Chronicles - Donna Summer

Advantages: Good mix of tunes
Disadvantages: Not enough modern material

...Donna Summer has had mixed fortunes over the years, mainly thanks to some alleged homophobic comments Summer was supposed to have made during the mid-1980s when AIDS was first being properly recognised. However, the music has to be priority and this is a good collection of songs. The main styles are disco and pop. Here's a track-listing. 1. Love To Love You Baby (Single Version) 2. Could It Be Magic (Single Version) 3. I Feel Love (Edit) 4. Theme From The Deep (Down Deep Inside) 5. Love's Unkind 6. I Love You (Single Version) 7. Last Dance (Single Version) 8. MacArthur Park (Single Version) 9. Heaven Knows 10. Rumour Has It 11. Hot Stuff (Single Version) 12. Bad Girls (Edited Single Version) 13. No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) 14. On The Radio 15. Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger) 16. State... Read review

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Advantages: diversity, progression of Joel's vocals
Disadvantages: slightly more pop orientated

...Following the success of their first two albums ‘Good Charlotte’ and ‘The Young & The Hopeless’, Good Charlotte have a go at being ‘dark’ on us, supposedly going darker within their lyrics and heightening their overall sound. Now, being someone who loved their first two albums, I will honestly say that I would have loved this regardless, but it doesn’t mean that my opinion should be heard any less than a neutral. In fairness, Joel Madden’s quotes of this being a much darker record are not proven correct, with the same relative beat as was so evident on ‘The Young & The Hopeless’, yet with the success of that album what need is their to change things. In the case of ‘The Chronicles Of Life and Death’ there are to be two separate releases, one incorporating life art, whilst the other features death art. Apart from that one minimal... Read review

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Advantages: 80s influenced and anthemic, girls are doing what they want, great for a sing a long
Disadvantages: few weak links, wouldn't have minded maintaining the escapism in regards to feelings, etc.

...**What follows is a long review. Track by track, best lyrics from each song, practically a warts-and-all observation. Written in the throes of sobriety, along with better moments of inebriation. Don't say I didn't warn you.** This is the latest offering from Californian stone-fox group The Donnas since they parted with their label after what I felt was a fairly lacklustre album, Gold Medal. That could just be me though, maybe I have to listen to it more (or download more tracks, since I didn't think it was good enough to warrant buying). Although 'Fall Behind Me' among a coupla other tracks were cool, the video for 'I Don't Wanna Know' felt so low budget I was embarrased for the girls and it seemed that the label had their attentions elsewhere. Gold Medal didn't have the same kinda attitude as Spend The Night or previous albums... Read review

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