Wall to wall anthems, you can hear the genesis of later Cure here but even more obviously, Foo Fighters. If Sugar had come along ten years later they’d have been huge

One of the more successful reinventions of a reasonably popular blues rock band into a pop rock format, with several very memorable hits. There’s still about half the album I think of as filler, but I’m not mad about it

Everybody loves the Reverend Billy Gibbons, and this is a major reason why. Texas Roadhouse style colors in juicy, deep-pocketed grooves. A little smattering of smoke and whiskeyed harmonies gives this album the perfect char to the seared outside.