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Back To Bedlam. Bang goes my street-cred

Advantages: Some good songs
Disadvantages: All a bit samey

...- and his first album, Back To Bedlam - attracts opinions that are much more varied than the contents of the album itself. Personally, I think the album is ok - even bordering on good - but my main criticism of it would be the similarity of a lot of the songs. So much so that I find it impossible to give a track-by-track analysis and find enough to say about each song. Most people will be familiar with the album's signature track, You're Beautiful, ...
...the rest of the album: strummy acoustic guitars, simple pleasing harmonies, well-written meaningful lyrics and that little-bit-posh, little-bit-whiney, little-bit-nasal voice that wouldn't sound out of place narrating a Famous Five story. A few of the songs do stir me emotionally (especially Goodbye My Lover) and, on the whole, it is an album that I ocassionally enjoy listening to from start to finish. I would guess that this opinion is secretly ...

rabidbadger 05.10.2009 · Read full review
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David Gray - White Ladder

Advantages: Great Chill Out Music
Disadvantages: None

David Gray - White Ladder Well i am a big fan of David Gray and i have alway liked to sit and listento his music. This album is a great album over all and i have enjoyed listening to every track on the disk. The album itself has fantastic album art and i love to read the back of the album art whilst i am listening to the album. My favorate songs on this album are, Track 2. Babylon Track 8. This Years Love And Track 9. Sail Away. If you are in ...

Aaron-Jay 13.08.2008 · Read full review
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A bit of Coldplay and Maroon 5 as well!!

Advantages: Fantastic music, Slow and fast songs
Disadvantages: Nothing

*** ABOUT DANIEL POWTER*** I first heard of Daniel Powter when I heard his single ‘Bad Day’, which was a number 1 hit. Daniel was born on Feb 25th 1971 and is a Canadian artist. Daniel is well known for playing the piano as many people and many of his fans may have noticed when performing live. Daniel decided to take up playing the piano when bullies destroyed his violin. Daniel has released many songs into the charts and across the world but none ...
...pop and indie pop. Daniel Powter has released 3 albums in total including: I’m Your Betty – Released in 2000 Daniel Powter – Released in 2005 Under The Radar – Released in 2008 ***THE ALBUM*** These are the songs on the album, I have reviewed them the order they are on the album. • Song 6 –This song isn’t as slow as some of his other songs and is more upbeat and has a very catchy chorus. When this song first starts you think it is going to ...

kiss_me2070 03.06.2009 · Read full review
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The best surf chillout album ever!

Advantages: Hawaiian theme, dulcet tones
Disadvantages: None

Picture the scene: You’re in Hawaii and it’s a beautiful, picture perfect beach day. You just spent the afternoon surfing. Now you are sitting by a campfire with the sun setting in the background. All around you are your best friends and you are sipping on sweet Mai-Tai’s with fresh cherries and pineapple around the rim. In the background you hear sweet dulcet tones coming from the guitar, you look around and you see that Jack Johnson is playing, ...
...with no worries or cares in the world. He has such a soft dreamy voice and I really like listening to this music when I am relaxing or just wanting to have something on in the background that is easy to listen to and unoffensive. I think his title to this album is very fitting, In Between Dreams, as if he listens or composes this music in between his dreams. This is actually Jack Johnson’s third album and was released in March 2005. According to ...

Spottydog11 02.09.2009 · Read full review
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Leonards's millionth CD!

Advantages: soulful, excellent lyrics, has all the old favourites, two disc album
Disadvantages: the voice sometimes gets too droney

So what has this album got to offer? -Its a double disc album -It has all the best songs, such as, Suzanne, Sisters of Mercy and Hallelujah -There is a total of 31 songs on the album The whole two discs play for approximately two hours and 36 minutes which is a good length for an album. All Cohen fans will love every minute of this album. There are some amazing tunes on this album which are, for me, my all time favourite tunes, but Cohen's music ...
...people who cant stand to listen to Leonard Cohen, claiming its simply bad music, its depressing music, and even that he can not sing. He is definately a love or hate artist. Inside the sleeve of the album, there is a list of the the songs on the album, detailing the lyricist, when it was recorded and from which of his dozen or so album's it comes from. There is also some rather striking artwork in the sleeve, one a painting of Cohen himself and ...

michaelhamill 23.11.2005 · Read full review
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