Acoustic Confusion, An - Steve Tilston

Advantages: Eleven stunning songs.Subtle genius pop songs
Disadvantages: none apart from the fact that it leaves you wanting more

...'Steve McQueen' is one terrific album.It has often popped up in best '100' albums ever.and MOJO once called it 'the finest slice of 80's thinking boys pop you will ever hear'. I would rank this along Lloyd Coles 'Rattlesnakes' and Aztec Cameras 'High Land Hard Rain' as the definitive eighties guitar pop.It was music that shaped the direction music was going to take for the next decade.Albums that paved the way to indie music as we now know it. So who were Prefab Sprout? Well they were a four piece based in Newcastle. Paddy McAloon main singer/song writer Martin McAloon Neil Conti Wendy Smith Together they lovingly crafted this beautiful record,eleven tracks long. Tracks 'Faron Young' Its hard to believe that this song started as a metal track.It was a backlash at country music at a time when... Read review

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Advantages: Everything that is so good about KT Tunstall
Disadvantages: One song just has an edge of studio recording about it.

...Eye to the Telescope was a great album from KT Tunstall (well I thought so!) So I was really eager to add this to my collection when it was released. This is a CD/DVD set. First the play list: Disc: 1 (CD) 1. Ashes 2. Girl And The Ghost 3. One Day 4. Golden Age (cover of Beck song) 5. Boo Hoo 6. Gone To The Dogs 7. Change 8. Miniature Disasters (from Eye to the Telescope) 9. Universe & U (Acoustic Extravaganza Version) 10. Throw Me A Rope Disc: 2 (DVD) 1. Five Go To Skye (the making of the album documentary) 2. Gone To The Dogs (live) 3. Throw Me A Rope (live) 4. Wee Bastard Pedal 5. Out Takes History of the album: Originally only available through her website, it was eventually (and thankfully) decided to release this in its own right. We don't have the hit singles 'Black Horse and the Cherry Tree... Read review

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Advantages: Voice, Lyrics
Disadvantages: A bit inconcistant aftet the interlude

......Introduction... I first heard of India Arie when I saw her on Later With Jools Holland when she released this album in 2001. She was born India Arie Simpson on October 3, 1975 in Denver Colorado, her father Ralph Simpson was an NBA Player and her mother Joyce was a former singer herself. India started having an interest in music at an early age and she pretty soon started learning to play various instruments. Though She is most well known for playing the guitar. She was discovered by a motown executive in 1999 and two years later released her debut album Acoustic Soul. ...India's voice... She has a great voice that has a substantial range allowing her to sing some great tender moments and then errupt in a fantastic almost gospel like chant. One of the best singers in her genre and similar to Lauryn Hill's more tender... Read review

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