A masterwork of modern PI fiction
-Reed Farrel Coleman
Riley King leaps from the page and digs deep to find the truth
-Paul Levine
Richard Neer does a masterful job of building a suspenseful plot
-John Feinstein
Blog
Finally — #1 Who’s Next
Criteria for a great rock album: Songs you never get tired of. Genius songwriting, both with words and music. Virtuoso musicianship with multiple instruments. Gripping vocal performances. Each band member contributing at the very height of their power. Who’s Next...
Tie#2 Rumors and Hotel California
I’m sorry, but these two albums from the seventies were so good, it was impossible for me to choose one over the other. Rumors was recorded despite the turmoil of the band members’ dissolving personal relationships. John and Christine McVie were divorcing, Lindsey...
Tie#3 Aja and Born to Run
I warned you there would be ties. Choosing five beloved albums for a former FM jock is like asking a mother to pick her favorite child. The two records in third place couldn’t be more different yet both are especially relevant this year for different reasons. Of...
#4 The Beatles — Rubber Soul
Although most critics consider Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band the Fab Four’s zenith, I maintain that song for song, Rubber Soul has it beat. It is less ambitious --- it’s not a concept album and the band does not take on an alternate persona. There are no...
News
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Richard Neer began his radio career at WLIR, fostering it through its birth as the first suburban progressive station in the nation. WNEW-FM was his radio home for almost thirty years; it was there that he became friends with a fellow Jersey kid named Bruce Springsteen, who called him frequently when he was working the late shift.