On her debut album "Frank", Amy had already demonstrated her budding genius with tracks like "Stronger Than Me" and the stunning "Take The Box". On "Back To Black" she seizes her place among the immortals with a collection of songs that to my knowledge is unequalled in Pop history. The album is so chock-full of classics that it is hard to know where to start. This is authentic modern London jazzy soul that sounds as good as - if not better than - anything that has ever been produced by Motown or Philly - or anyone.
What distinguishes it from all else in the current music scene is the sheer quality of the songwriting. The only track that is not an instant classic is "Some Unholy War" - a good track, but not a solid gold hit like the other ... Read More:
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I bought this album, because I loved the choir called "Revelation" and I wasn't disappointed. I'm at a loss to know why they haven't produced an album yet !!!, because I thought they were the true "winners" of the series. Never mind this album will suffice until I see their new album on Amazon
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This album truly highlights just how many great songs Stereophonics have released over the years. If you are a follower of the band all the fans favourites and big hits are present and are ordered perfectly so that it flows well. And any people wanting to check out Stereophonics shouldn't shy away from the album as it provides two new songs as well as all the classics. I've had this for months now and I'm still listening to it constantly (I have it on as I'm typing this). And for those of you worried that you're being shortchanged, Amazon has listed the tracks wrong, there is 20 tracks on each disk, so nothing missing from the one disc version. Great for the £15 I paid, so at £10 it's a steal!
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Let me start by saying that I have never been a fan of any form of dance music: in any way whatsoever!
I saw these guys perform Granite live on Jools Holland, and they blew me away though. I genuinely believed them to be a guitar driven rock band: so to discover that they are D&B is quite a suprise.
That said, I bought this album to find out how good their other stuff was, and it did not disappoint! Thunderous guitar riffs fused with heavy electronica, and synth fed voices create a wall of sound against a backdrop of Metallica style drums.
I invested in their first album "Hold Your Colour" too: and even though this is very much a D&B album, you can clearly discern the direction that their music is going in.
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This CD does not contain Night of the Jersey Devil as advertised. I believe this was on a pre release document but the actual CD does not contain this track, just the basic 12 but with one bonus track only "The Wrestler"
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Admittedly, I've only been a Take That fan since their regrouping. I loved "Beautiful World" and was consequently introduced to their earlier works, which I also loved. So it was fair to say I was really looking forward to this album.
I must say it does not disappoint! This is a great follow up to "Beautiful World" with many catchy and engrossing tracks.
However, it does take a while to warm to. Upon first listen I could not help but feel slightly disappointed, I felt as though the album was too pop orientated and suffered from a few duff lyrics here and there. However after a few more listens the songs started to come into their own and their true potential shone through.
High School Musical is being talked about by teenager's everywhere, so I was determined to see what it was like. I asked someone I knew (who is obsessed with it) If I could borrow their copy of the soundtrack - And now I wish I hadn't. For staters the actual music is just over-used up beat dance tracks. With some weak mordern R and B thrown in. The things kicks of with a song entitled "Start of Something New". The song is merely just a badly written, horribly sang pop song. The vocals are very poor, there are signs of lack of emotion (in all the tracks). The second one, which is more of an R and B tune, is well irritating. The whole trainers squeeking in the back ground is simply annoying beyond beliefe. The "Gota getcha getcha getcha head in the game" just proves how ... Read More:
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It is probably indicative of how much this is a departure for Goldfrapp when I tell you that this is the first album of hers I have actually really liked. Quite honestly, Goldfrapp's music hasn't done much for me in the past and I was more than a little surprised to hear this album in a music store and, upon enquiring as to who was playing, be told who it was. I bought this album not expecting too much from the album as a whole but was very pleasantly rewarded for my sense of adventure. This is a beautifully lush, melodic collection which combines a range of influences from sixties psychedelia to modern day electronica via seventies rock, eighties pop and pretty much everything in between - and it sounds glorious.