Classic Rock 2000s Albums

UFO's 2009 album, first out in Japan on 20 May, was made without founding bassist Pete Way, who was being treated for a liver condition.

Cosmic Universal Fashion keeps Sammy Hagar’s hard-rock strength while blending it freely with funk, blues and pop instincts.

Livin' It Up! finds Sammy Hagar using thick guitar, lively beat, and an open vocal to make relaxed hard rock.

Falling in Between joins Toto’s polished pop instinct to hard-rock weight and progressive construction.

UFO's album of 25 September 2006 brought founding drummer Andy Parker back and was the band's last album with bassist Pete Way.

Rapture of the Deep lets Steve Morse’s guitar, Don Airey’s keys and Ian Gillan’s voice interact with natural ease.

Honkin’ on Bobo revisits blues standards as rough, living Aerosmith rock and roll.

Jupiters Darling naturally places heavy-guitar rockers beside quieter songs shaped by acoustic texture.

Released in Europe on 16 February 2004, this was UFO's first album with Vinnie Moore and Jason Bonham, produced by Tommy Newton near Hanover.

Bananas finds Deep Purple working from blues-rooted riffs, Hammond organ and expansive vocals with the conversational ease of a seasoned band.

Corporate America brings Boston’s trademarks—layered guitars, huge harmonies and clear melodic lift—back to the foreground.

Not 4 Sale lets Sammy Hagar move easily among hard rock, blues, funk and Caribbean-flavored grooves.

Through the Looking Glass is a covers album on which TOTO, a band of top session musicians, recasts songs it reveres in its own sound.

UFO's sixteenth album, released in September 2002 and produced by Mike Varney and Steve Fontano, was Michael Schenker's last with the band.

Just Push Play brings digital textures and pop-minded hooks into Aerosmith’s blues-rooted framework.

Ten 13 lets Sammy Hagar lean into the open-road side of his songwriting: muscular guitars, sunny hooks and a voice built to carry a chorus.

UFO's fifteenth album, released in July 2000 with Michael Schenker back and Aynsley Dunbar on drums, came with the live disc Live USA.