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No Doubt its an album worth buying =)

Advantages: Original, best hits in one place, great tracks
Disadvantages: Quite specific genre...none others really!

This is a greatest hits album by band No Doubt. I only bought it originally because it was on sale for £6 in some random shop, and i liked Don't Speak. However, I was very pleasantly surprised with the rest of the album - all catchy, quality tracks, and a bit of variety spice too. What kind of music is it? Well, personally i find it quite hard to describe - a cross between pop, rock, ska? maybe. I recommend trying this album for a good initial ...
...any of those genres though! From the club like beats of Hella Good & Hey Baby, you also have a dose of ballads such as Don't Speak and several feel good anthems such as Just A Girl and Spiderwebs. All on one album! To me, it also seems to flow quite well - in my opinion every track is worth listening too, none to be skipped(!) except perhaps Running, (but its just not really my thing) and the 2 bonus tracks. These bonus remixes would be loved by ...

la-libertina 28.06.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Singles 1992-2003, The - No Doubt

The Clash, The Singles review

Advantages: Plenty of great tunes to keep you listening
Disadvantages: Obvious lack of some classics that weren't singles

This is a great compilation that charts the development and journey of the Clash from their early days as hedonistic punks, to their later days of commercial success in the US. There are loads of great tunes on this album, and one can but wonder why none of them were UK Top Ten Hits during the band's lifetime. All the key phases of The Clash are represented here, and this CD, with its wide range of genre-spanning tracks is a great testiment to the ...
...an avowed Clash fan, you probably own several Clash CDs already, and therefore perhaps you may find this album an unneccesary addition to your collection. Also, to get a true reflection of the Clash, one must also consider the quality of many album-only tracks which aren't featured on this compliation for obvious reasons. This does not detract from what a great album this is, with the ability to appeal to a wide and diverse audience. ...

MrEvans101 27.05.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Singles, The [Remastered] - Clash (The)

The amazing Travis!

Advantages: All the greatest Travis songs on one CD!!
Disadvantages: There are non!!

...to ear. The Singles spans a career of 8 years and 4 albums, making this a definitive ‘best of’. All their best tunes have been pressed here including the superb melody of ‘Driftwood’ and the world famous ‘Why does it always rain on me?’. There is also the newer ‘Sing’ which is such a fantastic sing along song! Other personal favourites include, Flowers in the Window, Coming Around and Writing to Reach You, however, every song is a classic! Track ...
...it always rain on me? 5. Re-offender 6. Walking in the sun 7. Tied to the 90’s 8. Coming around 9. Flowers in the window 10. Love will come through 11. More than us 12. Side 13. U16 girls 14. Happy 15. All I want to do is rock 16. The beautiful occupation 17. Turn 18. The distance A highly recommended album for all ages!! ...

missnixon 23.01.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Singles - Travis

Listen to the band (again)

Advantages: Some stonking 70's hit singles
Disadvantages: B sides are a little ropey soundwise

The Glitter Band were best known for supporting Gary Glitter, AKA Paul Gadd AKA Paul Raven AKA convicted nonce, back in the glory days of Glam Rock, where brain-fried ex-pyschadelic musos donned shiny jumpsuits and high heeled boots to produce thumping neo-HM 45RPM singles usually revolved around the subject of getting off with someone at the Saturday nite "discoteque". Reverberating major chords and repetitive chanted choruses helped to make some ...
...their erstwhile "leader" went solo in 1974, presumably to make lots of money and molest some more young children, the Band went out and did their own thing, bringing out a string of hits that together with their orignal B sides make up this album. Anyone who remembers the Band will instantly think of the star guitar wielded by Gerry Sheperd and the double drumming attack of Pete Phipps and Tony Leonard. Whilst not the only band with two drummers ...

TheIncredibleCheeseSandwich 18.03.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Bell Singles Collection, The - Glitter Band (The)

Ysbeidiau Heulog

Advantages: The best of the SFA over the last 10 years in one place
Disadvantages: A couple of weak tracks but dont detract from the album too much.

...recently released greatest hits collection, Songbook Vol. 1. I was amazed that during my first listen I actually knew quite a few of the tracks. In fact I knew most of them and even found myself singing along to a few. It was really a case of not realising just how many albums and tracks The Furries had released. It’s been just over 10 years since they formed and released a couple of albums on an independent Welsh Indie label. From there they were ...
...their debut album, Fuzzy Logic, in 1996. Since that day they have continued to release new material, some of it from their original Indie roots and other tracks having a more experimental edge. There have now been 6 albums and it seemed that SFA have decided this would be the best time to release a singles/greatest hits collection. As a band they have had varying success. In the earlier days they were much more a main stream band with tracks like ...

Andy.mack 14.11.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Songbook (The Singles Vol.1/Parental Advisory) [PA] - Super Furry Animals