View From The City - Shakatak

Advantages: Has all the classics from the show
Disadvantages: Some havnt actually featured in any episode

...Being a huuuuuge Sex and the city fan i jumped at the chance to buy this album, not only can I watch them on screen, I can listen to all the classic songs as well. It is the perfect gift for any sex and the city fan, or anyone that likes good music. It comes as a 2 disc set here is the play list for each disc; Disc 1- 1.Douglas Cuomo-Sex and the city(main title theme) 2.Beyonce-Work it out 3.Justin Timberlake-Cry me a river 4.Lemar-Lullaby 5.Daniel Bedingfield-I cant read you 6.Anastacia-I'm outta love 7.Kelly Rowland-Can't Nobody 8.Sugababes-Overload 9.Britney Spears-Im a slave 4u 10.Pink-Get the party started 11.DB Boulevard-Point of view 12.Cheryl Lynn-Got to be real 13.Blondie-Maria 14.Chicago-If you leave me now 15.Dionne Warwick-Heartbreaker 16.Petula Clark-Downtown 17.Odyssey-Native New Yorker 18.Billy... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent follow-up to previous album, but showcasing some musical development
Disadvantages: Occasionaly slightly flat in terms of its production

...With hindsight, 2007 will undoubtedly be viewed as the year of the second album, as the proponents of popular British indie attempt to build on the wild success of their respective debuts. The first major offering in this class is Bloc Party’s Weekend in the City, follow-up to 2005’s Silent Alarm. When approaching something like this, it is so easy to resort to that tired cliché: ‘it’s not as good as the first one’, but in order to give it a fair chance, we have to disassociate ‘good’ from ‘familiar’. I should think that even the most committed fans will feel secretly disappointed when first listening to it – there is very little that immediately recalls the familiar sound of Silent Alarm. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing; too many bands are accused of repetitive releases or cashing in on previous success by duplicating formerly... Read review

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Advantages: Varied musical styles and the tracks fit together nicely.
Disadvantages: Doesn't particularly grab your attention

...PJ Harvey's most recent album won the Mercury Music Prize 2001. This award is designed to be less mainstream than other, such as the Brit Awards which are industry based and awarded primarily on sales. The Mercury prize can, however, bring many artists into the mainstream, such as last year's winner Badly Drawn Boy. I've always been rather wary of PJ Harvey, having watched her at Glastonbury festival on TV at an impressionable age, when she wore a pink catsuit with a black bra showing and sung about fish. She also seemed to appeal more to the mad contingent of the indie world than us happy souls. However the first single from 'Stories from the city, stories from the sea', 'Good Fortune' seemed to mark a change in direction, being much more...well, upbeat (sample lyric:"Things I once thought/unbelieveable/in my life/have all taken... Read review

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