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Duran Duran Astronaut

Advantages: Excellent price for CD and DVD package
Disadvantages: DVD could have lasted a bit longer

...you about this one. Astronaut is the bands newest release from last year that have now had a few hits from. You may remember that Reach up for the Sunrise made it to the top ten with a good beat and everybody waving their arms into the sky "Reach up for the sunrise". Some of the other hits include "taste the Summer" which recently a Supermarket chain aquired as it was a catchy tune to list their products to ! This album proves that Duran Duran ...
...the early 80's. If you do not remember their music that well from the 80's it was roughly the same time that Spandau Ballet were around and in some ways the songs were slightly similar but Duran Duran had a faster pace to them, also Soft Cell started out on their career with some of the same beat. Recently you can compare Duran Durans work to the sound of "Blur" as the group have got a slightly different pace to them in the 2000's and more of a ...

IanM73 04.08.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Astronaut (+DVD/Limited Edition) - Duran Duran

Dancing On The Valentine

Advantages: Duran duran at their best
Disadvantages: None

...Nick Rhodes - keyboards Seven and the Ragged Tiger was released in 1983, the third album form the band, and the last one to feature the original line up with Andy Taylor on lead guitar. Duran Duran carried on over the years that followed , with drummer Roger Taylor also leaving the band. A few years ago the original five members got back together and released an album, followed by a successful tour. However, Andy Taylor has since left the band again. ...
...to represent the band. "The Seven is for us - the five band members and two managers - and 'The Ragged Tiger' is success. Seven people running after success. It's ambition. It's what it's about." The album contains nine tracks, three of which were released as singles. By this time the band were also MTV superstars thanks to their previous videos shot in Antigua and Sri Lanka for singles from the 'Rio' album. Their first two albums were both completely ...

JEFFJEN 10.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Seven And The Ragged Tiger (Limited Edition) [Remastered] - Duran Duran

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

ONE WORD, AMAZING!

Advantages: consistency throughout , excellent presentation, amazing sound
Disadvantages: would love some more songs!

Kings of Leon lastest album has seen a fresh approach to classic rock traditions and orginality. The 11 track album was worth every penny in my opinion. The tracks seem to get better and better the more you listen to them making you truely fall in love with a well compiled album with consistency throughout, youl find it hard to decide upon your favourite track. The brothers and cousin have for sure lived up to their 3 other excellent albums, whilst ...

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Review of Only By The Night - Kings Of Leon