Sonic Algebra - Logic Bomb

Advantages: Groundbreaking intelligent drum & bass
Disadvantages: Difficult to get your hands on

...LOGICAL PROGRESSION VOL. 1 (MIXED BY LTJ BUKEM) - Double CD - £18.99 This is actually now a very difficult CD to get hold of, and there appear to be very limited copies available in the high street. You may have more success on Amazon or with auction sites, such as, Ebay. LTJ Bukem, is the alter-ego for the intelligent DJ and entrepreneur Danny Williamson (No, no the heavy weight boxer). LTJ started in the scene during the late 80's / early 90's and was one of the co-founders of London club "Speed". He later (circa '92 / '93) set up his own record label "Good Looking Records" allowing him to produce his own material, pioneering a new style of drum & bass, and also publishing tracks by other artists similar to the style best suited to him. Bukem is quite simply an innovator within his field, leading drum & bass in different... Read review

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Advantages: Loud, experimental, totally cool
Disadvantages: Not for the pop fan!

...~~~A Personal History~~~ Sister is Sonic Youth's 5th album, but when it came out in 1987 it was the first of theirs that I had heard. 15 at the time, it blew me away. This is the album that fired me with a passion for music that has stayed with me to this day. To my pubescent mind, Sonic Youth were the embodiment of cool, no one would or could ever criticise my musical taste - if they didn't like Sonic Youth, they should at least admire them, and if they didn't, well to me that just demonstrated their lack of appreciation of good music. There was a mutual respect between the band and other serious musicians (Pubic Enemy, for example - Chuck D guests on Kool Thing), and I sensed this would extend to their fans. As a Sonic Youth fan and as a 15 year old girl, I felt untouchable, all powerful. All this was crystallised at a gig... Read review

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Advantages: It's U2
Disadvantages: Some weaker tracks

...Being one of those people that plays a CD to death then moves onto the next best thing it's perhaps unwise of me to purchase more than one CD at a time. U2's "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb", came in a nice package from Amazon with REM's latest and an Oasis CD A couple of months down the line I remembered that I actually owned U2's latest album and perhaps it was time to annoy the neighbours with something other than nightly doses of Oasis. Through out Atomic Bomb what you can't fail to notice is the fact U2 are perhaps going back to their musical roots -what you get is an album packed with those classic rock songs that you just know will sound a million times better live in a stadium some place. Yes you get Bono sounding like only Bono can, the Edge knocking out some pure classic guitar rifts but the whole sound of the album... Read review

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