Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart (The Collection) - Gene Pitney

Advantages: catchy , funky dance moves , good summer song
Disadvantages: no video on cd

...Love's got a hold on my heart is probably the best summer tune there is! The songs is catchy and makes you wanna start singing along and join in with dancing. The dance moves come with the cd! The dance routine for love's got a hold on my heart are really funky and easy to learn which is good for the fans! There is a song on the cd called ' Hero' which is performed by the boys! It's quite a cool song and is a great B side to love's got hold on my heart! One down fall about this cd is the fact that the video of love's got hold of my heart is not ont it which is a shame! but never mind! Hope this helps!... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Some good tracks, a nice homage to the greats of the 80's.
Disadvantages: Too much hype, overproduced, lyrically not that great, McVeigh's voice can begin to grate on you.

...It?s that time of year again. The NME has jumped up the ass of its latest ?it band? thus already handing out the title of ?band of 2009?. Who?s the lucky collective this time around? Why it?s none other than the supposedly darkly depressing, post punk outfit White Lies. I?m not one to take the NME very seriously, so is this just another one of those bands we can lump into the category of all hype and no substance? Or is this one of those debut albums that deserves all the buzz that?s surrounding it? I decided to invest some of my precious time in finding out the aforementioned conundrum. White Lies (Formally known as Fear of Flying) hail from Ealing, West London. The band consists of Harry McVeigh on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Charles Cave on Bass and Jack Lawrence-Brown on drums. Under their former moniker, they garnered much... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: Excellent crime thriller
Disadvantages: New chapter when changing era

...Background: I had heard of Peter Robinson before, I just had never thought of reading one of his books. However, at our book club at work this month there was a special offer of four of his books for £10.00. At that price I thought I can't really go wrong. So here is my first review from this author. About this author: This time I hope I have the right man!! (See previous review). Not the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party but an accomplished international best selling crime author. Born and brought up in Yorkshire, he has lived for the past 25 years in North America. He is likened in writing style to Ian Rankin and he has written in total 18 novels of which 16 have been set around Chief Inspector Banks. About this book: The book begins with the discovery of a young girl's body in a sleeping bag at the open air... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful