Much of the music in this album is performed and recorded by Jim Johnston, so he can ready a rock rhythm as well as show a saxophone solo.
Seems I've had to resort to the track-by-track review. My ratings are as follows:
[*] - Nothing really catches the attention.
[**] - Something grabs ... Read review
Advantages: Fairly diverse themes Disadvantages: Can feel long
Much of the music in this album is performed and recorded by Jim Johnston, so he can ready a rock rhythm as well as show a saxophone solo.
Seems I've had to resort to the track-by-track review. My ratings are as follows:
[*] - Nothing really catches the attention.
[**] - Something grabs my attention.
[***] - Gets me air-drumming, air-guitaring and singing along to the track.
1. The Undertaker; 5. ... ...themes are decent, but it feels as if they linger for too long. [**]
2. Edge
There's something somewhat strangely soothing about the female voice samples on echo and alternately panned left and right. The listener is kept on the edge by the instruments coming to life. [**]
3. X-Pac
Similar to the D-Generation X theme, this song gets in-your-face with some slap-bass. "Who's gonna kick your ass? X-PAC!" ... more
Much of the music in this album is performed and recorded by Jim Johnston, so he can ready a rock rhythm as well as show a saxophone solo.
Seems I've had to resort to the track-by-track review. My ratings are as follows: [*] - Nothing really catches the attention. [**] - Something grabs my attention. [***] - Gets me air-drumming, air-guitaring and singing along to the track.
1. The Undertaker; 5. Kane; 7. Gangrel / The Brood The three dark themes are decent, but it feels as if they linger for too long. [**]
2. Edge There's something somewhat strangely soothing about the female voice samples on echo and alternately panned left and right. The listener is kept on the edge by the instruments coming to life. [**]
3. X-Pac Similar to the D-Generation X theme, this song gets in-your-face with some slap-bass. "Who's gonna kick your ass? X-PAC!" [***]
4. Dude Love This could be a Bee Gees song, what with the falsetto voices (albeit without the harmonies), synth strings and disco funk guitar - funky! [**]
6. The Rock This is not my favourite theme for The Rock. "Know your role and shut your mouth" - you'd wish the Rock did the latter because the limited lyrics become a bore, and it comes close to hitting rock bottom. [*]
8. Ken Shamrock Rock instrumentation that has bells and not a guitar solo in sight. The alternating two-note piano parts are rather pants. [*]
9. Oddities Not the greatest song and has only really a single beat through it. However, the humour does raise a smile and I love the alternating vocals in the chorus sections. [**]
10. D-Generation X The start of the song has shades of 'Take The Power Back', of which, "break it down" - I wouldn't be surprised if Rage Against The Machine was the inspiration here. The guitar and bass riffs are cool. I like how the song is in-your-face and then screaming in the chorus, "D-GENERATION X!" [***]
11. Sable Sparse guitar and then keyboard chords on decay over busier drum beat. This is the weakest theme on the album, but it's not as if Sable needed introducing back then! Best let your imagination run wild with the big cat roars and whipping sound effects when listening to this one. [*]
12. New Age Outlaws The proceeding vocals after "Your ass better call somebody!" are almost lost in the mix before their entrance/exit, and they might have thought to turn up those bluesy guitar solos. The song gets a bit old after a while. [**]
13. Val Venis Hello ladies! Sassy? Saucy? Sweet? The alto saxophone leading the line can get sickly before too long. And they seemed to skip on giving the song the closure it could do with so it feels anti-climatic. [**]
14. Stone Cold Steve Austin Decent riffs and wah-wah guitar, though the constant glass breaking is not so shattering after a while. [**]
Conclusion Even if none of these entrance themes last longer than four minutes, some felt as though they did on listening. For impact music, this is not a bad album.
scream4bruce 09.02.2009 (09.02.2009)
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Review of WWF - The Music Vol.3 (World Wrestling Federation) - Various Artists
Advantages: A great edition to anyone's WWE collection, and it contains the DX theme tune! Disadvantages: Many of these wrestlers are no longer with the company, so useless to newer fans.
One of the WWE's earlier CD releases this is a compilation of entrance themes for some of their biggest stars of the time. Nowadays the vast majority of theme tunes are made by famous bands but this is one of the few albums older than that when WWE relied on their own devices to produce the entrance music of their individual stars. It is however a little on the cheesy side. To say that some of these tracks are bad is an understatement! "Dude Love" ... ...cat screeching on the introduction of "Sable" is enough to make even the most patient listener want to switch off. The album's strengths are the inclusion of the "D Generation" track as this group of wrestlers totally defined an era alongside Stone Cold Steve Austin, whose classic theme tune also features on this release.
So the tunes aren't brilliant and I highly doubt anyone other than a wrestling fan would buy this CD... but full points for making ...
anneg1 10.04.2006
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Product details
Title
WWF - The Music Vol.3 (World Wrestling Federation)
Performer
Various Artists
Genre
Heavy Metal
Release Date
31/08/1999
Recomended Retail Price
13.99 GBP
Original Release Year
1998
Label / Distributor
Koch International / -
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Collection
EAN
99923880325
Additional notes
Album Notes
As the '90s rolled around, the high-tech world of professional wrestling found its athletes using original music for their personal themes, created to perfectly suit their characters. With the incredible resurgence of wrestling in the late '90s, a wrestler's theme music is as identifiable as his wardrobe or manager. When the arena lights darken and the opening bells of "Undertaker" are heard, an eerie aura is created. The same goes for The Undertaker's brother "Kane," as the grim organ chords of his theme engulf the crowd. This album's key is variety, as each song is created to fit the wrestler's individual personality. The rebelliousness of D-Generation X is felt in their Rage Against the Machine-inspired theme. The standout track is the catchy rap number "Oddities," performed by The Insane Clown Posse. WWF VOL. 3 is an exciting album that will help non-wrestling fans understand what the craze is all about.
Titles on disc 1
1.
Undertaker
2.
Edge
3.
X Pac
4.
Dude Love
5.
Kane
6.
Rock
7.
Gangrel/The Brood
8.
Ken Shamrock
9.
Oddities
10.
D Generation
11.
Sable
12.
New Age Outlaws
13.
Val Venis
14.
Stone Cold Steve Austin
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