Great Artist, A - Life Once Lost (A)

Advantages: Some of the very best of British acoustic folk, mellow, heartfelt and moving.
Disadvantages: Minimal instrumentation, very similar style and theme throughout, if that's a problem.

...David Gray is an elusive character, in the sense that he’s fairly hard to pin down when it comes to categorizing and summating his music. Starting back in the early 90’s the Manchester born singer songwriter spent most of the last decade living the life of the struggling musician, true to the form of the bare, wistful, reflective songs he was writing at the time. Making ends meet by gigging and recording for his small yet faithful fan base, before finally hitting the big time with his ultra successful electro-centric, pop-folk cross over album, 'White Ladder'. Since then his renown has grown, and along with it, fame, fortune and a plethora of fans who had never heard of him before he started getting top reviews in national papers. And like many artists who spend their early years struggling to get noticed and signed to someone... Read review

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Advantages: Street Life's spectacular lyricism is stellar like A STAR and IS BORN within each song.
Disadvantages: Filler songs with atrocious beats that make my ears HUNG in THESE hideous STREETS!

...*************************************************************************** * THE WU-TANG CLAN AFFILIATED ALBUMS: STREET EDUCATION The Street Life Collection - Part I Author: DJprimo Published by DJprimo for DIJEH inc. / Works of Art *********************************************************************** ***** INTRODUCTION Once upon a time in Staten Island, the suburb of New York City, a youngster with aspirations to become a rapper and storyteller emerged from the streets. He established his occupation as a part-time Hip Hop performer when he developed close affiliations with the nine great rappers of the Wu-Tang Clan foundation (e.g. Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, Raekwon, Method man etc.). During his allegiance with the Wu-Tang Clan soldiers, he played the role... Read review

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Advantages: diversity, progression of Joel's vocals
Disadvantages: slightly more pop orientated

...they now have the belief that they can make a truly great record ….. And I’m happy to say that this, ‘The Chronicles Of Life & Death’, is their truly great album ……….. Track listing 1. Once Upon A Time : The Battle Of Life and Death 2. The Chronicles Of Life & Death 3. Walk Away 4. S.O.S. 5. I Just Wanna Live 6. Underneath This Smile 7. Predictable 8. Secrets 9. The Truth 10. The World Is Black 11. Mountain 12. We Believe 13. It Wasn’t Enough 14. In This World (murder)... Read review

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