Hell Bent For Letters - Bloodhag

Advantages: Good variety of tracks on album
Disadvantages: Addictive

...and a well known producer in Finland, Eero the bass player and lastly Aki, who joined in '99 after selling The Rasmus merchandise at their shows for several years. After the release of 'PEEP', the album went gold very quickly and from there they went on to produce many good quality albums; Playboys - 1997 Hell of a Tester - 1998 Hell of a Collection - 2001 Into - 2001 And finally the latest album, Dead Letters, which consist of the following songs: FIRST DAY OF MY LIFE IN THE SHADOWS STILL STANDING IN MY LIFE TIME TO BURN GUILTY NOT LIKE THE OTHER GIRLS THE ONE I LOVE BACK IN THE PICTURE FUNERAL SONG UK SPECIAL EDITION BONUS TRACKS INCLUDED IN ALBUM: F-F-F-FALLING IF YOU EVER WHAT EVER In my personal opinion, 'Dead Letters' is the best album the band has made to date and is an excellent first stop buy when it comes... Read review

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Advantages: Hidden R.E.M. gems that were never released....until now!
Disadvantages: Doesn't play like an album

...for their 1984 song '7 Chinese Bros.' Everything is as the song would eventually turn out, right until the instant Stipe enters. Stipe, for this recording, grabs a gospel album and starts to sing the liner notes. It's amazing how effortlessly he wraps the words to the music having never seen them before; he makes it seem like he wrote them especially for it! 5. Burning Hell: Now we know where The Darkness got their sound from! A comic glam-rock ditty with screams to die for. This song contains one of the greatest comedy lyrics ever penned in 'Women got legs, men got pants/ I got the picnic, you got the ants'. A fist-pumping rocker with enough energy to fill a whole album. IT'S A BURNING HELL! 6. White Tornado: Is the B-side to their very first single, Radio Free Europe. It's a quasi-surf instrumental with some death-defying drumming from Berry... Read review

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Advantages: Some quite good songs if you can just wait
Disadvantages: Manufactured radio tracks

...Letters, which cannot be delivered to the address, they hold or returned to the sender – DEAD LETTERS BACKGROUND INFO ON THE RASMUS The band was formed in 1995, by four Finnish high school friends who intended to change Finland’s English music scene, which according to them “sucked”. Their first album, entitled “Peep”, was a huge success in Finland and made them rock stars at the age of sixteen. They were quick to release their next album, “Playboys”, which earned the group an Emma, the Finnish equivalent of a Grammy. Their third album, “Hell of a Tester”, included a track which earned them Best Single of the Year. In 2001 they released “Into” which included a track called F-F-F-Falling, which topped the Finnish chart. The group’s rep began to build and they acquired a European fan base. In 2003 the group toured Europe and later... Read review

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