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Randy Newman's musical essays on the way life is in America... by knotheadusc Pros: Some hilarious songs. Some sweet love songs. You'll read the lyrics.
Cons: Dark humor that not everyone will get or appreciate. Short. Whenever there's a giftworthy occasion involving me and my husband, Bill, I can pretty much count on getting some kind of music to add to my enormous CD collection. Recently, we celebrated six years of marriage. As expected, he presented me with a couple ...
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Nov 23 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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A Scatter-Shot Album With Three Great Songs by starcollector Pros: "Get Off Of My Cloud," "I'm Free" and "As Tears Go By" are unforgettable.
Cons: The rest is basically forgettable. 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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Nov 22 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Diamond Daydreams Before MC by sj1and0 Pros: She pushes out her voice and really lets out some beautiful notes
Cons: None! There is nothing I enjoy more than listening to the voice of my favorite singer, Mariah Carey, caress my ears with her glittery voice. I always expect to hear great things from her. What I like about her voice is the way that she can take the lyrics and ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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40 Years Later, The White Album Still Rocks by thevoid99 Pros: Production, Performance, Variety of Styles, Instrumentation, Guest Appearances, Vocals, & Lyrics.
Cons: None. 1968 was a year of unbridled chaos that changed the world. The year before was about peace and love at the time of the Vietnam War. That changed as the Vietnam War peaked in its ugliness and despair. Around the world, that chaos was going around ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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This one is for the Arch Angels. A Cook fan gives props. by Monnie1976 Pros: Nice voice, good songs, very little bad to say about this debut
Cons: A couple of songs are a beautiful shade of forgettable From the very moment David Archuleta took the stage on American Idol it was clear the kid was going places. While I was pulling for the other David who eventually would be the winner (and released his album last week) I certainly wasn’t pulling ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Dark Horse: Nope: This is a Favorite Right Out of the Gate by rmthunter Pros: A slight shift in sound, the same solid music-making.
Cons: Probably one or two, if I really think about it. I get a lot of flak at work because I'm crazy for Nickelback. There are a lot of musicians at work, most of whom have bands and most of whom play (and live) the local club scene in Chicago. Their focus is, not surprisingly, on what's going on ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Even Rick Rubin Couldn't Squeeze a Classic Out of Linkin Park by PacManY2J Pros: Increased maturity; high production value; Shinoda's rapping
Cons: Bennington's constipated screams We knew big things were in store for Linkin Park's long awaited third album Minutes to Midnight when they enlisted Rick Rubin as producer. They were clearly determined to rise above the rap-metal sub-genre they managed to outlast and ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Power Metal from Germany! Blind Guardian - A Twist in the Myth by shopaholic_man Pros: Hansi's vocals, the overall grand epic sound of the band.
Cons: I have to get my friend to lend me some other stuff by Blind Guardian! Not since The Scorpions have I had so much fun listening to German Heavy Metal. (Sorry, Rammstein, industrial metal doesn't do it for me). One of the many metal albums my friend lent to me for listening and review was A Twist in the Myth ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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One Of The Better "Live" Experiences, Janis Ian's "Live: Working Without A Net" Works! by wlswarts Pros: Wonderful lyrics, Some truly vibrant performances, Interesting interstitials.
Cons: "Live" conceits, Few songs I'd trade out for others "Live" albums suffer pretty mercilessly at the hands of my pen. I'm up front about that. despite how great most concerts can be and the way there is an energy in the room, often it does not get transferred to the compact discs made of the shows. In ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Death Metal from Sweden! Dissection - The Somberlain by shopaholic_man Pros: An early influential death metal album.
Cons: Nothing really stands out here, a certain sameness to most songs. I grew up with old school heavy metal. Bands from England like Led Zeppelin for whom the term was coined, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath. I also went through the heavy metal explosion of the 80's home grown in the States ranging from Van Halen and ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Gypsy Kinks by silktempest Pros: Eclectic
Cons: for the sake of eclecticism NY-based gypsy jugband GOGOL BORDELLO delivers an uneasy mix of JETHRO TULL telluric ambition and MANO NEGRA eclecticism bursting through borders. The rather singular approach meant gypsy music was once again present under the Pop radar but differing ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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BEN SIDRAN'S "MR. P'S SHUFFLE": A MASTERFUL JAZZ ALBUM by mike.holmes Pros: Wonderful singing, playing on a wide variety of great songs
Cons: Couldn't find one I've been listening to Ben Sidran and playing his music on my radio show for years but this is my first review of one of his albums. Sidran is truly a Renaissance man. He is an accomplished author of three books ("Black Talk", "Talking Jazz", ...
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Nov 21 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Styx Goes Robo by starcollector Pros: "Mr. Roboto" is a highly enjoyable, iconic '80s song.
Cons: Everything else sucks, basically. 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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Nov 21 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Does Sasha Fierce Turn Out To Be A Sasha Farce? by speeddemon531 Pros: There are a handful of good songs to be found here.
Cons: Those good songs are almost buried under mediocre material and a dumb concept. I want to like Beyonce. Really I do. She's fantastic looking. She has a fantastic voice. However, over the course of four Destiny's Child albums and now three solo albums, she's mostly struck me as the musical equivalent of a ton of pretty wrapping paper ...
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Nov 21 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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A Wholesome Masterpiece by starcollector Pros: The melodies are good, the lyrics are thoughtful and the vocal performances are moving.
Cons: Nada. 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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Nov 21 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Nobody Ever Told You Baby, How It's Going to Be (Illusion II) by thevoid99 Pros: Production, Arrangements, Performance, Slash's Solos, Vocals, & Lyrical Themes.
Cons: Some Might Feel the Record is Bloated & My World. Use Your Illusion IIThe second part of the record begins with Strother Martin's speech about authority from the 1967 Stuart Rosenberg classic film Cool Hand Luke that would lead to the song Civil War. With its ...
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Nov 21 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Don't You Cry Tonight, I Still Love Ya Baby (Illusion I) by thevoid99 Pros: Production, Arrangements, Performance, Attitude, Slash's Solos, Vocals, & Lyrical Themes.
Cons: Some Might Feel the Entire Double Album is a Bit Bloated & My World. When Guns N' Roses emerged in 1987 with their debut album Appetite for Destruction, the album marked the beginning of the end for the hair-metal genre as they arrived as the new bad boys of rock. Led by its volatile yet unpredictable vocalist ...
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Nov 21 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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The Buzz About Bombadil by Bounty628 Pros: The impressive folk rock undertones are clearly evident.
Cons: Psychedelic rock twangs at time seem out of place. We have all done some pretty crazy things in college and some of us have even tried to get a band off the ground. Though often times starting a band usually is the result more of excessive Keystone Lights rather than any musical talent, it is always ...
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Nov 21 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Alison Brown's Evergreen: A New Christmas Tradition by Bounty628 Pros: This album will turn into an annual Christmas tradition.
Cons: None. We have perhaps all had the same dream as Alison Brown in one form or another. Pack it all away at the corporate desks we occupy, leave it all behind and head off into a whole new world of doing something you perhaps never dreamed possible. Brown ...
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Nov 21 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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A Vastly Under Appreciated Gem by starcollector Pros: The melodies are catchy, and the new wave is fun.
Cons: Nothing, really... a few songs were slightly weak. 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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Nov 21 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Sometimes Forgotten Idols Make the Best Albums by ian2813 Pros: Catchy, fun, wholesome pop-country
Cons: Probably won't appeal to those looking for something edgy If you're a longtime "American Idol" fan, or a newer fan who watched the last edition of "American Idol Rewind", you're probably familiar with a contestant named Carmen Rasmusen. She was the youngest finalist from Season 2, noted for her wholesome ...
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Nov 20 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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I Got Some Satisfaction... by starcollector Pros: The Stones originals are not only improving, but they're iconic.
Cons: There are still plenty of sloppy, uninspired moments. 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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Nov 20 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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It's like one of those bad dreams when you can't wake up by glvrican Pros: The album contradicts itself, P!nk's vocals are still enjoyable
Cons: Lots of loss and little fun, P!nk's game is lowered for radio success "It's like one of those bad dreams...when you can't up"That is one of the lines in the second verse of the goopy yet emotional ballad "I Don't Believe You," which sets the trend that is FUNHOUSE. A fun house is just that, a bad ...
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Nov 20 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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The King of the Blues Gives One More Lesson by tanta08 Pros: Suberbly crafted blues from a master
Cons: That B.B. can't put out music like this for another 50 years Of course it’s rather obvious to say, but B.B. King has had an unbelievable career. He’s the undisputed Ambassador of the Blues to the world, he’s undoubtedly the biggest blues star the world has ever seen, and he’s put out ...
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Nov 20 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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So Far, P!nk's 4th studio album is her best work by glvrican Pros: P!nk vocals, Headbanging everywhere, Raw emotion
Cons: Maybe one too many ballads As to whether P!nk will either become a legend or a fade away artist is entirely unknown. All we do know is that, in today's pop musical landscape, P!nk is a glowing gem that none of us should dare to lose. She isn't anti-Britney but she ain't ...
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Nov 20 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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