Best Of Faron Young, The - Faron Young

Advantages: fun to listen to, thought inducing
Disadvantages: people instantly discard it as kiddy music

...Charlotte to be something that they didnt want to be, or didnt accept them for who they are. Its also about the fact that young people (including myself), do keep alot of feelings to themselves, particularly the sort of feelings that eat you up inside. This, Good Charlotte's second album, following on from 2001's self titled debut (which didnt get a lot of coverage in the UK), will make a lot of people cringe due to the fact that, as I said, it is a genuinly emotional record that won't suit all tastes. So if your looking for a pick-me-up, then this isn't for you, but if your searching for an album full of great lyrics and songs with genuine feeling, then GC are for you. Hold On Probably the best song of them all. It is largely based around teen suicide, and says that if you can hold on then things will get better eventually. 'Hold on... Read review

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Advantages: Chilled, grown up, amazing voice
Disadvantages: Too short!

...of these shows slightly distasteful - setting up the hopeful (and often the hopeless) in the name of entertainment. However, the battle of image versus talent between gap-toothed stutterer Gareth Gates and Will Young interested me. And the nation didn't let me down, the best man won! With only one cover (a soaring, gorgeously gospel-influenced version of Stephen Stills' Love the One You're With) and six tracks co-written by Will himself, Friday's Child is much more indicative of his own taste and influences and shows he could be an artist of great longevity. Here is a delectable collection of delicate ballads, smooth easy grooves, and glorious Chic-influenced jazz funk dancefloor fillers. And weaving them all together, that smooth, creamy, unmistakable voice. Having already spawned two hit singles, Your Game (wickedly funky, gospelly, big... Read review

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...With the release of Good Charlotte’s mediocre third album ‘The Chronicles Of Life And Death’ showing the band in a more mature (yet musically weaker) state, memories come flooding back of when they were the most popular band on the planet, releasing albums that went to the top and stayed there. Debuting with ‘Good Charlotte’ in 2000, the band rapidly ascended to the top of the punk-rock ladder, leaving only Green Day as their elders. That early promise however, was nothing compared to the success that their sophomore record ‘The Young And The Hopeless’ would bring them from 2002 onward. Being a largely unknown entity this side of the pond, it took their breakthrough single ‘Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous’ to destroy the mainstream top 40 and let all others know that the next big thing was in town, being latched onto by millions... Read review

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