Evil Is Forever - Astral Doors

Advantages: Loads of fantastic songs
Disadvantages: not as good as Andrew's Manics tape

...Against the Classes.' This is not to say that the songs are bad. Most of the tracks on 'Forever Delayed' are magnificent. It's just that they sound more commercial than the band's overall discography is. I don't particularly like the two new songs that the Manics put on this album. The SONG 'Forever Delayed,' which, inexplicably, is not on the ALBUM 'Forever Delayed,' is much better than 'There by the Grace of God' or 'Door to the River,' so I think it should have been included instead. I generally don't like songs with the word 'God' in them, and I was appalled that nice atheists like the Manics would do such a thing. The songs on 'Forever Delayed' that I like the most are the ones with catchy melodies that are fun to sing whilst drunk but have lyrics that are depressing if you are paying attention. For example, you might find... Read review

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Advantages: A strong pop effort with a darkier, edgier backbone.
Disadvantages: One weak track - Kyoto Song - doesn't fit in to the album.

...and distinctive pop song. The next two songs, 'Six Different Ways' and 'Push', are two more light hearted affairs, which again are pulled off well, with the former using twinkly keyboards and strings to create an intimate feeling, and is probably the most romantic song on the album bar one, showing that Robert Smith may be feeling, dare I whisper it, happy. The next song 'The Baby Screams' is another dark, gothic anthem with all the things you've come to expect, with soaring vocals and echoey guitars. Yet this one seems to be more playful and evil, evident in the lyric "And I love it, when the baby screams" suggesting that ol' Fat Bob may be having a bit of a laugh at his nightmareish image. The next however, is the biggest departure of all of Head On The Door. 'Close To Me' is a classic Cure single, in the playful, romantic and oddly sexual... Read review

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Advantages: What a voice! That's MOrrison's voice and the music just follow the voice
Disadvantages: To short.

...Born in Belfast (Northern Ireland), Van Morrison was steeped in the sounds of American folk & blues from his youth. By age 11 he had mastered guitar, sax, and harmonica and began perfoprming with skiffle bands in local dance halls. In the swinging '60's he joined the Monarchs and toured U.S air bases in West Germany. Beginning to improve himself versus different public and american buddies. Then he returned to Belfast, he formed Them, one of the best British rock bands of all time. The group scored huge hits like "Don't Start Crying Now", "Baby Please Don't Go" and "Here Comes The Night" and the wonderful international hit "Gloria" so many times covered by main artists as The Doors, Patti Smith, U2 but according to me never as well as Van himself... After Them disbanded, Van Morrison rebegan a solo carreer. And one of the best... Read review

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