Town By The Sea, A - Joe Mannix

Advantages: A few good tracks/ trying something different
Disadvantages: Very slow/ lyrics

...breakthrough Act and Best Album) Q magazines Best Album award and they were nominated for a Grammy. Hopes and Fears was the biggest selling album by a British band in 2005, with only Scissor Sisters beating record sales. The band continued to tour with the album, taking them all over the world and touring with some musical Legends, including U2 when they performed at the london 'Live 8' show. And so with the year drawing to a close and the festival season over, Keane started to write and record their long awaited album 'Under the iron sea'. The album was recorded in different studios all over the world, including The Magic shop in Soho, New York and the Helioscentric Studios near their home town, Battle. The band are said to have felt an incredibly intense atmosphere during the writing and recording of the album, they feel that they have... Read review

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Advantages: Speaks to everyone, mix of different styles, great vocalists
Disadvantages: May not appeal to those who dislike blues rock

...a name when I lose, Call me Deacon Blues". The group quickly achieved success with the release of singles such as "Dignity", "Real Gone Kid" and "Chocolate Girl" and always had an interesting point to make in their songs about human relationships, life on the wrong side of the tracks and the hope of something better. At their peak in 1989, they attracted huge audiences to their live gigs, although some critics have complained that their early, less commercially-driven work was their best. The band split in 1994, when drummer Dougie Vipond left to pursue a career in television presenting although there has been the odd reunion gig and re-release of singles and compilation albums since then. ♣♣♣ SO WHAT'S NEW? ♣♣♣ "Our Town" represents Deacon Blue's greatest hits and in a run that lasted nearly 10... Read review

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Advantages: Consistant quality
Disadvantages: A couple of tracks let it down

...Released in 2000, "My Name Is Joe" is the thrird album from the R&B singer Joe (Thomas). I feel that it it wasn't for my father's taste of music, I would have never have heard of Joe, because he is really underrated outside of this genre of music, but in this category, he is (or was) one of the best in the game, so he should be showed a lot more respect. "Intro (My Name Is Joe)" "Somebody Gotta Be on Top" Although this song deals with all the typical things which you would expect to hear from a track such as this, it doesn't really have the power which you get to see in other parts of the album, so it is just a second rate version of the rest of the songs here. However as he is consistantly strong, it means that the overall quality isn't effected as it doesn't sound that poor away from this album. **Three Stars... Read review

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