Reign And Shine - Mahotella Queens

Advantages: Some fantastic tracks
Disadvantages: None

...Queen - A Night At The Opera Released 21st Nov 1975 In the Winter of 1975 Queen released their fourth album, A Night At The Opera, which propelled them into superstar status in the eyes of those who hadn’t held them in such high regard previously. At the time of its release, the album was one of the most expensive ever made and was released only after EMI had paid a large amount following legal problems with the first track: * Tracks 1) Death On Two Legs (Dedicated to…) A typical 70’s Queen song – Heavy, angry and a great song to put on when you’re annoyed with the world. Although I’ve never known who it was supposedly dedicated to, I read in Pumpkin’s review that it was an ex-manager who screwed the band over for money. Whoever it was, the venom in Mercury’s voice shines through on this track and when put alongside... Read review

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Advantages: see op
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...I was eagerly awaiting a new release from the Fresh prince himself Will Smith yet judging by the album Born to Reign I really could have waited much longer (especially if this meant we would get a better album out of him!) Riding on the success of Ali and the eagerly anticipated Men in Black 2 (MIB2) Smith seems to have forgotten about his musical career for the while. In fact I would say that the only reason he released this album was for the release of MIB2 hoping that the album would be a sure hit because of the soundtrack Nod Ya Head of which there are a couple of variations. This remains to be seen though as it is still a fairly new release. Will Smith has tried experimenting with different styles in this album yet many of them are unsuccessful and don’t do much for his cred on the Hip Hop n R n B scene. I’ll be discussing... Read review

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Advantages: All Utterly Terrific Tracks
Disadvantages: You Must be Joking

...Of all the music in all the world you’ve just got to love rock/rock ‘n roll. I mean its got everything you need and its everywhere, it makes you feel good, its got power, and it can really help you to work out your anger. I love a lot of music, but there’s one band in particular I love almost as much as the Beatles and what’s more most people I know also like their music, the music of Queen. I only started to take an interest in the band after Freddie Mercury had died, not that I didn’t know about them before hand, I mean I knew some of their songs if I didn’t actually know that they were theirs. Once I did start to take an interest I found that my friends liked them too, and I find that a lot of people do, and a lot of them are people I wouldn’t expect to. These days I have pretty much all their albums, videos, and some... Read review

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