Album Notes: Though they come from 21st-century Los Angeles, Entrance look like dead ringers for a band from 1967 Haight-Ashbury. Their mystically tinged psychedelic blues-rock is more Jon Spencer Blues Explosion than Grateful Dead, but the outfit nevertheless offers an entertaining tour through the musical fashions of a bygone era. Singer Guy Blakeslee's cheerfully anarchic vocals on "Grim Reaper Blues" conjure a stoner Doc Boggs, and for good measure there's also the prog-jazz of "Silence of a Crowded Train," the sitar-laden ersatz mysticism of "Requiem for Sandy Bull," and the genuinely haunting, Appalachian-sounding ballad, "Prayer of Death."
Album Reviews: Mojo (p.106) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The sound is homemade, messy, mysterious, occasionally chaotic and ultimately triumphant."
...Manowar sited themselves as being the best metal band and the only metal band to play ‘pure metal’, that all the others were false ones and death to false metal!
This 1988 album defines all that was about this band from America fronted by Eric Adams, but created by Joey Demaio on bass and Ross the Boss on guitar. Scot Columbus, the drummer, completed the quartet.
Following on from the styles of Iron Maiden and Saxon, Manowar, along with Metallica and Anthrax, took the music one step further with chunking guitars and acid-enticed (it would appear) drum beats.
What separates Manowar from the likes of Metalicca is their rare breed of ‘Viking-type’ metal, and their songs that were based on Nordic gods, old Indians and how they were the best. ‘Death to False metal’ is claimed on many occasions...
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helpful 12.12.2001
Greatest bits Review ofOnce Upon A Time (The Singles) - Siouxsie & The Bansheesby
dave27
Advantages: Blissful songs - sheer class Disadvantages: None
...'s the turtle
disintegrating
Christine-the strawberry girl
Christine-banana split lady
22 faces...disintegrating
Israel - jingle bells, jingle bells - well, jangle jangle jangle anyway - splendour personified, the Banshees in killer mood - never never doubt them again.
Spellbound - and the hits just keep on coming pop pickers ... - the greatest, the richest, the most wonderful, "Throw him down the stairs..." Glory Be, this band is awesome.
From the cradle bars
comes a beckoning voice
it sends you spinning
you have no choice......
You hear laughter
cracking through the walls
it sends you spinning
you have no choice
Following the footsteps
of a rag doll dance
we are entranced
Spellbound
And don't forget
when your elders forget
to say their prayers
take them by the legs
and throw them down the stairs
When you think
your toys have gone...
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Advantages: classic tracks such as Like A Prayer, Cherish etc. Disadvantages: Love Song with Prince is a bit disappointing
...I was a little disappointed with Madonna's Music album - yes, it has a lot of great tracks, but there also a few songs I find myself skipping whenever I play the album. After collecting enough ipoints I was able to get Like A Prayer for free, and it's much more satisfying. For me, Like A Prayer is Madonna at her most confident, and there's a great mix of traditional upbeat Madonna songs as well as contemplative ballads and more experimental tracks. The lyrics are also more intelligent than on Music, and seem to reveal a lot more about Madonna herself. Here's the track listing:
1. Like A Prayer - one of my favourite Madonna singles of all time, this is a fantastic way to start the album. The gospel choir and powerful lyrics really build and build throughout the song. I also have fond memories of the opening lyrics - "Life...
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helpful 20.05.2001
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