Twelfth Street Rag [Remastered] - Pee Wee Hunt

Advantages: Street Life's spectacular lyricism is stellar like A STAR and IS BORN within each song.
Disadvantages: Filler songs with atrocious beats that make my ears HUNG in THESE hideous STREETS!

...hustler himself, the rapper confesses to the woman that since he first saw her, his '....wild heart has now been tamed....', although he was a '....beast....'. Street Life stresses that his love for the woman '....at first sight.... caused him to '....never be the same....' and for him it's .....it's like the sweetest pain....'. The subject matter of this thirteenth track is somewhat similar to the twelfth track with respect to Street Life's affection for a woman, but much better. The Staten Island rapper executes his affection perfectly with more genuine passion in his delivery while being positively influenced by a doper production. With some of these majestic qualities, Sweetest Pain reigns terrific in contrast to Thugz Need Love Too. But it's largely Street Life's poetic lyricism that contributes to the terrific nature... Read review

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Advantages: interesting very very interesting
Disadvantages: too "interesting" in places

...production, and is mostly of its time ,but its influential blueprint echoed for many a year on the likes of Depeche Mode and The Pet Shop Boys ,that small production i mentioned couldnt be better suited for a truly epic rendition of "Youve lost that Loving Feeling ",the song is stripped to its ragged underwear as the songs sentiments become all too apparent ,leaving it to shiver in the cold and despair of a love gone bad ,for a second it might be that Mr Oakey,s joking ,but no, he,s feeling it for real ,a masterstoke of song choice and possibly the best version ever . As far as the re-mastering goes its a case of gaps being filled for fans and collectors ,but very well presented and chosen,especially the long losr early single "The Dignity of Labour "in all its 4 part glory ,at time ,s sounding like a synthesiser in the microwave... Read review

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Advantages: Good songs, full sound
Disadvantages: can be a little overproduced

...Is Here Again' being the stand out tracks of the new bunch. For once I feel the addition of extra tracks on the transition from vinyl to CD as been worth it the standard of these extra composition being easily up to the standards of the original listing and you certainly get more for your money. One extra feature of the 'remastered version of this album is the unedited versions of 'All The Things She Gave Me' and 'The Thrill Is Gone', which again seem to have benefited from the changes, the overall sound quality of the CD is also excellent, which is a huge advantage when listening to such meticulously composed and arranged music. The big sound that Scott was trying to perfect is also evident on 'Rags' and 'A Pagan Place' both tracks relying heavily of the complex interplay of brass sections, rhythmical 12 string guitar and Scott's plaintiff... Read review

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