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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)

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Going steadily up in my estimation every listen.

Advantages: All the hits, and more.
Disadvantages: Maybe a little to much more.

...culled from the Manchester group's singles from the years 1977 to 1979. The big hits are included of course. Their spiky ode to unrequited love, What do I Get? , the Pete Shelley penned masterpiece Ever Fallen in Love, and the smutty fun of the teenage paean to onanism - Orgasm Addict. Lesser known tunes to the casual listener such as Autonomy and Everybody's Happy Nowadays further showcase the Steve Diggle and Pete Shelley partnership as capable ...
...This "all the hits and more" package was banded together in 1979 and has now had its track list bumped up from 16 to 24. Much like The Jam's Compact Snap it has always been a preferred choice to other attempts at a Buzzcocks best that sidestep the feel of those early efforts. Some of the bonus tracks are great (Why She's The Girl From The Chainstore), others feel a little unnecessary (Airwaves Dream), but none bring down the overall quality. With ...

GKDurkin 13.09.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Singles Going Steady - Buzzcocks

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Greatest bits

Advantages: Blissful songs - sheer class
Disadvantages: None

...Bullet point one - Once Upon A Time - Greatest Hits from a band who shouldn't have had them, but did anyway - absolutely blistering records - they kept us dancing and made us think - never the easy kill, always the outsiders, but we welcomed them in - ever since every record company in London had 'Sign The Banshees' scrawled across their doors that fateful night. Bullet point two - members - Siouxsie Sioux - vox - big hair - strident Germanic voice ...
...bass - heart and soul - pulsebeat man - Budgie - assault and battery skin man. Cut up cover - so many images - unfeeling and cold - warm and emotional - a contradiction in terms. Hong Kong Garden - shock! - Banshees go pop - oh no! - but wait - glorious, glorious anthem, S kicking on So It Goes, suddenly making sense - sheer bliss. Harmful elements in the air symbols clashing everywhere Reaps the fields of rice and reeds while the population feeds ...

dave27 27.05.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Once Upon A Time (The Singles) - Siouxsie & The Banshees

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GaGa still brings the Excitement!

Advantages: 8 Great different sounding tracks
Disadvantages: Always leaves you wanting more & then you have to wait for her next masterpiece album.

...her earlier stuff on The Fame album. It reminds me of a summer track, listening to it whilst just chilling on the beach. It's not as catchy as the other songs but it does bring something different to this album. 8) Teeth - To be honest when i first listened to this song i thought 'What the Hell is she doing?!?' Its hard to describe this song. It reminds me of a song that would be performed in a cabaret bar and it really is an old-fashioned number. ...
...Dangerous album. He uses old school beats and strange sounding vocals to create a unique song for Lady GaGa. After a few listens to this song i found myself clicking my fingers and tapping my feet to the beat. I'm looking forward to seeing her perform this live when i go see her in concert in 2010. The album booklet is a simple black 14 page booklet which includes the lyrics to all the songs. There is also 3 pictures of Lady Gaga in her typical ...

djs89uk 09.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Fame Monster, The - Lady GaGa

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Why it may not be Pulp, Jarvis maintains his solid solo catalogue

Advantages: Excellent, witty lyrics with a decent range of style. Jarvis is just too cool..
Disadvantages: No real 'big hitter' of a track that you'd find on a Pulp album if your a more general listener

...of the 90's. Further Complications is Jarvis' attempt towards a more indie Brit rock album which still oozes the class of a brilliant frontman. The title track is certainly a great opener, catchy and witty which pretty much sums up the rest of the Album. 'Angela' is one of those songs that will get in your head until people end up asking you why the hell you keep saying Angela in a funny accent and who the hell she is! other examples of this raspy ...
...tracks; not the sort that will come on your iPod shuffle and you'll skip. There are more soleful elements to the album too; Discosong and Hold Still, Hold Still especially as one of those typical 'I can barely hear him but it sounds so good' Cocker songs. It's probably become obvious that I mention nearly every song as 'Solid' but this is definately where this album comes in and it does not really contain a big chart hitting song. Then again, who ...

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Review of Further Complications [PA] - Jarvis Cocker

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