Best Of Ossian, The - OSSIAN

Advantages: Good Selection Of Old and New
Disadvantages: Induces a Desire to Dust out the arran sweater

...this compliation as an ideal starting point for a deeper exploration of one of Europe's strongest living musical traditions and I wholeheartedley agree with themon these points. The only downpoint on the collection being Wolfstone who were really a second rate Runrig (who were also bloody awful). The rest of it is a fine collection of Reels, Jigs and Laments in English and Scots Gaelic by some of the finest musicans from Scotland. The only point of contention being the inclusion of Ewan Maccoll's Dirty Old Town but since it is a great song and since he could have played for Scotland if he so desired then I will let them away with it. This compilation completley succeeds in what it intends to do, which is to provide the uninitiated with an insight into Scottish Folk Music. If you are curious or just want a sampler of the best that is on offer than... Read review

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Advantages: Good collection of their hits.
Disadvantages: Can get v. repetitive and drab.

...could have been just as good with a cleaner more natural guitar sounding sound. The one thing this track lacks is a bit of a punch, a small increase in the bass (this applies to a few other songs on the album as well) would give it a little more drive. 13 – Jump If you have never heard anything Halen before this is probably one of the first tracks you will hear, or have heard. A massive hit for them, and a rock guitar classic due to its most excellently cool solo on both organ and guitar incorporating all his trademark sounds. The opening synthesiser chords lead nicely onto a bouncy and head bopping first verse no signs of guitar here yet… The songs best attributes are the nice bouncy chords, although I am not too taken with the odd tone that accompanies them. Another attribute is the short punchy lyrics, it lets the instrumentation stand... Read review

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Advantages: Amazing Songs , Voices...
Disadvantages: -

...with a back tingling sensation makes the start of the song unique to the others. The voice starts of quite queitly , but later on the rock comes back into it with the powerful Whitesnake voice!... "Here I Go Again On My Own Here I Goooooo" Classic. As you can tell by the second "Go" in the lyrics qoute , the powerful voice of David Coverale returns back , completely different to the start of the song. This song reminds me of when i had to have the confidence of doing something hard , on my own! I learnt from this , and after i knew i could do it.... Another enjoyable song , but not the best.... Overall , this song gets a 6/10. It isn't the the best song , but it has some great lyrics , and backing use and the voices are sublime. Then again , it is a slower more boring song after you have listened to it a few times over... Read review

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