Unsavoury Products - Black Dog (The)/Black Sifichi

Advantages: Good tunes, Strange lyrics that have you reaching for the lyric sheet
Disadvantages: May be too soft-edged for Pixies fans

...The first track on "Dog in the sand" starts off with Black declaring his intention of making it... (I'm going to make it, maybe in showbiz, maybe on solid ground, I don't know"("Blast off"). But this is no debut album. Frank Black has been around a while, in different guises. Well, for me he's already made it. He started off as Black Francis in the highly influential 80s band The Pixies, went solo as Frank Black, accompanied, at various times with The Catholics, and the Pistoleros. Some of the albums have had a lukewarm reception, but, by and large, I tend to enjoy just about everything he's ever produced. Anyway, back to that first track on this particular album. Like most of Black's songs, there are lyrics that make you really listen hard, and still come away not knowing what on earth he is going on about. So, on "Blast... Read review

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Advantages: Catchy Lyrics, Memorable Riffs
Disadvantages: Addictive at first

...as the songs become irritating after the 30th time. I'm not kidding, it drew me in for a month and every day I'd listen to it at least once, it's like an addiction. The album artwork really is candy for the eye, you could spend some time just looking at the way the band interprets what they think "The Black Parade" would be like, but it's pretty creepy in places.... Read review

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Advantages: Heavier, Darker, Emotive, Good place to start listening to Kamelot
Disadvantages: None, bar the second part of a story, a bit confusing for new listeners

...as when the lights are down) Track Listing: 1. March of Mephisto 02. When the Lights Are Down 03. The Haunting (Somewhere in Time) 04. Soul Society 05. Interlude I - Dei Gratia 06. Abandoned 07. This Pain 08. Moonlight 09. Interlude II - Un Assassinio Molto Silenzioso 10. The Black Halo 11. Nothing Ever Dies 12. Memento Mori 13. Interlude III - Midnight/Twelve Tolls for a New Day 14. Serenade Ps: Ive seen the band live, and they played "March of Mephiso" (after leaving the stage and coming back on - thats rock and roll for you!), "When the Lights are Down" and "The Black Halo" and these songs are breathtaking when played live. More headbanging than you can shake your...head...to... Read review

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