House, R&B, Soul & Rap > Stax / Southern Soul House, R&B, Soul & Rap > Soul > 5 GBP to 10 GBP

Advantages: Mix of songs
Disadvantages: None

I first bought this cd because i was feeling a bit down as i had just gone through a rough patch. I thought that if i listened to some slow calm songs it would just help me chill out a bit. I thought i knew what the songs were like as i had seen an advert for it on tv. I had thought at first that all the songs would be slow love songs suhc as Stick Wit U by Pussycat Dolls. I am glad to say however that i was wrong and on the contrary, there was quite ...
...my personal favourites....don't you just lvoe the little baby voice?) and My Boo by Usher. What surprised me even more were 1 Thing by Amerie and Crazy In Love by Beyonce. This is because i had thought of them as party songs so this cd definitely cheered me up. =] ... Read review

Advantages: Catchy, upbeat songs that make you want to dance!
Disadvantages: Some of the songs are too simular

Good Girl Gone Bad is Rihanna's third album to be released. The album has achieved considerable worldwide success, including six singles which have been released from the album. The album is Rihanna's most sucessful, going 2X Platinum. Umbrella was the first single to be released, and features Jay-Z. This is her biggest hit to date, winning her a Grammy Award. It went #1 in EVERY COUNTRY featured on Wikipedia's discography page, illustrating its ...
...more places. It has a good beat and i loved it from the first time i listened to it. 8/10 Other good tracks on the album are Breakin Dishes and Rehab. Rehab is probably my favourite song on the album, and it is produced by Justin Timberlake and Timbaland. Overall, I think this album is a brilliant one to have, as it features many well known songs that are easy to listen to. Perfect for any R&B fan, and becuase Rihanna is Barbadian, some songs have ... Read review

Advantages: Lovely voice, great songs
Disadvantages: Rubbish inlay booklet

...starts with the debut single Rockferry a piano based ballad that speeds up with some clever guitar work. The song sounds like a modern interpretation of Dusty Springfield's material, an impressive benchmark to say the least. I feel Duffy's voice is better than Amy Winehouse & these songs on her debut album highlight the range she can sing to. There is no better example of that than the next track Warwick Avenue, which I heard being played on the ...
...My favourite & the one that made me go out & buy this CD is 'Stepping stone' with its wonderful haunting sound, a real future classic. Her second single the more up-tempo 'Mercy' is also featured & although I quite liked it when I first heard it on the radio, when I really make the effort to hear it I enjoy it all the more. It sounds like something from the 1960s but still sounds fresh & modern all the same. The final track 'Distant dreamer' is ... Read review

Advantages: Different styles, some sad, others you feel sorry for the woman sufferung
Disadvantages: Maybe not to everyone taste

...wouldn't think she was only 19. Her voice sounds Soulful/Jazz going to acoustic and pop. The lyrics are very poignant, in the way that it's way it's sung. Adele wrote every track and the music Here is my rundown 1 Daydreamer - This sounds like it's based on a boy who is another relationship, or he cheated on someone. 2 - Best For Last - This sounds like the woman is wanting the man to provide and to treat her right. It feels the woman is getting ...
...about love 3 - Chasing Pavements, This is based on a fight that happened, but to me it's like you don't know where to turn in life. It feels like you don't know what to decide what you want in life. Feels like your running a empty pavement and your not getting what you want. 4 - Cold Shoulder - This I think is I think the woman is concerned her boyfriend is up to no good. The woman want's the man to be truthful to her as all she wants is someone ... Read review

Advantages: A brilliant lost gem of a talent. Respect to the man!
Disadvantages: This is almost his entire recorded work!

...to the small Memphis-based Goldwax label. The same label that also provide home to the legendary James Carr and the Ovations, amongst others. Now, some people are Motown buffs and some swear by Stax (the other Memphis based) label. But Goldwax wasn't even in that league, being so shoe-string bound that they didn't even have their own studio, Nevertheless, young Spencer Wiggins signed with them and proceeded to produce several singles for them, between ...
...tracks he cut after leaving Goldwax and few alternative/remixes/extended takes, 22 tracks in total. It's always hard to describe an artist or a records style in words, but Wiggins own vocal style is more in a powerful Solomon Burke style, rather than the sweeter Sam Cooke vein. Fiery, emotive and energetic, sometimes given to hair raising soul yells that are up there with the James Browns of this world, he will command your attention In terms of ... Read review