Wild Serenade - Duoud

Advantages: Good Music
Disadvantages: Lacks originality

..."Bon Jovi" and "Live" usually mean something utterly breathtaking : Indeed, they have never failed to amaze me when they are live. This album was released as a "Plug" for the bands latest tour, "One Wild Night", named after one of the most popular songs on the Crush Album. I think that someone, somewhere took a look at the most popularly downloaded Bon Jovi songs from Napster and found that the live ones were the ones that fans most readily sought after. Maybe I’m a sceptic, but I just feel that Dollar signs lit up in someone’s eyes - Yet another thing for us fans to buy, and sure why not include the songs that everyone knows so that we can pull in an even bigger market. As for the songs on the album, they are all great live songs, and I would say that any Bon Jovi fan would love it as it includes a lot of the songs played... Read review

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Advantages: The third cycle of Weller's career
Disadvantages: It's a far cry from The Jam and The Style Council...

...Being an avid fan of The Jam then naturally drifting into the cool romantic sounds of The Style Council, I was always apprehensive about Paul Weller out on his own. In my own mind, I had trouble dismissing the image of too short drain pipes and stripey shirts that once clothed the young and immaturely skinny Weller jumping uncontrollably to 'A Town Called Malice.' Forever prepared to shake off anything other than 'Shout To The Top' from his Style Council days, I really took the opportunity to readily cast aside the idea of listening to a more recent solo project such as 'Wild Wood.' Born and bred a Surrey man from the dull and uninteresting town of Woking and after the dizzy heights of The Jam, he formed The Style Council as far back as 1983. The elapse of time between each project was fast, The super stylish Council was mastered... Read review

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Advantages: The best album yet, fanastic choice of songs
Disadvantages: Alubum cover picture does not do Katherine any justice.

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