Pursuit Of Illusion, The - Troy Donockley

Advantages: Maddy Prior on excellent form
Disadvantages: none

...Arthur the King is an intelligent and thought provoking album. If you were trying to categorise it, it would have to be filed under 'serious Folk'. What we have here is a collection of ten songs exploring the Arthur 'myth'. Nick Holland and Troy Donockley join Prior and between them theyweave a beautiful sound. The quality of the song cycle is remarkably high with Queen & Sovereignty and Once and Future King standing out. As a coda, there are five traditional songs unrelated to the central theme. This album doesn't fall too short of 'must have' status. Prior is in enchanting voice throughout and the subject matter is of almost universal interest. Buy it and rediscover your Celtic roots. It is an album that continues to reinvent Prior as one of the Godmothers of British Folk and makes All Around my Hat sound as if it came from different... Read review

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Advantages: A five octave voice, The precursor to power metal bands now
Disadvantages: May induce you to wearing fur, a horned helm and screaming Odin

...Manowar: The self proclaimed kings of metal. Do they have a right to give themselves this title? Yes they do. Manowar have a huge fan base and a plethora of successful albums behind them. I have been a fan of Manowar since they started, and when I go to rock venues wearing my Manowar t-shirts, many people chirp up things like "Dude manowar rocks" Whilst being labelled an Heavy Metal band, they are actually power metal. Manowar Anthology is actually a best of album and comprises tracks from some of Manowars earlier albums. The album cover leaves no illusion to what is at the heart of Manowars music. Predominantly Manowar sing about battle, the power of steel, vikings, warriors etc. Although some of there other tracks such as Kingdom come is more profund, and is aimed at people overcoming adversity and conquering their own personal... Read review

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Advantages: fabulously cheesy
Disadvantages: ...

...I love high school musical I was soo happy words cant explain it when I first saw it. I liked all the characters my favourite was Troy becuase hes so fine :P The movie is a disney movie obviously because it is rather cheesy but this movie is better than all the other ones because its so original and the songs are fabulous. his is what happens at the start: Troy (Zac Efron) and Gabriella (Vanessa Anne Hudgens) are with their parents at a ski resort for the New Years Eve holiday. While going to the party, they are forced together for karaoke and discover that they sing beautifully together. They both go their different ways but then Gabriella transfers into Troy's high school and are reunited by Zac using his phone to call Gabriella. The school has and audition for a school musical, but Sharpay (Ashley Tisdale) and brother Ryan (Lucas... Read review

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