Alternate Blues - Clark Terry

Advantages: A new name for many to savour.
Disadvantages: Not well known on this side of the pond!

...Terri Clark will be an unknown entity for most of you but do not let this put you off trying her brand of contemporary country music. The best things often happen by chance and that`s exactly how I discovered Terri Clark one day whilst flicking through albums in the country section of the record shop. My attention was immediately captured by the cover of what turned out for me to be her 4th C.D. Before me was a strikingly attractive, good looking woman in a very confident pose. The cowboy hat she wore couldn`t fail but cause my gaze to be drawn into her eyes! Somehow I just KNEW that this album had to be good and so after a little research on the net I rushed back and bought the c.d. the very next day. I`ve now been playing it every day for weeks !!! Oh why had I been so late in coming to her music when she`s had three... Read review

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Advantages: Unique, great songs
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...where not even in the planning stages). I speculated that it would be wonderful if the Pet Shop Boys would put together an album that contained all of these wonderful extra tracks. I was certain it would be popular, at least among the die-hard fans. Not long after this conversation, it was rumoured that just such an album was in the planning stages. Shortly after the release of Very and the singles from that album, Alternative was released. This was the one that I had been waiting for. Alternative is a two-CD set, produced originally as a special edition with a holographic front, and later press runs having a more conventional covering. All press runs, however, have contained the special book which includes an extensive interview with the Pet Shop Boys in which they talk about each of the 30 songs on these CDs in turn, discussing... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap
Disadvantages: Too ealry for a "Best Of" collection, doesn't seem to be on tape

.... Fly By II This is quite a boring track, which sounds very similar to "All Rise". 5. One Love Another boring track, with ludicrous mentions of "hip hop beats". Again, it sounds like "All Rise". 6. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (Radio Edit) A good cover version of the Elton John song, featuring Elton himself. The harmonica in the middle sounds like "All Rise" (yet again!) but it's really good. Duncan sounds brilliant. 7. U Make Me Wanna (Radio Edit) This is a mid-tempo love song and while all 4 Blue boys sound good, the material is bland. 8. Guilty Co-written by Gary Barlow, this track reminds me of Take That at their best. It's a ballad about how hurtful it is if you genuinely love someone who already has a partner. "If it's wrong to tell the truth, what am I suppose to do.....if loving you will my... Read review

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