12 - Bob James

Advantages: Beautiful songs, emotional, clever lyrics, great voice
Disadvantages: Not keen on the cover art

...engaging tune. However, it does improve and kicks into another stirring chorus you sing along to. It is a good one to end the album on. A cleverly constructed song and the only one I've ever heard which incorporates the name Yoshimi into the lyrics seamlessly! Again, the themes include war, guns and death. 8/10 OVERALL James Blunt gets an awful lot of stick really, being parodied by several comedians and ridiculed by certain sections of the public. Yes, he talks posh and was an Officer in the army, but you have to admit he has talent! Not only did he write (or at least co-wrote) all the tracks on the album, he also played a huge array of instruments on it too - piano, pump organ, electric guitar, vibraphone, Rhodes, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, as well as the vocals. I think the best thing about James Blunt's songs are how... Read review

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Advantages: Lots of fun songs to sing along to
Disadvantages: none to mind

...your values worth with this purchase. It was released little over a year ago (Jan 2007), and at the moment the average retail price is about £7.99 - you can also buy it on E-bay and Amazon for cheaper than this. What is great about this album is that it never ages. It can be played for years to come for children and is a constant source of enjoyment. The album itself contains 12 tracks, so its a full length album like any other that you would purchase. The tracks are: 1. Can We Fix It 2. Mambo No 5 3. Bob's Line Dance 4. Right Tool For The Job 5. Let's Get Busy 6. What Can I Be (Spud's Song) 7. Blonde Haired Gal In A Hard Hat (Wendy's Song) 8. Dizzy 9. Super Spud 10. No One Can Dig It Like We Do 11. No Prob Bob 12. Crocodile Rock - Bob The Builder & Elton John... Read review

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Advantages: You hear some legends of the Blues playing together.
Disadvantages: None

...Margolin My New Baby Owns A Whiskey Store by Thomas Brill the bassist. Goin' Down Slow by James Oden. Just A Closer Walk With Thee. (Trad). Bob Margolin gave us a bit of history before the band played each song at the concert on this last song is Pinetop playing piano. Apparently Pinetop is religious, so declines to play blues on a Sunday, He was invited to the recordings on a Sunday to hang out with the rest of the musicans, while they recorded. Pinetop was scheduled to record his songs the next day. He sat down at the piano and played "Just A Closer Walk With Thee" a gospel song, as it was a Sunday. Bob states that he has known Pinetop for thirty years and has never heard him play anything but the Blues. He asked Pinetop to sing and play it on the album, but Pinetop only knew the piano part, as his mother did... Read review

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