Eleven Love Songs - Maria Marquez

Loving the Ire and the Songs

Advantages: It's great music more or less throughout
Disadvantages: A couple of weaker moments

Having heard Frank Turner's "The First Three Years", an album which reflected on his first few years work as a solo artist after leaving Million Dead, there was no way I couldn't listen to more of his music. After all, the genre he works in, mainly folk based but with frequent rock twists, was one I enjoy listening to and my first experience with his work proved that he was very adept within that field. Compilations like that can be a bit patchy due to their nature, so it seemed only fair I judge him not only on that, but also on his studio work. Fortunately, the version of "The First Three Years" I picked up also came packaged with his second studio album, "Love, Ire & Song", so I didn't have to go too far to get a taste of Turner's studio work. There's a very John Otway feel to the title of "I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous ...

Soho_Black 16.05.2009 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of Love Ire And Song - Frank Turner

Top 10 Love Songs

Advantages: -
Disadvantages: -

UPDATED I have edited this, chucked a few other songs in and got rid of some, and rewritten a couple! I have gotten rid of Mariah Carey, you'll be glad to know! /UPDATED Yes, I like Blue and I'm not ashamed of that fact! This is really sweet and I LOVE it. I don't listen to it that often and when I do, I want to melt! I think Lee has a lovely voice, and Duncan is possibly the most gorgeous guy I have ever set eyes upon. The fact that this song is me and my boyfriend's 'song' does not make me biased, ok?! Another Blue song. I like this more than You Make Me Wanna. The Blue boys are genuinely talented, I reckon, and they're wasted on some of the songs they sing. I just love this song, it's one of my favourites to mope about to! Very soft and romantic, but I admit, it does get a bit ...

jeszikca 27.04.2003 (19.05.2003) · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of Top 10 Love Songs

Frank Turner - Love, Ire & Song

Advantages: Another top helping of folk rock music
Disadvantages: Not quite as good as his debut helping

And there I was thinking what to write my latest helping of review stew on...and having written a review on his first album it would be stupid not to review his latest album. Ipso facto, here it is!! For those who haven't seen my review on his debut album "Sleep is for the Week", (hint hint!) the man is Frank Turner, former lead singer of punk band Million Dead, and the album is "Love, Ire & Song" - his second solo album, released back in March this year on Xtra Mile Records. His first helping of folk-rock tracks about lost loves and drunken evenings was a fantastic record. Showing a song-writing side that many people knew he could produce, but to do it consistently through a 13-track album showed great prowess and talent. But could this second helping realistically stand up, or be just another "difficult second album"? Well put ...

carl.mcqueen 11.09.2008 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of Love Ire And Song - Frank Turner