Ordinary Man (stylised as ØRD†NARY MAN) is the twelfth studio album by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. It was released on 21 February 2020 through Epic Records. It was produced by Andrew Watt and Louis Bell. This is the longest gap between two albums from Osbourne to date, spanning almost ten years since Scream. The first single of the album, "Under the Graveyard", was released on 8 November 2019. The second single, "Straight to Hell", was released on 22 November 2019. The third single and title track featuring singer Elton John was released on 10 January 2020. The fourth single "It's a Raid" featuring Post Malone was released on 20 February 2020, a day before the release of the album.

Second Flight: Live at the Z7 is the second live album by American progressive rock supergroup Flying Colors. The band recorded it on October 12, 2014 at the Z7 Konzertfabrik in Pratteln, Switzerland. Mike Portnoy chose the location because both Flying Colors and other bands of his had recorded multiple shows at the 013 in Tilburg. It was a challenging show for the band to perform because this was only the eighth show on the tour. The album title was coined by Portnoy.

Civilized Man is the ninth studio album by the British artist Joe Cocker, released in May 1984, his first on Capitol label. It includes a cover of the 1981 Squeeze hit "Tempted", as well as "There Goes My Baby", a 1959 hit single from The Drifters.
Songs for the album were recorded at two different sessions. Side "A", recorded at Village Recorders in Los Angeles, was produced by Gary Katz and features as a backing band the core of the then current group Toto (Steve Lukather, Jeff Porcaro, and David Paich), whereas side "B", recorded in Nashville, was produced by Stewart Levine, and features Music City stalwarts (David Briggs, Reggie Young and Larrie Londin). The album also features an appearance by Joe Cocker's former bandmate Jim Keltner (on "Long Drag Off a Cigarette").

From Out of Nowhere is the fourteenth studio album by British rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), and the second credited to Jeff Lynne's ELO. The band's first studio album in four years, it was released on 1 November 2019 through Big Trilby and Columbia Records. The title track was released as the lead single on 26 September 2019. Lynne played most instruments on the album.

Whoosh! is the twenty-first studio album by English rock band Deep Purple, released on 7 August 2020.
The group collaborated with producer Bob Ezrin, who had also worked for their previous two albums. They enjoyed the recording and production. Its release was promoted by a series of press statements from singer Ian Gillan, such as "Another album?! Whoosh?!! Gordon Bennett!!!". He explained the album's title was chosen for its onomatopoeic qualities, and "when viewed through one end of a radio-telescope, describes the transient nature of humanity on Earth". He also said fans should simply listen to the album as an enjoyable experience.

Среди других к созданию "Line-Up" приложили руку такие личности как Джон Лорд, Мик Муди, Фрэнсис Росси и Кози Пауэлл. Альбом представлял собой добротный коммерческий хард-рок (хотя не без остатков ранних ритм-энд-блюзовых пристрастий музыканта), а сопутствующий сингл "Night Games" достиг шестой строчки в британских чартах. В начале 80-х Боннет сотрудничал с "Michael Schenker Group", участвовал в записи трибьюта "Police", а затем организовал проект "Alcatrazz".

Группа Elf является первым по-настоящему крупным и успешным проектом великого патриарха тяжелой музыки Ронни Джеймса Дио. В начале 70-ых годов у коллектива вышло три студийных альбома, первый из которых я сейчас и рецензирую. В составе на тот момент числилось четыре человека - гитарист Дэвид Фейнштейн, клавишник Микки Ли Соул, барабанщик Гэри Дрисколл, и сам Ронни, который в те стародавние времена еще играл на бас гитаре. Сразу хотелось бы предупредить всех поклонников Дио - материал, исполняемый Elf, не имеет почти никакого отношения даже к творчеству Rainbow, а уж к Dio и Black Sabbath тем более. Elf играют старомодный хард рок, весь насквозь пропитанный духом 60-ых. Даже столь традиционного для харда звучания органа "Хэммонд" почти совсем нет, основной инструмент Микки - обычное пианино. Ну а любители "фирменных" сказочно-мистических текстов рискуют впасть в шок, услышав маэстро исполняющего песни типа "Love Me Like A Woman". Но, несмотря на все эти нюансы, я искренне рекомендую ознакомится с творчеством Elf всем почитателям Ронни. Во-первых, все гениальные музыканты с чего то начинали. Ну а во-вторых, это самое начало у Дио очень даже неплохое. Такие замечательные не напрягающие треки как "Hoochie Koochie Woman" или "I'm Coming Back For You" создают приятную атмосферу возвращения лет на 40 назад, когда классический рок-н-ролл был живее всех живых.

Kiss, впервые за двадцать лет, принялись писать новый альбом в "классическом" составе. Для полного воскрешения нужной рабочей атмосферы в создании "Psycho-Circus" учавствовал даже сам Боб Эзрин! И когда в 1998 году результат трудов музыкантов лег на прилавки магазинов, по миру прокатилась еще одна волна безудержного восторга и радости всех поклонников коллектива. И повод для таких восторгов был - вопреки всем недоброжелателям, Kiss выпустили один из лучших альбомов за всю свою историю!

On Every Street is the sixth and final studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 9 September 1991 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The follow-up to the band's massively successful album Brothers in Arms, On Every Street reached the top of the UK albums chart and was also certified platinum by the RIAA.

Альбом был основан на демоверсии, которую группа представила в Phonogram при подписании контракта. Запись проходила на студии Island Studios в Лондоне с 13 февраля до 5 марта 1978 года.
Первоначально планировалось осуществить запись альбома за три недели, и четвёртую звукозаписывающая компания дала неохотно, потребовалось проведение переговоров. Вся запись альбома (запись, сведение, обложка) стоила 12 700 фунтов стерлингов.

Communiqué is the second studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits released on 15 June 1979 by Vertigo Records internationally and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The album produced the single "Lady Writer", which reached #45 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #51 on the UK Singles Chart. The album reached #1 on album charts in Germany, New Zealand, and Sweden, #11 in the United States and #5 in the United Kingdom. Communiqué was later certified gold in the United States, platinum in the United Kingdom and double-platinum in France.

"Song Sung Blue" is a 1972 hit song written and recorded by Neil Diamond, inspired by the second movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto #21. It was released on Diamond's album, Moods and later appeared on many of Diamond's live and compilation albums.
It was his second #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States, after 1970's "Cracklin' Rosie", and to date his last solo #1 song (he had #1 duet with Barbra Streisand in 1978: You Don't Bring Me Flowers). It spent twelve weeks in the Top 40. In addition, "Song Sung Blue" spent seven weeks at #1 on the adult contemporary chart. It also made the pop chart in the United Kingdom, reaching #14 on the UK Singles Chart. The song has become one of Diamond's standards, and he often performs it during concerts.

Dreams is the thirty-first studio album by Neil Diamond. It was produced by Diamond and released by Columbia Records in 2010. The album contains cover versions of popular songs that Diamond claims in the liner notes are among his favorites. Among them is "I'm a Believer", which he wrote for The Monkees back in 1966. Dreams ranked at number eight on the Billboard 200 chart.

The Newz is the twenty-first studio album by the hard rock band Nazareth, released in March 2008. It is the first album by the band to feature new drummer Lee Agnew, who replaced original drummer Darrell Sweet, who died in 1999.

The Fool Circle is the twelfth studio album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in February 1981. "Cocaine" was a live cover of the song written by J. J. Cale and recorded in 1977 by Eric Clapton. There are remastered editions of the album with different sets of bonus tracks.
Because in 1997 Castle Communications was unwilling to produce a 2-CD set of the double live album 'Snaz, four tracks were removed so that a remastered version could be released on a single CD. Rob Corich, who was doing the remastering, included these songs here as bonus tracks to rectify this.