44 Blues - Magic Slim & The Teardrops

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

...6) I'm Confessin: 4.29 7) Just Like Greta: 6.27 8) Gypsy In My Soul: 4.05 9) Lonely And Blue: 3.44 10) The Lion This Time: 4.58 11) Magic Time: 5.08 12) They Sold Me Out: 3.13 13) Carry On Regardless: 5.54... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: More drum-and-bassy, 'Angel', 'Teardrop', still incredible vocalists and musicians
Disadvantages: More drum-and-bassy, second track

...Massive Attack's development can be easily tracked by listening to Blue Lines, Protection and then Mezzanine, so your liking for the third may well depend on what you valued in the first two. I personally love this album, particularly the famous 'Angel' and 'Teardrop', but also relative unknowns such as 'Neighbourhood'. It is, however, less conventional than the first two albums, which to me almost sounds crazy, because the first two albums were hardly conventional themselves. But whereas the first two relied on a strong melody most of the time, Mezzanine occasionally slips into relying on percussion and bass rather than tunes. That's great if you think that this is the future, and many people do, but I find that their best tunes are the ones with a naked voice supported by the underlay. So I tend to skip the second track, and I find... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: yes
Disadvantages: some

...this is a haunting album. It is very diverse and difficult to pin down exactly what genre it belongs to and indeed how good it is. The obviously great track is ‘teardrop’. Now this song is awesome. The guitar line (probably synthesised) repeats in a tender lyrical fashion and the singer’s voice is like honey as you swallow it down into your ears. Unfortunately the other songs (inertia creeps) do not quite reach the same level, perhaps because they are a lot darker and macabre. This should not put you off, this is an interesting and unique album. I would not say I like it, but rather am fascinated by it.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful