2065 Flying Fingers - Powell Young

Advantages: Trancy, electronic, complex and moody with a great beat
Disadvantages: Leaves you wanting more from Powell

...suited to these types of action and sci-fi or futuristic movie. Powell expertly mixes orchestrated strings and brass with electronic synth and drum bass to create moody, complex tracks, with an underlying ambience and theme through the album. Track 2 (20 Items) is my favourite of the lot - a great start and a catchy bass line. Complete track list and lengths (Total playtime 48:11) 1. Main Title (3:10) 2. 20 Items (2:53) 3. Wolfe Pack (2:54) 4. Crystal Balls (2:09) 5. Mirror Message (3:37) 6. Imposter (3:53) 7. Hog Chase Part 1 (3:13) 8. Hog Chase Part 2 (4:04) 9. I Don’t Remember (1:28) 10. Tomorrow’s Headlines (4:02) 11. Future Tense (7:14) 12. Fait Accompli (6:09) 13. The Finger (0:33) 14. Rachel’s Party (2:47) None of the tracks have lyrics. This soundtrack is definitely a worthy addition to any movie sountrack collector, and also... Read review

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Advantages: An absolute classic album
Disadvantages: None

...of hell. The cover itself has no become senonomous with Meat Loaf. I will now provide a brief opinion on the album and each of the tracks. Album Produced by Todd Rungren All songs written by Jim Steinman 1. Bat out of Hell Track Duration 9 minutes 51 seconds The title track, and although lengthy it is still one of those you play over and over again at full volume. I challenge anybody to play this without resorting to a bit of Air Guitar. Not the best track on the album in my opinion but certainly one of the top three. Guitars: Todd Rungren Piano: Roy Bittan Keyboards: Jim Steinman, R Bittan, T Rungren Bass: Kasim Sultan Drums: Max Weinberg Percussion: J Steinman, T Rungren Synthesizer: Roger Powell Motorcycle Guitar: T Rungren Backgrnd Vocals: Rory Dodd, Ellen Foley, T Rungren, K Sultan Opening Lyrics The sirens are screaming... Read review

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Advantages: Melody, songwriting, Beatle-esque
Disadvantages: Too shambolic for some

...I have a friend who dislikes The Libertines solely because of Pete Doherty. I have another friend who is absolutely obsessed with The Libertines because of Pete Doherty. I disagree with both of them. Certainly he is an interesting and colourful person; the youth of each era has a tendency to go against the teachings of its elders, to latch onto an anti-hero; the 60's had The Stones, the 70's The Sex Pistols, the 80's The Clash, the 90's the likes of The Prodigy, and now, in the new millennium, the king is Doherty. He takes drugs (cool), destroys equipment onstage (cool), doesn't give a flying f**k about anyone (again, how cool) and generally embodies everything that Michael Howard was fighting against in the general election. In fact the above list, when one thinks about it, is decidedly uncool; when my generation have grown up... Read review

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