Richard ChallenFeb 28, 20204 minDr. Hook – “Better Love Next Time”Every element of "Better Love Next Time" amounts to pure fluff, studio-engineered soft-rock dressed up in a polyester leisure suit.
Richard ChallenFeb 26, 20204 minForeigner – “Head Games”"Head Games" is sneakily subversive, and that weirdness never once gets in the way of its elemental arena rock stomp.
Richard ChallenFeb 24, 20203 minEagles – “The Long Run”"The Long Run” is competence without passion, hooks without heart. It sounds like a million bucks and leaves zero lasting impact.
Richard ChallenFeb 21, 20204 minSmokey Robinson – “Cruisin’”Smokey Robinson scored his first solo Top 10 at a time when a large swath of the public—and his own label—had written him off completely.