Midnight Ride - Paul Revere & The Raiders

Advantages: Good first album release
Disadvantages: Dated and alot of the tracks sound the same

...Licensed to Ill was the Beastie Boys first album released in 1986 and was the best selling rap album of the 80s. Tracklisting: 1. Rhymin & Stealin 2. The New Style 3. She's Crafty 4. Posse In Effect 5. Slow Ride 6. Girls 7. Fight For Your Right 8. No Sleep Till Brooklyn 9. Paul Revere 10. Hold It Now, Hit It 11. Brass Monkey 12. Slow And Low 13. Time To Get Ill Rhymin & Stealin has got a fantastic rock & roll feel to it with a hip-hop twist. It reminds me a little of Run DMC with it's drumming and electric guitar. It's a good start to the album. The New Style is an agressive hip-hop track with well timed beats and start/stop scratching. She's crafty is 80s to the max. Really humerous lyrics about a fan who tries to get it on with one of the boys so she can steal all their stuff. "When I woke up late in the afternoon... Read review

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Advantages: Very melodic Nice lyrics
Disadvantages: Some excellent songs are not included

...Manyknowledgeable music critics consider The Beatles were the best pop group ever and certainly I believe they have few equals. In my view the late John Lennon was something of a genius-a truly brilliant songwriter and the intensity of some of his early numbers such as Eight Days A Week, I Want To Hold Your Hand and Love Me Do,was phenomenal. The Red Album,1992-96 covers what I would term the age of innocence of the four young lads from Liverpool. This was the early period of their fame and included a host of highly commercial and popular hits. There are songs such as Please Please Me, From Me to You, She Loves You, I Want to Hold Your Hand,which some critics panned, All My Loving featuring the vocals of Paul,A Hard Days Night, Ticket to Ride,a song with great lyrics, and Eight Days a Week,where we hear John in full song. Some... Read review

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Advantages: a classic
Disadvantages: old days may reign and shine

...did not see ever the video to tell needs I really to much. The Beastie Boys appreciate the Fun and party culture inspired from the impartiality of the youth and really submits an original party crasher Metal song. "No sleep till Brooklyn" is a brilliant track and ranks in any case among my absolute favourite songs. No sleep to Brooklyn, "... A supertrip with all the fine women... " and then the full Grooves of this TRACK, really ingeniously. With "Paul revere" becomes the music more calm, here arises a little posing and brawling. The crude Words evenly probably it" as in no other music style such a long tradition as in the Hip Hop. "hold it now, hit; is a good trace and there finds to each Vinyldoktor a few nice places, thus always beautifully surely scratches....Bei "brass monkey" discharge young times correctly; the text... Read review

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