And Nothing But The Truth - Moral Crux

Advantages: Fanstastic Lyrics and Music
Disadvantages: None at all, but may be too much for some folk

...like a bee on speed. "Bruce's Diary" slips into disturbed lounge Jazz territory with John and Rob Wright providing a solid Jazzy backbone, whilst once again the guitar weaves complex shapes and textures by buzzing around the place. The music is topped off by some wonderfully disturbed horn work provided by the totaliterrortones. The lyrics cover everything from control of the population by feeding them with genetically engineered frankenfood, to media manipulation. Wonderfully paranoid with more than a good lashing of truth in there. The mood is lifted by a cover of "Bad" by the Hanson Brothers which is a blistering Ramones-esque slab of punk with lyrics dealing with the fun of being bad "doing bad is better, than doing nothing at all" "Ride the Flume" is inspired a tale of the joys of riding lumber down the Sanger Flume in the Sierra... Read review

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Advantages: Melodic, cool, soulful and deep
Disadvantages: Absolutely none

...Where do you start reviewing the single most refreshing album of the year? The former gospel singer has produced one of the finest examples of a debut major label album this millenium, and before! Used to Love U is a fantastically uplifting track which sets the tone for the remainder of the album. Ordinary people is a mellow, yet outstandingly truthful track, revealing his approach to love, establishing a moral code for us all. Even if some tracks seem out of place, especially Number One with the fresh Kanye West, which glorifies his player lifestyle, they work because of the frankness and honesty behind them, tracks which provide a discourse marker for the dialogue of the album. Personal favourites are It don't have to change, a song about perennial family values, and the outstanding Stay with You, the epitome of a chillout track... Read review

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Advantages: Great Voice, Some great Tracks.
Disadvantages: A few weak/boring songs.

...***INTRO*** The name 'Truth Hurts' came from Dr Dre. Shari (AKA Truth Hurts) is from St Louis, and I would describe her as a relatively unknown urban vocalist. The album 'Truthfully Speaking' was released in 2002. ***APPEARANCE OF THE ALBUM*** As you can see from the picture above, the album cover is nothing out of the ordinary. The front cover features Truth Hurts from the front. The back cover features a close up of Truth Hurts face. Not very much imagination has gone into the covers. ***WHO WILL LIKE THIS ALBUM?*** If you like urban/R&B music then it is possible you will enjoy this album. I expect that if you enjoy the music of Mary J Blige, Blu Cantrell and Tweet then you will probably like Truth Hurts. ***WHERE CAN I BUY THIS ALBUM*** From Amazon.co.uk: £6.97 From Play.com: £9.99 HMV: £10.99 ***THE TRACKS*** 1. Push... Read review

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