four's 77-81 compiles the groundbreaking band's post-punk glory years
Be-Bop Deluxe's Drastic Plastic expanded but still elegant
Drastic Plastic was Be-Bop Deluxe's swansong album before Bill Nelson moved on, and its consistency masked an inner turmoil
Mogwai's As The Love Continues treads an unlikely fine line between waft and heft
Sound sense from Mogwai on 10th album As The Love Continues
Freddie Mercury: never, ever, ever boring
Never Boring: a collection that conspires to capture the extraordinary personality and talent of Freddie Mercury
Drive-By Truckers keep their anger sharp on The New OK
Drive-By Truckers embellish their brilliant legacy on The New OK, their second album of a troubling year
George Thorogood's Live In Boston 1982 is one of the great live albums... and now it's even bigger
George Thorogood & The Destroyers prove themselves to be badder than ever with the thoroughly expanded Live in Boston, 1982: The Complete Concert
Elvis Costello pays brilliant homage to himself on Hey Clockface
Elvis Costello's aim is still true on 25th solo album Hey Clockface
The Psychedelic Furs' Made Of Rain: warm, melancholy, and blessed with great songs
Return of 80s big hitters Psychedelic Furs well worth the decades wait on eighth album Made Of Rain
Fleetwood Mac: 50 Years - Don’t Stop - album review
Career-spanning but hits-heavy collection from Fleetwood Mac
Mott The Hoople: Mental Train (The Island Years 1969-1971) album review
From Mott The Hoople, a band that had two lives: a collection drawn from their fist and most exciting one
Various Artists - Revolutionary Spirit: The Sound Of Liverpool...album review
Great music coming out of Liverpool didn’t stop after The Beatles
The Fall - Singles 1978-2016 album review
A remarkable consistency across almost four decades
Sparks at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London - live review
Not yet ratedAlmost 50 years in, the genre-hopping duo are still on sparkling form
Chris Spedding - The RAK Years album review
Ex-Womble superstar-sideman’s solo collection boxed and reappraised
Various Artists - Gary Crowley’s Punk & New Wave album review
Curation breathes new life into a once tired format
The Lurkers - 40th Anniversary Boxed Set album review
A proper five-CD, 86-track collection for a proper punk band
