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Artist:
Oasis
Though Oasis are forever fated to live in the shadow of their initial success, they remain capable of producing exciting and touching music, and Dig out Your Soul continues the upswing in their fortunes sparked by 2005's Don't Believe the Truth. Unashamedly an album of two halves, the first part is heavily loaded with Noel Gallagher's tunes, including the pounding single "The Shock of the Lightning", a taut and pacy rocker nearer to the light touch of the Smiths' "The Queen Is Dead" than their usual Pistols-inspired power plod. The rocking "Bag It Up" shares nothing but a title with Geri Halliwell's already forgotten 2000 hit, while "Waiting for the Rapture"...
 MANCHESTERS WICKED BAND COME GOOD AGAIN, 2009-01-02
To be honest I really thought Oasis couldn't do it again after 'What's the Story Morning Glory' and 'Don't Believe the Truth' and 'Heathen Chemistry', but they have and Single 'The Shock Of the Lightning' is as good as the whole album. All songs great and danceable. Easy to sing along to! Great Buy :)
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Artist:
Rhydian
Rhydian Roberts was the runner-up, and indeed most memorable contestant, from X Factor 2007. He was pipped to the post by the more fresh-faced Leon Jackson in the series finale, but thanks to some unique stylings and bold song interpretations the determined, classically-trained singer from Wales with a chiselled visage and striking white hair left a deep and potentially lasting impression. For his eponymous debut album though, a year in the making, it's a hard not to be disappointed that his bookish yet bombastic versions of tracks like Pink's "Get the Party Started" and the Pet Shop Boys' "Go West"--staples of his success, surely--have been left behind in favour o...
Beautiful , 2009-01-06
This is a polished and professional first album from a young man with a beautiful voice and a long career before him. True talent is rare in the world of music and this young man has it in spades. the songs are classics reinterpreted in an individual and compelling album
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Artist:
Bette Midler
Simply Marvellous, 2009-01-03
At last, a beautiful collection of the undisputed superstar Bette Midler's greatest hits is available on one CD.
After becoming infamous for performing in gay saunas and nightclubs in New York City, Midler soon went on to achieve mainstream success both critically and commercially after her good friend Barry Manilow helped produce her first album, The Divine Miss M. The album was named after her on stage persona, which would become one of her trademarks in years to come.
Her first album was followed by several more, as well as starring roles in films such as The Rose - playing a fictionlised version of fellow singer Janis Jopin - and Beaches, which led to the release of one of the most famous songs of all time, "Wind Beneath My Wings".
The Best Bette encompasses her biggest hits - "Wind Beneath My Wings", "The Rose", "From a Distance" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" - as well as other singles from her thirty-five year career which has seen her release over twenty albums.
The Best Bette is an essential for any Bette Midler fan, and a great introduction to the woman herself for anyone - God forbid - who is not familiar with at least some of her work.
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Artist:
Keane
Would it be outlandish to suggest that wholesome rugby-shouldered ruddy-faced English piano-pop boys Keane have spent the best part of their two-album career fanning the impression that they exist somewhere between an easy Mothers' Day gift and the album it's ok to give your girlfriend back when you split up, just in order to blow everyone out of the water like 80s neon-pop commandos with the boldness of their third? You know, utilising the element of surprise? Probably, but even though their debut (Hopes & Fears) and its follow up (Under the Iron Sea) may have been broader creative successes than many care to admit, it is true that Perfect Symmetry i...
Awesome Album again from Keane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, 2009-01-02
How are this Band's albums not permanently number 1 in the album charts.
Have they ever produced 1 bad song yet in 3 albums. I don't think so.
The dreamy melodic tunes and the emotional lyrics that on Song 6 You Don't See Me can make a grown man cry (well, it did me).
All songs are written with a 'human magic' that you can connect with and not many writers can achieve this.
I have been waiting for over 2 years for the release of this album, but it was so worth waiting for. I don't think any other band gets close to them at the moment.
If you are a 30 something like me (36) and loved 80's synthy music that has been brought into the 21st century then all 3 of Keane's albums should be part of your collection.
I cannot be more impressed by KEANE, and they are also great live, so is there anyone better around at the minute. I don't think so.
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Artist:
Fleet Foxes
It's now twenty years since grunge emerged from then culturally isolated Seattle and Fleet Foxes, the eponymous debut album from the city's latest heroes, demonstrates just how much American independent rock has mutated in that time. The five young members of Fleet Foxes make up a very different sort of rock band, describing their own music as "baroque harmonic pop jams". Even that understates the depths of the quintet's effortless vocal harmonies and gently woozy, folky feel. Of their contemporaries only the enigmatic Midlake and My Morning Jacket at their most fragile come close, but neither could have cooked up the Beach Boys spiritual of "White Winter Hymnal" o...
Derivative - So what?, 2008-12-10
Yes it has elements of the Beach Boys, CSN&Y and about a thousand others. You could even throw Sigur Ros, Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span in there - but what counts is the stuff pouring into your ears and the emotions and sensations this experience leaves behind. On that basis this debut affected me as much as my first hearing of Beach Boy's "Pet Sounds", Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" REM's "Murmer". This is a singular creation and resonates long after the final track. What more do you want?
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Artist:
Will Young
Still driving people mad around seven years--yes, seven!--after his landmark Pop Idol win (it's almost enough to make you dewy-eyed for the early days of the Simon Cowell TV talent franchise), mainly by refusing to be typecast as a one, or two, or three (etc.) hit wonder and continuing to be so alarmingly consistent, Will Young returns with Let It Go, his fourth--yes, fourth!--album. Of course he's never quite so bold as to actually be alarming; it's easy listening, wholesome, modern soul-lite pop all the way from the former politics graduate, kind of like George Michael without the underlying tension, clawing requirement to prove himself or mind-boggling ta...
WILL YOUNG LIVE !!!, 2009-01-01
I've always been a fan and seeing Will live in November was a highlight. He is fabulous on stage and he interprets the songs on the album brilliantly. I can listen to the tracks and bring back memories of the night.
The album rates as his best so far. The tracks are so varied and carefully chosen to follow each other. They fit every mood/emotion anyone can feel.
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Artist:
Various Artists
Brilliant, 2008-12-31
Brilliant album. I bought the first and loved it, so bought this too.
Excellent album, though not quite as good as the first, but still chock-a-block with dance floor tunes.
If you've not got the first one, buy it and then get this one too!
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Artist:
Guns N Roses
17 years in the making and beholden of a level of hyperbole verging on mythology--one that couldn't even be derailed by Axl Rose staffing his ever-changing troupe with people named Buckethead, Bumblefoot and Brain--Chinese Democracy would disappoint even if it arrived in a puff of smoke and nullified the impact of The Dark Side of the Moon, Revolver and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (not to mention Appetite for Destruction). And it doesn't do that, obviously. In fact, straight off the block it's in danger of rear-ending the Guns N' Roses legend, with the title track offering little beyond big production and "Shackler's Revenge" and "Better" emu...
Different but brilliant, 2008-12-31
Don't expect this to sound like Appetite for Destruction or the old line-up.
The first 4 tracks are really great and 'Madagascar' is very good too. In fact, there are no tracks which are terrible and as one of the other reviewers has pointed out, there is something catchy in all of them. There is the odd example where I think the guitar-work is overdone. You can listen to them again and again and get something new each time by focussing on different elements within each song because of the complexity. I also like the variety on the disc, which is a world apart from a standard band these days where every track is pretty much the same.
Listen first to 'Better', 'Madagascar' and 'Chinese Democracy'- if you like these then the album is worth getting.
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Artist:
Duffy
A new star, 2008-12-17
I had heard people describe Duffy as the new Dusty Springfield. I would say she is a cross between Dusty and a young Lulu. I am a child of the sixties and I love this album.There isn't one song that I can fault. Her voice suits the rock numbers just as well as the ballads - Mercy to Warwick Avenue. I look forward to hearing what she comes up with next.
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Artist:
Cast Of Mamma Mia The Movie
Superior in every way to the film versions, 2008-12-22
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the film and am now blown away by the quality of this soundtrack recording, which offers slickly produced, complete studio versions of the songs. Supervised by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, with Andersson in particular taking a hands-on role in recreating ABBA's famous wall-of-sound, there is not a weak track on this album. Standouts include "The Name of the Game" (which was deleted from the movie) and a bassy, even more exuberant version of "Dancing Queen".
The arrangements are much as you remember them but have been subtly updated with the help of ABBA's original backing musicians. Yes, even the odd dodgy vocal can be forgiven when accompanied by such polished production. One to definitely get the feet tapping.
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