My Ambition Was To Be A Record

On First Listening, Joni Mitchell's 'court And Spark,' The First Truly Great Pop Album Of 1974, Sounds Surprisingly Light; By The Third Or Fourth Listening, It Reveals Its Underlying Tensions.

Ringo Starr May Not Have Much Of A Voice, But When He Sang A Song On A Beatle Album, It Had Its Own Special Charm.

It Is By Now Beyond Question That Elton John Is A Competent And Classy Entertainer. Few People Who Have Achieved His Popularity Have Succeeded In Maintaining His Standards For Performance And Professionalism.

There Is A 'patrician Arrogance' To James Taylor That Accounts In Part For His Popularity While It At The Same Time Explains The Critical Resistance To His Work.

The Who, England's Most Self-conscious Band, Have Released 'quadrophenia,' Which In Turn Freezes In Time Our Image Of The Mid-sixties Mod Sensibility.