Alone Together Apart [Digipak] - Jerome Cooper & Thomas Buckner

Advantages: Up On The Roof, If I Can Dream
Disadvantages: Little Latin Lupe Lu

...I obtained this album when I heard Robson & Jerome were going to release it. I enjoyed their performance together on Soldier Soldier, so reckoned their album was worth a go. My first impressions of the album were good. Although the songs are all covers, I decided to cut the guys some slack. If writing is not their strong point, then all credit to them for bringing some of the "goldie oldies" back into the 90's. Some of the tracks are particularly good, for example, Daydream Believer is a classic, so they couldn't really do much damage to it. As for some of the other tracks such as Unchained Melody, Danny Boy and I Believe, they are also untouchable. There are a couple of dodgy ones in there, like The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore, but on the whole, a good quality album, which could appeal to anyone, most probably females of any age from... Read review

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Advantages: Good production, good tunes and sentiments, doesn't outstay it's welcome
Disadvantages: If you're not in the mood, it can seem borderline whiny

...and not at all overblown. Importantly, innocent playfulness and a bit of humour puts the essential warming contrast in the belly of it. From listening alone you get the feeling that this album was made more as a shedding of emotion than any commercial gain. It did, however, take me a couple of listens to really get into the album and I think many listeners will find the same. The opening song however is beautiful from the opening seconds - the dreamy awakening of a simple guitar riff on Neighbourhood 1 (Tunnels) silently unravels into a heavily reverbed piano chorus. It also sets the chill and warm in the heart at the same time. The weather of this album is late Autumnal, early Winter (I hope I'm not losing you!) 3 more 'Neighbourhood' titled songs beg to show some kind of link but they really are quite apart from each other, to me. The most charged... Read review

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Advantages: A classic masterpiece
Disadvantages: Maybe a little too long

...THE BAND Nine Inch Nails is a band formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1988 by Trent Reznor. The only constant member is Reznor with other musicians coming and going. Trent Reznor IS Nine Inch Nails. Other members featured on The Fragile (and at the live shows) are:- Robin Finck - Guitar, Synthesizer Danny Lohner - Bass, Guitar, Synthesizer Jerome Dillon - Drums Charlie Clouser - Synthesizer, Theremin The genre is a bit harder to pin down. They are usually classed as industrial but there are so many different sounds to them: metal, rock, punk, electro, goth - you name it Reznor's done it. DISCOGRAPHY Pretty Hate Machine (1989) Broken- EP (1992) The Downward Spiral (1994) The Fragile (1999) With Teeth (2005) Nine Inch Nails also use the Halo numbers to catalogue their releases. THE FRAGILE NIN's fourth major release is the two... Read review

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