In The Studio [ECD] [Remastered] - Specials (The)

More Specials -The Specials (re-mastered )

Advantages: inteligent varied original
Disadvantages: their last record as a group

Some are born great,as the saying goes ,others have greatness thrust upon them,and in the case of The Specials it seems not only did they achieve greatness with their debut album "Specials",but had even more greatness thrust upon them by an over expectant music press and ravenous fan base all eager for more of their punk/ska riotous rapture ,however in the spirit of true greatness and wanton defiance they delivered "More Specials" in the autumn of 1980,and in direct conflict to its title could well have been called "Less Specials " In the twelve months which had elapsed between their debut and this daring follow up the musical landscape had changed a great deal ,the fury of punk which gave rise to the groups foundations was now a fading memory as new sounds and movements splinterd into a varied buffet of sounds and movements ...

terriano 15.10.2006 · Read full review
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Review of More Specials [ECD] [Remastered] - Specials (The)

Pendulum - In Silico. A New Album A New Sound.

Advantages: New Sound, Original, Its Pendulum
Disadvantages: Not for everyone, New Sound

turns into quite an epic masterpiece of sounds. There is a very heavy rock influence in this track as there is a lot of guitars and Rob Swire using his vocals in a similar manner. The vocals in this song are similar to the style you hear when Pendulum are live, where they also use a lot of guitars to replicate the studio sounds. In "The Tempest" there is even swearing! Which is completely new in a Pendulum album, however once again, there is a lot of swearing when they perform live, both from Rob Swire and MC Verse (who I have seen separately). This does make it feel like more of a live track than a studio one. Giving a worthy end to the standard edition C.D. This is an absolutely amazing song and I would definitely have to give it 10/10 as I absolutely love listening to it, definitely making it my favourite on the album. 11. Propane ...

lustba 19.05.2008 (18.05.2008) · Read full review
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Review of In Silico (Special Edition) [ECD] - Pendulum

So Special.

Advantages: It's the Specials!
Disadvantages: One or two tracks not so good.

Specials - The Specials It's 1979 I am 16 going on 17, left school and am a scooter skin, which basically meant I rode a scooter (Lambretta SX 200) and had a skinhead. I was into Ska in a big way, but old style skinhead Ska, The Pioneers, The Upsetters etc. Then something happened, we got British Ska, The Beat, Selector, Madness (early on) and the best of all, The Specials. I have two vinyl LP's left in my house, this one (very scratched) and one by a band called Back To The Planet. This LP rocked, it got played over and over from '79 to '81 (when The Jam took over for me). ~~~~~The Band~~~~~ The band themselves seemed to consist of hundreds of people, though in fact there were: Jerry Dammers - Keyboards Terry Hall - Vocals Neville Staple - Vocals and percussion Roddy radiation - Guitar (Sir) Horace Gentleman - Bass ...

paulhanton 10.07.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Specials, The - Specials (The)