This Time - Dwight Yoakam

Advantages: Brilliant!
Disadvantages: Mad! (Or is that still an advantage?)

...Kate and Anna McGarrigle and Dwight Yoakam, I just couldn’t relate to it. But I persevered and came to appreciate it. I was determined to give this music a chance. By about the fifth listen I absolutely adored it. It’s a classic non-song, of course, (see my REM op if you haven’t been keeping up!) and, but for the excessive lyrics, it would make a great instruMENTAL! I wish I knew what the instruments were for my favourite bits so I could try to explain what it sounds like. Anyway, I keep finding myself humming musical passages and stings from this song. This is the sound of the runaway Ghost Train crashing into the out-of-control carousel at the funfair. I think that’s made it pretty clear. Best bit: From 1:54 into the track until 2:06. Brilliant! (9.5/10) 3. Retrovertigo (4:58) "Now I’m finding... Read review

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Advantages: Not only historic but dam good entertainment
Disadvantages: The mixed style may not suit all

...the chorus of the Red Army Ensemble. Very difficult to explain but it simply works as a great rendition. 3. 'Let's Work Together' - the concert continues with this Dwight Yoakam song (ok I had to look that up) which I'm pretty sure you will know if you hear it. Very powerfully delivered with lots of brass, again in a very Blues Brothers kind of way. 4. 'Volga Boatmen' (or the 'yo o heave ho' song to most of us) - the classic Russian song is given the full operatic treatment in a very 'Les Miserables' style showing that the Ensemble are not just there to make the stage look pretty. Whatever your taste in music you can't help but be impressed with their delivery. Much as with some of the other songs on the album the inclusion of this makes sense in the same way that the 'Theme from Rawhide' makes sense in the Blues Brothers. 5. 'Happy... Read review

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Advantages: Some very good tracks
Disadvantages: Might not be easy to get hold of

...Time, from ELO was released in 1981, after the heyday of the mid 70's when one hit followed another, and the tours were something to be seen to be believed! Although not as good as the Light Years album (a double CD and not a single weak link), this still remains a firm favourite. There's more of the usual futuristic allusions which we've come to expect from ELO, and a lot of old favourite themes are perpetuated (Light, Rain, World, Moon, Windows), giving the album a familiar feel, along with the old violin/cello/keyboard mix and the lyrics that are so dramatic yet elusive to their meaning. They seem to mean different things with different moods. Jeff Lynne yet again amazes with the scope of the production, and the scope and range of his voice. Since ELO disbanded he's helped on various projects such as George Harrison's "Concert... Read review

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