3 Is The Magic Number - Actionreaction

Advantages: Fantastic chill out, sit back with a bottle of wine album.
Disadvantages: Haven't found any, it's brilliant

...mood. The Lion This Time, Magic Time and They Sold Me Out are more Soul / late sixties style of music. The final track on the album Carry On Regardless, he mentions most of the carry on film titles and is heard laughing and joking towards the end. The song it's self is a cheer you up song with the message of keep going no matter what happens clearly coming through. The album features some of the best lyrics and music Van has written for a good few years, currently number three in the album charts I feel that it could make number one, Van Morrison seems to get better with age. This is album contains some of his best work yet, a variety of music styles to suit all moods on one album. Track list Van Morrison Magic Time 1) Stranded: 5.38 2) Celtic New Year: 6.12 3) Keep Mediocrity At Bay: 3.44 4) Evening Train: 2.51 5) This Love Of Mine: 2... Read review

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Advantages: original and funny
Disadvantages: the odd track that doesn't work

...De La Soul's '3 Feet High and Rising' is regarded as one of the classic Hip-Hop rap albums of all-time. Its release took hip-hop in another direction with its relaxed style, and sampled like not other band had sampled before. It sold remarkably well on both sides of the Atlantic, although it is only recently that the band have approached similar heights once again. When '3 Feet...' was created, Pos, Mace et al were all still teenagers, and each track was based upon a number of samples with (extremely laid-back) rapping layered on top. In fact, it was the sampling which got De La Soul into trouble. Their track 'Transmitting Live From Mars', sampled a song by 'The Turtles'. This resulted in a successful legal action being mounted, and as a result, a hefty chunk of the album's royalties were taken away from the band and their record... Read review

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Advantages: What can I say - an assortment of great songs
Disadvantages: None

...I decided this morning to write an opinion on a Queen album, and this is the result. Why chose ‘A kind of Magic,’ over such classics like ‘Queen 2’ or ‘Innuendo?’ Possibly because this is my personal favourite. While other Queen albums can have their odd ‘duff’ track, ‘A Kind of Magic’ is pretty much flawless, containing a strain of songs that should appeal to almost everyone. That is one reason. Another reason is that I saw Queen back in ’86 on the ‘A Kind of Magic Tour’, at St James Park Newcastle – this was their last but one gig ever. Therefore the songs, the feel and sense of this album are special to me. Others agree with me, I suppose, because this is Queen’s biggest ever selling album in England. It reached Number One and stayed in the charts for 63 weeks. Most of the songs feature in the movie ‘Highlander,’ but rather than... Read review

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