Back in the old business, in a new way

Please Note: All currently produced reviews are monitored on the Only Solitaire Blog, which gives the opportunity to access them as soon as they are written and also - yes! - to freely leave comments if you really feel like it. (That way I do not have to add the comments manually, although I reserve the right to purge the blog at will).

As for the site, all the new reviews are stored in one large file, available for downloading as a Microsoft Word version or in an HTML version. New reviews are being added to the file once per week; a detailed schedule of past updates (at the moment, normally one review per day) is available here in Word format. All reviews are new and, for the most part, independent of past writings even when dealing with records already reviewed formerly. The new format leaves no space for reader comments, but I will be glad to see critique, opinions, and corrections in the Only Solitaire Facebook group that everybody is welcome to join.

Thus, in a nutshell:

Only Solitaire Blog | Only Solitaire review timeline

Only Solitaire reviews A-B: DOC version | Only Solitaire reviews A-B: HTML version

Only Solitaire reviews C: DOC version | Only Solitaire reviews C: HTML version

Only Solitaire reviews: Important Artist Series (.doc only version for now)

Additionally, for the first ten months of 2016, OS featured a series of "Important Album" reviews in special format, unavailable directly on the OS blog, but linked to it. (Currently discontinued, replaced with the Important Artist Series above).

Jan. 03, 2016. Radiohead: OK Computer

Jan. 10, 2016. Pink Floyd: Dark Side Of The Moon

Jan. 17, 2016. The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground & Nico

Jan. 24, 2016. Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here

Jan. 31, 2016. Radiohead: Kid A

Feb. 07, 2016. King Crimson: In The Court Of The Crimson King

Feb. 14, 2016. The Beatles: Abbey Road

Feb. 21, 2016. The Beatles: Revolver

Feb. 28, 2016. My Bloody Valentine: Loveless

Mar. 06, 2016. Led Zeppelin: Untitled

Mar. 13, 2016. Miles Davis: Kind Of Blue

Mar. 20, 2016. David Bowie: The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders Of Mars

Mar. 27, 2016. The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds

Apr. 03, 2016. Black Sabbath: Paranoid

Apr. 10, 2016. Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited

Apr. 17, 2016. Pixies: Doolittle

Apr. 24, 2016. John Coltrane: A Love Supreme

May 01, 2016. The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

May 08, 2016. The Doors: The Doors

May 15, 2016. Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures

May 22, 2016. Nick Drake: Pink Moon

May 29, 2016. The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead

June 05, 2016. Neutral Milk Hotel: In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

June 12, 2016. Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

June 19, 2016. The Beatles: The Beatles

June 26, 2016. Talking Heads: Remain In Light

July 03, 2016. Television: Marquee Moon

July 10, 2016. Charles Mingus: The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

July 17, 2016. The Clash: London Calling

July 24, 2016. Arcade Fire: Funeral

July 31, 2016. Pink Floyd: Animals

August 07, 2016. Bob Dylan: Blonde On Blonde

August 14, 2016. Jimi Hendrix: Are You Experienced

August 21, 2016. Nirvana: Nevermind

August 28, 2016. Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation

September 04, 2016. Joy Division: Closer

September 11, 2016. David Bowie: Low

September 18, 2016. King Crimson: Red

September 25, 2016: Bob Dylan: Blood On The Tracks

October 02, 2016: Wu-Tang Clan: Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

October 09, 2016: The Beatles: Rubber Soul

October 16, 2016: Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin

What you see below is the original version of Only Solitaire, mostly untouched since early 2007. This version will no longer be updated, but may serve as an interesting reminder of past times. If the new reviews are occassionally found to be in disagreement with the old ones, please disregard the old version and concentrate on the new one.

The Old Site [1998-2007]

Table Of Contents

Music reviews

View list of artists sorted by time period [gradation approximate] View list of artists by style/category [includes complete album listing] View list of artists in alphabetic order [including those in appendices]

Auxiliary Pages

Special review project

1. The Early Years: 1962-1965

Class A artists

Class B artists

Class C artists

Class D artists

Class E artists

Unrated artists

2. The Psychedelic Years: 1966-1968

Class B artists

Class C artists

Class D artists

Class E artists

Unrated artists

Special review project

3. The Artsy/Rootsy Years: 1969-1971

Class B artists

Class C artists

Class D artists

Class E artists

Unrated artists

4. The Interim Years: 1972-1975

Class B artists

Class C artists

Class D artists

Class E artists

Unrated artists

5. The Punk/New Wave Years: 1976-1979

Class B artists

Class C artists

Class D artists

Unrated artists

6. The Divided Eighties: 1980-1989

Class C artists

Class D artists

Class E artists

Unrated artists

7. From Grunge To The Present Day: 1990-2005

Class B artists

Class C artists

Class D artists

Unrated artists