Gone - Dwight Yoakam

Advantages: Some pretty decent, atmospheric tracks
Disadvantages: Not many tracks written or co-written by the guys, not as much vocal harmony

...- Introduction/Background Information - Never Gone is the Backstreet Boys fifth original studio album, which came out in June 2005, after a turbulent time for all BSB fans'. Its the follow up to 2000s Black and Blue album (which I just reviewed a couple of days ago) and I know quite a few fans weren't sure if they would ever hear another album from the group after what happened in early 2002, with band member Nick deciding to take time out from the group and work on his own solo project and the group suing their record label, Jive, for a sizeable figure. The true outcome of that lawsuit was never really disclosed, its something I still wonder about to this day but never the less, a follow up to Black and Blue did indeed happen and was released some four and a half years after its predecessor. By the time Never Gone came out, many... Read review

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Advantages: New tracks make it the complete project
Disadvantages: Very little difference to the original

...Back in June '07 when I reviewed the brand new album from a shy Barbados born girl, my closing comments were that -- whilst there is very clearly a clever, target-orientated, management team behind 19 year-old Rihanna -- 'Good Girl Gone Bad' signalled the growth from that beautiful butterfly into a woman. Twelve months and a deluxe version later, Rihanna celebrates her sales figures by releasing 'Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded', a re-release of her third studio release. Whilst some may find it depressing that it has now been a year since 'Umbrella' hasn't seen a day off our music channels, others may discover how well a lot of the tracks have stood up over time. 'Good Woman Gone Bad' received a disappointing three star rating when I first gave it the look over, so what could be such a big improvement with the exception of a double... Read review

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...Basshunter, Jonas Erik Altberg is a Swedish DJ has recently made a presence in the UK after releasing a number of songs from his UK debut album Now YOu're Gone and is extremely popular with the younger generation and those like myself that wanted to listen to something that took them back to their younger clubbing days. I was curious to listen to this album, although I am probably a little too old now for this kind of music, years ago I quite liked the tracks from Ultrabeat, although they do become extremely annoying and the lyrics are rather dire, in comparison to Ultrabeat I thought Basshunter were going to be along the same lines. Having released two tracks in the UK, which have charted in the positions of 1 and 2 during 2007 and 2008, Basshunter is particurly popular in his home country and neighbouring countries of Norway... Read review

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