10,000 Years Ago - Vipers Skiffle Group & Wally Whyton

Advantages: Classic 70's Presley
Disadvantages: Segmented Title Track

...Elvis "Country" Album is one of Presleys best seventies offerings. It features much under-rated songs such as "It's Your Baby You Rock It" and "Little Cabin On The Hill", though I feel that the re-issue of this album on CD would have benfited by not having segments of "I Was Born About 10,000 Years Ago" played in between each track. The Title track should, I feel, have been featured in full as a separate track. Having said that, this album is an example of The Kings versatility, and proves that he had a natural talent to cover a variety including Country.... Read review

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Advantages: The album will constantly return to your CD player
Disadvantages: The case doesn't fit in a CD rack too well!

...I admit, on first hearing this album, i was unsure as to whether it would hold it's own against the other Tool albums. On first hearing, i wasn't convinced.... But, Tool being Tool, listening to their album more than once has convinced me it's a masterpiece! Some other reviews complain about it being a let down, i really cant agree. I have been a huge Tool fan for many years and everyone that i have recommended this album too have given me back positive comments! Okay, so it's not the same as their other albums (Undertow, Opiate, Aenima, Lateralus... etc) But then again.... are those albums the same? No. This is Tool we're talking about here, each album has brought about a new sound and style that although different, it is still Tool! Maynard has almost perfected his voice throughout this album.. Although not as some may think... Read review

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Advantages: It's Tool
Disadvantages: Viginti Tres....why?!

...5 years down the line, and here we are again, another Tool opus. Well known for their instrumental dexterity and complete disregard for comprehensible song length, Tool were carrying a huge amount of anticipation and hype on their shoulders with '10,000 Days'. Its unsurprising then, that the bands fourth studio outing is a dissapointment upon first listen - an experience which simply seems to chew you up and spit you out with absolutely no regard for that 'hook' you were looking for, or that 'killer riff' you were anticipating. '10,000 Days' doesn't want you to like it, to taste its fruits, to wallow in it's vast ocean of delights. It teases you with glimpses of cohesion, easing you into a comfortable state, only to knock you sideways into disorientation. Many a Tool fan will know, however, that 'Lateralus' was much the same way (The... Read review

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