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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 ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 12
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Modern Guilt

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by: Beck

Release Date July 07, 2008

The i-tunes exclusive single "Timebomb" was no masterpiece and seemed a bit too much like a mid life crisis attempt to rekindle the fun of "Sexx Laws" era Beck. At least it was fun.

Following that release, Beck has chosen to change tack and go for a more "introspective" Beck record. Sadly this is no "Sea Change" - his last brilliant record in my view. The teaming with Dangermouse is also a mystery...he hasn't worked his magic here and recent Gnarls Barkley material would suggest that he too has lost his muse.

"Chemtrails", the lead track, is reasonable but in comparison to his past glories it sounds like a C side, bot even a B side. This record saddens me greatly, and seems like such a waste of time. The fact that ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 13
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All I Intended to Be

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by: Emmylou Harris

Release Date June 09, 2008
Takes a couple of listenings, but after that it just blows you away. Several standout songs, particularly "How she could sing The Wildwood flower" (which I took to be a reference to an earlier generation of the Carter Family rather than June Cater and Johnny Cash) "Gold" is just beautiful, but particularly the magnificent "Sailing Round the Room". Anybody remember the last poor, or even average, album Emmylou made?

CD-Charts Position 14
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All the Right Reasons

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by: Nickelback

Release Date October 03, 2005
For those who, like me, grew up with the likes of Queen, Rainbow, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin, it is indescribably good to hear rock that stands up with the best there has been and is able to look it square in the eye.

I could pontificate on the sheer raw energy of 'All the Wrong Reasons' and 'Next Contender', the deservedly popular 'Rockstar' or the subtle harmonies and just damn good music in 'Photograph', but really, you should just listen to it yourself. Not only is this great old-fashioned rock with good vocals in harmonic depth, it is beautifully balanced as an album between anthems, thrashy head-bangers and non-slushy ballads. To quote an oft-used phrase, it is all killer and no filler, any one of the tracks could be ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 15
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Partie Traumatic

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by: Black Kids

Release Date July 07, 2008
i am very impressed with this album. every song is so fun and catchy. this summers must listen. there is not a dud song on here. sounds a bit like cure & human league like someone else on here said. 10/10

CD-Charts Position 16
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You Can Do Anything

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by: The Zutons

Release Date June 02, 2008
I totally agree with all the reviews already written here. Yes after playing the previous album to death on our holiday and thinking how can they match this........they bleedin well have!

It did take 2-3 proper listens, but now I'm hailing this the best album of the year so far (well until Kings of Leon bring their next CD out in Sept!!)

I keep trying to force myself away from it in the fear of overplaying it. And when I play other music, I can't wait to get The Zutons back in my ears again.

Every track is a winner. Even the weaker ones have some form of brilliance at some point in the track.

Very catchy, brilliant, I recommend it to all.

CD-Charts Position 17
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Konk

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by: Kooks

Release Date April 14, 2008
The kooks' second album was always going to be extremely difficult. The task in hand was to prove the critics wrong, maybe do something a bit different so as not to be labelled 1-trick ponies, and most importantly to keep the massive fan base which they had built on the back of their debut 'inside in/inside out'. Whether they have achieved any of these is debatable.

The album starts out in promising fashion with the two guitars being used in `see the sun' infusing together to make a catchy, instantly lovable pop-rock track which forces you to come back for another listen. This trend continues with the catchy lead single `Always where I need to be' which has you singing "do-do-do, do-do-do-do-do, do-do' in the irritatingly catchy chorus. The lyrics are however ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 18
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Because of the Times

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by: Kings Of Leon

Release Date April 02, 2007
If you loved the Kings first two albums, with their raw southern rock songs and spacey ballads then avoid this like the plague. The Kings have gone done a road that very few come back from, they've done a U2. What I mean is they have written an album for the sole purpose of playing the songs in large stadium venues and festivals. Just ask Coldplay or the Foo Fighters if this song writing technique works to gain credibility. I think the answer is NO.

The problem is they have dropped everything that made them special and just become another sell-out rock band. The synths and Brian Eno esque guitar wailings are just awful and really dated, the songs have no direction and have lost their punch. But worst of all this album just drags on and on to the point where I ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 19
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Scouting For Girls

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by: Scouting For Girls

Release Date September 17, 2007

When I first heard 'She's So Lovely' I honestly thought I was going to scream. The fact that their pointless and repetative songs are played over and over again on the radio drives me crazy. Their singles, 'She's So Lovely', 'Heartbeat', 'Its Not About You' and 'Elvis Aint Dead' all sound so similar that when I hear them, I struggle to work out which one is which!

CD-Charts Position 20
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The Wombats Proudly Present... A Guide To Love, Loss and Desperation

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by: Wombats

Release Date November 05, 2007
The songs on this CD are quirky energetic and upbeat. I don't know why so many people are saying they are "boybandy" or been done because I think they are very unique and the only thing I would have to say is most of the songs are singing about girls...but most songs do anyway. Overall a good CD