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Pillows At The Ready

Advantages: Smooth and mellow
Disadvantages: A very samey kind of smooth and mellow

..."cocktail bar" music, she recorded Diamond Life in late 1983 ready for assault on the burgeoning "yuppie" scene of the 80's. Needless to say the Filofax and brick-like "mobile" phone brigade bought it in their droves. So did the soul boys and girls up and down the country as a soundtrack for a little bit of white-towelling socked late night loving! Go Darren and Tracey! WHAT'S THE TRACKLISTING? 1. Smooth Operator 2. Your Love Is King 3. Hang ...
...third of the way through Diamond Life, that you realise that Sade is not going to exert herself vocally, there's going to be no lung-busting here. If you're looking for 80s soul's answer to Courtney Love or Jocelyn Brown - forget it. The vocals are creamy, smooth and whispered. This song displays a nice line in slinky piano grooviness about four minutes in. Which is nice. Mark: 3/5 4. When Am I Gonna Make A Living (3:32) This is my favourite track ...

waynehorrigan 11.07.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Diamond Life - Sade

It's Rev Run Of D.M.C.

Advantages: Hints of quality
Disadvantages: Short tracks. Too few tracks. Weak rhymes

"Distortion" is the first solo album from the former Run-D.M.C. rapper, who used to be known as DJ Run. Now an official revered, Rev Run released this 2005 album under Def Jam to show that since the death of Jam Master Jay, although he won't do anymore D.M.C. work, he will continue to do what he does best as Rev Run. 1."I Used to Think I Was Run" This is the opener and has to do something big to show the progression made by the artists. I believe ...
...flow, however I think that the heard production masked the problems with the content of the rhymes, which weren't that good. **Three Stars** 2. "Home Sweet Home" You get a strange one here as Revn raps on the "Sweet Home Alabama" beats, and does so with strongly contrasting MCing, which is done in the mid-eighties style, and it just doesn't fit in with the mellowness of the production. **One Star** 3. "Boom Ditty" This one has Rev on some heavy beats ...

XICripZ 14.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Distortion - Rev Run

Unwind on the Waves

Advantages: Calming and enjoyable
Disadvantages: Sometimes to familiar

...him in the UK charts. Dreamland the album features both hit singles with another 6 tunes you will have not heard before on the UK Chart. Children was inspired through a horrific insight into young clubbers being killed on the roads of Ibiza. Robert had heard on the radio of horrific scenes where young loved up clubbers would drive back to their hotel after a long night clubbing, drinking and taking drugs though they’d never make it back. ...
...listing below: ** Dreamland ** 01 ~ Children (Dream Version) 7.05 This is the dream version which was very similar to the version we heard in the charts. The actual tune gives you the sense your travelling, from a dark wet time to a more joyful sunlit time. The sounds push you into the music, following you in and covering your back with all these different sounds. The actual tune is a quite an upbeat tempo calming tune which makes you think more ...

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Review of Dreamland - Robert Miles

Three Times A Classic!!!

Advantages: Loads of brillliant, stand the test of time classics.
Disadvantages: The odd song is slightly boring and repetitive.

...buy a different one "The definitive collection", as it is newer and has more tracks. I bought this on ebay, so a few days later the cd came through the post and I couldn't wait to put it on. With a Greatest hits CD you sort of know what to expect because you know the majority of the songs, however it still managed to attract me and I know that it's a classic that will be valued in my CD collection for years to come. ~~~Who is Lionel?~~~ I'm sure ...
...case.... Lionel Richie started his music career with the Commondores. He is one of the world's most recognized and rewarded performers. Lionel Richie has sold nearly 100 million albums and notched 22 Top 10 hits. He is most famously known for his big hits including "Three times a lady", "Endless love" (with Diana Ross) and "All night long". It is his ability to combine fast songs with ballads, and light hearted songs with intense love songs that ...

Bouncebackability 31.08.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Definitive Collection, The - Lionel Richie

This Dougie Ain't Fresh

Advantages: A couple of big tunes
Disadvantages: Generally weak

“Dolla$, TX” was the 2008-released debut album from the Texas rapper Lil’ Wil. The artist broke through as a Soulja Boy Tell’Em affiliate in early ’08 as he dropped his dance tune “My Dougie” to capitalise upon the Snap Music phase of Southern Rap reaching its peak as it had reached the global market. 1. “Dolla$, TX” (Intro) 2. “Money On My Mind” Getting things going here you see that we drop straight down into the popular style of Texas Rap here ...
...from the Houston seen with a much more Atlanta-esque style being adapted to it, and I felt that it really aided it to support the fact that he is aiming for appealing dance tune for the clubs here. **Four Stars** 3. “Move It” You have a little something different early on in the album with a summery tune which has Papa Reu helping out in order to give with a bit of a Dancehall twist to things. I felt that it came across well with him taking it out ...

XICripZ 28.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Dolla$, TX - Lil' Wil