Southern Nights/Basic - Glen Campbell

Advantages: Great introduction to a songwriting genius
Disadvantages: Will not be to everybody's taste

...styles of music. This song was a massive hit in 1968 a couple of weeks prior to the release of Hey Jude. At the time Jimmy's song was unprecedentedly long. Hey Jude, when released, was one second longer. No coincidence according to Jimmy who had visited the Beatles at Abbey road around this time. It must be conceeded that Jimmy's music is not loved by all, it is very much a love or hate thing. A perfect demonstration of this is the fact that MacArthur Park occassionally turns up in the 'Worst Song Ever' polls that are sometimes conducted. Some people just don't get him, and that's fine, it's all down to personal taste. If you are a fan of Country & Western you'll also have a fair bit of room in your heart for Jimmy. He wrote most of Glen Campbell's biggest hits ('Wichita Lineman', 'By the time I het to Phoenix' & 'Galveston'), all of which... Read review

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Advantages: Classic Songs, Memorable!
Disadvantages: Does exactly what it says on the box!! lol

...-Nilsson 2. All By Myself-Eric Carmen 3. It Must Have Been Love-Roxette 4. Wishing On A Star-Rose Royce 5. (There's Always Something There To Remind Me)-Sandie Shaw 6. Only The Lonely-Roy Orbison 7. Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue-Crystal Gayle 8. Cry Me A River-Julie London 9. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?-Al Green 10. She's Gone-Hall & Oates 11. The First Cut Is The Deepest-PP Arnold 12. Everything I Own-Ken Boothe 13. Have You Seen Her-The Chi-Lites 14. That's How Heartaches Are Made-Baby Washington 15. Will You Love Me Tomorrow-The Shirelles 16. Wichita Lineman-Glen Campbell 17. The Crying Game-Boy George 18. I Can't Stop Loving You (Though I Try)-Leo Sayer 19. Alone Again (Naturally)-Gibert O'Sullivan 20. Handbags & Gladrags-Chris Farlowe 21. Love Hurts-Nazareth The Top 5 Favourite Tracks in my... Read review

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Advantages: good vocals/guitar cords/bass cords/drum beat
Disadvantages: none

...this is one of the greatest albums ever. its in your face full on punk look at life. johnny rotten(vocals) , sid vicious(bass) glen matlock(bass) , paul cook(drums) and steve jones(guitar) were the sex pistols this 1977 album is still listend too by many people but most people frown upon it because of the profanity on the cover. it has 12 awesomely uniqe songs on it rangeing from god save the queen too holiday in the sun. i found listening too it an enjoy ment and would recomend it to anyone. it was one of the pistols first albums and is a really good album if ya just wanna chill out or if ya gettin ready too go out on a night on the town... Read review

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