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Watercolors: Enjoyable Early Pat Metheny by Horswispr Pros: excellent early Metheny
Cons: some tunes too mellow for driving I-80 through Nebraska or Iowa Watercolors was Pat Metheny's second album. It came out in 1977 and featured Eberhard Weber on bass, Lyle Mays on keyboards, and Dan Gottlieb on drums. It is an album of dreamy contemporary jazz music that is largely acoustic (as compared to electric) ...
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Dec 01 '08 |
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Sit in a circle facing the sun by GregRadiohead Pros: A few songs are good
Cons: Phish's worst studio album; bland Even though it wasn't the 'true' last Beatles album, it was hard to resist peering into Let It Be for hidden or overt messages. Paul wasn't dead, OK, but the band was...and why?? First there was the title, a kind of off-hand remark to fans: ...
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Dec 01 '08 |
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????????? by glvrican Pros: Pop masterpieces, A-list producers
Cons: Britney's presence or lack thereof I'm hurt. I'm caught in between of how many stars BLACKOUT should get. Yeah, it's the best Britney album she has ever put out... But where is she on this record? Where's the voice we all know? It's like a robot trying to impersonate Brit was put ...
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Dec 01 '08 |
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Disappointing Choices for This Christmas Collection by carstairs38 Pros: Fun arrangements of good songs
Cons: I'm disappointed they didn't include more originals. This is a tough review for me to write. I love most of the songs on Tennessee Christmas. I have loved some of them for years. But this disc could have been so much more.Let me see if I can explain.Tennessee ...
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Dec 01 '08 |
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Melissa Etheridge Sings About What It Is Like To Be Melissa Etheridge On "The Awakening!" by wlswarts Pros: Some interesting lyrics, A few good songs (instrumentally)
Cons: Too self-referential up front, Vocally unimpressive for Melissa Etheridge One of the weaknesses, I suppose, of my listening to an album eight times before reviewing it (at least!) is that the songs that annoy me on the first couple spinnings sometimes wear me down so I am less sick of them by the time I get around to my ...
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Dec 01 '08 |
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Sonorously Borodina (Olga Borodina: Arias) by smorg Pros: Borodina's sonic river of flowing magma. Everything is at least well sung.
Cons: She sings the bloody arias bloodlessly well. Balance favors the voice a bit too much. Even though there is an embrarassment of richness in the current crop of lyric mezzo sopranos, a solid dramatic mezzo soprano who can do the Verdi and the dramatic French repertoire justice is hard to come by. Among the not so many gracing our operatic ...
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Dec 01 '08 |
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One Night In The Florida Keys by pmills1210 Pros: Two fine songs from John Mellencamp
Cons: May be more geared toward Mellencamp completists From 1979-1996, John (Cougar) Mellencamp scored a number of hit singles on the Billboard charts. While many of his early songs were straightforward rock numbers, he has also mixed rural and soul elements to give his work a distinctive signature. The last ...
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Nov 30 '08 |
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Whitey and everyone else is on the Moon by tiger62x Pros: Brilliance in prose, style and pre-cursor to today's rap.
Cons: Offensive, very offensive, to many people. I first heard Gil Scott Heron in the 1970's. Granted I was too young to run out in the streets and join any type of revolution. However I realized the power of his words, and the power of words in general. The power of words, which could be brutal, but ...
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Nov 30 '08 |
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A Weird Little Soundtrack Album by starcollector Pros: The folky stuff is really pretty nice!
Cons: A lot of this grows tedious... 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 30 '08 |
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RUTH BROWN: THE QUEEN OF RHYTHM AND BLUES by mike.holmes Pros: The voice and majesty of a true Queen-Ruth Brown along with great musicians
Cons: Too little variety for my tastes but still great I have been a fan of jazz my entire life but I also love other genres such as R & B, Blues and other offshoots of jazz. Actually, it's really difficult to say which music is an "offshoot" of another music. The basis of jazz certainly ...
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Nov 30 '08 |
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Do It 2 Me, Janet! by tjhassecrets Pros: Amazing production; catchy; better than Damita Jo.
Cons: A bit of a one-note album. Following the career damaging Superbowl incident, mega pop icon Janet Jackson's Damita Jo was more or less forgotten in the media frenzy-- aside from that, it's just her worst album to date. Proving that Ms. Janet can still make a crowd work, she ...
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Nov 30 '08 |
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In the Evenings of Regret (Grace Cathedral Park): Pick an Adjective ... or Two by MiDoyle Pros: It's a trip and a half.
Cons: Not for funerals, weddings, divorces, and other emotional engagements. The German word for ethereal is ätherisch*; meaning "light, delicate, spiritual." I suspect other words are just as fine, including subtle, refined, rare, intangible, and tenuous, but I like the German word for its added mystery. I'm ...
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Nov 30 '08 |
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If You Love The Stones, You'll Probably Want It by starcollector Pros: You get to hear how the Stones sounded live.
Cons: The sound quality is a bit murky, and females are screaming very very loudly. 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 30 '08 |
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Comatose: A Lifeboat In The Stormy Waters Of Life by curryjacket14  Pros: Great message,the vocals,artwork.
Cons: Songs seem to have similar messages,"Say Goodbye." *First off, I want to say I'm gonna be using Divad23's system of granding songs. By that, I mean the thing where he shows how much he thinks each song is worth. I'm giving full credit to him, I didn't invent it. Now, on to the review:I'm ...
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Nov 30 '08 |
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Olivia Newton-John's Back On Track With Grace & Gratitude~ by jankp Pros: lovely, meditative music with spiritual lyrics; lyrics and message included in booklet
Cons: nothing to mention I hadn't heard an Olivia Newton-John album since Let's Get Physical back in the 80s and while I loved it, I just didn't follow her ensuing career like many other artists I lost track of until recently. Recently a friend loaned me Olivia's 2007 ...
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Nov 30 '08 |
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If this is the Circus, then Britney's the clown. by tjhassecrets Pros: Maybe it'll kill her career once and for all.
Cons: Production, lyrics, sound, voice, obnoxiousness-levels. Britney Spears and Christina Aguliera were the 1990s answer to Tiffany and Debbie Gibson-- and unlike those two, both of them managed to stay in the spotlight. Eventually outgrowing the teeny-bopper sound, both women went on to create successful dance ...
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Nov 30 '08 |
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BOZ SKAGGS' "SPEAK LOW": SENSITIVE RETURN TO THE CLASSICS by mike.holmes Pros: Tremendous singing, musicianship, arranging of truly wonderful songs
Cons: None Boz Skaggs was born William Royce Skaggs in 1943 in Canton, Ohio. He was dubbed "Bosley" in school which was shortened to Boz. He started playing guitar at 12 and teamed up with Steve Miller (and Ben Sidran) in the 60's. ...
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Nov 30 '08 |
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AC/DC, Black Ice Tour, TD Banknorth Garden, 11/9/08 by MattA75 As the animated intro video started, we are transported down a train track and into a tunnel. ...
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Nov 30 '08 |
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Celebratory Songs in the Slough of Slang by bethesdalily Pros: Excellent compilation of a number of classic worship songs.
Cons: Name of series; some weak songs; order on recording. ONE GOOD THING ABOUT FOOTBALL! &nb
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Now, if you already happen to enjoy televised sports, I have already plunged myself into tempestuous, controversial waters. Yet, I must explain to all of my readers what I see when the ...
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Nov 30 '08 |
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T.I. Becomes a Self-Help Guru by cashclay Pros: Generally good guests, T.I. remains an impressive technical rapper.
Cons: Disappointing production, lyrics aren't always believable. Suggesting that T.I.'s career has floundered would be exaggeratory—after all, the Atlanta emcee has released two platinum-selling albums and earned a handful of Grammy nominations in less than two years. Very few of even the most successful ...
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Nov 30 '08 |
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With "Games" This Dreary, You'd Be Surprised Fleetwood Mac Had A "Future" by floatingcity Pros: Everything is passable, 'atmospheric' fluff.
Cons: There are no moments of interesting instrumentation or melody. In keeping with what was rapidly becoming Fleetwood Mac’s unofficial mantra (“another year, another interpersonal disaster”), February 1971 saw the band deal with the abrupt departure of its guitarist Jeremy Spencer, who “went out for a magazine” one day ...
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Nov 30 '08 |
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TED SIROTA'S REBEL SOULS: REBELS WITH A CAUSE by mike.holmes Pros: Imaginative songs which provoke feelings of protest-excellent musicianship
Cons: Some songs a little too discordant Recently, I purchased a CD which featured jazz songs from various artists on the Delmark Label over a 55 year period. One of the bands on the album was Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls and the song featured was from this 2004 album, "Breeding ...
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Nov 29 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Different Cover, Same album by glvrican Pros: "Anticipating" and "That's Where You Take Me"
Cons: "I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman" sucks! First of all, I'd just like to point out that this is not the real cover of BRITNEY. The real cover of the album is actually blue, with Britney putting her hands between her legs, as if preparing to masturbate in a couple of minutes. THAT'S THE ...
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Nov 29 '08 |
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808s Starring Kanye West As The Heartbreak Kid by roheblius Pros: Impeccable production, interesting theme
Cons: Overuse of auto-tune, Kanye's not a good singer I don't think I'm going out on a limb by saying that Kanye West's new album, 808s & Heartbreak, is the single most polarizing commercial release of the year. And that's even with the new Guns and Roses release that's hit the market as ...
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Nov 29 '08 |
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You'd Be Wise to Check This One Out by PacManY2J Pros: Catchy but heavy southern metal
Cons: ::: North Carolina southern metalers Corrosion of Conformity followed up their most successful album, 1994's Deliverance, with another fantastic effort, their '96 album Wiseblood. In support of that album, C.O.C. toured with ...
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Nov 29 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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