If You Can't Stand The Heat - Commercial Hippies

Advantages: A uniqye Sound
Disadvantages: Not a classic

...to their blues roots with “Morrison Hotel”. Commercially this was seen as a return to form but my own view is that the band weren’t firing on all cylinders. So whilst there is no obviously indulgent piece (such as Horse Latitude) too many songs miss the mark and fail to really engage my attention for me to consider this a masterpiece. In the approved style the songs are :- Roadhouse Blues The best song on the album, as the title says this is a simple blues song, but with added balls. Morrison’s deep bass voice rolls out a poetic line that is then mirrored by a mouth organ resulting in a stretching of the song although not to the epic proportions one expects from the band. 9½/10 Waiting for the Sun 2 songs playing separately, and then combining, a gentle harpsichord and a dirty rock riff. 9/10 You make me Real Driven... Read review

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Advantages: Mostly high quality music
Disadvantages: Couple of duds

...If you've only ever dicovered Elton John in the 80's, 90's or noughties then you'll be familiar with songs such as 'I'm still standing', 'Nikita' and 'Can you feel the love tonight'. Yes, Elton John's dire outpourings have spanned many decades but there was a time when his outpourings were far from dire. This time was the 70's. After all, you wouldn't get established on the pop scene with rubbish like that so he must have done something good at some time. 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' shows us exactly why he is still around today and considered a legend. It's just a shame he couldn't keep up the standard. This album is excellent, all bar a couple of dodgy tracks. It features some classics such as 'Candle in the Wind' and 'Bennie and the Jets' and the whole album has a melancholy tone. Ideal for chill-out, hippie-style parties... Read review

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Advantages: Great selection of tracks.
Disadvantages: Its not long enough.

...' All Over - Kidd, Johnny & The Pirates 3. Go Now - Moody Blues 4. Elenore - Turtles 5. Catch The Wind - Donovan 6. Excerpt From A Teenage Opera - West, Keith 7. If Paradise Is Half As Nice - Amen Corner 8. Honey - Goldsboro, Bobby 9. Fun Fun Fun - Beach Boys 10. Hi Ho Silver Lining - Beck, Jeff 11. On The Road Again - Canned Heat 12. Where Do You Got To My Lovely - Sarstedt, Peter 13. He Ain't Heavy (He's My Brother) - Hollies 14. Itchycoo Park - Small Faces 15. Let's Go To San Francisco - Flower Pot Men 16. First Cut Is The Deepest - Arnold, P.P. 17. Pictures Of Matchstick Men - Status Quo 18. Sweets For My Sweet - Searchers CD Two 19. America - Nice 20. Out Of Time - Farlowe, Chris 21. Wonderful Land - Shadows 22. Silence Is Golden - Tremeloes 23. Three Steps To Heaven - Cochran, Eddie 24. I'm Alive... Read review

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