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Where the story began?

Advantages: Possibly their best work, Bonus tracks, long interview
Disadvantages: None

...This album was originally released on a small independent label called FM after they left their previous label Jet. This album was produced by Kit Woolven and recorded in UB40's studio in Birmingham (UK). The album was so good it was the springboard to their signing with major label Polydor in the latter part of the eighties. Anyway back to the music.... From the atmospheric "How far Jerusalem" to the poignant "Les mort dansant" to the beautiful ...
...track called Come on Young Love which actually is just "steal your heart" with a different chorus. There is also a 26 minute interview with Bob and Tony (circa 1993) Cover artwork by Rodney Matthews depicting what looks like a tavern. Possibly one of my favourite Matthews pictures. ...

AngryBob 01.11.2007 · Read full review
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Review of On A Storyteller's Night (20th Anniversary Expanded Edition) [Remastered] - Magnum

No one came, for miles around.............

Advantages: Another brilliant British prog rock album
Disadvantages: none whatsoever

First released in 1971, Fireball was the follow up to "In Rock" and is seen as part two of a trilogy of classic British progressive rock albums from Deep Purple, sandwiched between 1970's In Rock and 1972's Machine Head. Thought for today: other than Zeppelin's IV, Houses Of The Holy and Physical Graffiti, has any other band ever come out with three great albums one after the other? I doubt it very much. Coldplay fans there's the door, you ain't ...
...but hey you don't buy Fireball just to read how it was made do ya. So you get the original 7 tracks of the vinyl, plus nine extra cuts. THE ORIGINAL ALBUM The title bursts out of the speakers; it's all urgency, seemingly everyone playing different lines - Glover's bass is all over the place and Paice's drumming is thrashing about trying to keep up - but somehow it all works. Apparently this was taken at such a fast speed in the studio that they ...

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Review of Fireball (25th Anniversary Edition) [Remastered] - Deep Purple

There Goes My Hero, He's Ordinary

Advantages: Some amazing songs
Disadvantages: SOme weak songs

...one. Track 19: Colour and the Shape Screeching describes this track to a T, it's not good, it's not pleasant to listen to and it's just a damn mess. My Opinion Now that was a weird review I have to say, did I enjoy writing it? The answer is yes, it's nice to write about a band I feel quite passionate about I have to say, I will do a special section below on someone who I thought was one of the greatest singers and musicians in the world, ...
...alternative rock. The Colour and the Shape vs. Extra Tracks I got the 10th Anniversary special with extra tracks of Amazon for just under £5 however if you want to get the one without the extra tracks like I would suggest you do, you are looking to pay about £2 more than the more recent release. I would however buy the album without the extra tracks on, I'm sure you can get it cheap off EBay because the extra tracks are just awful. Should ...

DixieChick10 07.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Colour And The Shape, The (10th Anniversary Edition/Remastered & Expanded) [Digipak] - Foo Fighters

Not quite on the Boyle

Advantages: A nice album from a lady who has provided global inspiration
Disadvantages: Heard it all before, I'm afraid

...and I'm as surprised as I was the first time I heard her sing that I am the first reviewer of it. Such is the impact that SuBo has had internationally, and the diverse opinions that she has created, I thought there would be numerous reviews on the 'Love her or Hate her' recording artist. I am neither of these, incidentally, I think I'm more of a SuBo-skeptic. It cannot be argued that she must be one of, if not the, best known women on the planet. ...
...know her, and groan when I mention her name. She has certainly divided the globe. When I first saw her on Britain's Got Talent, I was shocked, and the genuinity of the expressions of the judges adds to her appeal. I must confess my own ignorance by confirming that I had never heard the song 'I Dreamed a Dream' before. The nearest I get to musicals is when I sing in the shower. It has, all of a sudden, become as known worldwide as the woman herself. ...

kevindye 05.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of I Dreamed A Dream - Susan Boyle

No-Man - Beautiful songs you should know

Advantages: Great, accessible introduction to the band
Disadvantages: none

...Their 6th official studio album Schoolyard Ghosts was released in May 2008, and took a week to leave the player. It's an infectious, beautiful work from an occasional collaboration that has consistently brought us a skilful combination of chill and chill-out for almost two decades. As with any band, there are echoes from previous releases here, I can hear some references from Carolina Skeletons and All That You Are (both from the Returning Jesus ...
...this album is definitely moving forwards. There's a depth of self-assurance coming out of these songs that I haven't heard in the previous releases, but that doesn't mean that they've rested on their laurels. Listening to the surround version on the accompanying DVDA, the layering of sounds envelops you, it's absolutely absorbing to shut your eyes and try to hear everything that's going on around you. Lyrically, life gets picked over with Tim Bowness' ...

melinda3536 05.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Schoolyard Ghosts (+DVDA) [Digipak] - No Man