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Live at Shea Stadium: 13 Oct 1982/Remastered/Special Edition

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by: Clash

Release Date October 06, 2008
The problem with the Shea Stadium gig was that they were supporting a stadium rock band (The Who) and, thus, concentrated on some of their more audience-friendly tracks.

The best live Clash track I have ever heard is Complete Control. Other great lives songs include White Man In Hammersmith Palais, London's Burning and Capital Radio. None of which feature here.

Although there are some great Clash songs on here, and some are better than on the second half of From Here To Eternity, this does not represent the best of the Clash live.

To get a true picture of what the Clash were like live, you'd probably need the first half of From Here To Eternity, mixed with a random selection of tracks from this CD.
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So Who's Paranoid?

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by: Damned

Release Date November 10, 2008
Move over John Terry - there is only one Captain! However, this is really a band album, which is, I suspect, where the strength lies. The old guard come up trumps as ever. Some classic guitar and great vocals. (Could any other singer deliver a Damned number that would even come close to Mr Vanian's vocals?.)
Yes, there are echoes of Strawberries/ Phantasmagoria and the brilliant Black Album, but this sits right up there with these works and doesn't sound dated. What takes it to another level is the combination of great drumming, strong bass lines and Monty's keyboards added to Dave and Captain's talents. Despite the depth and variety the songs gel together and - there are NO fillers and NO duds.
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The '59 Sound

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by: Gaslight Anthem

Release Date August 18, 2008
There are a few outstanding tracks on this album. The rest of the songs are of a good standard, making this an altogether very listenable album. There is really nothing bad to say. I would recomend that you buy it. But that's it. There is nothing groundbreaking or any real sparks of genius here. It's just good time roll n rock. The story telling is good, with extra cheesy lyrics chucked in for good measure. I imagine this disc will stand the test of time, that's always a good thing.

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The Very Best Of The Jam

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by: The Jam

Release Date June 18, 1999
Whatever people tell me about the ramones: i always say that these guys defined punk music. Still today The Jam is a classic band that will always have a place in my album collection. This CD however is overdoing everything. Punk rock albums are usually very short and having to listen to 20 songs that do all sound extremely simmilar can get tedious. More than this I believe that punk bands very designed for live performances: they had a great attitude to live acts which made them amazing to listen to. The CD takes the heart out of this genre and for that i mark it down. Also there are a few songs could have done without.
81/100

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Puzzle

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by: Biffy Clyro

Release Date June 04, 2007
On the front of this album is a sticker which proclaims 'this band will change your life'. Hmmmm. Not really though will they. Not in a Stones, Beatles, Dylan, Hendrix, Stone Roses, Smiths, Oasis kind of way. Typical Radio 1/NME hyperbole. This band is average at best. I wanted to like it but couldn't bring myself to. Now, I'm a sucker for long hair and beards on any rock band, that coupled with all the hype and the fact that I had some spare HMV vouchers to burn I thought I'd give this a try. I put the cd in with great expectation. The first song started up, with it's sudden bursts of guitar seemingly out of no where, I actually thought the cd was skipping because it seemed to go on forever. Not a good start. I excused that first faux pas and moved swiftly on, ... Read More:

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Appeal To Reason

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by: Rise Against

Release Date October 02, 2008
Yes its a bit more of a mainstream approach but i still love it, Its less experimental than The sufferer and the witness, but personally i have all of their albums on shuffle with some protest the hero and sometimes i find it hard to think what album they are off just listening to it, Best album by them personally.

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Greatest Hits

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by: Blondie

Release Date October 21, 2002
Excellent CD well put together compilation of Hits - great to listen to well worth buying.

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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars: Remastered

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by: David Bowie

Release Date September 06, 1999
In my opinion, this is one of the greatest albums ever recorded. I first heard it in 1972 (after Starman had got into the charts) and never looked back - been a bowie fan ever since. Bowie's best album still. It contains classics such as Moonage Daydream and Suffragette City and the Spiders never sounded better. Every track is superb, even the oddly sounding 'It ain't easy' penned by Ron Davies (surely not the same Ron Davies who played for Southampton?. It also seems to have a very intimate feel to it, i.e. the production is so clear its almost like being in the studio with the musicians.
Says on the album sleeve 'To be played at maximum volume'- indeed it should, all across the land!

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American Idiot: Parental Advisory

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by: Green Day

Release Date September 20, 2004
this one not half as good as their old albums
if you're someone who hasnt heard of their early work such as dookie, nimrod and all that and who's into emo/"rock" then go ahead and buy it
if not go and buy something alse
try "the holy bible"

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Pretty. Odd.

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by: Panic At The Disco

Release Date March 24, 2008
... says the opening track of their new album! Well, they may be the same band, but the sound is very different to the amazing 'A fever you can't sweat out'.

Pretty Odd has a more mainstream, polished feel to it - some may say that they've sold out, and have lost that uniqueness that made them so fresh and exciting just a couple of years ago, but I would say that although different, it's not necessarily a bad thing.

It took me a few listens before it grew on me (but then so did the first album) but after the 3rd or 4th time, it really started to get me, and now it's a constant companion on the journey to work - its amazing!

Just don't write them off being giving it a chance, or you may just live to regret it...