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Punk Rock at its finest

Advantages: 12 amazing, original punk rock songs
Disadvantages: none!!

Off the charts is the follow up to The Briefs debut album 'Hit after hit' and unlike a lot of punk rock bands they havent strayed away from their original sound. A lot of bands veer towards sounding like more mainstream pop music after their first album but The Briefs still sound (and look) like they should have been playing in the 70's when punk rock was at its peak! There is a good mix of songs, with singalongs like 'we americans' and up tempo ...
...you dancing. There is even a cover of 'The Adverts' song 'Gary Gilmore's eyes' with the lyrics amusingly changed to 'Looking through Gary Glitters eyes'. If you think Punk rock is dead then this album will prove you wrong, The Briefs bring the up-tempo, fun feel of original 70's punk rock bands back to life and then add their own modern touch to create an all round amazing must have album. ...

daggersrule 27.11.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Off The Charts - Briefs

Punk Rock at its finest

Advantages: 12 amazing, original punk rock songs
Disadvantages: none!!

Off the charts is the follow up to The Briefs debut album 'Hit after hit' and unlike a lot of punk rock bands they havent strayed away from their original sound. A lot of bands veer towards sounding like more mainstream pop music after their first album but The Briefs still sound (and look) like they should have been playing in the 70's when punk rock was at its peak! There is a good mix of songs, with singalongs like 'we americans' and up tempo ...
...you dancing. There is even a cover of 'The Adverts' song 'Gary Gilmore's eyes' with the lyrics amusingly changed to 'Looking through Gary Glitters eyes'. If you think Punk rock is dead then this album will prove you wrong, The Briefs bring the up-tempo, fun feel of original 70's punk rock bands back to life and then add their own modern touch to create an all round amazing must have album. ...

daggersrule 27.11.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Off The Charts - Briefs

A String of Pseudo Pearls

Advantages: Excellent backing tracks, competent vocals, a couple of strong pop hits
Disadvantages: Not much in the way of soul, some dull tracks, all rather dated now

...on soul music. A String of Pearls Going back to my dad’s old Sanyo radio cassette recorder there was a song which was oft played by myself back in 1974 called “Guilty”. Performed by the Pearls I loved it and have vague recollections of a Top of the Pops performance which incorporated judges’ wigs. I have hunted high and low for this clip on the internet and sadly can only conclude it was wiped, as so many “Top of the Pops” episodes were prior ...
...that their compilation CD “A String of Pearls” had to be worth a punt if only to reminisce about my childhood. The album has 24 tracks, including all singles and B-sides the girls recorded. To the best of my knowledge the Pearls never released an album in the seventies so there are no obvious “album tracks” but there are several curiosities if you are familiar with music from the early 1970s. The overall sound is of close harmonies and pseudo Phil ...

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Review of String Of Pearls, A [Remastered] - Pearls (The)

Elvis(Restored)-Elvis Presley cd is an awesome cd!!!

Advantages: a great front cover
Disadvantages: Doesn't hae any song lyrics with it

I love Elvis Presley soooooo much. i'm even named after his daughter. His legend and his music still live on today amd remain with us till the end of mankind.In my opinion i would suggest this cd to anybody because it is a really good cd. He is definately number 1 after all this time and will remain in my heart as number for the rest of my life. I was brought up listening to Elvis Presley and i've always been a big fan. All of his cd's are very ...

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Review of Elvis (Restored) - Elvis Presley

Brilliant!!!

Advantages: MOst creative thing I've heard in a long time!
Disadvantages: I wish there were more songs!

Brilliant!!! This whole concept is amazing! The Sex Presleys take some of Elvis' best songs, rearrange them, and play them as if the Sex Pistols would have played them. It's a bizarre and fantastic mix that rocks even harder than the Sex Pistols did... really! I've been grabbing for this cd over my "Never Mind the Bullocks" for the past few weeks. "Teddy Bear" takes "Anarchy in the UK" and makes it move and rock way harder than the Pistols ever did. ...
...with "Pretty Vacant" for what I think is the best song on the disc. It starts out with a huge sounding version of "Pretty Vacant" then launchers you into a wild Elvis ride that you have to listen to again and again. "Heartbreak Hotel" is layered over "God Save the Queen" and works so incredibly well that I wouldn't even believe that the two were separate songs and the Sex Presleys version was a weird cover if I wasn't familiar with the material. ...

rockstarNewYork 12.05.2009 · Read full review
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