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Advantages: So many fantastic songs Disadvantages: Could use more liner notes.
Whenever I am in a really lousy mood or have just suffered a bad day I put SamCooke: The Man and His Music into my CD player and let this gifted and truly remarkable singer/songwriter have his melodic way with me.
SamCooke was trully one of the leading and groundbreaking artists in the music industry. It is his music that leaves the most impression, however, truly proving that music, its construction from being written to being sung, is one of the most divine artforms on this sad little planet. SamCooke was nothing less than a genius. Not only did he create the difinitive versions of any song he wrote but also turned his gift to the works of others, making them his own.
On this wonderful CD we are given some of Cooke's finest moments. There is not one bad song on the album and I can hum every single tune. I am sad when each ...
Advantages: superb songs, lyrics and vocals Disadvantages: takes a few listens
Here it was. The long anticipated second album after the world wide smash of their debut album, Hot Fuss. Released in the UK in October 2006 on the Lizard King label the critics were sharpening their knives in anticipation due to Brandon Flowers, the lead singer, describing the album as "one of the best albums in the past twenty years" and that it would be "the album that keeps rock & roll afloat." The amazing success of Hot Fuss, hype surrounding the second album release and claims of grandeur by Flowers made for a heady mix of both excitement and trepidation when Sam's Town was released.
The album takes its name from the Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall, a hotel-casino in Las Vegas, the hometown of the band.
Sam's Town is nothing like I was expecting. Whereas Hot Fuss was influenced by 80's New Wave with the end result being ...
Advantages: Good selection of songs Disadvantages: digipack
This CD has a great selection of tracks from SamCooke's career. The good thing about it is they really are greatest hits-some CDs you buy and think, "I've never heard these songs before!" With this one, you will have done. It comes with 21 songs:
1.: Chain Gang
2.: Sad Mood (unreleased version)
3.: That's It I Quit I'm Movin' On
4.: Hold On
5.: Cupid
6.: It's Alright
7.: Don't Fight It Feel It
8.: Twistin' The Night Away
9.: Sugar Dumpling (original version)
10.: Having A Party
11.: Somebody's Gonna Miss Me
12.: Bring It On Home To Me
13.: Soothe Me
14.: Nothing Can Change This Love
15.: Somebody Have Mercy
16.: Baby Baby Baby
17.: Send Me Some Lovin'
18.: Another Saturday Night (previously unreleased take)
19.: Frankie And Johnnie
20.: Lost And Lookin'
21.: Little Red ...
