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Donkey

CD-Charts > Music > Indie Rock and Punk
by: CSS

Release Date July 21, 2008
On first listen I thought this album was ok but nothing spectacular. A few listens later and once I had got the sound of the first album out my head I really got into it. It is certainly more polished than their debut and it is more poppy but the end result is a collection of fantastic pop songs.

The album reminds me of The Sounds and Metric but retains something that is definately CSS.

CD-Charts Position 52
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Attack and Release

CD-Charts > Music > Indie Rock and Punk
by: Black Keys

Release Date March 31, 2008
Fantastic new album from the Wonderful Black Keys. If you've never heard them before I can highly recommend them if you like Blues, Classic Rock but with a modern twist, similar but better (yes better) than the White Stripes. I agree with some of the other reviewers that it's more polished than previous outing but I don't mind this. Check out their back catalouge now!

CD-Charts Position 53
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Boxer

CD-Charts > Music > Indie Rock and Punk
by: The National

Release Date May 21, 2007
I bought this based on great reviews by other Amazon users and friend recommendations. They had been likened to the Editors by my friends but the songwriting and arrangements of instruments are just too short of the mark. It's ok but nowhere near 5 stars. It's melodic to a point but as a 5 star album it falls short. It has something and I would probably enjoy a listen in 2 years time, but repeated listening leaves me cold. The songs are bland, no risks are taken and it left me flat. 5 Stars it is not.

CD-Charts Position 54
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Heathen Chemistry

CD-Charts > Music > Indie Rock and Punk
by: Oasis

Release Date July 01, 2002
Heathen Chemistry is probably Oasis' worst album. But that doesn't mean it's bad.

Many tracks are very average by Oasis standard, such as All In The Mind, Force of Nature, Better Man and Hung In A Bad Place. However, saying that, personally it contains some of Oasis best tracks.

The Hindu Times is a fantastic rocker that would perfectly fit on to Definitely Maybe. Great guitar rifts and a great chorus, it is real ballsy stuff. Other highlights include Liam Gallagher's Songbird, which surprised many by being an incredibly sweet soft nice little tune - something many would not associate with rock's and hardest frontman. He also contributes with the heavily influenced Lennon song Born on A Differen Cloud - a song that shows a far cry ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 55
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O.K Computer

CD-Charts > Music > Indie Rock and Punk
by: Radiohead

Release Date May 01, 1997
it is over 11 years since i bought this album. i listened to it a few times with no real hallelujah moments. then it clicked. i listened to the album as a whole, i listened to the album with the lyrics sheet open. and then it became the soundtrack for my summer. the memories associated with this album were brilliant but then so was the music. every track is unique, the lyrics are awesome, yorke's voice has at least 5 styles, the guitar play, cut up drums, soundscape are magical. i listened to the album again yesterday and it prompted this review. you must respect radiohead for not re writing the bends but creating something bigger and better. brilliant, absolutely brilliant

CD-Charts Position 56
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The Bends

CD-Charts > Music > Indie Rock and Punk
by: Radiohead

Release Date March 01, 1995
This album proved that Radiohead could produce excellent radio friendly rock music.

It is full of brilliant songs. My favourites - Fake Plastic Trees, High & Dry and Street Spirit.

Thom Yorke's bleak lyrics we have become so familiar with are present in here but perhaps not as obvious as in the later albums due to the strength of Greenwood's guitar in most tracks.

It seems as though the band proved to themselves with this album that they could do the "Britpop" album. You have to admire them for moving on the "The Bends", which was very successful, to the more challenging directions taken in later albums.

However this album stands on its own as a classic in its own right.

CD-Charts Position 57
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Infinity On High

CD-Charts > Music > Indie Rock and Punk
by: Fall Out Boy

Release Date February 05, 2007
I have to admit I am a little out of touch with modern music, I like what I know and that does me fine. However on a random trip to my local record store I couldn't help but tap my feet as I walked round. I didn't know who it was playing through the store speakers but loved their upbeat cheeky sound so curiousity got the better of me and I had to go ask a shop assistant. "Fall Out Boy" she said. Nope, sorry never heard of them, but I still went directly to the shelf and bought this album. I absolutely love it, can't stop playing it, it's on my ipod and accompanies me to work, I have it on in the background when I'm doing the housework and I even play it when I'm working out.
A great album, loads of catchy tunes and even better songs you can sing along to whilst you imagine yourself ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 58
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Strength In Numbers

CD-Charts > Music > Indie Rock and Punk
by: The Music

Release Date June 16, 2008
The Music return after a hefty absence with an album reminding us all what a talent they are. Despite numerous bands fusing dance and rock, they were ahead of the curve and still do it better than most.

The album itself makes for great listening. There are moments such as "Fire" that could sit on either of Strength in Numbers predecessors, but the formula has been tweaked to give a fresh perspective on the bands sound. There are moments of respite in the likes of "The Spike" and "Drugs" which show a new lower range for singer Rob Harvey, and it helps give an sinister edge to proceedings.

Elsewhere Adam Nutters' big guitar riffs are present, but only in equal measure to some brilliantly intricate guitar work too. Tracks like The Last One show the band bridging the dance/rock ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 59
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The Warning

CD-Charts > Music > Indie Rock and Punk
by: Hot Chip

Release Date May 22, 2006
Genre-bending Hot Chip have not only released some of the singles of the year but one of its best albums. As with Gorillaz and Gnarls Barkley recently, mid-way into the `noughties' we are starting to see some real wit and invention in pop music that may come to define the decade. `The Warning' finds them putting heart and soul into their curious mish-mash of folk whimsy, house and electronica. For all the sonics and low-fi trickery, and the comedy lyrics, there is beauty and genuinity shining throughout. Their songs are unconventionally tangential, with phases and subtexts, but pulled off with a playful insouciance that belies some of the technical brilliance.

After the abrasive aural assault of the opener `Careful' is the brilliant single `And I was a boy from school'. Its folksy swoon and ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 60
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Stranded

CD-Charts > Music > Indie Rock and Punk
by: Roxy Music

Release Date September 13, 1999
The peaks of this third album soar higher than anything before or since from Roxy: Mother of Pearl,Song for Europe, Sunset, Just for You. But there is no getting away from the weaknesses, and this is the first Roxy album which showed the feet of clay which would stomp so ploddingly on later albums like Manifesto.
It is a crossroads album; Eno had left, and Ferry was now the tuxedo-wearing crooner of "Another Time, Another place".
The beautiful lyrics and perfect playing remained; but the humour and the fun had gone from Roxy. From now on, songs like "Psalm" would re-appear on each album which Ferry produced;as if he had to tackle serious themes to be taken as a serious artist.
The creative tension which existed between the two Bry/ians on the first albums had been removed, but with it had also ... Read More: