Up The Rebels - Wolfe Tones (The)

Advantages: Everything about it
Disadvantages: none

...It sometimes happens that a book or a film manages to capture the mood of a particular time. In one single piece of work the ideas, feel and cultural attitudes of the day are encapsulated. Kerouac's novel 'On the Road' or James Dean's film 'Rebel Without a cause became synonymous with the whole youth movement of 50's post-war America. Tom Wolfe's 'Electric Kool-aid Acid Test' caught the mood of the late sixties drug culture. In music too this happens. In the 50's 'Rock 'Around The Clock' was the anthem of teenage rebellion, Bob Dylan's 'The Times They Are A Changin' woke up a whole generation to the possibility of protest through song, something which wasn't new but seem to be perfect for the time. Later 'Sgt Pepper's…' to many distilled the essence of the hippy scene and became the soundtrack for the 'Summer of Love' in 1968... Read review

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Advantages: Mixes/Mash Ups. Amount of Songs.
Disadvantages: Length of some songs. Only for dance fans

...- Track 03 - Fatboy Slim - Praise You/Jamsey P - Nookie (Acappella) Track 08 - X-Press 2 - Lazy (Acappella)/Disco Freaks Feat. Rob Li - Take Me 2 The Sun Track 16 - Yves Larock - Rise Up/Moloko - The Time Is Now (Acappella) Track 22 - The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up (Sub Focus Remix)/Dirty Old Ann - Turn Me On (Acappella) Track 23 - Utah Saints - Something Good '08(High Contrast Remix)/Soul Rebels - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Acappella) ................Track 03 - Once again this is the base of a dance track, that is very well known, mixed with the vocals of an old school rap song, which is not as widely known among most audiences. However, both of the songs mix in well with one another. There is clearly a lot of thought put into the process of chosing songs to go together. It is quite an up tempo song, but still has the slow... Read review

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Advantages: Great tunes with meaningful lyrics
Disadvantages: It's not their best album, but it's still excellent

...favourite of mine. It's a poignant, nostalgic acoustic song about an eventful camping trip with friends. Jim Suptic's vocals are perfect here. They're heavily distorted, so it almost sounds like he's singing down the phone, but this adds to the whole 'vibe' of the song. The penultimate track, 'The Worst Idea', is brilliant & different from most of what has gone before. It starts with a fast synth part, making it almost sound like a cheesy 80's pop hit, but in a good way. The album ends as it begins, with a slower, acoustic song, 'Hannah Hold On'. It's a good chillout track and is a good way to end the album. So, in conclusion, the Get Up Kids have come up trumps once again with another great album. It's also the easiest of their albums to find in the shops, so you've got no excuse not to buy it!... Read review

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