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Augustana - All The Stars and Boulevards

Advantages: Bright music, listener friendly
Disadvantages: The odd weak track, lacking imagination

And now for your reading pleasure, a band that I can be certain that 99% of you will not have heard of?Augustana?with their debut album ?All The Stars And Boulevards.? Released on Epic Records in 2005, this quartet are, by first listen anyway, the nearest style the Americans have to a ?Brit-pop? band?but saying that means they are nothing like Oasis/Blur/Suede/Pulp/Supergrass etc. Instead they represent a slightly pessimistic view on life?the fact that Americans only sing about the bad times shows they are oh so miserable people!! Opening track ?Mayfield? shares a sound not to far away from the likes of Snow Patrol, Train or Mercury Rev from this side of the ?pond? if you will ? there you go, you?ll feel as if you?ve known this band for years now! A loud, vibrant voice from vocalist Dan Layus on top of progressive rock music, that ...

carl.mcqueen 14.08.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Augustana - All The Stars And Boulevards

Buy, don't borrow this Borodin.

Advantages: Impressive performance of interesting opera at an unbeatable price
Disadvantages: You will be left wanting more

the accompanying CD booklet, with biographies of all the artists, a short but highly interesting article about Borodin and most impressive of all, the original Russian lyrics of the vocal tracks plus English translation, something which is frequently missing from much more expensive CD materials. At about an hour of music for £2.50, you can't complain about value for money either. The only reason I am not giving this recording 5 stars is that I'd rather have had another selection from "Prince Igor" - there are some wonderful ensembles not featured here - than an unrelated performance of "In the Steppes of Central Asia", but this is a small niggle and will probably not bother most potential buyers. If you like Tchaikovsky and other Russian classical music, this is a must buy for your collection, a really enjoyable listen and another excellent ...

Maestrolover 05.07.2008 · Read full review
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All that Jazz

Advantages: Very very clever package
Disadvantages: almost none

”. Cute? What the bloody hell does that mean? I’ll tell you what it means. It means I can’t bloody win, that’s what “Cute” means. Even if I get everything else perfect, she can always get me by quoting the “Cute” amendment. “Yes dear, it may be all those things and it may be quicker than a very quick thing but it just isn’t cute”. Bugger. So, I looked at the little Polo Diesel and the Mini One. The only other car that caught my eye was, the Honda Jazz. The Polo does it on economy and build quality, the Mini One on “cute” and the Honda ‘cos I think it’s dead clever. Anyway I took my lovely lady to view all three one Sunday afternoon in May. The Polo didn’t even get a test drive. She sat in it and immediately pronounced it “ ...

tagheur 14.06.2003 · Read full review
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