Viva Mexico - Mariachi Sol

Advantages: Amazing music, brilliant songs and good vocals.
Disadvantages: Some of the songs could be a bit longer, but other than that the whole things amazing.

...Once upon a time, in a land far, far away...a teenage boy sat down with his family to watch Once Upon A Time In Mexico on DVD. The dashing, young chappy had never seen or heard of this film before, although his parents said they enjoyed it very much. He sat down with some pringles and a glass of orange squash and enjoyed the whole film. The next following days he couldn't help but talk about it to all his friends, many who hadn't seen it were persuaded to do so by the boy. One of the main things he liked about the film, besides the story and acting, was the music that accompanied the film. So, he set out to buy the soundtrack for just £6.99 from HMV. As soon as he got home he played the CD and was amazed by how brilliant each song was. From that day on he constantly listened to the album at least once a day, playing it as background... Read review

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Advantages: It's Coldplay!
Disadvantages: /

...Having been a fan of Coldplay since their first album "Parachutes" in 1999, I always await each new album with great anticipation, with this anticipation rising after each is released due to the increasing quality of every one. So I got myself into the spirit by listening to X&Y a solid four times and downloaded "Viva La Vida" as soon as I could. I'd already heard a few tracks from various radioplay and also seeing them on different TV shows here and there and was certainly happy with what I heard. Although in all honesty I could have been listening to to someones nails scratching a blackboard and still be happy. After all, its Coldplay right? Anyhow, I pressed streamed it to my 360 and started listening whilst I played a bit of FIFA. The first song, Life in Technicolor is an instrumental, and, although is not what I'd class... Read review

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Advantages: Hugely developed range of instruments and innovation.
Disadvantages: Takes a while to get into.

...Coldplay released their fourth album "Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends" on Parlophone Records on June 12. The album comprises 10 brand new tracks, recorded in London, Barcelona and New York with producers Brian Eno and Markus Dravs. Opening with a spine-tinglingly beautiful near-instrumental tune called Life in Technicolor, and using a newly expanded musical range - strings, timpani, thrumming bass grooves - singer Chris Martin and his bandmates unleash an intellegently constructed sequence of emotion-drenched songs. There's a new sense of adventure in the songwriting, too, as tracks such as 42 and Lovers in Japan/Reign of Love suddenly veer off in unexpected directions. Rather less noticeable are the Latin American influences that are meant to have infused the band's songwriting after their travels to that continent... Read review

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