America - M83

Advantages: There is not one song on this Doubble CD that is Bad
Disadvantages: none

...This is the kind of sound track that makes you want to be alive in the 1960's. Every track is a well known one that covers every emotion. we call all relate to forrest gump and his live . pahaps not so dramaticaly but in a sence that all of us have a sound track to our own lives. This gives you a sence of the real America. the Mamas and the Papas are calafornia dremmin while jefforson Airplain are becvomming Volunteers of America. Every sound track has a purpose in the history of America and it should sit on your shelves next to your history books. not to gather dust but to be worn out. Buy Buy Buy!!!!... Read review

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Advantages: funny videos
Disadvantages: none

...the presidents of the united states of america, to give them their full and proper name and the name which I remain to call them throughout this 90 word reveiw because that is what presidents of the usa is short for, exploded on the scene a few years ago with peaches, a punky rock song about erm..... peaches. Millions of peaches, give them to me sings a bald midget whilst comming under attack from loads of midget ninjas in the video. They have also covered video killed the radio star and had a hit with lump. I dont know if I would have bought the album but I liked all the ones I heard... Read review

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Advantages: Better than "Leisure"
Disadvantages: In retrospect, feels like a practice run for ParkLife

...After the so-so "Leisure" album, which showed only brief sparks of promise, came this MUCH more substantial offering... This was the first in the trilogy of Blur albums which explored Britishness in all its frolics and follies - the fashionable boredom of "For Tomorrow", the Great British Sunday in "Sunday Sunday". It also pinpointed the British infatuation with Americana in "Miss America" - a theme the band would return to with "Magic America" and "Look Inside America" on Parklife and Blur respectively. They also began a more playful experimentation with styles and instrumentation, with the stop-start rhythms of "Chemical World" and the juddering guitar tratments on "Oily Water". Plus they introduced the brief tradition of silly, smile-inducing instrumentals, with the glorious "Intermission" and the seaside nostalgia of "Commercial... Read review

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