Beautiful Day - Charlie Robison

Advantages: lovely music
Disadvantages: not around anymore

...It’s a beautiful day so what better Album to review than It’s a beautiful day by it’s a beautiful day. Sadly I do not have this on C D and am too lazy to look upstairs to see if we still own the L P. But trawling through the music listings I notice this category and now as I sit here the song the tune and words to white bird are going through my head, so let me tell you all I know and remember about it’s a beautiful day. The cover album a beautiful day sky blue with white fluffy clouds rolling past with a woman standing on a rock her skirt gently blowing in the wind.. George Hunter one of the original Charlatans painted this album cover. The band it’s a Beautiful day formed in 1967 and It’s a beautiful day was their debut album released 1969 It’s a beautiful day is a mix of folk... Read review

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Advantages: One of the finest albums you'll find this decade
Disadvantages: None whatsoever

...It was in late 1993 that three angsty, Acne-ridden 20-nothings from California walked away from their small fry record label to take a crack at the big time. With Nirvana?s chugging riffs being emulated on six strings across the world, Warner wanted to cash in on the explosion of alternative punk-rock by unleashing their own smell of teen spirit on an unsuspecting public. Green Day were their answer. The band?s first major label offering, Dookie ? a 40 minute journey through whores, headcases, and masturbation ? smashed all sales predictions within weeks; Warner?s gamble had hit jackpot. Twelve years later, Billie Jo Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool have demonstrated that their credentials stretch way beyond poo gags and songs about wanking. 1997?s Nimrod album served up two wistful love songs ? Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life... Read review

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Advantages: Pop-folk-Punk-Indie-Rock - call it what you will, this is a great tune to put a smile on your face
Disadvantages: Why don't they make tunes like this anymore?

...'Beautiful Day' was released in two different cd formats; CD 1 containing 'Beautiful Day', 'BarRoom Jury' and 'All Your Dreams', and CD 2 which contains three other tracks along with the title track; 'Price of Love', 'Hang on to your Ego' and 'Germfree Adolescence'. 'Beautiful Day' is probably The Levellers most well known track (it was featured on an advertisement for Weight Watchers), an uplifting song blending elements of folk and rock with an essentially poppy refrain - anyone who was into music in the late nineties is sure to be able to sing along to the catchy chorus 'What a beautiful day, hey hey, what a beautiful day, nothing is impossible in my all powerful mind....' This song is very simple, but other works of The Levellers include lyrics that convey political anxieties and their own political opinions, and unlike in... Read review

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