Blind Dog At St. Dunstan's - Caravan

Advantages: care for a good mood?
Disadvantages: maybe too short

...This is the first Blind Melon album I picked up on just pure whim. Thank God for impulse spending...this album was just great. A lot of material was written before their first album even came out, such as St. Andrew's Hall (the other version which appeared on Soup as St. Andrew's Fall). The song is more acoustic on this album, as most of this album is acoustic in nature. The first song is a great starter, as it certainly gives indication of the feel of this album. And even though the lyrics can be a little distressed the way they're delivered is just so hopeful sounding, such as "life ain't so shitty" Shannon Hoon just seemed to accept his existence as a hopeless drug addict, instead of droning on about it in a "poor me" type manner. Also, seeing as how the first song was a cover of Steppenwolf's "The Pusher" you get an idea of what... Read review

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Advantages: Jumping up and down in the mosh pit is cool
Disadvantages: It's all been done before and done better

...One of the results of being an old git (nearly 26 now) is that you have heard all this before. Every now and then people seem to rediscover the fact that using hip hop beats and decks with thrashy guitars seem to work quite well. Does anyone remember the first Senser album 'Stacked up'or the first Rage Against the Machine album, they were both blinding. Even people like Biohazard and Dog Eat Dog were doing this kind of music back when i was 18 and they were crap at it. Anyone thinking this is anything new, go out and find a copy of 'Stacked up' or 'Play more music' by Consolidated and then say limp bizkit are ground breaking. Just because something is marketed well does not make it anything new.... Read review

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Advantages: Good 1st Album
Disadvantages: could have used more publicity

...what an album!! when i 1st heard roosters debut single Come get some i fell inlove with them instantly.I don't know much about the background of the band, the 1st two members in the band were Luke and Nick as they went to school together they began writing the album together.They then found the drummer Dave when they came accross him with lukes other band.Bassist Ben was discoverd though a ad in the paper. The Album itself has an amazing mix of sounds. You have the slow songs such as Angels calling, and Staring at the sun,then you have the more rocky songs, such as Platinum Blind, and their new release Your so right for me. They sound quite a bit like aerosmith. They also have their own flava to their music quite a unique sound could say their like a guns'n'roses type band with the guitar solos My fav song on the album must be... Read review

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