(The) Ely Tradition, Vol 1 (Lent to Easter)

Advantages: some brilliant songs
Disadvantages: that Cliff duet

...opinion). I can forgive a lot of things but a duet with Cliff "The Peter Pan of Pop" Richards is NOT one of them. This however is a minor quibble. Overall this collection is a must have for your rack. It is great on nightd when you feel low and eqaully useful to shake the place up at parties. (Or so my brother said after I lent it to him!) The notes have all the lyrics to let you sing along with your hairbrush. Buy this today - it is the best £10 you will spend this year. PS Be kind mickey, I'm just an amateur.... Read review

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Advantages: There are 2 CDs, each with a different ambience.
Disadvantages: Not very traditional.

...When I bought this CD, I was expecting traditional sounds with a drum and bass backbeat possibly, as the thing that draws me to arabic music is the vocals, and the range of sounds that amazingly eminate from one persons mouth. They have two CDs No. 1 : The Casbah, faster remixes suited to dancing. and No. 2 : The Majlis, this is when you sit, chill and smoke some hookah, whilst listening to the slower jams. Unfortunately, they have not only remixed and revamped the music, they have done the same to the vocals. Some of the songs can be a tad too long, clocking up to 7/8 minutes, which doesn't seem too bad, that's if you like said song in the first place. But, don't get me wrong, I still enjoy listening to it, but as soon as I come across a good revamped modernised arabic CD with original vocals, this one is going to be gathering... Read review

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Advantages: Quirky and original, both witty and touching, Ben Folds
Disadvantages: Not to everyone's taste, I'm told the other albums weren't so good so you might not be able to build up a great BF5 collection

...with drummer Darren Jess and bassist Robert Sledge, who lent his hand equally well to the double bass or the 4 stringed axe, you can see that you have something more than 3 guys who'd go around The Midlands, dressed in paisley suits singing the Spitting Image Chicken Song. This album is groovy baby! And though I might give a few too many things 5 stars, it has to be said that it is a delightful LP with my five stars basically saying you should own this, rather than it is a timeless classic…Let's spin some wheels of steel: -- 1 angry dwarf and 100 solemn faces -- You might be fooled into thinking you'd bought the Best Cockney Rock Album ever Vol 2 (a la Bill Bailey), what with the jaunty piano and at times um-pah bass, but here you've got a blustery opener that's full of energy and one might say, va va voom … The almost pre-war feeling piano... Read review

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