Shake Down/Getting To The Point - Savoy Brown

Advantages: Perfect collection of contemporary music
Disadvantages: Could be seen as repetitive because of the large number of tracks

...of Ian Brown's Greatest Hits is the large track number. This is theoretically good because it offers more music for your money, but when the influences and style of the music is so strict, it can become a bit repetitive. The cover sleeve is another let down of this CD, where one might expect pages of lyrics and insightful illustrations, this simply has a an assortment of photographs highlighting some of the up-points in Ian Brown's career. If you are the sort of person that likes to slowly read through the cover sleeve whilst listening to the tracks, this is not an album for you. Overall though, this album does manage to create enough inquizative originality in its style to justify purchasing it: where it may be lacking aesthetically, it makes up for in its well maintainted tone and rhythms...lyrically speaking its not to bad either... Read review

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Advantages: Nice voice. Acts his age.
Disadvantages: Bland at times. Pointless remix.

...Chris Brown serves up a fine album which bodes well despite the lack of similar tracks to his hit single "Run It!". Chris seems aware of his audience and never strays far from what a teenage girl would like to hear - which is probably its worst quality. From listening to it just once through you get the impression that Chris is around purely to make money. All the right moves are quickly put in place with the inlay design geared heavily to love-sick teens with Chris smiling, Chris pouting, Chris looking sexy etc. I personally quite like the album. Over the past few years R&B has seen a decline and Chris is one of many artists gaining ground and coming back strong. Although overshadowed by better singers and better production Chris gets it right more often than not. With the classic mix of smooth, slow and mid-tempo R&B gold you... Read review

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Advantages: An excellent introduction to Peter Gabriel
Disadvantages: None

...Released in 1990 “Shaking the Tree (16 Golden Greats)” is Peter Gabriel’s official greatest hits / best of package. It covers his career from his debut solo album up to the soundtrack of “The Last Temptation of Christ” “Passion”. Since that album Gabriel has made one proper studio album “Us”, the millennium project commission “Ovo” and issued two live albums “Secret World” and the live version of “Ovo”. Reputedly there is another studio album in the works, “Up”. The album is not arranged chronologically , but because of the consistency of his work , it is a very coherent package. The only glaring omission is that the second album is not represented at all, which is fairly shocking given the amount of cover the other albums get... Read review

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