Definitive - White Lion

Advantages: Consistent, catchy, no frills
Disadvantages: Jack White's vocals may be an acquired taste!!

...over adversity albeit through minimal lyrics but more of a “wall of sound” musical backing. On to “Hypnotize” which has a great tune and another basic riff line which bounces along at a galloping pace and displays that these faster, rockier songs are definitely what the White Stripes are best at. “The Air Near my Fingers” follows with short, snappy lyrical lines but continues the same musical pace and bounce as the previous few tracks. Another rocky track hits us with “Girl, You Have no Faith in Medicine” with Jack almost shrieking his way urgently through this one. Definitely another favourite here, given a lightly different sound by the constant madly shaken tambourine (?) throughout and Jack sounding on the verge of actually losing it this time. The final track,all too soon, gives a light, amusing ending to the album. "Well It... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: Fantastic selection
Disadvantages: None

...Have foreigner really being performing for over 25 years? Yes, they have. Foreigner has arguably provided some of the best music of the past 25 years. No matter what you were doing, there was probably a Foreigner song being played in the background. Or even the foreground. The tracks on the CD are: As Cold As Ice Waiting for a Girl Like You I Want to Know What Love Is That was Yesterday Urgent Say You Will Double Vision Blue Morning, Blue Day Heart Turns to Stone Feels Like the First Time Long, Long Way From Home I Don't Want to Live Without You Starrider Whire Lie Break It Up Hot Blooded Dirty White Boy Down on Love Juke Box Hero Urgent The latter track was recorded live at the BBC and is included as a special bonus track for the CD. The booklet that comes with the CD is very well written and also well... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: Some of the tracks are absolutely excellent.
Disadvantages: A number of tracks are actually quite painful to listen to.

...is most definitely more. Jack White actually wrote every single track present on this album, I find it quite amusing how someone can get things so right with some tracks and yet so, so wrong with others. The album is incredibly inconsistent; ranges from brilliant to terrible, and yet the same person wrote every single one of the tracks present here; go figure. Another thing I find quite amusing about Jack White is his voice, he doesn't have a particularly good voice at the best of times; there are tracks where he makes the most of the voice that he does have however, with other tracks on the other hand he'll shriek and cry and his vocal tone can actually be quite painful to listen to. With the track 'As Ugly as I Seem' for instance his vocal performance is dreadful, with 'Blue Orchid' on the other hand he uses his whininess to his... Read review

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