Lost In Fishponds - Famous Five (The)

Advantages: Fantastic music
Disadvantages: Eventually, it stops...

...I I think I found the lost chord. Many years ago, I got a copy of In Search of the Lost Chord. Did it change my life, for ever? Mmmm. Tough question. Because I think that the answer is, yes, it probably did. The Moody Blues was yet another of those fantastically innovative and inventive groups that came out of Birmingham. In fact, I would go out on a limb and say that, from the point of innovative, interesting music the hierarchy would be: Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool. Can I prove this? Birmingham brought us The Moody blues, The Move, ELO, The Applejacks, The Fortunes, Mike Sheridan and The Nightriders, Roy Wood's Wizard, The Spencer Davis Group, Black Sabbath, Traffic, Judas Priest, Led Zeppelin, Band Of Joy and The Spencer Davis Group. And THAT's only those from the 1960s! Whereas Manchester had Freddie... Read review

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Advantages: Great songs, lots of choice, two albums.
Disadvantages: Doesn't include one of my favourite ever songs.

...I received this as a present Christmas 2008 from my fiance and was really surprised with his choice of gift as although he knew I like George Michael I hadn't mentioned it or dropped any hints for it so was very pleasantly surprised. Anyway, on with the review, I have tried to provide background history, chart information, my personal review of each of the songs and a rating out of 5. This might mean that the review is a lot longer than my normal 'concise' reviews so thanks in advance for reading, hopefully rating and most of all for bearing with me! There are two versions of this album, a two disc and a three disc, my review is based on the two disc edition. George Michael was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou on June 25, 1963 in East Finchley, North London. He first became famous in the U.K by teaming up with Andrew Ridgeley in... Read review

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Advantages: Production, Originality
Disadvantages: Old lyrics

...Jme's first album " Famous?" is a more mainstream attempt from the self titled Boy Better Know CEO than his previous 4 mixtapes. Whilst still retaining a "grime" sound, JME covers subjects such as the alarming rate of gun and knife crime on "Punch In The Face" which takes a twist on many slang words with double meanings, a very interesting song indeed. JME is an artist who is renowned for his more intellectual lyrics and this shines through on his debut album. " 123 " and " Punch In The Face " are perfect examples of this. Other stand out tracks include " Sun, Sea And Sand" which is a summer time anthem where JME is describing a holiday in ayia napa. " Power " Is a concept song with JME using his imagination to write about having a power to clone anything available to him. Also " Serious" is a insightful song about the amount of fake... Read review

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