Far From The Madding Crowd - Wuthering Heights

Advantages: Highly original Japanese band
Disadvantages: Some dodgy lyrics, poor artwork

...Mad Capsule Markets - 1997-2004 Please note: If you are offended by colourful language, best not read further. There are some colourful lyrics in some of the songs. I had heard a lot about this Japanese band in magazines and from message boards, but I hadn't heard anything from them til I saw a video on Scuzz earlier this year. So I went out and bought this album after hearing "Scary" but haven't had a proper listen to them yet. I bought the double cd with the DVD, but I'm only going to review the album. Why? Because I bought this album for the music, not for the videos, they're just a bonus. Now the line up for the Mad Capsule Markets is as follows: Kyono - Vocal Takeshi Ueda - Bass, programming, vocal Motokatsu Miyagami - Drums, programming I don't know a lot about the Mad Capsules, but I do know that they... Read review

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Advantages: Another Classic Installment In The Genesis Story
Disadvantages: Their Last Great Album

...trying to escape form humans, recalling "Robbery , Assault and Battery" from "A Trick of The Tail" in form, structure and feel. This leads in to "Blood on the Rooftops" featuring some superb acoustic guitar playing from Hackett. Two atmospheric segued instrumentals "Unquiet Slumbers For The sleepers" and "...In That Quiet Earth" lead into the final track , another great ballad "Afterglow" which is one of the bands finest moments featuring Collins' voice to the fore and some superb keyboard arrangements. This album effectively closed the book on the first half of Genesis's career. After this Hackett left and Collins began to have far more influence over the band which would result in them producing some awful dross with more than the odd gem, although I'll detail that as I review the rest of their albums. This is definitely a five... Read review

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Advantages: Brilliant CD
Disadvantages: It ends too soon

...I was a small child when this album was released, but I was always fascinated by the album cover: Kate Bush dressed as a lion in some remote attic somewhere. Having always loved Wuthering Heights as a track, I'd always been happy with my copy of Kate's 'The Whole Story' as it contained this track and most of the well-known pieces I'd remembered from my childhood. However, I'd always wanted a copy of this album (I thought mainly because of my love of the cover), and, not being able to persuade my Dad to part with his LP, resigned myself to not having a copy. That is of course, until I found that this was available on CD - and I snapped it up. While containing some probably lesser known songs, it's got to be my favourite album of all time. 'Wuthering Heights', which I still love, has been relegated into second place, with 'In... Read review

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