One House Left Standing - Claire Hamill

Advantages: excelent tracks, brilliant guitarist
Disadvantages: his voice is not very good

...with "Pennants", which serves perfectly as a tone setter; it helps any doubtful listener to happily enter the gate Howe already opened. The intro starts with a rocking Fender Telecaster, before Howe adds another stringed instruments such as mandolin and steel guitar. Yes-mate drummer Alan White, who participates in this album along with Bill Bruford and Patrick Moraz, contributes a tight playing. My favorite cuts including "All's a Chord", a huge showcase of Howe's proficient in playing eight different instruments (this could have been much better if Howe had not sing); "Look Over Your Shoulder", a song featuring beautiful vocals of Claire Hamill; "Surface Tension", a solo Spanish guitar; and, of course, the final two tracks, "Concerto in D, Second Movement" and "Double Rondo", in which Howe is accompanied by a string ensemble. This deserves... Read review

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Advantages: Lots of great songs from the eighties
Disadvantages: A few not so great

...a crush with Kim Wilde but is was definitely love with Claire !! Track 13 - Maneater - Hall & Oates I'm not the duos biggest fan, but this fits in quite nicely with the other songs on the album. Definitely listenable to if not very often. Track 14 - Use It Up And Wear It Out - Odyssey This to me feels more of a late 70s track rather than an 80s offering given its Disco beat. Makes quite a nice change to the album though. Track 15 - Japanese Boy - Aneka Aneka was actually a Scottish housewife who disappeared back to her roots after this huge success as she couldn't stand the fame. Quite a good track. Track 16 - The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Tight Fit Yet another one hit wonder, which is probably more memorable for the video than for the song. The song is more remembered for the high pitched warbling at the start, which sounded nothing like... Read review

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Advantages: cool songs , feel good , lots of dancing
Disadvantages: one or two boring songs

...Step one was Steps' first album - released in August 1998. The album includes : Last thing on my mind - Great get up and dance song.Faye sings the first verse , claire 2nd verse and Lisa the 3 verse with everyone singing the chorus. 5,6,7,8 - Steps' first ever single! This is a country and western song with a Lee rapping. Probably my least favourite steps song ever! One for sorrow - Great ballad starts of slow , builds up becomes more dancy towards the end. first verse sang by claire , second verse claire and third verse claire.Claire sings the choruses as well , with a faint joining in from the rest of the band.So pretty much the whole song sang by Claire. Heartbeat was steps first number one! It's a great feel good song. Claire sings the first verse , Faye the second and Lisa the third.The boys join in on the chorus. This Heart... Read review

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