Ikon Of St Hilda - Girl Choristers & Lay Clerks Of Wakefield Cathedral

Advantages: beautiful, haunting, lighthearted, relaxing
Disadvantages: none

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Advantages: Angelic voices, divine instrumentals,
Disadvantages: -

...'ve no doubt that most people will have heard a couple of these pieces before, although perhaps not performed by this group. Although his is the groups debut album, some of the group may already be familiar to you. Daisy has her own Jazz album, and Laura was BBC2 radios "Chorister of the Year". This group didn't come together on their own, but were put together by Universal, who is billing them as "The Worlds first all-girl classical super group". That's a mighty big statement to live up to! The Artwork and Information -------------------------------------- The album cover is dominated by a picture of the four girls all dressed in white, and on the reverse is a track listing ( 13 tracks in total) as well as the URL to the official All Angels website. Inside the sleeve are more photos, track listings in detail (including original artist where... Read review

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Advantages: 8/10 hardcore thumping tracks
Disadvantages: Hmmm, tracks 3 and 4!

...before thumping back along again. Also sees Ozzy at his best vocally. 6 - Snowblind - whispering of "cocaine" at the end of verse one leave you in no doubt what Ozzy is singing about with the lyrics "What you get and what you see, Things that don't come easily, Feeling happy in my pain, Icicles within my brain". Another solid riff, a jump up and down moshing bit in the middle (especially on live versions). Ozzy's guitarist for a long time Zakk Wylde has done a great acousticish version with his band Black Label Society. 7 - Cornucopia - very heavy track that whizzes along at breakneck speed leading to a strong contrast to track 8... 8 - Laguna sunrise - a couple of miuntes of tranquil guitar playing, beatiful song, no lyrics. 9 - St. Vitus dance - heavy riff-laden song about guy splitting with girl when perhaps he shouldn't, great cover... Read review

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