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Rory Gallagher - Rory Gallagher

Advantages: Recording Quality,Tone,lyrics
Disadvantages: None

...memorable,Personally this is my favourite Rory Gallagher album/era and a great introduction to Rory's playing.As far as i know this is his first solo album. The track listing is One. Laundromat Two. Just The Smile Three. Hands Up Four. For The Last Time Five. It's You Six. I'm Not Surprised Seven. Can't Believe It's True Eight. Gypsy Woman Nine. It Takes Time The recording quality is amazing,For then or now.It was released in 1971. Every song has ...

Stereotype62 29.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Rory Gallagher - Rory Gallagher

In the jelly jungle of orange marmalade

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I have a deep rooted love of late 1960's American music, with flaky front men singing soppy love songs over heavy basslines and scratchy guitars. When some of these bands, like the Turtles and the Beach Boys among others, began to leave the chords ringing out, with the bass player wandering all over the fretboard, a new style of "heavy" music appeared; from there it was but a short step to psychadelia and heavy rock. This album comprises all three ...
...who had a massive hit with "Green Tambourine" in 1967 and folded up barely two years later. This is a CD comprised of the two albums that the band recorded for that old hippie label Buddah Records in their short career, Green Tambourine (1967) and Jungle Marmalade (1968). Together with Buddah labelmates 1910 Fruitgum Company and Ohio Express, the Pipers were classified as a "bubblegum" act. The expression came about due to the prevailing style of ...

pinkmatchstick 12.08.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Best Of The Lemon Pipers - Lemon Pipers

A FRIEND THROUGH MY YOUTH.

Advantages: A step away from the world into listening.
Disadvantages: Not known enough today.

...that seemed to be changing very quickly. The pace stepped up, fashion went haywire, and somewhere amidst the cloudy passage from childhood to adulthood, there were those who, like me, reached out to find something that we really did feel comfortable with, idealistic views perhaps, people that cared enough to stand up on a podium and sing their hearts out about things that mattered. When I first heard Melanie, I was instantly attracted to the voice ...
...saying that, they are still very listenable and haven't dated. This girl sang her heart out, put everything she was into the songs that she sang and made people believe that even the smallest individual could make a difference. The message doesn't change, only the time in which it is played does. The first time that I heard "I don't eat animals", I remember smiling because it's a fun song giving her reasons to chosing not to eat meat, and very valid ...

thingywhatsit 08.06.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Very Best Of Melanie, The [Remastered] - Melanie

A Great Archive Let Down By Sequencing

Advantages: Fidelity is great, songwriting, guitar playing and vocals superb, thorough research
Disadvantages: Sequencing - the track order is frustrating

...music fans a like. The Complete Robert Johnson comes across like a standards song book, the contents of which has given birth to numerous cover versions from acclaimed and esteemed bluesmen and rockers from across the globe spanning six decades. There is however, one glaring disappointment with this set and that is with the sequencing. This is the most comprehensive collection of Johnson's material and as such there are alternate takes included. ...
...by side with their original counterparts which makes the whole very hard to listen to as each track is repeated, albeit a variant of the original. It still baffles me as to why the alternates were not on a separate disc from the originals. Even for me, a hardened fan of the genre, it makes for difficult listening if you using an old fashioned CD player. This is a wonderful and comprehensive archive but unfortunately does not work as a listening experience ...

Nixu1980 03.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Complete Recordings, The (All 41 Recordings) - Robert Johnson

An Older and Wiser Sequel

Advantages: Great voice, band
Disadvantages: None

...stronger with every listen. Feels Like Home with The Handsome Band and special guests. I am a big fan of Norah Jones. Her first album, Come Away with Me was an absolute classic. The album was certified diamond by the RIAA on February 15, 2005 having sold over 10 million copies in its first three years of release. It won five awards at the Grammy Awards of 2003, including "Record of the Year", "Album of the Year", and "Song of the Year" for "Don't ...
...to an article I read, Feels Like Home is the second album by jazz songwriter Norah Jones, released in 2004. It sold a million copies in the first week of its U.S. release, the first album to do so since Britney Spears' Oops!... I Did It Again (2000) and it was the second best-selling album of 2004, with about 4 million copies sold. It sold 1,920,000 copies on its first week worldwide. Probably the most popular song from the album is track number ...

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Review of Feels Like Home - Norah Jones