Try A Little Kindness - Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press

Advantages: Complete operetta (musically) with great artists
Disadvantages: none

...These Naxos re-issues are great and so reasonably priced for anyone who might be wanting to try out some Gilbert and Sullivan before plumping for the complete Decca set recorded during the 50s and 60s. This recording has Martyn Green, Leoard Osborne, Darrell Fancourt, the lovely Margaret Mitchell as Patience and Ella Halman in the contralto role. I am probably of an age that I can remember the end of this D'Oyly Carte era and the beginning of next great one with Valerie Masterson and Donald Adams, so I am lucky to say that I think I have seen the best there possibly could be. However, there is something nostalgic about these recordings and you can tell that the company are on top form.... Read review

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Advantages: A handful of good songs
Disadvantages: Some mediocre songs

...I bought the “Human Touch” album when it came out, as I was a real Springsteen fan at the time, and I was pretty disappointed with it, concluding that it was a ‘grower’. I didn’t dislike it, and thought a few of the tracks were pretty good, and always meant to play it more than I did. But then other things came along to take pride of place at the top of the pile by the CD player. So it’s an album I have played very little in the 8 years that I’ve owned it. For me, then, not an instant hit, in the same way that albums like “Born to Run” and “The River” were. Listening to “The human touch” today, I wish I had played it more, as there are some excellent tracks on here. About half of the album still makes very little impact on me, though. These are the tracks... Read review

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Advantages: Like A Drug, In My Arms, The One, Cosmic
Disadvantages: Tries to hard to be different, Nu-Di-Ty

...Well Kylie's 10th studio album! What a moment! I have been a BIG Kylie fan since day 1, since 1988 when I Should Be So Lucky topped the charts and our little Kylie has dominated them ever since (well more or less anyway). I was devistated to hear she had got cancer and so relieved when she kicked 2 types of poo into it and was so pleased that she was doing another album! So here it is, the imaginatively titled X. 13 tracks on it exclusively and you can download a 14th track called Rippin' Up The Disco, but only by using the album in your computer. Some comments on some of the songs: 2 Hearts - the song that has been released from this album. I think that this song is in a class of it's own on this album. It has a more rocky feel to it than any of the other songs. I don't think that this was a good choice for the 1st single... Read review

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