Ásgeirsson: (7) String Poems

Advantages: Two or three very good tracks.
Disadvantages: Most of the tracks are nothing to write home about.

...a couple of tracks alone on it would deserve 5, in my opinion anyway. Unfortunately I tend to expect a lot from zero 7. The first track, entitled 'sunrays' by 'yesterdays new quintet' is an instrumental track, which is perhaps a slow start to the album. It blends away and does not tend to catch your attention, with a relatively slow beat which is consistant throughout, apart from breaking for short instrumentals by what sounds like string instruments (not sure if it's electric or recorded) before kicking back in. This blends nicely into the second track 'real eyes' by 'quasimoto', which this time does contain lyrics, although they are somewhat unusual in being quite mono-tone with a slight electric hint. Some of the melody which comes out over the beat to this track is really nice, but overall I think it sounds a little confused... Read review

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Advantages: quality songs shows all sides of n'sync
Disadvantages: can't really think of any

...To start this op, i'd like to introduce n'sync. they're made up of justin (timberlake, well known by Britney Spear's intimate bf), JC (short for justin christopher), lance, joey and chris. Reading some of the few ops here i'm surprised to see that not many people liked this. A lot of people have compared this to backstreet boys - in a way i agree that n'sync is quite similar to the bsb - look at that "I'll never stop" video - a total copy from "The One" off the BSB - only some more story with the girls in the living room and the idea of telephone message i guess! But to be honest, the album has shown that n'sync is actually quite different to the BSB - they add touches of garage music and a slight touch of punk and western indie. well, i'll stop commenting on n'sync and BSB for now and back to the album "No Strings Attached... Read review

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Advantages: Recognisable tunes
Disadvantages: Neither fish nor foul. Best stick to the original

...I was prompted to shake the dust off a neglected corner of my record collection by a review posted by Nar recently. "The True Legacy of a Legendary Musical Divorce?" is about the Album "Legacy, a Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours" - a CD of cover versions of the songs from the classic Mac album 'Rumours' released in 1977. Nar also said that he was '…forever on the look out for new versions and covers of songs by leading artists known and unknown.'. For completeness then, here is one for his collection and maybe one which may have escaped your attention the first time around. The String Quartet Tribute's declared aim is to concentrate on one well known performer or group at a time and produce classical (instrumental) versions of the songs 'note for note'. Some albums are compendiums of the original's more well known titles; others... Read review

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