Soul Axess - Jazz Crusaders (The)

Advantages: The Beatles
Disadvantages: None

...Hi: 'Rubber Soul' was one of the two 1965's albums, the first one was 'Help'. The name of the album was decided during the recording sessions od 'Can't buy me love', not included in this album. The thing is that Paul McCartney was saying 'plastic soul, man, plastic soul' in every break of this recording session. This 'plastic soul' was the way black singers used to call The Rolling Stones, because they used to sing in this black soul way. So, Lennon said: "well, if the Stones are 'plastic soul, we'll be 'rubber soul'". And that's the story of the name of the album. The cover's got another interesting story. They were having a photograph session with their usual photographer at Lennon's garden. This man made some mistake with the focus, so the photographs happened to be unfocus, and a bit deformed. But the bealtes liked it... Read review

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Advantages: It's The Beatles, of course
Disadvantages: Will always suffer from being compared to Revolver

...composition. During the Rubber Soul sessions, the Beatles experimented with the fuzz bass effect, and they use it here to full advantage, with Paul McCartney doing the honors. Lyrically, this song is just another step in the development of George Harrison as a songwriter--it's not outstanding, but it hints of future accomplishments like Taxman and Something. 6. The Word--Paul McCartney again plays piano on this one, accompanied by George Martin on the harmonium. John Lennon sings the lead vocals, with some fine harmonies contributed by Paul McCartney and George Harrison. Just what "The Word" is I don't know--it could be "love" or "good". At any rate, the song has a somewhat bluesy feel to it, and it gives us a little insight into another, slightly different style of music that this band could play. 7. Michelle--Next to Yesterday, this is... Read review

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Advantages: Rocking / great if you like music with a guitar or 2!
Disadvantages: Bit heavy / will not suit everyone!

...I was fortunate enough to see Iron maiden on their world tour last year, on their final day at Earls Court. Having been a Maiden fan all my life this was the best I had ever seen a live band at, and when I heard that Trivium were supporting I had mixed reactions too it at first. So I brought the album to familiarize myself with some of their songs, and I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of musicianship and rigor displayed on the album. When hearing them live I was amazed at their raw talent, perhaps not everyone's cup of tea but if you like to rock out at a show, Trivium don't disappoint. I would recommend buying The crusade because I think every music collection should have a diverse range of music from jazz to soul to heavy metal. And the Crusade is a great heavy metal album to come out of 2006! The Crusade is... Read review

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