Cooley - Joe Cooley

Advantages: Classic album
Disadvantages: None

...are difficult, it’s easy to just let them pull you under, to sleep and forget problems rather than fighting them. To let the undertow take you away. But maybe not! ******Ballad of Big******* “Big Jim Cooley commanded respect Whatever he wanted, he could get The badge on his waistcoat shone in the sun, It ain’t no lie, Big Jim was feared by everyone.” Ahhhh, a song that tells a story. Not my favourite thing, I have to say. But anyway, it’s the story of Big Jim the Sheriff, who agrees to drive a herd of cattle across the plain when everyone else thinks it’s too dangerous. And he gets killed by indians and spends eternity as a ghost, riding the plains, cursing his fate. It’s got a nice shuffle beat in the verse which segues into a straight four by four in the chorus. It’s an OK track... Read review

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Advantages: Consistant quality
Disadvantages: A couple of tracks let it down

...Released in 2000, "My Name Is Joe" is the thrird album from the R&B singer Joe (Thomas). I feel that it it wasn't for my father's taste of music, I would have never have heard of Joe, because he is really underrated outside of this genre of music, but in this category, he is (or was) one of the best in the game, so he should be showed a lot more respect. "Intro (My Name Is Joe)" "Somebody Gotta Be on Top" Although this song deals with all the typical things which you would expect to hear from a track such as this, it doesn't really have the power which you get to see in other parts of the album, so it is just a second rate version of the rest of the songs here. However as he is consistantly strong, it means that the overall quality isn't effected as it doesn't sound that poor away from this album. **Three Stars... Read review

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Advantages: Nice selection of tracks. Great for inspiring guitarists.
Disadvantages: Relatively small market niche.

...Along with the globally massive “surfing with the alien” this has to be one of Joe's more well known albums. It was also one of the first ones that I got my hands on. On his official website “www.satriani.com” there are links to where you can hear audio clips of his album. You can also hear clips from all his other albums including his live releases. I very much suggest listening to these to hear some of his other amazing work to, and to find out if you would like to purchase a certain CD or not. The Extremist was his 5th studio album released in 1992, so lets see how it shapes up.... ALL SONGS WRITTEN AND ARRANGED BY JOE SATRIANI PRODUCED AND MIXED BY ANDY JOHNS AND JOE SATRIANI ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION BY JOHN CUNIBERTI The track listings. 01 = Friends (3min28sec) - The opening of the album with a big drum... Read review

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