Phantasy - Tommy Roe

Advantages: A great Rock and Roll materpiece
Disadvantages: Nothing else can come close

...Wow! What an album! This really is truly a rock masterpiece. I never thought I would like an opera even if it is a Rock opera. This blew me away. There is a total of 22 songs on this long album with a mixture of styles,moods and tastes which are reflected in the music. The actual story of Tommy the deaf,dumb and blind kid that plays Pinball is quite far fetched but very good at the same time. The songs on the album are great. I actually think Pinball Wizard is one if the best ever written. A musical masterpiece. If you listen to the Lyrics, it explains what Tommy is really like. "Cant Hear no buzzers or Bells.....Plays by Sense of smell..." He sure does play a mean Pinball! Tommy the theme tune is very good too. I also like "Tommy can you hear me". Its a very powerful song that describes the anguish of his mother trying to get... Read review

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Advantages: hear an Acoustic guitar genius!
Disadvantages: some of the tracks become a little 'samey'

...As a guitarist myself i consider Tommy emmanuel to be one of, if not the greatest acoustic guitar player around at the moment. He has the extrodinary ability of playing a guitar and producing the sound of 4 people playing! The cd has a range of styles from jazz to blues to ragtime! For me the downfall is that there is no vocals or even any other instruments on the cd to keep things fresh and interesting, just one man and his guitar. My advice is to 100% buy this album if you are a guitar player yourself because you will be absolutely blown away by this guys ability. However if you do not play guitar the album will probably become extremely old and tired (and dusty!) after a few listens to it.... Read review

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Advantages: Tommy Lee at his best
Disadvantages: none i can think of

...The first time i heard this was when my wife started playing it. At first i was like "that sounds good" then i started to listen more into the lyrics and i was saying "wow". Its all original Tommy and definatley a great buy. Tommy does not dissappoint!! 1 - Afterglow - 10/10 Great way to start the album 2 - Hold me down 10/10 Fantastic song 3 - Body architects - 10/10 awesome song one of my favs 4 - Ashamed - 7/10 5 - Fame- 8/10 6 - Blue - another one of my fav 10/10 Lovely song i think its about his dad 7 - Sunday - 10/10 My wifes fav i like it too 8 - Why is it -10/10 9 - Face to face 10/10 Tommy getting back at Kid rock Woo Hoo! 10 - Higher -9/10 11 - People so strange - 9/10 12 - Mr Sh****- 6/10 If you love Motley Crue you would love this too!! One for any CD collection.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful