I am in the "not sure" camp on this one. It's as if Alison and Will have dug out their old Sundays and Cocteau Twins CDs and used them for inspiration (not that that's a bad thing!) Moments of magic, but I have come to expect more from the guys than this
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..is the only word for this album. I have never heard such a pure voice - you may have heard the songs before but you have never heard them sung like this. Eva's voice was unique - how very sad that the only video in existence of her singing is some amatuer footage taken at Blues Alley - where some of these tracks were recorded. If you can listen to "Autumn Leaves" without a lump in your throat - then you have no soul my friend.
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Long awaited new album from Glen - to start on a slight negative it took me three times playing the CD for it to really kick in - and when it did it was brilliant. Slightly over produced and the CD is too "loud" - but what a great return to Capitol Records!!!! Like Johnny Cash later CD's songs you would not usually associate with Glen - but he makes them each his own. Stand out tracks for me are Tom Petty's "Walls" (made to sound like a 60's Campbell record) and John Lennon's "Grow Old With Me". In fact I can't take the CD off the player and each and every track gets better and better the more you listen. This is far superior to the rather bland Neil Diamond release earlier this year and this CD certainly deserves the same recognition - and ... Read More:
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I really don't understand why so many people love this band so much. Oke they have written some catchy songs, buts thats not enough to fill a whole album. 4 "good" songs is not mutch for the money you eventually pay.
It's to easy. This album has to many shortcoming (lyrics, music, fantasy, etc.)
Of course they don't have to do a better job. Why should they? Everyone is just buying it because of the name. Who the Kooks!!!!!!
They are just a big commercial hit, like Good Charlotte, or Simple Plan and nothing else.
There are many, many better bands in Great Brittian, but most of them are never heard by broader public, thats a great pitty.
All i say is that this is quite possibly the most perfect, surreal movie ever created. Me and my friend Stephen Kane sat and watched it seven times and never got bored. We know all the songs and the words "What time is iiiitt??"
I 100% recommend this movie, it made my life.
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I have a quite a few baby lullaby/nursery rhyme cd's and this is by far the best, it's so soothing and gentle and it's the perfect bedtime music, I cannot recommend it enough, the voices are not irritating and in fact quite the opposite. My 15 month old has listened to this cd since he was tiny, and as soon as the first notes from Twinkle Twinkle come on, he knows it's bedtime...
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I was actually going to make exactly the point that Mr Hunter made about this album. "If you have bought previous chillout albums before, then it's fairly pointless you buying this." However, if like me you haven't, then it's very much worth the purchase.
I have had a void in my musical collection - I have the most chilled of chillout from the likes of Enya up to my ears, and I have the most banging of trance that the likes of MoS have dished out for years up to higher than my hair. However, chillout from general artists I didn't have a great deal of. This album has pretty much filled that void.
Ignoring what was on past albums for a moment, this album does contain an excellent choice of songs that fulfill your chillout needs from the hypnotic, ... Read More:
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The first single from this album, The Winner Takes It All, is considered one of the group's best songs. It returned them to the top of the UK singles charts after an absence of two and a half years and six near-misses. The album itself, coming on the back of Abba's immensely successful 1979 tour, was a massive hit and broke records in advanced orders.
However, the rest of the album just doesn't live up to the promise of the first single. A new maturity was evident, with lyrics becoming more personal, but there are more fillers than classics here. I'm not a fan of the dreadful title track, despite the fact it was their last UK Number 1. Me and I and The Way Old Friends Do are also not up to Abba's high standards. Other than The Winner Takes It ... Read More:
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Like others, I saw the man on Jools Holland. I suppose the romantic in me loved the idea that this guy had experienced the lowest of the lows but had come through it all and was here playing his 3-string geetar live on the JH show. However, I liked what I heard and his enthusiasm for the blues was infectious. Okay, it's not as polished as the great blues musicians and he's not going to outdo Robert Cray for technical ability but just listen to the stories he tells and you'll be tapping your foot along. We all love to see people do well that have faced grim adversity and Seasick Steve provides a soulful, bizarre and honest approach to his version of the blues. So, stop being so cynical and give it a blast.
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Ok, most people know there are 3 types of Verve and generally with that comes 3 types of Verve fan. Before the first breakup era, the Urban Hymns era and as a live band. Each one different and each one creates debate amongst fans so reviewing a Verve album isn't like reviewing an Oasis album. I'm a massive fan and have been since hearing This Is Music at 3am on MTV when Northern Soul was first breaking and I generally get everything people say. Yes, the stuff before the first breakup is pure awesomeness but not so easy for the average music fan to get into. Yes, Urban Hymns is commercial, perhaps too much so but still awesome. Yes, they can be amazing live (usually the case) and yes, they can be off form. But from the start till the second breakup there was an undeniable ... Read More:
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