Eleven Letters - College Fall

Advantages: Very imaginative album, lots of flare and originality
Disadvantages: Gets pretty boring, very quickly...

...The Rasmus are: Lauri Ylonen (vocals) Pauli Rantasalmi (Guitars) Eero Heinomen (Bass) Aki Hakala (Drums) (Now I want you to be able 2 recite those back to yourself at the end of this review, with correct spellings… what? Oh come on, they're not THAT hard!?) Anyway, this album - "Dead Letters" marked the beginning of the Rasmus' influence on the British music industry, although unaware to many (I know it was to me before I had liked this band enough to research them further), the Rasmus truly began their music career, way back in 1996, when they released their first album ever "Peep" in Finland. This was to be the first of a string of five albums, in quick succession up until 2001 where they took a break to begin work on their worldwide debut album - "Dead Letters" The Finnish boys became stars all over Finland instantly, as... Read review

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Advantages: Good variety of tracks on album
Disadvantages: Addictive

...and a well known producer in Finland, Eero the bass player and lastly Aki, who joined in '99 after selling The Rasmus merchandise at their shows for several years. After the release of 'PEEP', the album went gold very quickly and from there they went on to produce many good quality albums; Playboys - 1997 Hell of a Tester - 1998 Hell of a Collection - 2001 Into - 2001 And finally the latest album, Dead Letters, which consist of the following songs: FIRST DAY OF MY LIFE IN THE SHADOWS STILL STANDING IN MY LIFE TIME TO BURN GUILTY NOT LIKE THE OTHER GIRLS THE ONE I LOVE BACK IN THE PICTURE FUNERAL SONG UK SPECIAL EDITION BONUS TRACKS INCLUDED IN ALBUM: F-F-F-FALLING IF YOU EVER WHAT EVER In my personal opinion, 'Dead Letters' is the best album the band has made to date and is an excellent first stop buy when it comes... Read review

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Advantages: Brilliant Music, Many Top Charts in One Album
Disadvantages: May Not Be Like By Older People

...When I First Listened To Kanye West - College Dropout, I Was Totally Impressed with what kanye can really produce and make. with the favorite track "All Falls Down" massive hit that everyone likes. i have voted 5 out of 5 because... 1. lyrics are powerful and true 2. quality is amazingly good 3. the value for money will keep you occupied for many hours 4. originality, kanye has songs to his own. a voice to his own which know-one else has Kanye west is a hard working artist which brings music to our ears all over the country, using old classic music to bring back to modern day music. this album is aimed for many people in diffrent age groups. mainly towards young teenagers and young adults in low 20's. some use of bad language but is moderate corresponding with the music in this day and age.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful