All Star Soul International - Victor Olaiya

Advantages: An album worth owning, though not his strongest.
Disadvantages: A couple of really forgettable tracks.

....- ---ALL THE LOST SOULS--- -1973- The album kicks off with '1973' the track which was released as the first single. It's a pleasant upbeat tune which reminisces about times in 1973, with a woman he knew then. It is about the good times they had partying, clubbing and staying out all night. The song conjures up images of disco and glitter balls and all night dancing. He sings "As times go by I will always be in a club with you in 1973. Singing "Here we go again" He sings of growing older and how things change. It's very nostalgic and full of atmosphere and I have to say the song has grown on me tremendously since first hearing it. It opens with strong keyboard and electric guitar with a good rhythmic drum beat, lively and vibrant throughout.- ---ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST STARS--- This is a lovely song with beautiful lyrics. It seems to... Read review

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Advantages: Bright music, listener friendly
Disadvantages: The odd weak track, lacking imagination

...And now for your reading pleasure, a band that I can be certain that 99% of you will not have heard of?Augustana?with their debut album ?All The Stars And Boulevards.? Released on Epic Records in 2005, this quartet are, by first listen anyway, the nearest style the Americans have to a ?Brit-pop? band?but saying that means they are nothing like Oasis/Blur/Suede/Pulp/Supergrass etc. Instead they represent a slightly pessimistic view on life?the fact that Americans only sing about the bad times shows they are oh so miserable people!! Opening track ?Mayfield? shares a sound not to far away from the likes of Snow Patrol, Train or Mercury Rev from this side of the ?pond? if you will ? there you go, you?ll feel as if you?ve known this band for years now! A loud, vibrant voice from vocalist Dan Layus on top of progressive rock music, that... Read review

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Advantages: Battery life, Size
Disadvantages: Pixels on the screen

...I bought my MSI Wind around a year ago, I have since fallen in love with it, bbut come to hate it on occasions! It is brilliant for the creation of Word Documents and is a good way to carry about my Business documents, however in terms of Pure processing power, it falls down flat on its face. The MSI Wind boasts a Dual Core 1.6 GHz processor (which means 2 800Mhz Cores). If the processor wasn't a dual core, I dont think it could even run windows! The second drawback would be the screen pixels. A little over 10 inches is the perfect size for a Laptop screen in my opinion. However, the MSI Wind has sacrificed the number of pixels to create this smaller screen. The screen is 1024x600. Which means that games that require a minimum of 1024 x 768 etc, will NOT run on the laptops native screen, and thus you will have to plug it into... Read review

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