Modern Mandolin Maestro - U Srinivas

Advantages: brilliant album
Disadvantages: none!

...this is such a brilliant album with such brilliant songs in it. Master U.Srinivas is so brilliant. he is really immensely talented and ramasreerama is his own composition i think. the other tracks on this album are also of superb brilliance. his t ecch niques on the mandolin are so well adapted for carnatic music and his style of playing and format is so well presented. i think this album is worth the money. also, he has excellent precussion with him and an excellent violist also. i think this album is 100% worth it, a real bargain, the real deal. U.Srinivas is such a prodigy and we should make the most of him while he is still making music. his world renouned participation in the band shakti is always remembered and i think he is brilliance on the mandolin.... Read review

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Advantages: Everything. The whole damn lot.
Disadvantages: Nothing. Just listen and enjoy.

.... Modern recording techniques are used effectively, including panning, reverse echoes, synth sounds etc... One of the most amazing modern popular rock tracks I have ever listened to. Track Two: Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of Their latest single release (at time of writing), Stuck In A Moment is fairly different from the superb Beautiful Day. Soothing, simple piano. Chilled guitar. Never really gets rocky. Contains a sample around 1:20 of chatter adds depth to the recording. This track is OK, average. Not one of my favourite tracks. Track Three: Elevation Starts off with a driving distorted guitar, and (yet again) a completely different intro. U2? Doesn't sound like it. A much more soulful track than Stuck in A Moment and Beautiful Day. It builds it up towards 1:15 where they feel like they are going to really let the rock rip... Read review

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Advantages: cashes in with U2's popularity
Disadvantages: might alienate some fans

...This 8th studio album release from U2, heralds "all that is passable and dispensable", as according to guitarist THE EDGE (Dave Evans), but in spite of that - still it held some certain elements that are distinctly U 2 ... a s the old saying goes "Old habits die hard"; U2's lyrics are not far from the territory of deep analytical cynicism and dark gloomy ideological musings. Perhaps why is this so is because that it would have to do with the band's stance as a christian band from their conceptualization back in the early 80's, where they started out as a young self-proclaimed christian band from Ireland, who got signed with Island records from winning a band contest that gained them to sign up a contract with the label. That record label Island records, turned up lucky for carrying this unlikely foursome of Irish lads who hailed... Read review

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