Acoustic Africa - Various Artists

Advantages: amazing compilation of songs
Disadvantages: a few not to my taste, only a bare amount

...A wonderful collection of purely acoustic songs. Inlucding the likes of James Blunt, David Gray, Maroon 5, Eva Cassidy, Bob Dylan, Jeff Buckley and many more. Included in the album are two seperate cds, each as good as each other i especially like the fact there are 19 tracks to each cd which brings the total number of tracks to 38. The only downside could be that there were a few songs that i didnt recognise but have grown to like through various listens. An amazing compilation of tracks including information on various artists albums whose tracks are includded on the cd. I would definitely recoommend this album as it had enhanced some very nice emotions and created a very calmly atmosphere for either daytime or before you hit the hay. A stunning collection of today's finest singer songwriters!... Read review

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Advantages: Some favourites and a lot of unknown beauties
Disadvantages: none off the top of my head

...'s more out of the 39 tracks on this I only owned 2 of them before hand so it's not like you're paying £13.99 for a load of tracks you've already got. At least I didn't have - I can't speak for everyone of course.. Listen to it when you want to lay back and relax, when you want some background music to work to or even if you want a sing-a-long. It's brilliant. As I've put in the drop down box affair below the quality and consistency is excellent and I've listened to other acoustic albums and not enjoyed them even half as much. The mix of "pop" artists with "indie" as well as classic performers such as Eric Clapton is wonderful. Kick back with a cuppa and realx. Two thumbs up. And now the tracks. DISC 1 1. U2 Satellite of love 2. Sheryl Crow - Strong enough 3. Eric Clapton - Let it grow 4. Paul Weller - Wild wood 5... Read review

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Advantages: Brilliant electronic music
Disadvantages: quite strange

...Rephlexions (various artists) is the next installment of compilation albums on the Rephlex record label. It features another set of tracks by the key players on the label and is equally as good as the first compilation (Braindance (various artists)) The sounds are spaced out emotional and very original explorations of electronia. The CD kicks off with some mellow keys on which glitchy drum and bass future breaks are laid on top. The second tracks goes straight into a gentle industrial clanking atmosphere where a glimmering machine sits in a castle basement, blue light floods through the window in the middle of the night, the machine gets more energy as the track progresses.All the tracks seem to have concepts behind them waiting to be discovered. I especially like track 14 'It aint perfect till its perfect' by LIKE-A-TIM, which sounds... Read review

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