71 Minutes Of Faust - Faust

Advantages: Horrific, Great Story, One Of The Best Theme Albums Ever Made
Disadvantages:

...His is one of Alice best Solo works. Last Temptation is a theme album based around the story of faust. It even spawned 3 DC Marvel comic books portraying the story of Stephen and the evil Ringmaster. Stephen is tempted by the Ringmasters offer but does he know the high price he will pay in the end ? 1. Sideshow (This song depicts the Ringmaster touting for business, it is probably the weakest song on the album but is still good and fits in well) 2. Nothings Free (This is one of the Faust elements, a great powerful rock song) 3. Lost In America (Slash appears on lead guitar on this one, its a true depection of growing up in America, some great riffs, great single release) 4. Bad Place Alone (Great riffs and lyrics) 5. Your My Temptation (Great lyrics) 6. Stolen Prayer (This is one of the best songs ever, a brillaint single... Read review

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Advantages: Back to the Classic Killing Joke Sound
Disadvantages: None if You Like Them

...The last few years have been a busy and fruitful time for Killing Joke what with a fantastic album released in 2003, numerous tours and a recent 25th anniversary. This new Opus of theirs was recorded in the basement of the Faust Building, Prague. The band Jaz Coleman (Keyboards and Vocals), Geordie Walker (Guitar), Paul Raven (Bass) and newish boy Benny Calvert (Drums) adopted a live approach to the recording, so that the recording actually sounded like a band playing. Geordie dislikes multi-tracking layers of guitars preferring to use one live take, and as a result hated their self titled 2003 album. I have to agree with the sentiment as the one flaw that the last album had was that it did not sound like a band playing together. So I am happy to hear that they have gone back to the old ways of setting up and playing capturing... Read review

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Advantages: A considered set of calm, sorta soothing music.
Disadvantages: 'All I Need' is rubbish, an overall sense of...

...the course of forty minutes, the band rarely get even a little bit depressed, instead radiating a comfortableness that permeates the album in a warming wool scarf of contentedness. The album is inviting and entirely not isolating like it has been in the past. It's a good move for the band. It's a more acoustic and hushed affair that usual, similar in spirit to the Guillemots' Through The Windowpane album, although less creative. The band still push at little ideas, but the music is all of a very specific type, which makes for a pleasant if slightly dull listen. This is possibly the first Radiohead album that could be played during a dinner party without anyone noticing. Not that this is a bad thing. Radiohead have been overplaying the experimental kids card for years now; with most of them some fair way through their thirties, it makes sense... Read review

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