Above Average - Average White Band (The)

Advantages: Superb music by the first great female.rock.band to go mainstream.
Disadvantages: No lyrics. Band members don't get a penny from this anthology.

...while denying themselves any personal lives. Alas, to their extreme disadvantage, they'd also paid little heed to the business aspect of their careers while working their behinds off. In the beginning, though, things looked pretty bright. The band finally decided to go with the name, 'Fanny', based on June's suggestion of assuming a girl's name. Richard Perry concurred, as his grandmother had the same name. [***This sets the story straight as regards the totally false, widely published rumour that Beatle George Harrison gave them their monicker (and there's a randy joke in there that has to do with British slang!)***.] When 'Fanny', their debut album, came out in 1970, the girls had an average age of twenty, but you wouldn't know it from their professional-grade playing even then. After all, the Millingtons had been on the road... Read review

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Advantages: Infectious songs that make you feel you can take on the world
Disadvantages: There is a feel that the songs are too similar

...of the album. It is slower than the others but is still an uptempo song. Definately an interesting variation to finish. Cover/ Inside cover details Quite basic inside, not really giving much away, which in a strange way adds to the intrigue of this odd looking band. They all dress in black and white, and I think they could have made more of this on the front cover, which just shows them in their playing positions with only the black parts of them visible (the rest being a light and dark red pattern). To conclude, I have given this quite average ratings but give it good overall. This sounds a bit odd but I simply feel that the album is fantastic for when you have an adrenaline rush. The start of the album is better than the end but, to be honest, after jumping around for a while, you will be too tired to worry so much anyway. Definately... Read review

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Advantages: Phat beats, superb melodies and great vocals
Disadvantages: One or two poor tracks

...After a spending a long time in the States many people doubted Craig and claimed his second album could never live up to his first, Born To Do It. It would be by no means an insult to say that Slicker Than Your Average doesn't live up to Born To Do It, but I sincerely believe it does. Firstly I am going to look at the album track by track: 1. SLICKER THAN YOUR AVERAGE - Not the strongest track on the album but still a good song. The song is very American sounding and lacks a chorus but does have a great beat and superb chat. 8/10 2. WHATS YOUR FLAVA - The first single from the album. I believe releasing this as the first single was a strange decision as there are 5 or 6 better tracks on the album. However the lyrics are great and although this song also lacks a gripping chorus, the verses are well structured. 8/10 3. FAST... Read review

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