Out Of This World - Donald Byrd & Pepper Adams

Advantages: Some excellent rock ballads are present on this album. Powerful vocals throughout.
Disadvantages: Bryan Adams has recorded better albums than this.

...of 69'. There is no denying that Bryan Adams is an excellent songwriter, the Canadian has for many a year been churning out top quality records, and with '11' he has produced another that is absolutely jam packed with successful sounds. 'I Thought I'd Seen Everything' is another from this release that is definitely up there amongst the best that the man has ever written. Bryan Adams has so much to offer on this track and never does he disappoint as he sings and soars his way through this one. It has an absolutely fantastic chorus and the guitars are never anything short of sensational, after thirty years of doing what he does it is no surprise that Bryan Adams is a master of his art. Ending with 'The Way of The World' as the albums bonus track, Bryan Adams goes out on a high here with an immensely powerful and pressing track. The way... Read review

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Advantages: The Beatles
Disadvantages: None

...of the young Beatles beside. On the floor in front of them, apart from the name of the band written with red flowers, a few sculptures and dolls. The sculpture just above the second ‘E’ of the word ‘Beatles’ is a sculpture from the front door of Lennon’s house. There’s also a garden gnome from Harrison’s garden, and a doll with the words ‘Welcome The Rolling Stones’ written on her jumper. The plants of the garden are pepperonia plants, and not marijuana plants as it was said. ‘Sgt. Pepper’s’ was also the first album to have a gatefold sleeve, and the lyrics printed at the back cover (in the CD version, there’s a booklet including these lyrics). It also included a cardboard sheet of cut-outs. A new way to design a cover, far away from the usual one with the members of the band waving hello smiling. After recording ‘Revolver’, in 1966, the Beatles... Read review

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Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Boring, Same Old Songs Rehashed, Embarrassing Lyrics

...Bryan Adams is unfortunately clutching at straws with his eleventh album and its rather predictable title "eleven". In releasing another album featuring yet more of the same old songs, Adams' record company bosses seem to have had a bit of a panic. Being the eleventh album by Adams, and containing eleven tracks (purposely listing the technical twelfth track "Way of the World" as a "bonus"), Adams' will play it on his "eleven dates, eleven cities" tour this year. Perhaps if this album had any merits worth mentioning I could view this as a clever little marketing ploy; instead, I just have visions in my head of music executives sat round a table going "this sounds just like his last five albums, what are we supposed to do with it?" The first three tracks are sweet, melodic laid-back little ditties far too similar to songs that most... Read review

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