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Different Plans For The Same Directions by JiggyJay Pros: Great songwriting, many standout tracks
Cons: Similar sounding songs, commercial 2005's Plans is the pinnacle release by Death Cab For Cutie because it marks the place where they went commercial and still kept their integrity. Many fans of the band are still on the fence about it, but I think it's generally one of their better ...
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Dec 24 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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I Thought This Was Supposed to be Christmas Music by vemartin Pros: Well, it is SheDaisy
Cons: Too trendy, too new, too cutting edge. CD Release Date: September 26, 2000 Label: Lyric Street Genre: Contemporary Country Number of Discs: (1)I have been a fan of Kristyn, Kelsi and Kassidy Osborn, better known as the Pop-Country ...
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Dec 24 '09 |
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Amerie Takes On Her Journey. by glvrican Pros: Pretty Consistent, Strong Material, Artistic Vision
Cons: Some Missteps But Forgivable Amerie has been trying to top her hit "1 Thing" for almost half a decade now and it's unlikely she ever will but her albums have been consistently getting better, even if her success after that hit single has been minimal. In Love & ...
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Dec 24 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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It's Not Me, It's You (finding out who you really are) by chosking1112 Pros: A "Sountrack of your life" sort of album.
Cons: Not blast in your car while sitting next to your boyfriend type of music. I downloaded Lily Allen's It's Not Me, It's You on a whim. I had seen about 15 seconds of her music video for "The Fear" on MTV and it was one of those songs that instantly stuck in my head. With it's subtle truth and catchy beats, I HAD to have the ...
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Dec 24 '09 |
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Not heard Chrisette Michelle yet.....well, here is your epiphany. by Monnie1976 Pros: Michele is a fantastic singer given good songs
Cons: None really. This girl could sing the yellow pages and sound like a dream. In a year where many will be talking about Rihanna, Alicia Keys and Mary J. Blige it would be easy to overlook one of the best R&B albums of the year. Chrisette Michele, easily one of the best artists to come out of this decade on the female R&B ...
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Dec 24 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Gorgeous Contemplative Christmas by bonnieleigh Pros: Beautiful instruments playing beautiful arrangements expertly. Magical.
Cons: Not a one. This beautiful CD has songs ranging from quiet and contemplative to lively and joyful, and everything in between. Of the many CD's of holiday music I own, this is one that is most likely to spur a relaxed but thoughtful mood when I listen to ...
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Dec 24 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Country's bad gal comes good by fizzytom Pros: Excellent vocals, some really catchy songs, great instruments
Cons: Occasional hints of Shania Twain which scare me The Carter-Cash family must surely be the royalty of country music. By the time June Carter married Johnny Cash she had been performing in her family band - the aptly named Carter Family - for decades. In true country style, June had a dramatic personal ...
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Dec 23 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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They played their best for Him, pa rum pum pum pum. by divad23 Pros: A beautifully reverent blend of classical and post-modern sounds.
Cons: Only 5 tracks. Folks who don't like long, drawn-out arrangements might get impatient. I must have been suffering from Christmas music overload at around this time last year, when one of my favorite "best kept secret" bands, Future of Forestry, put out a Christmas EP. I say that because I can remember briefly listening to the ...
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Dec 23 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Portishead is frightening by thewisefool Pros: Dark, penetrating, haunting.
Cons: A few too-similar tracks. As much as I like most forms of downtempo/trip-hop music (it eclipsed progressive rock as my genre of choice sometime in the mid 2000s), I never really considered myself that much of a Portishead fan. I liked some tracks from Dummy, ...
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Dec 23 '09 |
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It May Be Her Most Enduring Hit, But "As I Lay Me Down" Flops! by wlswarts Pros: Two decent songs
Cons: Terrible use of medium, No alternate renditions Sophie B. Hawkins is a musical artist who is many things to many people. Despite the relative success of her first single, "Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover," her actual enduring success came with the release of her second album, "Whaler." Truth be told, ...
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Dec 23 '09 |
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With All These Different Sounds It Should Be a Mess But It Sounds Perfect by groove1 Pros: Very diverse musically. Fun to listen to.
Cons: None. Back in '86 while I was living in Detroit and approaching my teenage years, my musical tastes suddenly become very eclectic. I had not listened to much outside of what my parents listened to which included Motown, Kiss, Aerosmith, Fleetwood Mac, as ...
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Dec 23 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Good sense is needed- let's hope we've got men on the job by pyfr Pros: Not quite as hard on the ears as the first album. More lyrics and singing.
Cons: Seems tamer to me than This Heat. Sleep is just not a good number. Having pierced the limits of conventional music with their debut album in 1979, electronica/industrial/avant-p
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trio This Heat took two years to release a proper follow-up. They did put out a stop-gap 12inch called Health and Efficiency in 1980 ...
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Dec 23 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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thevoid99's Top 50 Songs of 2009 (Pt. 2: 25-1) by thevoid99 (Part 2: 25-1)25. The Big Pink-VelvetShoegaze is alive and well thanks to ...
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Dec 23 '09 |
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This Neon Shines Brightly by PacManY2J Pros: A consistently enjoyable piece of grandiose rock
Cons: May be too much for some From the cold streets of Montreal, Quebec, radiates a light and with it an intense heat. That bright energy is a band known as Arcade Fire, an indie rock outfit that captured immediate critical acclaim with 2004's Funeral and reinforced ...
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Dec 23 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Bombastic, late-Romantic movie music by Stephen_Murray Pros: cello concerto from "Deception"
Cons: vocal bits of "The Sea Hawk" score There are two famous quotations about the music of Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957): the review of the violin concerto he wrote for Jascha Heifetz that it was “more corn than gold” and André Previn’s caution that it’s ...
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Dec 23 '09 |
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Chris Brown: Can he transform himself? by Monnie1976 Pros: Some good dance music. "Crawl" is a beautiful song.
Cons: Lots of so-so songs and pity parties. 2 disc edition wasn't necessary. It’s very hard to even give Chris Brown’s album a fair shake after everything that has gone on in the last year. Anytime I catch myself nodding my head to anything by him I find myself remembering that leaked picture of Rihanna’s ...
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Dec 23 '09 |
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No, I won't hurt you Mama, but it's getting so hard... by tjhassecrets Pros: A near-pefect pop record that blends synth with rock.
Cons: A couple of musically Phil-centric moments. =If you're walking home beside her And you know what time it is And if you avoid the puddles in your way You haven't been there either To the land that lies Beyond the silver rainbow= I have to ...
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Dec 23 '09 |
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Brooke Gets Handcuffed Artistically and Vocally. by glvrican Pros: Tolerable
Cons: Guest Appearances, Too Much Auto-Tune, The "Britney" Approach It isn't any surprise Brooke Hogan decides to take the "Britney" approach on her new album, The Redemption, considering the low album sales her debut album experienced. What is the "Britney" apporach, you ask? Well, Britney Spears has been ...
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Dec 23 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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This She Wolf May Have a Few Fleas But It's Not Too Bad by insomniac1587 Pros: typical Shakira wackiness, flashes of her "old self", mostly okay transition to dancier material
Cons: Men in This Town, a little all over the place stylistically Shakira confuses me. There, I said it. While I've been a fan of the gorgeous Colombian hip shaker since the day she first exploded onto the American music scene, there are still many moments when I'm often scratching my head or wondering how I'm going to ...
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Dec 23 '09 |
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It Contains Some Unexpected Surprises Amongst Its Overlong Jammy Tunes by starcollector Pros: There's some surprisingly good songs that you wouldn't expect Young do have even attempted.
Cons: There wasn't a good reason for those two 10 minute tracks to be so long. (Disclaimer: Those looking for a brief description of the album will find what their looking for in the "Review Body" section. The section titled "Track Reviews" is meant only for those who want to read detailed descriptions of the songs, and ...
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Dec 23 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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D.N.A.: Drastically Neutral Apathy? No? by insomniac1587 Pros: Mario takes some chances and produces a handful of intriguing songs
Cons: Mario still has no personality and follows current trends a little too closely Mario is one of those singers that I have a love-hate relationship with. Coming onto the scene in the early part of the decade with fresh cornrows and a corny song that leaned heavily on Biz Markie's Just a Friend, it was easy to write the then-15 ...
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Dec 22 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Well Produced Blandness by starcollector Pros: "Urgent" and "Night Life" are pretty good.
Cons: The rest is a snooze-fest. (Disclaimer: Those looking for a brief description of the album will find what their looking for in the "Review Body" section. The section titled "Track Reviews" is meant only for those who want to read detailed descriptions of the songs, and ...
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Dec 22 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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A Real Treat from The Chipmunks! by bonnieleigh Pros: Adorable story and surprisingly non-irritating music! Perfect length for this (32 min).
Cons: None that I can find! This CD is in the form of a story narrated by Santa Claus (I recognized his voice right away) with - ahem - help from the Chipmunks. Santa says he's going to tell the story about Rudolph the red-nosed reaindeer (which song is not included in the ...
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Dec 22 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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An Unusual Collection of Singers; Same-Old Same-Old Songs by bonnieleigh Pros: Mix of common and infrequently-collected male vocalists.
Cons: Mostly tired old songs and typical arrangements. This is a rather eclectic collection of singers performing traditional holiday music. There seem to be hundreds of collections featuring Dean, Frank and Bing, but not many of those include Dick Haymes and Nelson Eddy! It's kinda worth it just ...
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Dec 22 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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thevoid99's Top 50 Songs of 2009 (Pt. 1: 50-26) by thevoid99 With everyone creating play lists for favorite songs into their iPod, there's always a song for ...
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Dec 22 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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