December (Anniversary Edition) - George Winston

Advantages: Classic songs, classic playing, classic mood, classic cover
Disadvantages: None

...off effort but Band On The Run is an everlasting proof that the boy can't help it. Thankfully, Lindy was quite difficult to spot on the album, but we miss her loads - she was a good 'un. The sleeve notes of the 25th anniversary edition of the album’s release contains some interesting background by Mark Lewisohn: “By 1973 it was clear that Paul McCartney was continuing the fast-track pace of record releases that the Beatles had established the previous decade. Unveiled that December, Band On The Run arrived some three and a half years after the Beatles’ final album and yet it was already Paul’s fifth – and his third with Wings. “Lagos! For Paul, the word conjured up images of lazy days, hazy days, hot, tropical days, days of ceaseless music and buzzy rhythms on the west coast of Africa. He envisaged ‘lying on the beach all day... Read review

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Advantages: It's Bowie
Disadvantages: Another version to buy!

...not a French speaker. I think far from being a grand mistake the album encapsulates what makes Bowie tick. The albums release was also held up for about a month because of the original cover by Dutch artist Guy Peellaert which showed Bowie as a man half dog caused a storm by having the canine genitalia in full view. The artwork was quickly airbrushed to remove the offending member although some copies did make it out of the pressing plant and if you can find an original copy with the gate-fold sleeve with the uncensored cover ka-ching! This album is a masterpiece of invention, cinematic in scope, breathtaking brazen in it’s execution and finally if you listen closely scary in it’s content. Bowie had intended this to be a soundtrack to a lavish musical stage presentation of the George Orwell book 1984, but when Orwell’s... Read review

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Advantages: I know this may be biased opinion but personally i hail this as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time!
Disadvantages: None What so ever!!!!!

...is only approximetly 34 minutes long, it wil be the best 34 minutes of listening you have ever experienced. This platinium edition comes with a special bonus disc with four remixed tracks off illmatic and two new tracks. The four remixed tracks compare nothing to the origninal beats of Illmatic, the new beats simply sound to bubblegum and r'n'b for my liking and true hip hop fans, however the two new tracks (on the real and Star wars) bring the listeners back to the Illmatic era! This truly is one of the best Hip Hop albums you will ever purchase and is great to add to your collection!... Read review

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