Aki Yaka - Exile One

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...&mdash it's lived-in and complex, just like the group's forays into soul and gospel. While the songs, including the masterpieces "Rocks Off," "Tumbling Dice," "Torn and Frayed," "Happy," "Let It Loose," and "Shine a Light," are all terrific, they blend together, with only certain lyrics and guitar lines emerging from the murk. It's the kind of record that's gripping on the very first listen, but each subsequent listen reveals something new. Few other albums, let alone double albums, have been so rich and masterful as Exile on Main Street, and it stands not only as one of the Stones' best records, but sets a remarkably high standard for all of hard rock.... Read review

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Advantages: Very innovative, doesn't take itself too seriously
Disadvantages: Can be challenging to listen to

...Probably one of the strangest and most brilliant albums you will ever hear. Not your typical drum and bass, with gangsta posturing and oh-so-serious lyrics, this album sometimes borders on the insane and silly, but always retaining enjoyability. This is much more FUN than most drum and bass albums out there, and I think could be enjoyed by a lot of people who dont usually enjoy this type of music. The best way I can describe this album is by saying, imagine if Monty Python released a drum and bass album, with all the English eccentricity and humour, but still outstanding quality. Plus, if you do decide to buy this album, your next step should certainly be to go see Tim live! It's like nothing you could imagine!... Read review

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Advantages: progressive sound, good sound quality
Disadvantages: hard to listen, depressive

...This is one of the first extreme metal releases I ever heard. I first got my hands on it when one of my friends gave it to me. The opinion I had then, has pretty much stayed the same. Exile was the first full-length from these French extreme-metallers and is to date the most progressive. The band themselves (if I'm not mistaken) have said that this album was they're most experimental album. Anorexia Nervosa has always had strong industrial influences (they actually were an industrial band) and on Exile it is the most noticeable. The sound of guitars and especially the drumming is quite distinctively with huge industrial metal influence. The sound generally is clean and atmospheric, not light and atmospheric, but instead very dark as if giving forth the feeling one could imagine himself being in a big empty prison cell or cave... Read review

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