Rock Album Analysts

We take an in-depth look at Iron Maiden's album Piece of Mind

The analysts take an indepth look at Quiet Riot's Metal Health.

The analysts take an indepth look at Def Leppard's Pyromania produced by Mutt Lange.

The Analysts take an indepth look at Dio's second album, The Last in Line.

We take an in depth look at AC/DC's Black in Black, the best selling rock album of all time. Check out Analyst David Lucarelli's ⁠⁠ Tinseltown: Losing the Light ⁠⁠ , a period crime drama graphic novel series about one of the first female police officers in Hollywood that's been called " L.A. Confidential meets Boardwalk Empire, " and is also a tribute to his mother, Miriam Lu...

In 1984 Twisted Sister enter the studio with producer Tom Werman to make the biggest album of their career, Stay Hungry. We take an in depth look at the results. Check out Analyst David Lucarelli's ⁠ Tinseltown: Losing the Light ⁠ , a period crime drama graphic novel series about one of the first female police officers in Hollywood that's been called " L.A. Confidential meets Boardwal...

Kicking off our "Best of Hair Metal" series, the Rock Album Analysts take an indepth look at an album that defined 90 percent of the template for what would become "hair" metal, Ratt's Out of the Cellar . Check out Analyst David Lucarelli's Tinseltown: Losing the Light , a period crime drama graphic novel series about one of the first female police officers in Hollywood...

We take an in depth look at one of the best selling rock albums of all time, Pink Floyd's masterpiece: Dark Side of The Moon.   Check out Analyst David Lucarelli's ⁠ Tinseltown: Losing the Light ⁠ , a period crime drama graphic novel series about one of the first female police officers in Hollywood that's been called " L.A. Confidential meets Boardwalk Empire, " and is also a...

We take an in depth look look at the Dixie Chicken album by Little Feat.  Check out Analyst David Lucarelli's ⁠ Tinseltown: Losing the Light ⁠ , a period crime drama graphic novel series about one of the first female police officers in Hollywood that's been called " L.A. Confidential meets Boardwalk Empire, " and is also a tribute to his mother, Miriam Lucarelli, who proudly serv...

We take an in depth look at The Replacements-Pleased to Meet Me Check out Analyst David Lucarelli's ⁠⁠⁠ Tinseltown: Losing the Light ⁠⁠⁠ , a period crime drama graphic novel series about one of the first female police officers in Hollywood that's been called " L.A. Confidential meets Boardwalk Empire, " and is also a tribute to his mother, Miriam Lucarelli, who proudly served as...

In 1987 T.S.O.L. aka The True Sounds of Liberty, release a hard rock album that many of their punk fans dismiss as an attempt at a commercial sell out, and many hard rock fans never become aware of. Despite that, songs like "The Name is Love," "Hit and Run," and the poignant ballad, "You Can Try," stand the test of time 35 years later. We take an in depth look at this...

We take an in depth look at the long awaited, and, as of now, final Guns N' Roses album. Check out Analyst David Lucarelli's ⁠⁠⁠ Tinseltown: Losing the Light ⁠⁠⁠ , a period crime drama graphic novel series about one of the first female police officers in Hollywood that's been called " L.A. Confidential meets Boardwalk Empire, " and is also a tribute to his mother, Miriam Luca...

We take an in depth look at the Guns 'n' Roses album of all covers, The Spaghetti Incident. Check out Analyst David Lucarelli's ⁠⁠⁠ Tinseltown: Losing the Light ⁠⁠⁠ , a period crime drama graphic novel series about one of the first female police officers in Hollywood that's been called " L.A. Confidential meets Boardwalk Empire, " and is also a tribute to his mother, Miri...

On September 17, 1991 Guns N' Roses release the Mike Clink produced Use Your Illusion 2 as part of a double album release. We take an in depth look. Check out Analyst David Lucarelli's ⁠⁠⁠ Tinseltown: Losing the Light ⁠⁠⁠ , a period crime drama graphic novel series about one of the first female police officers in Hollywood that's been called " L.A. Confidential meets Boardwalk Emp...

On September 17, 1991 Guns N' Roses release the Mike Clink produced Use Your Illusion I as part of a double album release. We take an in depth look at the album, and Dave tells a funny story about how Metallica lost the crowd at the Pittsburgh show on the co-headlining stadium tour that followed. Check out Analyst David Lucarelli's ⁠⁠⁠ Tinseltown: Losing the Light ⁠⁠⁠ , a period crime dram...

In 1988 Gun 'n' Roses followup the massively successful full length debut of Appetite for Destruction with G N' Lies containing the four previously released "live" tracks from the EP Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide and four new acoustic recordings produced by Mike Clink. We take a look at the results. Check out Analyst David Lucarelli's ⁠⁠⁠ Tinseltown: Losing the Light ⁠⁠⁠ , a p...

In 1987 Guns 'n' Roses goes into the studio with producer Mike Clink to record Appetite for Destruction. We take a look at the results. Check out Analyst David Lucarelli's ⁠⁠⁠ Tinseltown: Losing the Light ⁠⁠⁠ , a period crime drama graphic novel series about one of the first female police officers in Hollywood that's been called " L.A. Confidential meets Boardwalk Empire, &quo...

We take a look at the four new tracks on The Dirt Soundtrack, a bunch of other miscellaneous tracks we missed along the way, and try to answer that most elusive of questions: what Mötley Crüe means to us, in our final podcast covering the Crüe. Check out Analyst David Lucarelli's ⁠⁠⁠ Tinseltown: Losing the Light ⁠⁠⁠ , a period crime drama graphic novel series about one of the first female poli...

In 2008 Nikki Sixx teams up with James Michael and DJ Ashba to produce Saints of Los Angeles. We take a look at the results. Check out Analyst David Lucarelli's ⁠⁠⁠ Tinseltown: Losing the Light ⁠⁠⁠ , a period crime drama graphic novel series about one of the first female police officers in Hollywood that's been called " L.A. Confidential meets Boardwalk Empire, " and is also a tr...

Drummer Randy Castillo replaces Tommy Lee as the Crüe go into the studio with producer Mike Clink. We take a look at the results.  Check out Analyst David Lucarelli's ⁠⁠⁠ Tinseltown: Losing the Light ⁠⁠⁠ , a period crime drama graphic novel series about one of the first female police officers in Hollywood that's been called " L.A. Confidential meets Boardwalk Empire, " and is als...

The Crüe reunite with singer Vince Neil and go into the studio with producer Scott Humphrey to record Generation Swine. We take a look at the results. Check out Analyst David Lucarelli's ⁠⁠⁠ Tinseltown: Losing the Light ⁠⁠⁠ , a period crime drama graphic novel series about one of the first female police officers in Hollywood that's been called " L.A. Confidential meets Boardwalk Empir...

Mötley Crüe release a limited edition EP called Quaternary only available as a mail-in offer for purchasers of their self titled album. We take an in depth look at the five songs and various bonus tracks.  Check out Analyst David Lucarelli's ⁠⁠⁠ Tinseltown: Losing the Light ⁠⁠⁠ , a period crime drama graphic novel series about one of the first female police officers in Hollywood that's bee...

The Crüe return to the studio with producer Bob Rock and new vocalist John Corabi. We take an in depth look at the results.  Check out Analyst David Lucarelli's ⁠⁠⁠ Tinseltown: Losing the Light ⁠⁠⁠ , a period crime drama graphic novel series about one of the first female police officers in Hollywood that's been called " L.A. Confidential meets Boardwalk Empire, " and is also a tr...

In 1991 Mötley Crüe release their first greatest hits compilation featuring 5 additional songs including the single and concert staple "Primal Scream." We take an in depth look at the new tracks. Check out Analyst David Lucarelli's ⁠⁠⁠ Tinseltown: Losing the Light ⁠⁠⁠ , a period crime drama graphic novel series about one of the first female police officers in Hollywood that's bee...

Mötley Crüe team up with producer Bob Rock to make the biggest album of their career. Dr. Feelgood spawns five singles including the concert staple title track and "Kickstart My Heart." We take an in depth look at what made this album so special. Check out Analyst David Lucarelli's ⁠⁠⁠ Tinseltown: Losing the Light ⁠⁠⁠ , a period crime drama graphic novel series about one of the first...