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The best cd in my collection

Advantages: Great songs, good lyrics, all songs as good as each other.
Disadvantages: None! it all rocks!

...the best cd i have and thanks to this HIM are my favourite band! i first heard about HIM through the CKY DVDs, and of course the wonderful Bam Margera (pro skater and professional jackass). after hearing a few of their songs through the DVDs i knew i had to go out and buy one of their CDs, so i went and bought Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights, which is also a great CD. i bought And Love Said No as soon as it came out, and i have lisened to ...
...you know what i mean), and all of the songs are love songs and some are pretty sad, but still great tracks. i guarantee if you like good music then you will love this cd! and of corse not forgetting the DVD you will love that aswell! i really urge you all to buy this as you will all love it and probably get a new favourite band! thanks for taking the time to read this ppl! au revoir! ...

Ollydv 06.04.2005 · Read full review
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Review of And Love Said No (1997-2004/+DVD) - HIM

The Cure - Greatest Hits

Advantages: All the best songs in one place
Disadvantages: Not worthwhile for the aged-old fan

Being the impressionable 21-year old, I'm always keen to find new music to add to my collection or taste. But sometimes it helps to go back a few years as well.... A couple of years ago, if you'd have asked me to name a couple of Cure songs, I'd have said "what?" and the closest I'd be able to come is say "isn't their lead singer a bit 'eccentric' for an old man?".... However, upon a visit to the iTunes store and typing in 'The Cure', I recognised ...
...Well, I thought maybe it would be because Robert Smith & co have been doing rather well off royalty money from adverts/theme tunes/backing music in recent year.....no, it's because they've produced music that has stood the test of time and is just as good now as it was then. It's music that still gets played in rock nightclubs, radio stations, TV channels and maybe it does get the odd bit of 'extra' airtime. (E.g. "Close To Me" being on a BBC Three ...

carl.mcqueen 26.09.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Greatest Hits - Cure

Not Goth!!! This is art rock!

Advantages: 9 art rock classics
Disadvantages: er, the cover?

...- released their debut album in 1980, at the height of the indie boom. It's clear that Murphy had been aping Bowie with his vocal style, indeed critisicm of the band would be that they were no more than Bowie clones. That's essentially unfair, as this forgotten classic shows. Ash was a good guitarist in his own right, and this is as much his record as it is Murphy's. For 2-3 years Bauhaus (named after the 1930's German art movement) were just about ...
...drumwork, leaving the listener in no doubt what to expect for the rest of this record. Low rumbling bass opens the great piece "In The Flat Field", "I get bored, I get bored, in the flat field", howls the vocals, with more guitars again more edgier than The Edge himself. A great outro to this, echoing guitars over great fretwork Another outstanding track "God In An Alcove" - driven along by David J and alternating between light/heavy sections, ...

pinkmatchstick 29.10.2004 · Read full review
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Review of In The Flat Field [Remastered] - Bauhaus

I'm Not A Slave To A God That Doesn't Exist

Advantages: A high level of lyrical intelligence, terrific vocal power.
Disadvantages: A couple of weak tracks.

'Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)' is the fourth full length studio album from Marilyn Manson, a nineteen track construction of music and one that has a run time of over an hour in length. It's really quite a powerful piece of music, a well put together album and one that features many excellent tracks. The album tackles subjects such as religion, fame, and gun crime also; the lyrical content of the album is strong and always Marilyn ...
...with 'Godeatgod', the first of many tracks to reference God in the title of the track alone. It's a decent way to start the album, not the best track on 'Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)' but certainly a strong one nonetheless. The lyrical content of the track lays our clearly what you can expect from the rest of the album; the fickleness of fame is spoken about here, the 'plastic' nature of people and God and guns do of course also ...

RazzaLazza 25.06.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death) - Marilyn Manson

Electric Knights

Advantages: A fine work by the Deathstars
Disadvantages: Perhaps a little formulaic

Deathstars are a Swedish five-piece metal band. Apparently they are of the "industrial metal" sub-genre, but I would definitely say that they are up the "pop" end of industrial music. That's how I feel about their albums so far, anyway-- I only got this new one yesterday and this is is my first formal listen-through. So I may be surprised. But up to this point, I'd be tempted to call their music something like "glam-pop-industrial". The band's members ...
...Industries - guitars and keyboards Skinny Disco - bass and backing vocals Bone W. Machine - drums This is the band's third album, following on from Synthetic Generation (2003) and Termination Bliss (2006). Both of which were excellent. Deathstars have a distinctive and consistent style and sound. They create strong songs which manage to be both tuneful and quite aggressive. The vocals are strong and although Whiplasher is no Morten Harket (who ...

anaglypta 17.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Night Electric Night - Deathstars