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The world moves on a woman's hips.....

Advantages: Superb remastering of a seminal album
Disadvantages: None worth quibbling about

...superb extended line-up for the Remain In Light tour, performing "Crosseyed And Painless" and "Once In A Lifetime"; alas, the promo vids for these two songs are not included. A particular shame, given the legendary status of the "Once In A Lifetime" clip. An abjectly essential purchase, and while I'm aware that as a 36 year old I may never again experience the (aural) visceral rush I got when I first heard this album, at least I can console myself ...

greenierexyboy 29.10.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Remain In Light (Remastered & Expanded/+DVDA) - Talking Heads

Once In A Lifetime

Advantages: Some sweet old school rock
Disadvantages: A thew dull tracks

...admit he doesn’t have the best voice in the world, but it does go extremely well with the music style. He has a interesting voice which adds to a interesting style. The guitaring is very suited for the time all this music was written, In some songs the guitars sound quite ahead of the time. In some songs the guitars bare resemblance to ska-punk guitaring, starting and stopping with that weird unique song. The guitars are played well and sound really ...
...song has one of the best instrumental sessions of the album on it. It has a catchy little keyboard riff and the bands typical slow and almost ska sounding rhythm. 6)Slippery People(Live) One of the only live songs on the album this song is noticeably louder than the other ones and its has a really funky guitar riff, the singer sounds a bit out of it(im not sure if that’s cause of the music style or if it is cause he was out of it when it was recorded?!). ...

edd101 18.03.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Best Of Talking Heads, The - Talking Heads

But Chrissie has run a tight crew until now

Advantages: An interesting new studio album from a band with a strong pedigree
Disadvantages: A few duds. Takes time to appreciate

...internet address is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00006LHXF/qid=1064588869/sr=8-1/ref=sr81/002-5022523-6298464?v=glance&s=music&n=507846 Loose Screw – THE PRETENDERS (2003) Eagle EAGCD256 £10.99 Amazon [POSTSCRIPT: I'm always intrigued by the choice of title artists give their albums. It is perhaps unfortunate that there is a current DVD release "of a certain kind" with the same name. This does rather clutter up (and confuse) ...

Newfloridian 26.09.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Loose Screw - Pretenders (The)

BLONDE & BEYOND

Advantages: Some top songs
Disadvantages: Moments where the quality control falters

...see the release of 'The Curse of Blondie', taking its name from the various disasters and court-room dramas that are following the band around these days. And the album itself? Yikes, it's not very good. As with 'No Exit', the quality control seems to let Blondie down. Blondie seem to have this uncanny knack for writing some fantastic songs and then sitting them next to really dire, uninspired material on the albums. This was painfully evident on ...
...The fact that 'The Curse of Blondie' didn't even muster a release in the New Yorker's home country suggests that the band is now nearing its revised expiration date. Also, the fact that Debbie Harry will be 60 this year (while the rest of the band sport middle-age spreads befitting men in their early 50's) signals that the band can't go on for much longer. Thankfully, it will be on Blondie's 70's and 80's output that they will be judged, proving ...

Ryan74 28.02.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Curse Of Blondie, The - Blondie

Fossil Fuel(The XTC Singles Collection 1977-1992)

Advantages: more great singles than you could carry great price
Disadvantages: not enough recognition

Once the Great White Hope of pop,early promise and even Beatle comparisons should have set X.T.C. on the road to a Stadium near you ,alas it never quite happened ,though listening to this its hard to figure out why ,short sharp pop songs with instant melodies and intelligent and humorous lyrics ,all recorded in an everchanging array of style and form ,from the prickly punk of Statue of Liberty to the downright bizzare Making plans for Nigel,from ...
...terrace chant of 1,2,3,4,5on Senses working Overtime ,X.T.C were a band who kept on moving ,despite the set back of more flop s than hits . As time moved on their out put decreased but still included consistently brilliant singles ,which people of a certain age would no doubt have heard on the radio ,ardent fans of X.T.C will no doubt have all these track on the many classic albums the band put out in the 70,s and 80,s,but if youve never heard anything ...

terriano 09.10.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Fossil Fuel (The XTC Singles Collection 1977-1992) - XTC