Gold Becomes Sacrifice - Cannae

Advantages: A good mix of the Carpenters classic hits at a great price.
Disadvantages: Some of the hits can be a little 'samey', no lyrics included to sing-along to.

...'s incredible voice they started of as a jazz band and eventually went on to become superstars know world-wide. Price: I purchased the Carpenters Gold CD at my local HMV Store for just £6.00, which for 20x tracks on one CD I thought was very good value for money. I notcied that online through Amazon it retailed at about £9.95, so a bargain from HMV! The Packaging: The CD and inlay is as you can imagine Gold! the contrast of black writing on gold really stands out which is eye-catching. I really like the Carpenters logo-they have just used their name 'Carpenters' in a great fluid style font that kind of reflects their music-fluid and inspirational. The inlay has some lovely pictures of the siblings and a good 8x pages of text about how they came to fame and about the songs themselves. The tracks: 1.'Yesterday Once More'-a great first track... Read review

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Advantages: Some great tunes, nice vocals
Disadvantages: too short at only ten tracks

...MANIC STREET PREACHERS - GOLD AGAINST THE SOUL ----------------------------------------------- Well Im sure most readers will have heard of the Manic Street Preachers, the band has had a fair few top ten singles and albums over the last few years, with singles such as 'A Design for life' and 'Everything must go' The four Members of the band were all born in a small mining town in Wales, this is where all of there working class political leanings come from. As this was such a small area the group all knew each other since their school days, and all grew up with a love for rock music and groups like the Clash, which shows on some of their songs. The band formed at the end of the 80's, and released a few singles/EPs such as the rare 'New Art Riot', 'Suicide Alley' and the brilliant 'Motown Junk' Then came their first album... Read review

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.... It is clearly easier to get into Gold Against the Soul than the others, just as above it does not have the complicated lyrics and depressant feel. It could be criticised as too commercial and against what they as a band are singing out about. This has a much more mainstream rock sound to it, although still has some top quality lyrics and lovely moments. The guitars are excellent, especially on some tracks and they can actually sing a bit. There are only 10 tracks on this album, a change from their debuts massive 18, but more than make up in quality than quantity. 1. Sleepflower - An excellent way to open the album with high energy and full of guitar riffs. It was written by Richey James through his suffering insomnia, and the lyrics have some great touches about this. The chorus sticks in your head and there is a long instrumental in the middle... Read review

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