Tangerine Dream - Tyger


Genre
Ambient
Soundtrack


year: 87 - review: Tyger sees Tangerine Dream set the poetry of William Blake to music. While the combination of styles will inevitably be off-putting to some -- particularly stuffy Blake fans -- the results are surprisingly evocative and listenable. Tyger might not be one of the most accessible albums within Tangerine Dream's catalog, but for those wishing to explore the group's more adventurous side, it's a worthwhile listen.

Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Genre
Soft Rock
Prog Rock


year: 75 - review: Tales of Mystery and Imagination is an extremely mesmerizing aural journey through some of Edgar Allan Poe's most renowned works. With the use of synthesizers, drums, guitar, and even a glockenspiel, Parsons' shivering effects make way for an eerie excursion into Poe's well-known classics. The instrumental "Dream Within a Dream" has Orson Welles narrating in front of this wispy collaboration of guitars and keyboards. The EMI vocoder is used throughout "The Raven" with the Westminster City School Boys Choir mixed in to add a distinct flair to its chamber-like sound.

Rush - Moving Pictures

Genre
Arena Rock
Hard Rock Prog


year:81 - review: Not only is 1981's Moving Pictures Rush's best album, it is undeniably one of the greatest hard rock albums of all time. The new wave meets hard rock approach of Permanent Waves is honed to perfection -- all seven of the tracks are classics (four are still featured regularly in concert and on classic rock radio). While other hard rock bands at the time experimented unsuccessfully with other musical styles, Rush were one of the few to successfully cross over. The whole entire first side is perfect -- their most renowned song, "Tom Sawyer," kicks things off, and is soon followed by the racing "Red Barchetta," the instrumental "YYZ," and a song that examines the pros and cons of stardom, "Limelight." And while the second side isn't as instantly striking as the first, it is ultimately rewarding. The long and winding "The Camera Eye" begins with a synth-driven piece before transforming into one of the band's more straight-ahead epics, while "Witch Hunt" and "Vital Signs" remain two of the trio's more underrated rock compositions. Rush proved with Moving Pictures that there was still uncharted territory to explore within the hard rock format, and were rewarded with their most enduring and popular album.

Joy Division - Substance 77 - 80

Genre
Post Punk


bio: Formed in the wake of the punk explosion in England, Joy Division became the first band in the post-punk movement by later emphasizing not anger and energy but mood and expression, pointing ahead to the rise of melancholy alternative music in the '80s.

Chris Isaak - Chris Isaak

Genre
Pop Rock
Roots Rock

year: 86 - review: Erik Jacobsen's production again emphasizes Kenney Dale Johnson's drumming without making it suffer from late-'80s corporate rock disease, while touches like the sax on "Lie to Me" and the buried strings and wordless backing vocals elsewhere adds depth and lushness to the album in just-right amounts. The whole experience is pure doom-haunted passion, elegantly on the run away from -- or towards -- someone. All that and a killer cover photo as well, the iris of Isaak's eye only just in the light.

Mike Oldfield - the Very Best of

Genre
Prog Rock
Electronic


bio : Composer Mike Oldfield rose to fame on the success of Tubular Bells, an eerie, album-length conceptual piece employed to stunning effect in the film The Exorcist. Born May 15, 1953, in Reading, England, Oldfield began his professional career at the age of 14, forming the Sallyangie folk duo with his sister Sally; a year later, the siblings issued their debut LP, Children of the Sun. By the age of 16, he was playing bass with Soft Machine founder Kevin Ayers' group the Whole World alongside experimental classical arranger David Bedford and avant-garde jazz saxophonist Lol Coxhill...

Santana - Oye Como Va


Genre
Latin Rock


bio: Santana is the primary exponent of Latin-tinged rock, particularly due to its combination of Latin percussion (congas, timbales, etc.) with bandleader Carlos Santana's distinctive, high-pitched lead guitar playing. The group was the last major act to emerge from the psychedelic San Francisco music scene of the 1960s and it enjoyed massive success at the end of the decade and into the early '70s

Faith Hill - The Hits


Genre
Pop Rock
Country


07 - review: Faith is one of the most honest, beautiful artists in country music today. Her career has a span of 15 years, and she is still going strong. If you are a new Faith fan, this album is a good place to start, as it showcases all her style changes throughout the years. It also includes a live version of "Stronger" which is where Faith really shines. If you want to hear something new, "Lost" and "Red Umbrella" are both catchy tunes that have believable lyrics. If you have been a Faith fan for many years, here is a great album for you to pop in, and be reminded of why you became a fan in the first place! Keep it coming, Faith!
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Ronan Keating - 10 Years of Hits

Genre
Pop


year: 04 - review: With an incredible 10 years of hits under his belt and still only 27 years of age, Ronan has established himself as one of the best loved solo artists in the UK and around the world. With a career that began as part of Boyzone, he has continued with a string of Top 10 International singles including the number one's 'Life Is A Rollercoaster', 'When You Say Nothing At All' and 'If Tomorrow Never Comes'. The album 10 Years of Hits marks an impressive body of work. The album also Includes three new solo versions of tracks which he originally recorded with Boyzone - 'Words', 'Baby Can I Hold You' and 'Father and Son' featuring Yusuf. 16 tracks in total.

Badly Drawn Boy - the Hour of Bewilderbeast


Genre
Alternative Rock


year: 00 - review: Yet in his desire to create a self-consciously classic album, BDB has erred on the side of generosity. At 63 minutes, 'The Hour Of Bewilderbeast' is true to its title: there's simply too much to sustain one's unswerving attention.

Smokie - Whose Are These Boots?

Genre
Euro Rock
Pop Rock


bio: Originally formed in Yorkshire, England, in 1966, Smokie hit the British pop charts several times during the late '70s with updated psychedelic pop, influenced by the band's stay on Mickie Most's Rak Records as well as the writers of most of the band's hit material, Rak's Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman. Vocalist Chris Norman, guitarist Terry Utley, and bassist Alan Silson had played in the Elizabethans, but formed the band Kindness in 1968, with the addition of drummer Pete Spencer. The quartet recorded many singles during the late '60s and early '70s, but failed to show any chart activity until 1975.

the Young Knives - Voices of Animals and Men

Genre
indie rock


year: 06 - review: The Young Knives certainly show that they know their way around hooks and power chords and thus produce catchy, chart-friendly singles like the frequently out-of-tune Futureheads soundalike "The Decision," the Gang of Four-meets-the Darkness freakfest that is "Here Comes the Rumour Mill," and the Mclusky rip-off "She's Attracted To." "Loughborough Suicide," reminiscent of Barat/Doherty, is perhaps the strongest song here, bringing together the myriad influences and vocal tricks into a strong anthem that declares "I will never go down fighting." There's really not an original moment on Voices of Animals and Men; it's uneven in its sequencing, and more than a few tracks reek of filler, but thanks to Gill's production help, the dynamics are satisfying enough to almost make up for the youthful inexperience of the songwriting. A young audience helped the album's singles into the Top 40, but one can't help turning to thoughts of Kula Shaker, Razorlight, and other unhip bastions every time catchy, derivative, and purposely uncool bands release average-at-best major-label efforts like this at the tail end of revived genres.

Madina Lake - From Them Through Us To You

Genre
Punk pop
Indie rock


year: 07 - review: The first single, the throbbing "House of Cards," is about people who are hiding, but can't wait to reveal their secrets; the scorching "Adalia," about a fictional socialite from the equally fictional "Madina Lake," juxtaposes harsh background vocals with a heavy grooving drumbeat. While the cathartic vocals and guitar lines continue throughout, more mainstream tracks like "Now or Never" or "One Last Kiss" could fit comfortably on the pop charts -- if pop charts allowed alternative rockers in 2007. If you like your music loud, take a dip in Madina Lake, bang your head and have a blast!

Bob Dylan - Dylan


year: 07 - : As a musician, he sparked several genres of pop music, including electrified folk-rock and country-rock. And that just touches on the tip of his achievements. Dylan's force was evident during his height of popularity in the '60s -- the Beatles' shift toward introspective songwriting in the mid-'60s never would have happened without him -- but his influence echoed throughout several ..

the Real McCoy - Another Night

Genre
* House
* Hi-NRG
* Euro-Dance
* Club/Dance



year: 95 - review:A combination of grooves destined to drive you out to your local club's dancefloors and melodies that will keep you humming for weeks are the focal points to the first American release by the German trio, Real McCoy.

The first single and megahit, the title track "Another Night", zoomed to the upper echelons of the charts all around the globe. Sounding a bit like the Swedish pop band Roxette with a dance beat, the song entrenched German group into dance floors everywhere.

Another Night runs amazingly deep for a dance album - whereas many artists produce albums with one or two catchy songs, and ten tracks of filler, Real McCoy's American debut puts together 10 solid songs along with two remixes of "Another Night". A cover of Val Young's "If You Should Ever Be Lonely" remains faithful to the mid 80's tune while updating it slightly for the 1990's dancefloors. "Run Away", the second single from the collection, already catapulted to the top 5 of the American charts, and "Sleeping With An Angel" and "Automatic Lover" both have the ingredients to follow suit.

the Exorcist - Soundtracks (73)

year: 73 - review: This is the ultimate horror film soundtrack - it's just the way they are supposed to be. I especially love Krysztof Penderecki's tracks on the album, and, of course, Mike Oldfield's dreamy "Tubula...

Days of Thunder - Soundtracks

year: 96 - review: Excellent, selection of stars with a jewel, the last and the unique single song of David Coverdale. Faboulous!!!!!!!!, the last soundtrack of de '80s and the first in the '90s. They make a mark between two decades.

James Taylor - Greatest Hits

Genre
Singer Songwriter
Pop Rock


year: 88 - review: James TaylorGreatest Hits lives up to its title. Just about all of Taylor's most memorable tunes are here, and though you'll have to take the shrink wrap off to find out, there are new (and tasteful) versions of "Carolina in My Mind" and "Something in the Way She Moves", along with a live version of "Steamroller". It's intruiging -- with all these songs side by side, one notices that Taylor's songwriting has not appreciably changed, although our perception of him has, perhaps because of his more sophisticated arrangements.

Joni Mitchell - Turbulent Indigo


Genre
Adult pop
Singer songwriter


year: 94 - review: The music offered on this album shows the obscure side of Joni Mitchell. Her voice has changed, it gives this cd a dark edge. Turbulent Indigo marks the stunning return of her acoustic guitar to center stage, something that misses in her 80's work.