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AC/DC
The death of the lead singer would spell the end of most bands. But most bands aren't AC/DC. After Bon Scott's overindulgence in alcohol lead to his undignified end, lead guitarist Angus Young and Co. simply found a singer that sounded exactly the same and carried on. The result: Back In Black, the most successful album of their lengthy career. Like every other AC/DC album, it doesn't deviate from their trademark sounds: loud guitars, basic boogie and vocals that sound like they are being screamed out by a buzzsaw. But never before (or since) have they gotten the formula so consistently right: "You Shook Me All Night Long", "Rock 'N' Roll Ain't Noise Pollution", "H...
 definitive release., 2010-07-20
No one wants to be a sheep following everyone else but i cant deny that this is the very best ac/dc album out there. The fact is that pretty much all of ac/dcs albums contain some filler, maybe a bit like priest and maiden and even sabbath, it happens and thats the way it goes. This is the ac/dc album that contains no filler, highway to hell was also a masterpiece but this betters that just.
The album was born from tragedy of course, i think everyone knows the story but from the rebirth came the high point of the bands career and they have never bettered it in the 30 years since although im very fond of black ice.
The album has a real swagger about it, confident and it knows this is the bomb.
Do not hesitate for a second, this is the album that you have read about alright and more.
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Artist:
Murderdolls
What An Album!!!, 2010-09-02
You really don't know what your missing!!! Great album from start to finish and the DVD makes it all that better and more value for your money.
Highlights for me were Summertime Suicide And Nowhere awesome guitar riffs.
Don't just sit there reading this.......Go and buy it.
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Artist:
Iron Maiden
Textured and High Quality., 2010-09-02
I'm a Powerslave man myself so yeah "yawn, yawn this album is not like my favorite etc etc". We all need to admit that Maiden have grown and developed as a band since whichever album or era we like best and that when the quality of the new stuff is this good we can sit back knowing Maiden are still on top of their game.
Iron Maiden are a stadium band these days and this latest album reflects that fact, and no that doesn't mean its self indulgent or bloated. What I'm getting at here is that '..Fontier' sounds like what it is, a top quality album from an experienced big venue band.
The stripped down sound of the eighties albums is there for you to listen to any time you wish, by listening to THOSE albums, but here in 2010 Iron Maiden are still giving us the sounds we all expect yet are not afraid to try a few new twists. Never at any point does 'The Final Frontier' feel lazy or re-heated, you always get the feeling your getting your money's worth and this is not a band just sitting back and letting their name sell an album they sleepwalked through.
So when thinking of buying this album ask yourself:- "Do I like good music that has been written and performed by a band that packs stadiums throughout the world or do I just like the odd early Iron Maiden album which granted was amazing but I can't expect them to only keep remaking my particular favorite in a career spanning decades."
Just buy this disc you'll enjoy it. With 'The Final Frontier' Iron Maiden have stayed true to their old fans but will continue to gain new one's and lets be fair that's why they are one of the biggest bands on earth.
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Iron Maiden
Textured and High Quality., 2010-09-02
I'm a Powerslave man myself so yeah "yawn, yawn this album is not like my favorite etc etc". We all need to admit that Maiden have grown and developed as a band since whichever album or era we like best and that when the quality of the new stuff is this good we can sit back knowing Maiden are still on top of their game.
Iron Maiden are a stadium band these days and this latest album reflects that fact, and no that doesn't mean its self indulgent or bloated. What I'm getting at here is that '..Fontier' sounds like what it is, a top quality album from an experienced big venue band.
The stripped down sound of the eighties albums is there for you to listen to any time you wish, by listening to THOSE albums, but here in 2010 Iron Maiden are still giving us the sounds we all expect yet are not afraid to try a few new twists. Never at any point does 'The Final Frontier' feel lazy or re-heated, you always get the feeling your getting your money's worth and this is not a band just sitting back and letting their name sell an album they sleepwalked through.
So when thinking of buying this album ask yourself:- "Do I like good music that has been written and performed by a band that packs stadiums throughout the world or do I just like the odd early Iron Maiden album which granted was amazing but I can't expect them to only keep remaking my particular favorite in a career spanning decades."
Just buy this disc you'll enjoy it. With 'The Final Frontier' Iron Maiden have stayed true to their old fans but will continue to gain new one's and lets be fair that's why they are one of the biggest bands on earth.
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List Price: £18.99
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Artist:
Slash
Its just what the Shaman ordered, 2010-08-04
Its Slash and some friends having a party, its just damn good.
75 to 300 words? I would just prefer to listen to it, thanks.
As for Amazon, ordering, delivery etc, spot on.
Enough said.
Smee
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Guns N' Roses
If time is the true test, then Guns N' Roses' Greatest Hits confirms that they really were one of the greatest rock & roll bands in the world. While, in retrospect, fellow graduates of the class of 1987 are about as cool as poodle perms and spandex, the LA bad boys still rock like gods. Listening to the sun-drenched chords of "Paradise City" and the ensuing stadium-sized swagger is enough to make wearing leather trousers and bandanas seem like a good idea. Of course, it helped that for them sex, drugs and rock & roll was a way of life, not a fashion statement. As Axl Rose wails "I wanna watch you bleed" on "Welcome to the Jungle", like a chain-smoking lunatic poss...
Tracks included, 2010-04-19
For reference as I would have found this useful, tracks comprise:
Welcome to the Jungle
Sweet Child o' Mine
Patience
Paradise City
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Civil War
You Could be Mine
Don't Cry
November Rain
Live and Let Die
Yesterdays
Ain't it Fun
Since I Don't Have You
Sympathy for the Devil
You know what they sound like!
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Artist:
Meat Loaf
"Bat Out Of Hell" is a teenage album for adult males, and an adult album for male teenagers., 2010-02-02
Let's clear something up right away. This record is not pretentious. It is grand, operatic, sweeping in scope, theatrical over the top brilliance, full of humor, and great Rock and Roll values like tragic car crashes ("Bat Out of Hell"), car romance that is quintessential teenage angst ("Paradise by the Dashboard Light"), and goofy romance for soap opera nuts ("Two Out of Three Ain't Bad"). Elvis and Roy Orbison are all over the singing style of Meat Loaf (and if you think he ain't a great singer, try singing along with these songs and see how many high C notes you hit while maintaining dramatic phrasing). Broadway theater, Queen, The Eagles, and Springsteen influences run wild all over the album and yet, there is no other album like this so it remains unique despite all the influences. I could go on about the amazing one take Todd Rundgren guitar solo that sounds exactly like a motorcycle ("Bat Out of Hell"), the exact drum pattern from The Ronettes "Be My Baby" on "You took the Words Right Out of My Mouth", or the energy that went in to breaking this album when no one wanted it (34 million worldwide record sales ago) that literally wrecked Meat Loaf. Never again would he approach this level of brilliance, not even close. Instead, I'll end with this, if Springsteen is the son of Phil Spector's Wall of Sound, Meat Loaf is the grandson of that sound. Rock and Roll needed sex, attitude, Blues, R&B, Country, and Chuck Berry guitar licks to burst on the scene, but it surely also needed the larger than life grandeur pioneered by Spector and heroically carried on by songwriter John Steinman, producer Todd Rundgren, and for this one moment in time, the interpretive genius of Meat Loaf.
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Artist:
AC/DC
IT ROCKS!, 2010-09-02
It's practically an AC DC greatest hits. If yoy don't already own an AC DC album this is probably the one to start with.
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Artist:
Rodrigo Y Gabriela
Rodrigo and Gabriela are two fast-fingered, Dublin-based Mexicans with a unique sound created on acoustic guitars. Their music is difficult to define, straddling both world and rock, and often imbued with the timeless Hispano classical influences. The fire in it comes from their life-long passion for metal music. Rodrigo is a deft finger-picker who can move from raging speed to sensual soul in the space of a fret, while Gabriela employs fast, rhythmic techniques. Her percussionist’s thrashing of strings and drumming of the instrument’s body inevitably raises comparisons with flamenco which they acknowledge as an influence but swerve as a pigeonhole. The duo’s repert...
Rodirigues Y Gabriella, 2010-08-15
This CD is excellent, a real reflection of the duo if you get to see them live, which you must!
Saw them live in Greece in 2009 what a great sound.
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Artist:
Muse
With Absolution, size is most definitely an issue. Hoping that it will finally propel them into the musical major leagues, Muse have set out to create a cross-genre monster, a contemporary meisterwerk, the biggest-sounding album in years. That they almost succeed is testament to their sky-high confidence and unarguable abilities. With just three members to draw upon, they've individually stretched themselves to fill in the inevitable sonic gaps. Bassist Chris Wolstenholme, in particular, does sterling work, producing a driving buzz to lift "Time Is Running Out" to a massive crescendo, then a rush of distortion that pushes "Hysteria" to Queen-like levels of ecstasy....
MUSE Absolution, 2010-08-21
Muse, Muse, Muse... cant get enough of them and you know what? they never disappoint! This cd/dvd is right up there.
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