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This really was the start of the British Indie Scene

Advantages: Strong Tracks, Good Lyrics, Original, Started the rebirth of modern Indie Music
Disadvantages: quality of the first album could not be repeated on their following albums

When Franz Ferdinand released Take Me Out in 2004, it immediately charted at #3 in the British charts and reached the top 20 in numerous European Charts and even managed to do what many of its musical predecessors had previously failed to do : crack the US top 20. Its catchy guitar riffs and beautifully-soft lyrics immediately made it seem that Joy Division and The Cure had returned in what seemed the start of the British Indie/Post Punk revival ...
...Lyrics and a good original Franz Ferdinand Tune 7.This Fire- Probably the most original/individual track on the album, this touches on a guy's lust for a woman that can`t be controlled. Legendary Chorus. 8.Darts of Pleasure- Probably my least favourite anthem on the album. It still has good lyrics but it is comparable to "Evil and a Heathen" on the proceeding album "You could have it so much better"as it gets better towards the end. The lyrics ...

krshls 29.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

dookie the beggining of greatness

Advantages: longview, pushing teeth, the whole album
Disadvantages: nothing

ok i have to say i absolutely love this album i first brought it back in 1994 when i was 10 on tape and have had to replace it several times on cd due to over listening it. This album was a great way to introduce your band to the world, its catchy tunes that had lyrics relevant to its young listeners, which are still relevant today. Billie joe armstrong has it all great looks great voice great writing ability and he plays the guitar fantasticaly ...
...for success. song to listen to is pushing teeth a 60s influenced track that is catchy and will have you singing along for days. If you have only got into green day since american idiot i suggest you buy some of their early stuff. listen out for the hidden track at the end of the album, it will have you in stitches. ...

victoriamneal 27.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Dookie - Green Day

Kasabian - Another Great British Band...

Advantages: A superb album, with swagger, great vocals, invention, clever melodies, and powerful rhythms
Disadvantages: It took me so long to find them...

...of a latecomer to the Kasabian party. Up until recently, I had heard of them, but didn't think I knew any of their songs. In fact, all I knew was that they were some sort of guitar/electronica mash-up, and, to be honest, it sounded pretty weird, so I stayed away from them. It was a definitely a mistake. Since finally listening to this, Kasabian's brilliant debut album, I have been unable to put it down, and actually recognised a lot of the songs, ...
...track that serves to set Kasabian apart from the crowd, because they were brave enough to try something a little different, and largely, it works. 7.5/10 5) Orange - The shortest track, at just 40-odd seconds, you wouldn't really notice it as anything more than a bit tacked onto the end of I.D., and while it does sound quite nice - a sort of choral choir softly crooning in the background - I don't really see why it needs to be on here as a separate ...

jonwebb5 24.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Kasabian - Kasabian

Great listening, play it over and over again

Advantages: Wide variety of songs
Disadvantages: I wanted more covers then there were

...to the live lounge on radio one and was very excited to hear they were releasing an album of them. I love hearing different bands and singers singing someones elses song with their own twist. It refreshes the song and most of the time I love it more then the original! It also has live acts of artists singing their own songs ~ some old and some newer. All very enjoyable. Makes you realise that people in the music business can actually sing and they ...

DizzyRach 13.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Radio 1's Live Lounge Vol.1 - Various Artists

It's Time For Something Biblical

Advantages: The best album of the first three a real turning point for Muse as a band
Disadvantages: None, unless of course you don't like them....

...the charts. The release of Absolution would be the moment the Devon three piece would really hit the big time. A year in the making, absolution wasn't just going to be another album and the band intended it to be the next step in their musical journey. Having been tipped as the next Radiohead, Muse were certainly trying to evolve and enhance their sound and it meant that like the album before it, this album would be an improvement on the last. With ...
...something in it, but with Absolution they seems to destroy that theory with some particularly stunning tracks. Throughout the album there are tracks like "Hysteria" and "Stockholm Syndrome" that really show how far Bellamy's vocals have come from that debut album. His vocals seem to have improved with each album to the point where, his vocals seem to blend majestically into the songs. It's an album that really signalled the intent of what was to ...

Andy.mack 11.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Absolution - Muse