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Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends

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by: Coldplay

Release Date June 12, 2008
Is it just me or is this album a little well how can I pout it "a did of a rip of". What do I mean? Well don't get me wrong I am not a massive Cold Play fan, love some songs others OK, but when listening to some of these song I just feel I have heard them before, like "42" a bit of the Beatles/John Lennon? Sorry to be sad but 27 second in Imagine? did they just copy and paste that in.

Cemeteries of London well sorry but even though I like it, it smacks of a mix between Del-Amitri and well is that a bit of good old Chris de-Burgh's Ferryman in there too?

Life in Technicolor a pretty good song but a little Kenny Chesney. I can go on as some song have bits of Genesis in the 70's. Again I say I think the Album ... Read More:

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Home Before Dark

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by: Neil Diamond

Release Date May 12, 2008
Another new release, another raft (?) of 5 star Amazon customer reviews.

Is it only me that feels that the majority of reviews on Amazon are given by die-hard fans who would give a 5 star review for a CD of their beloved artist breaking wind for 2 hours. The trouble is that this makes a mockery of the whole review process and ends up hindering rather than helping the average purchaser separating the Tom Waits CDs from the Robbie Williams CDs. The only solution I find is to look at all reviews by a given person before taking any notice of a given rating in an attempt to see if they have good taste, well, similar taste to yourself anyway.

Anyway, back to the new CD. I thought 12 Songs was a phenomenal album, a stark, emotional ... Read More:

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Pacific Ocean Blue/Bambu (The Caribou Sessions)

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by: Dennis Wilson

Release Date June 16, 2008
I have to say I never thought Dennis could do a record like this one... yes I know I'm an idiot. But seriously, I am overblown by the feeling of these songs (Farewell my Friend, Time, End of Show), every song has the right element of surrounding sounds but never disturbing the greatness of the melodies and the amazing piano tracks.
Unbelievably he included funky songs (pacific ocean blue) in this album and they all fit together like a miracle or whatever you want to call it.
He blends the classic beach boys sound on a subtle way, with the Beatles creating an atmosphere making it very personal to listen to.

The tracks have aged marvelously, man I'm so psyched about this album! How stupid I was not to have it years ago!! This is truly ... Read More:

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Consolers Of The Lonely

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by: The Raconteurs

Release Date March 24, 2008
In my earlier review of the first Raconteurs album, I said that I couldn't pick an outstanding track because they were all equally good. That effort was a solid and concise album - 10 short songs, plenty of ideas, and essentially it was veering towards pop rock. It sounded very different to The Raconteurs that I first heard at Leeds Festival in 2006. That band was awesome - big sound, tight performance, audacious musicianship... and I realise now that they must have been playing a lot of songs from this album, though it was clearly far from being released.

Consolers of the Lonely keeps a lot of the pop sensibilities that the earlier effort possessed (vocal harmonies, singalong choruses), but it is very much more rooted in traditional American rock n' roll... ... Read More:

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Lessons To Be Learned

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by: Gabriella Cilmi

Release Date March 31, 2008
She has a great voice and when she does the jazzy stuff it's just right. Pity about the pop songs, they don't play to her strength. Given her age I think this young Australian is heading for big things. Stick to the jazzy stuff though. The single Sweet About Me is brilliant and really shows off the different tonal values of her voice. Album cover is terrible tough - lazy record company design. She needs to establish both a musical style (album's all over the place) and an identity. T-shirt and jeans puts her in a big pool of female singers.
A really good album but a few weak songs. She needs a better producer. Get it right and the next album will go gold.

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This Is The Life

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by: Amy Macdonald

Release Date July 30, 2007
The most talented artist that came out of 2007. Every track could be a single. 19/20 year old with all this wonderful music in her. Brilliant.

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Abba Gold

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by: Abba

Release Date April 05, 2004
AS A DEVOTEE OF ABBA I THINK THIS COLLECTION IS FIRST CLASS. ABBAS LYRICS ARE BRILLIANT, CATCHY, STORY TELLING SONGS WHICH FOR THE MOST PART STAND THE TEST OF TIME. OUTSTANDING TRACKS FOR ME FROM THIS COLLECTION WOULD BE SOS, THE NAME OF THE GAME, THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL ( AGNETHA AT HER MOST HEART WRENCHING) AND KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU. THIS COLLECTION CAN HOLD ITS HEAD UP AGAINST ANY OTHER.

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ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits

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by: ABBA

Release Date June 24, 2002
This CD can change your day, your washing up, your chores and your mood into an all singing, all dancing feel good experience. It starts, no messing, straight in there, with Dancing Queen, surely one of the best dance floor fillers of all time. There's no dead wood on this album, all the old favourites are here: Chiquitita, Mamma Mia, Voulez Vous, Thank You For the Music and the beautifully written Winner Takes it All. I admire Benny and Bjorn so much as songwriters since not only do they produce perfect ageless pop songs (and there is such an art to it) but don't forget, their lyrics are written in their second language, not their first. Their talent amazes me and their music makes me feel grrrrreat. I defy anyone to play dancing queen and stand still and not feel that life ... Read More:

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Little Voice

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by: Sara Bareilles

Release Date June 16, 2008
Is it me or has music lately been all the same R'n'B/Hip Hop/Dance remixes?

Anyway, I first heard Sarah's "Love Song" on Radio 1 and really liked it, and enjoyed her natural singing talent. I decided to view some of her other songs on YouTube and liked them all so for the first time in MANY months I bought an album...and haven't been disapointed.

As with any album some songs are stronger than others. Highlights for me are of course "Love Song" and "Bottle It Up" with "Gravity" and "One Sweet Love" being other highlights. However my favourite is certainly "Between the Lines"

Some songs are a little American for me but I can forgive that. Hope to see more good work from a clearly very talented young lady...

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The Best Of (1)

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by: Neil Diamond

Release Date October 23, 2000
Having recently rediscovered Neil Diamond through his 12 Songs and Home Before Dark albums, I decided I wanted to replace a similar 'best of' album I bought years ago on vinyl. I searched all over Amazon, couldn't find anything well recommended so I bought Hot August Night. This was a mistake. The Greek concerts may have been something special but the recording is poor and the collection of songs not really what I was looking for. I then stumbled upon this Best Of in my local supermarket of all places. It is exactly what I wanted and exactly what you want if you're looking for a comprehensive collection of his early and so very well known hits. And at £2.98 it's such good value it would be almost rude not to buy it!