If Just Today Were To Be My Entire Life - Tex La Homa

Advantages: A few really good tracks, some De La Soul tunes you have never heard before
Disadvantages: The album has no flow, a few weak remixes

...***Warning*** This review does contain some edited adult language and themes. The words have been changed but the meaning is plain. In the stacks of wax you can find the De La Mix: Remixes, Rarities & Classics, De La Soul's 2004 release on Tommy Boy/ Rhino. This is not so much a greatest hits as it is a revisiting in an alternate universe. Both commercial and critical successes are treated to a fresh dusting off, live performance or remix on this disk. Laying down the Knowledge For those of you that don't already know, De La Soul has been around since rap was just rap. Hip hop was just starting to take root as a music genre. There was just rap. When the boys from Long Island hit the scene there was the rap that played on the radio and the rap we listened to when our parents were out of ear shot. De La dropped 3 Feet High and Rising... Read review

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Advantages: Beautifully textured, warm solo piano from a unique and incomparable artist
Disadvantages: It lasts but 40 minutes... I could easily listen to another 40 more!

...straightforward keyboard works. Even those who enjoy Bill Evans might be worth seeking out a copy. Overall, La Bella Vista is a deliciously textured, warm, entrancing, subtle and finally beautiful album. Best listened to at night, or when in a contemplative mood, but then that's my opinion. Admittedly it's not a radical or revolutionary album and I don't think it's going to change anyone's life, but then I think any such claims are nonsense. Still, it might just get you running out to buy many more Budd albums. If anyone is interested in investigating this unique, elegant and to my mind necessary musician then avoid Amazon as it's more expensive that Play, who have La Bella Vista for a reasonable £11.99, though if you search about a bit you might find it a little cheaper. Final note: not sure why, but for some reason it's listed here as La... Read review

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Advantages: Essential document of an underrated band
Disadvantages: Dodgy dance remix at the end

...It's Paul Young - But not as you know him. You could be forgiven for thinking that Paul Young was a typical product of the '80's - All big hair and slick production. But he had a life before Wherever I Lay My Hat! I had the benefit of seeing the Q-Tips live on numerous occasions, and can honestly say that they put on some of the best shows around at the time. The Q-Tips were the hardest working band in showbiz. In the couple of years that they were together they toured constantly. In that time they produced a handful of singles, one studio album and Live At Last, a document of their live shows. This CD is an expanded version of the original vinyl release. A record that, incidentally, still sits proudly in my record collection. It features a mix of original material and well-chosen cover versions. The album starts with a speeded... Read review

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