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Reflections of the way life used to be..

Advantages: Wonderful music
Disadvantages: None

...it cost me £10.50. 40 Golden Motown Greats Diana Ross and The Supremes (although there are other artists as well) Compiled in 1998 I really do not know how I missed this one. When I looked at the songs on this CD it brought back a funny memory of my 10th Wedding Anniversary when we had a huge party it was a hot day way back in the 1980's and at that time we used tapes and long playing records. I had Diana Ross on a long player it was my favourite ...
...a low wall outside in the garden to be played next - the sun decided it should not be a record anymore but a nice black bowl. It was never replaced because I could never quite replace all the songs on one disc. This little gem has at last done that for me. There are two discs - disc one has 24 tunes and disc two 16. Listed on disc one - Where Did Our Love Go -Diana Ross and The Supremes -1964 (First number 1) Baby Love -Diana Ross and The Supremes ...

teacherofhooch 31.10.2005 · Read full review
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Review of 40 Golden Motown Greats - Diana Ross & The Supremes

Good Girl Gone Bad?

Advantages: Edgier, more grown up sound
Disadvantages: Lacks the variety of her previous album, may alienate some of her younger fans

...has she caved with her Rated R album? Up until the release of Good Girl Gone Bad I was a fan of Rihanna’s and had previously purchased all her albums but to me she was simply another conventional mainstream R&B artist that rise as quickly as they fall but with the help of mentor Jay Z she’s changed public opinion on her and become a worthy rival to the likes of Beyonce. The album begins subtly with the synthy beats of Mad House, this track is definitely ...
...guidance rating however the title Rated R evidently means more than previously expected. One surprise that I found when listening to this album is that it doesn’t feature her recent collaboration with Jay Z and Kanye West, Run This Town reached number one in the charts and something that I find a lot is that if the artist only featured on the song they will remix it to add more of their vocals so it can feature on their album. Ashanti is someone ...

Great_reviewer07 18.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Rated R - Rihanna

Not too young to buy

Advantages: Some good tracks, and some absolutely stunning ones
Disadvantages: Damn that Australian wind instrument!

...total. Superb stuff. - Emergency On Planet Earth "If anybody's listening - Emergency on planet Earth" Probably my favourite track on the album, the title track returns to the theme of environmental worries. It has quite some pace to it, and is as catchy as you could hope for. The guitar work just rules, lovely strings, and Jay Kay's vocals really make it something. It's very funky, but light and enjoyable with it. I had to stop writing this just ...
...Whatever It Is, I Just Can't Stop "Have to get up to get down, the remedy is in the sound" I have to say, even though it isn't a bad track, this is my least favourite track on the album. It still sounds great, but I'm not keen on the continuous stream of lyrics approach, with the music as just a backing. The theme is once again about musical enjoyment, and while the sound is great, it's not perfect. - Blow Your Mind "Pleasure, passion, tonight's ...

Excelle 05.04.2002 · Read full review
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Review of Emergency On Planet Earth - Jamiroquai

Fragments of...Awesome music

Advantages: Great dance music, peacy and happy, moral
Disadvantages: Abit too electronic and synthesised. Expensive to buy.

Fragments of Freedom by Morcheba is a brilliant album which you can listen to over and over again. The words all have morals such as if you're to shallow then you'll get hurt ( from the song "Shallow End" ). If you feel like relaxing after a stressful day or if you want calming dance music...this is the album for you. The band manage to keep up the high standard of their other albums and the album in general is almost flawless. Of course there is ...

bengar 23.03.2002 · Read full review
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Review of Fragments Of Freedom - Morcheeba

The Ultimate King Of Motown

Advantages: All of his most enthralling work are captured on these disc
Disadvantages: Would have liked to have seen a few more rarities added on

...Fellow was one of his very best early hits. The formulaic though enduring Motown sound is fully at work on this classic with Gayes' distinctive vocals seamlessly surfboarding along the somwhat complex musical arrangements. Hitch Hike, Can I Get A Witness? and Too Busy Thinking About My Baby also encapsulates that familiar and distinct Motown sound of its golden era in the 1960's and all three are instantly contagious from the musical arrangements ...
...and style of its own. During Motowns golden era of the 1960's, Gaye worked with many of the labels most talented female singers. His phenomenal duet with the underated Kim Weston on the sparse, It Takes Two, sounds just as fresh and as vibrant as it was back then. But it was the divine Tammi Terrell (who was married to David Ruffin, one-time lead singer of The Temptations) that he found his perfect duet partner. Gaye and Terrell cut many albums and ...

IanPhillips 05.07.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Very Best Of Marvin Gaye, The [Digipak] - Marvin Gaye