Best Of Don Williams, The - Don Williams

Advantages: It's the best Harry Potter score yet - deeper, darker and inspired!
Disadvantages: Where have the old themes gone??

...When Warner Bros announced that John Williams was to take on the composition of the score for “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” (“Sorcerer’s Stone” for any Americans reading) I knew they had made the right decision. I was studying Music at the time and, I will admit without shame, had discussed this at great length with a few other students beforehand. We agreed that it would ‘have’ to be John Williams – the King of Memorable/Cheesy/Inspirational film scores that most have ingrained in the back of their minds. Who could forget the menacing Imperial March as Darth Vader marched into the corridor in “A New Hope”? I think I spent half my childhood running around pretending to be Indiana Jones (accompanied by the famous theme, of course). I heard the score to the Philosopher’s Stone in fragments on the radio... Read review

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Advantages: Erm.............things can only get better!!!
Disadvantages: Many of the tracks are poor

...As I start this review I have to make it clear that I am a Robbie Williams fan. My better half and I saw him live in Paris last year and it was, undoubtedly, the finest 2 hours of live entertainment and showmanship that I have ever seen. He is, without question, the finest performer and "popstar" that the UK has produced in the last twenty years, building a career on musicality, pop songs and performance, which is why "Rudebox" seems to have been a genuinely bad idea!! It's a departure into electro-pop, hip-hop and rap that is as unwelcome as it is unconvincing, and I worry that Robbie is starting to sink with his demons again! It is backed up with unusual images of Robbie in tracksuits, staring at us with hip-hop "attitude". The Background Robbie Williams' meteoric rise to stardom with Take That, the apparent acrimony behind... Read review

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Advantages: Bonus disks, original albums on new format
Disadvantages: Loose original artwork

...Billy Bragg is a dedicated socialist. He’s been committed to those values for over twenty years. Combined with his unique Essex voice this has made him an enduring presence in British music. Now experiencing resurgence in popularity due to the growing folk scene, four of his best albums are available in very neat and well-designed box set. Forty quid buys you: Workers Playtime (1988); Don’t Try This At Home (1989); William Bloke (1996); and England, Half English (2004). For grown up Bragg fans that once owned the albums in their original tape or record format, but would now like them in CD version, this is ideal. In addition to the technological upgrade you get a bonus CD with each album and a live DVD of two shows from 1991 and 2006. The Bonus CDs comprise mainly of demos, the occasional live track and songs from other... Read review

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