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Church Music: The World's Funkiest Worship Service by divad23 Pros: Highly experimental, highly diverse, highly danceable, highly singable... there's little to nitpick here.
Cons: Occasional simplistic lyrics; sometimes the musical segues are a bit of an albatross. There are times when being a somewhat snarky writer with a habit of calling it like he sees it no matter what folks think of it can have a downside. It's fun to gush over something that I like, knowing I'm not being paid to express an opinion that leans ...
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Oct 28 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Queen + Paul Rodgers: Live in Ukraine ..CD/DVD by scapp70 Pros: Some surprisingly delightful new renditions of old favorites, Cosmos Rocks tunes included
Cons: Some rehash from Return of the Champions, lack of Cosmos Rocks tunes included When the perfect frontman, Freddie Mercury had died of AIDS in 1991, it closed the curtain on rock band Queen as a growing force forever. However, the show must go on, and over a decade after Freddie's passing, the remaining members (minus original ...
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Oct 28 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Linda's Two Landmark C&W/Rock Albums + A Long-Lost Single by ecn71270 Pros: Groundbreaking mix of country and rock, plus a bonus long-lost Ronstadt gem
Cons: Heavy C&W nature of the material may seem a turnoff for some In a decades-long career that has embodied such diverse styles as opera, classical art songs, the Great American Songbook, and Mexican rancheras, it can sometimes be forgotten (as it evidently has with the powers-that-be who run the Rock and Roll Hall of ...
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Oct 28 '09 |
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LOVG Grandes Exitos: Predictable but Decent Hits Collection from La Oreja de Van Gogh... by mrkstvns Pros: Great songs pulled from classic LOVG studio albums
Cons: You've heard 'em all before, and there's more you want to hear... Just like the sun rising in the morning and setting in the evening, the record industry has its own predictable timetable for releasing live albums, hits collections, and even the occasional insultingly bad remix collection. You can practically set your ...
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Oct 28 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Hear History in the Making With Simon and Garfunkel's Live 1969 by bilbopooh Pros: wonderful live tracks, a bit of banter, introduction of Bridge
Cons: only one "new" song, not very interactive Back in July, I made two startling musical discoveries. One was that Celtic Thunder had just released a new album. The other was that Simon and Garfunkel had released a "new" album as well - several months earlier. I was surprised I didn't ...
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Oct 28 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Experience Simon and Garfunkel Unplugged in Live From New York City 1967 by bilbopooh Pros: excellent performances, acoustic, sense of intimacy, Paul and Art talk a fair bit
Cons: no songs that aren't on the studio albums Back in 2002, Simon and Garfunkel released a live album from a concert that they performed at Philharmonic Hall in January of 1967. I'd never seen Simon and Garfunkel in concert, and the chances of them reuniting for a tour seemed increasingly ...
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Oct 28 '09 |
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The pinnacle of Romantic piano trio recordings by Stephen_Murray Pros: playing, vivid digital remastering
Cons: even the Schubert goes on too long for me and chamber music isn't "my thing" I'm not at all sure why I listen to so little chamber music. I listen more to solo violin, solo cello, or solo piano than I do to chamber music and much more to concerti for any of those three instruments and orchestra. I own the complete Bartók ...
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Oct 28 '09 |
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Ray LaMontagne Could Sing To Me All Day Long... by donkee Pros: LaMontagne is a talented musician; lovely songs and lyrics...
Cons: ...album tends to drag towards the middle, pacing is off. I can't speak for all women in the world, but I personally grow weak at the sound of a man with a raspy singing voice. I'm not sure what it is, but there's something so sexy about raspy, gravelly singing; something entirely primitive calls me to ...
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Oct 28 '09 |
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“The Very Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary” (Almost) Truly Is! by wlswarts Pros: Great vocals, Decent instrumentals, Good lyrics, Good duration
Cons: Well, it’s missing one song I can think of… When it comes to the enduring careers of artists who are generally acknowledged as masters in their field, a “Best Of” album usually is a huge anthology or woefully inadequate for the depth and breadth of the artist or group’s career. After all, when ...
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Oct 28 '09 |
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Tim McGraw is a Southern Voice to be heard by kirsib Pros: Always compelling voice of Tim McGraw, well produced, keeper!
Cons: Not too many standouts, they all blend in a bit for me Tim McGraw, my favorite subject. And here he is once again, offering music to push the limits with his passion and remarkable way of pulling his audience with him, which ever direction he is going. He starts wit Still, telling us how lucky he ...
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Oct 29 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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We learn dances, brand new dances-- the groundbreaking Nightclubbing LP. by tjhassecrets Pros: It's hard to ramble on about an album you have to hear first hand.
Cons: It's not quite as strong as Warm Leatherette. = I'll never write my memoirs There's nothing in book The only way you'll see me-- an art groupie I'm hooked =When I think of experimental music, I feel like Grace Jones sculpted the media more than most in the early ...
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Oct 29 '09 |
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Exploring Lyle Lovett's Natural Forces... by knotheadusc Pros: Quirky and thoughtful songs that show off the many sides of Lyle.
Cons: "It's Rock and Roll" kinda had to grow on me. It's been about two years since Lyle Lovett's last eclectic offering, It's Not Big It's Large. As someone who has grown to really appreciate Lovett's talent for mashing up genres with poetic song lyrics, I was certainly glad to see that ...
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Oct 29 '09 |
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Lionkiller Gets Merry by breakbeet Pros: Hazy and whimsical as you can get.
Cons: "Stick a needle in my eye/I'm middle class til the day I die." I won't lie; I found out about Cass McCombs through Pitchfork. His recent Catacombs was the first album I listened to. I wasn't fightened by it at all. Well, okay, maybe just a little bit.The fear behind Catacombs is kin to that which you feel in ...
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Oct 29 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Michael Jackson: This Is It (CD) by hvarmit Pros: casing, booklet of photos, unreleased demos
Cons: disk1 is full of songs we already have (minus This Is It) I couldn't decide whether or not to pre-order this CD at first, because I knew it would contain songs from previous albums, so they were songs I already had. I reasoned that the others, the "extras", could be bought off of iTunes, or even found through ...
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Oct 29 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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To Enjoy This, You Must Be “Certified,” and I Mean That in the Worst Way by mastaghostface Pros: Would have been a good instrumental album.
Cons: It's not Let me just say this: I can’t take this album seriously. I really, REALLY can’t. Everything about this album overdoes the commercial aspect of modern rap music to the point of unintentional parody. I just have to dive into this album ...
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Oct 29 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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GRANT STEWART'S GREAT TAKE ON ELLINGTON/STRAYHORN MUSIC by mike.holmes Pros: Grant Stewart's great sax playing, beautiful tone and tremendous tempo changes, great songs
Cons: Not one I was lucky to see Grant Stewart in person in Midland, Texas when he played with a group that included fellow sax player Harry Allen. This is my second review of a Grant Stewart CD and, once again, the young man from Canada (originally) has ...
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Oct 29 '09 |
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Short, But Memorable, “Peter, Paul And Mary” Gets The Band Off To A Good Start! by wlswarts Pros: Good vocals, Decent lyrics
Cons: Short, Instrumentally simple As October draws to a close, I find myself pleased with the time I spent listening to the works of Peter, Paul And Mary. The folk trio was influential on any number of folk-rock artists I listen to more regularly and before the last anthology I have to ...
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Oct 30 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Bouncin' with the Tom Tom Club. I'm feelin' it. by tjhassecrets Pros: Worth the wait.
Cons: They haven't done anything new since. = Blessed are the people When they produce a freak SHE'S A FREAK = Side-projects are soooooo weird. It's pretty odd that they ever fine true success, and experimental pop band The Tom Tom Club is certainly no exception. ...
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Oct 30 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Enter the 'Land of the Dead' with the Misfits this Halloween... by Chris_Billings Pros: Catchy horror film inspired songs. Artwork on Cover.
Cons: Second song doesn't live up to the first. The latest single, Land Of The Dead, by The Misfits has been in the works for many years now. It's the first piece of new material since Famous Monsters released in 1999. The song was originally suppose to be released ...
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Oct 30 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Keep It Under Wraps - a mummy music mix by DrFaustus Amongst all of the classic movie monsters, the Mummy occupies a unique grammatical niche. The vario ...
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Oct 31 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Teenage Girls Gone Wild! The Original All Girl Rock Group: The Runaways by shopaholic_man Pros: The Runaways debut album is so bad, it's good!
Cons: Well, not really good. Actually pretty cheesy Long before boy bands were invented, back in the early days of heavy metal, all the way back in 1975 a group of girls got together to form a rock'n'roll band. Yes, back when they were still teenagers, Joan Jett, Lita Ford, Sandy West, Micky Steel and ...
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Oct 31 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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A Swedish Psyche-Rock Extravaganza!: TA DET LUGNT by Dungen by xxxxer Pros: Mesmerizing instrumentation and composition; very, very cool record
Cons: It is in Swedish, but I don't think you'll care after a song or two During the course of my time spent in Philadelphia, I had the chance to see Swedish band Dungen twice. The first time, not knowing too much about what I was in for, I was floored by the whirlwind psychedelia that emanated from the band's PA. ...
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Oct 31 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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"Can Your Heart Stand the Shocking Soundtrack of PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE?" by xxxxer Pros: Well, it contains all the hilarity of the dialogue and sound
Cons: It's a completely pointless release Edward D. Wood, Jr.'s 1959 film Plan 9 From Outer Space has gone down in the history books as "the worst film ever made." With space ships obviously made out of plates, some priceless acting performances by the likes of former Swedish ...
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Oct 31 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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It's That Time Again... It's Time For Some Good Ol' Crud Bashin' by thevoid99 Pros: Moments of Musicianship, Moments of Performance, & Delving Outside of Their Comfort Zone a Bit.
Cons: Overproduction, Bloated Sounds, Melodramatic Lyrics, Vocals, & Stapp's Inflated Ego. Following the fallout of grunge and alternative music by 1997 amidst a wave of wannabe-grunge bands like Silverchair and Bush. A new sub-genre emerged called post-grunge. Adopting a more polished sounds that was more accessible than the sounds that ...
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Oct 31 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Paul & Linda Before Wings by pmills1210 Pros: A collection of fine songs from an unlikely musical partnership
Cons: None As the Beatles reached the end of their run as a band, their chief songwriters, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, not only married, but their wives became musical partners. Linda McCartney didn't have a background in music, but that didn't stop Paul from ...
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Oct 31 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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