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Anne McArthur - 3/16/2011
My husband got me this CD for Christmas and its fantastic! 3 of the songs you will know straight off, Whats my name, only girl in the world and love the way you lie with Eminem. The others you will sing along to after only hearing them once, they are just so catchy! My husband always sings only girl in the world really loud and it still makes me laugh every time, (secretly I think he bought it for me so he can do this). Well worth it, buy this CD!
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Saahirah - 3/12/2011
The website is really good and easy to use. The delivery service is amazing. It's really fast and speedy and the thing you ordered just comes in a few days which is amazing.
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William McIntyre - 2/27/2011
Amazingly good value at the full price, but reduced price is unbelievable. Terrific selection of old hits, Scottish music, TV and film themes. Recommended.
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Josh Frankpitt - 2/22/2011
Eminem gives one of his best perfmances on this track, all his old stuff meaning he's younger, more violent and the same amount of talent. His live performance of Stan with Elton John really makes you just want to hear the sheer voice of the two best musicians. Also includes his best songs, this cd is eminems finest!
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Josh Frankpitt - 2/22/2011
This birmingham based band surely give their best performace in this album with songs that truly make you see sense. The electro style really makes you believe what the song means. "in the hours after" is a must listen too, but the only downfall with this album is that the best song in my opinion doesnt last long enough. But all in all a great album and well worth the money!
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Josh.Frankpitt - 2/22/2011
This rock like band are really good for any 30H!3 lovers or any Midnight Beast lovers bringing their own style to the music. With the hit song "shake it" comes a huge range of great tracks, a great buy for any young rocker!
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Gareth - 2/21/2011
As a long time Weller fan I was really looking forward to the release of this album, with the hype surrounding it and his nomination for a Mercury music prize.
However, I am very disappointed in the album on so many levels. The music, the lyrics and the fact that it appears to be a walking contradiction. It states in the sleeve notes for the album that a theme or criteria for the album at the time of recording was for the album to sound 'urban', therefore no acoustic instumentation was used, helping to create a more harsh sound. However certain songs do not sound 'urban' at all, such as 'Aim High', 'No Tears to Cry' and 'Pieces of Dream' to name a few.
The other contrdiction is that Weller stated that he didn't have any lyrics at the time recording commenced (which, I believe shows)and that he wanted to say something profound with this album as modern mainstream music has lost its way, has nothing to say for itself and doesn't stand for anything.I think this album says even less. Its not really clear what any one song is really about. I was expecting some agressive, passionate subject matter as per The Jam, however this falls a long way short of capturing anything like that.
With statements such as this, the lyrical peak of the album, on the title track 'Wake Up The Nation'cannot be sentences such as "Gonna wake up the nation, don't be no drag, wake up the nation and out of their hands'. If this is the crowning glory of meaningful lyrics then unfortunatly it may be time for Mr. Weller to step down and let someone else have a shot, they can't do much worse.
Musically in places I think the album sounds a mess, in places the changes from verse, chorus or middle eight sound clunky and mismatched. Perhaps this makes it 'urban'? I beleive that Weller should stick to what he does and knows best, albums such as 'Paul Weller' through to 'As Is Now'.
I have listened to this album now, several times and can only listen to a few tracks at a time as thats all I can take in one sitting. With the announcment that Weller maybe contemplating the release of another album this year and maybe going more avant-garde, I think these are going to be worrying times for the Weller fans that are not so keen on this album.
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Anna Carrington - 2/20/2011
This CD is really great the first fre times you listen, it's educational and relaxing. The first track is quite interesting and with hillarys relaxing voice, I listen while I'm getting ready to sleep and then listen to the real track when I go to sleep.
The most annoying thing, is that after the first track, the second starts very loudly and if you've drifted off, you are brutally awakened!
but overall, great for relaxation.
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Alex Thomas - 2/16/2011
This is Poison at their rawest right back in 1986 with the big time anthems mixed with ballads and a nice cheeky dose of sleaze and you are right back on Sunset Strip.
Although the album is a great listen from beginning to end, the highlights are mainly the hits 'Cry Tough', 'I Won't Forget You', 'I Want Action' and 'Talk Dirty To Me'. But the title track is up their with the greats with its very own tale of rock 'n' roll debauchery.
All in all, LOOK WHAT THE CAT DRAGGED IN moves you nicely into 1988's OPEN UP AND SAY...AAHH!
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Alex Thomas - 2/11/2011
I came to the party late when I bought this album back in 1998. I had previously bought 'Flesh & Blood' (on tape) and therefore decided to give the greatest hits a try and what a phenomenal album. So much so that I had to buy their other albums.
For me this is Poison at their best with all the big tracks from opener 'Nothing But A Good Time' to newer tracks 'Sexual Thing' and 'Lay Your Body Down'. For me my favourite track, out of all the hits and the glam, is still 'Stand' because of its positive message it brings with it.
All in all a great buy if ever there was one and one great album at your finger tips. You will find you will be playing this CD over and over again and probably humming along with your feet tapping.
Buy this album and you will most definitely not be disappointed!
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Joshua Stephenson - 2/9/2011
James Blake's debut comes after a year of building hype with some astonishing EP releases; the jazz-dub styling's of CMYK and the piano driven Klavierwerke. Both showed off Blake's ability to cross in the best elements of dubstep with his classical training and on his debut everything comes together to make one of the first great releases of 2011.
The lead single that prompted much of the hype 'Limit To Your Love' has lost none of its impact here, a cover of a song by Feist, it starts with a simple piano score which Blake slowly croons over, but gradually adds gentle electronic sounds over a infectious snare line interspersed with periods of eerie silence. It is a truly great lead single, but it is the album openers that really set the tone of the album. 'Unluck' starts off slowly Blake's voice cracking over periods of silence mixed with an infectious beat, but build towards an electronic epic swamping Blake's vocal underneath it. While 'The Wilhelm Scream' is a shoe-in for the next single, Blake softly singing, "I'm falling, falling, falling. Might as well fall in" it's a gentle song with simple electronics buzzing around it and it is staggeringly beautiful.
In fact simplicity is the key ingredient to this album. Many songs feature just one repeating line, but Blake has the ability to make no element of the song feel unnecessary. Every electronic bleep, every snare rhythm and every period of silence feels essential and gives the album a sparse, over-worldly feel to it. This is epitomised on album closer 'Measurements' which consists of Blake's multi-layered vocals repeating over minimalistic bass notes and long periods of silence singing "Crease your pride, telling lies, that you're not on your own".
There are certainly issues with Blake's debut though, songs like 'Give Me My Month' and ' Why Don't You Call Me?', although pleasant, come and go quickly without making too much of an impact and feel underdeveloped. Also Blake's songwriting can leave a little to be desired with basic, nonsensical at times, lyrics that fit well with the tone of the album, but will have to improve if Blake is to continue his development as an artist.
Ultimately Blake's debut is a difficult album to get into with only the Bon Iver esque 'Lindisfarne I + II' offering any easy access, but if given time all the tiny facets of the album begin to open themselves up to you and it becomes an essential listen. So turn down the lights, stick some headphones on and let yourself be immersed in the soothing sounds that Blake has crafted.
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Kathryn - 2/2/2011
I thoroughly enjoyed watching Emma's Imagination on Sky 1's Must Be The Music and was over the moon that she won. Her voice was something else and her lyrics the kind that can tansport you out of the mundane and into something a little more exciting. She has really got a handle on how to deliver escapism for her listeners. I downloaded both of her competition tracks during the live semi-finals and found them creeping on to my i-pod with increasing regularity. And then, finally, the anticipation was over and I had access to a whole album... And there, for me at least, the fairytale ends. The beauty of Emma's Imagination came from the raw energy of Emma and her guitar, which seemed on TV almost an extension of her. But the album has been engineered to the point that Emma's uniqueness has been obliterated and even her voice doesn't sound as good; in fact, there are a couple of tracks where I'm fairly certain she's out of tune. I would quite happily have stopped on a windy, rainy, dismal Glasgow street to listen to Emma as she busked. I probably would even have thrown money in her hat (or guitar case or whatever!), but this album is not one that I would even stop scrolling down a playlist for. Perhaps if I hadn't seen the show and witnessed the startling potential, I wouldn't have been so disappointed...
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sarah allcoat - 1/31/2011
Having loved their first album To Lose A Life immensely, I bought this album with trepidation, ready to be disappointed. I wasn't. It does have much more of an eighties sound ( I've heard people citing Duran Duran as a band it sounds similar to), but I personally can't get that. My personal favourite tracks are "Holy Ghost" And the single " Bigger Than Us". I enjoy the whole album the more I listen to it, so I would say it is a grower and am looking forward to catching them played live at the festivals this Summer.
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Christopher - 1/28/2011
This, the ninth volume in Bob Dylan's bootleg series, brings together the first official release of forty-seven demos recorded for music publishers Witmark & Sons between 1962 and 1964.
It is said to have been an adage in the music industry at the time that singers come and go but songs are forever, and it is due to the belief in this adage that these demos came to be recorded. Never intended for public release, they were created as a guideline for other artists of the time from which they would create and record their own cover versions, hence the countless covers of early Dylan material including The Byrds version of Mr. Tambourine Man released in 1965, and included here as a Dylan demo.
Other songs include previously unreleased versions of 'Blowin' In The Wind,' 'A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall,' 'Tomorrow Is A Long Time,' 'Girl From The North Country,' 'When The Ship Comes In,' and 'The Times They Are A-Changin.' Together with fifteen songs previously unreleased in any form including 'Ballad For A Friend' and 'The Death Of Emmett Till.'
Collectively these demos portray a young Dylan (all songs were recorded before he had turned 24) still raw and still growing into himself but with moments of the sheer brilliance that would ensure his place in the pantheon of great contemporary musicians which he holds today. There exists, however, a doubt that this is an album for those who do not have an ardent interest in Bob Dylan and his music. But for those that do, this album is certainly a must.
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Gareth - 1/27/2011
A powerful and strong opener to the 10th Studio album from the Manics, with the first single '(it's not war) just the end of love', and a great guitar song, taking the listener back to those days of an 'Everything Must Go' (1996). The second song 'Postcards from a young man', to be there second single, again, a strong guitar song with a catchy lead guitar solo and chorus just making you want to sing along. Ian McCulloch makes an appearance on 'Some Kind of Nothingness' in a duet with James Dean Bradfield, a long time hero of the band, another classic guitar song with beautiful orchestration. After listening the 'The Descent' it becomes apparent that the Manics seem to be back at their best but have learned not to draw our songs for longer than required, as they did on the follow up album to 'Everything Must Go', 'This is My Truth Tell Me Yours'. These songs seemed to have been worked out perfectly in their length and format. 'Hazelton Avenue'. 'Auto-intoxication' and 'Golden Platitudes' follow in much the same vain, a re freshed and energised sounding Manics. 'I Think I Found it' is an early favourite due to the use, of what appears to be the sound of a mandolin? Nicky Wire the bass player and lyricist of the band takes over on lead vocals for 'The Future has been here 4ever' and doesn't do to bad a job of it.
I would say this is a very strong manic album and a good and pleasurable run through with relative ease as in the past sometimes the Manics albums can become hard work to get through. This album is in no way ground breaking or anything new but if you like this sort of music and this sort of band then this album is a must.
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BERNARD VINCENT JACKSON - 1/20/2011
BOUGHT THIS ALBUM ON ITS RELEASE I985 ON CASSETTE IT BLEW ME AWAY HAD IT IN MY WALKMAN FOR WEEKS , SINCE HAVE PURCHASED IT ON CD ON STILL SRIKES A CORD HINES IS BEST LOADS OF VARIETY , BEST REGARDS BERNIEX
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Jon Pick - 1/17/2011
A great album
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Noel Breaks - 1/12/2011
When i first saw the trailer For Tron, the music was the biggest lasting impression about the thing, i'd read that Daft Punk were doing the soundtrack and from that point in i knew i was getting this Cd when it came out.and i wasn't disappointed
On first listen i was expecting the 'Daft Punk sound' of beats and scrambled sounds etc, but it was quite mellowed down, which suprised me alot. the marriage of Orchestral work and electronic work is excellent, neither over bear the other and gel very well on all the tracks, i do say with it being moslty incidental music and some tracks being short 1 minute - 1 minute 30 kind of times it is best to listen all the way through and i wouldn't skip any tracks as it flows very well as an album.
All in all after Daft Punks static last album this is a giant step forward, i hope they continue down this path and experiment.
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Lisa Gilmore - 1/11/2011
I had never heard of this singer until one day the cd was playing in my fathers car when he picked me up. Since then I bought my own copy of the cd and have fallen in love with it! Rumers voice is so hypnotic and soothing that it is incredible. She gives off a great passion in her singing and every song on the album just gets better and better. I recommend this amazing talent to everyone!
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David Hazel - 1/11/2011
guardians' best album since nightfall in middle earth, much better than their previous effort (a twist in the myth), this album seems a lot more like classic BG, a couple of tracks sounding like their very early days, and most along the same lines as NIME. the first and last tracks even have full orchestras on, and they are fantastic tracks, well worth buying just for these alone. even the packaging of the limited edition is awesome, with a fold out pyramid type thing with the album artwork on, looks brilliant. 5 stars