Folly Seeing All This - Michael Mantler

This Is It ... The King Of Pop's Musical Legacy Lives On !!!

Advantages: A wonderful album featuring many of Michael Jackson's greatest hits and a few new surprises.
Disadvantages: Despite being a two disc CD the second disc only has three tracks ...

~ Introduction ~ As a teenager Michael Jackson was one of my favourite ?pop singers?. I had the album Bad on tape and my dad had most of the Jackson 5 albums in his record collection. I can remember receiving the 1987 Michael Jackson Calendar for Christmas and I was over the moon. Over the years my taste in music has changed but I have always remained a fan of Michael Jackson. When I heard the news that he had died I too was shocked and saddened ? On Saturday morning I bought a copy of Michael Jackson?s This Is It (having been to the cinema the night before to see the concert movie that the album itself is based on). For the last couple of hours I have been listening to the album whilst writing this review. I have never written a review of a music album before and, to be honest, was not entirely sure where to start ...

jedimastergray73 04.11.2009 (05.11.2009) · Read full review
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The Wentworth Follies

Advantages: Interesting monuments with plenty of history attached to them
Disadvantages: Charges apply to visit some of them, limited visited times.

I recently wrote a review on the Wentworth-Woodhouse Estate, one of the finest examples of a Grand Country House and Estate in Northern England. Situated in South Yorkshire about 4 miles North of Rotherham this Estate covers 600 acres and was once the home to one of the richest men in England, the 2nd Marquis of Rockingham, who was twice Prime Minister of England in the latter part of the 1700's. The Grounds to the vast Wentworth Estate contains many attractions. Amongst these are four different structures known as the Wentworth Follies. Each of these monuments which are associated with the 2nd Marquis and his Father, the 1st Marquis of Rockingham, formerly the Earl of Malton were built between 1748 and 1785 have a unique design and structure. Curiously if you look at the doorways to the first three structures in chronological ...

micksheff 24.10.2006 · Read full review
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See This Through and Leave

Advantages: Storming debut album from Reading's finest
Disadvantages: None

I couldn't agree more with the "This is a fantastic album!" comment on the review page. This is still one of the best albums I own, by one of the best and most under-rated bands of recent times (now defunct). All three albums that were released by the Coopers were amazing, this is probably the best of the three. My personal favourites being "Been Training Dogs", "Let's Kill Music", "Panzer Attack" and "Film-Maker". This album is like being hit in the face with a wall of sound, and what a sound. The only slightly disappointing track is "555-4823", which is experimental to say the least. On the other hand, this album shows how diverse the Coopers could be. You have the all out huge sound of the likes of "Let's Kill Music" and "Panzer Attack", and then the beautiful album closing "Murder Song" with it's soft sound and floaty ...

psirac 15.01.2008 · Read full review
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