Every song on this album deserves five stars and I cannot wait to see Jack’s Mannequin on tour this summer. I have no regrets about this purchase, and in keeping this review short and simple: If you enjoy the maturity, poetic credability and uniqueness of Something Corporate, then buy this album NOW. Read the rest of this entry »
Jack Johnson’s soundtrack to the 2006 film Curious George was a winsome piece of folk-pop that kept everything appropriately sunny and superficial. Sleep Through the Static, Johnson’s fourth proper LP, has been pitted by publicists and Johnson himself as the melancholic yin to Curious George’s carefree yang. By their accounts, this is the record on which the surfer-turned-musician wipes out on the insurmountable tidal wave of real life. He’s growing older and watching his children do the same, in an increasingly hostile world. More importantly, he’s still reeling from the untimely death of his Read the rest of this entry »
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002 - The Weather Girls - It’s Raining Men .mp3
003 - ABBA - Dancing Queen (Atlantic).mp3
004 - James Brown - I Got You(I Feel Good).mp3
005 - Sister Sledge - We are family.mp3
006 - Van McCoy - The Hustle.mp3
007 - Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive .mp3
008 - Sly & Family Stone - Thank You (Falenttinme Be Mice Elf Agin).mp3
009 - Madonna - Into the Groove.mp3
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01. ABBA - I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
02. ABBA - Andante, Andante
03. ABBA - Move On
04. ABBA - I Have A Dream
05. ABBA - Sos
06. ABBA - Take A Chance On Me
07. ABBA - Dancing Queen
08. ABBA - Waterloo
09. ABBA - I Am Just A Girl
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This is one of those rare CDs that’s as excellent as you hope it’ll be when you buy it. With Mr. Isaak, as the song says, it’s “Gotta Be Good.” And man-oh-man that’s sure-nuff a fact.
Thankfully, the tune selection by Mr. Issak is somewhat balanced between those he interprets with his signature vocal chords and those where he plays things straight. I can’t really decide which style is preferable, which is leading me to say the 16 songs presented are consistently excellent. Read the rest of this entry »
Things just got better from there. “Kick” was INXS’s crowning achievement in the studio, showing off a funkier, more confident band. The American breakout hit, “Need You Tonight,” was beat driven enough to find a home on the dance floors (along with it’s Dylanesque coda, “Mediate”), while the Stonesy howl of “Devil Inside” put some heavy duty spark on 1987/88 rock radio. This was a radio watershed album, with “I Need You Tonight,” “New Sensation” “Devil Inside” and the soul-blues of “Never Tear Us Apart” becoming inescapable party songs and great videos before MTV abandoned music. There isn’t a wasted song on “Kick.” The remastered sound makes it even more punchy than the original CD. Read the rest of this entry »
Others have said that it’s the only album in their vast collection that they can listen to start to finish. Well 10 CDs ain’t exactly vast then. I’ve got over 200 that I’m happy to go coast-to-coast with… and yes, this is one of them. Interpol is very good all the way through.
In sum, let’s not overreact or exaggerate so much that we all look foolish. If you like it that much then a 5-star rating makes sense, but it just isn’t the best album ever made. And it sure isn’t the worst… Haven’t you guys heard Milli Vanilli or Loverboy? Read the rest of this entry »
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