Hommage (Once Upon A Time) - Niels H.O. Pedersen/Mikkelborg

Advantages: Amazing music, brilliant songs and good vocals.
Disadvantages: Some of the songs could be a bit longer, but other than that the whole things amazing.

...Once upon a time, in a land far, far away...a teenage boy sat down with his family to watch Once Upon A Time In Mexico on DVD. The dashing, young chappy had never seen or heard of this film before, although his parents said they enjoyed it very much. He sat down with some pringles and a glass of orange squash and enjoyed the whole film. The next following days he couldn't help but talk about it to all his friends, many who hadn't seen it were persuaded to do so by the boy. One of the main things he liked about the film, besides the story and acting, was the music that accompanied the film. So, he set out to buy the soundtrack for just £6.99 from HMV. As soon as he got home he played the CD and was amazed by how brilliant each song was. From that day on he constantly listened to the album at least once a day, playing it as background... Read review

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Advantages: Blissful songs - sheer class
Disadvantages: None

.../79, the Banshees headlining with support from Spizz Oil and the Human League, drowning under a wall of spittle from the brittle new troops of punk rock - Siouxsie wasn't happy and she told them so in no uncertain terms - that was when they crossed over for me into SOMETHING ELSE. They were different from the rest - so very different. Perhaps it was just Siouxsie or the mock horror theatrics of their material - all I know is that they were unique - a rushing maelstrom of dark menace - and boy could they kick ass. Bullet point one - Once Upon A Time - Greatest Hits from a band who shouldn't have had them, but did anyway - absolutely blistering records - they kept us dancing and made us think - never the easy kill, always the outsiders, but we welcomed them in - ever since every record company in London had 'Sign The Banshees' scrawled across... Read review

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Advantages: Great songs, band has developed a lot since 1st album
Disadvantages: None

...Most bands struggle desperately to recreate the quality of their debut album, and in the case of Hard-fi, they certainly had a big act to follow, but in my opinion they have delivered the goods in style with this cracking record. Usually I find myself disappointed with follow-up albums, but this is one of the only follow-ups that is as good as, or even surpasses the original. In my view, "Once Upon A Time In The West" is even better than debut record "Stars of CCTV." To fully appreciate an album, I truly believe that one must listen to it in its entirety. As a completework, this is a great album. With songs such as "Suburban Nights" and "Can't Get Along Without You", the band has reproduced some of the edgey quality that brought them to the dance with their debut album, while songs such as "We Need Love" and "Tonight... Read review

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