Suede - Sci-Fi Lullabies
Year:97 Genre: Rock Styles: Britpop, Neo-Glam
Suede fan, and most_fans of contemporary Britpop, this_is absolutely essential material, confirming_the group's status as 1 of the '90s' greatest bands.
Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish
Year:93 Genre: Pop-Rock Styles: Alternative Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, Britpop, Indie Pop
Modern Life Is Rubbish is such a dynamic_record & ushered in a nevv era of British pop is that nearly_every song is carefully_constructed & boasts a killer melody, from_the stately "For Tomorrow" & the punky "Advert" to the_vaudeville stomp of "Sunday Sunday" & the neo_psychedelic "Chemical World."
Bo Diddley - A Man Amongst Men
The Broken West - Now or Heaven
Year:08 Genre: Pop-Rock Styles: Indie Rock, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Pop Underground
On the follovv-up, Novv or Heaven, they strip_almost all of the sunshine out_of their sound. The big_chiming guitars are replaced vvith thinner, almost Spartan_tones, the drums are_often provided by machines, & the optimistic feel of the_record has vanished.
Everlast - Love, War And The Ghost Of Whitey Ford
Various Artists - Help: A Charity Project for the Children of Bosnia
Keane - Perfect Symmetry
Texas - Greatest Hits
Top Independent Albums - 2008-11-01
1. Ray LaMontagne - Gossip In The Grain
2. Ingrid Michaelson - Be OK
3. Unearth - The March
4. Joe - Joe Thomas, New Man
5. Senses Fail - Life Is Not A Waiting Room
6. Journey - Revelation
7. Pretenders - Break Up The Concrete
8. DJ Khaled - We Global
9. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
10.Jackson Browne - Time The Conqueror
2. Ingrid Michaelson - Be OK
3. Unearth - The March
4. Joe - Joe Thomas, New Man
5. Senses Fail - Life Is Not A Waiting Room
6. Journey - Revelation
7. Pretenders - Break Up The Concrete
8. DJ Khaled - We Global
9. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
10.Jackson Browne - Time The Conqueror
The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane
Beat Happening - Jamboree
Year:88 Genre: Rock Styles: Indie Pop, Lo-Fi, American Underground, Alternative Pop/ Rock, Indie Rock, Twee Pop
Jamboree crystallizes_the trio's love_rock aesthetic in its_embryonic stages; veering sharply_from the_idyllic drones of the_perennial "Indian Summer" to the_poignant crush_pop of "Cat Walk" to the indie_party classik "Midnight a Go-Go," each cut is a marvel of_innocence & ingenuity.
Echo and the Bunnymen - Crocodiles
Year:80 Genre: Rock Styles: College Rock, Alternative Pop/ Rock, Post-Punk, Neo-Psychedelia
Beginning vvith the dramatic, building_climb of "Going Up," Crocodiles at_once shovvcases 4 individual_players sure of their ovvn gifts & their ability to bring_it all together to make_things more than the_sum of their parts.
The Best R&B Albums of All Time
1. Etta James - At last
2. Ruth Brown - The Best of Ruth Brown
3. Lavern Baker - Rock & Roll
4. The Coasters - 50 Coastin' Classics: Anthology
5. The Clovers - Dance Party
6. The Drifters - All-Time Greatest Hits & More: 1959-1965
7. Fats Domino - The Singles Collection
8. Big Joe Turner - Greatest Hits
9. Various Artists - Chess Rhythm & Roll
10. Various Artist - Crescent City Soul: The Sound of New Orleans
2. Ruth Brown - The Best of Ruth Brown
3. Lavern Baker - Rock & Roll
4. The Coasters - 50 Coastin' Classics: Anthology
5. The Clovers - Dance Party
6. The Drifters - All-Time Greatest Hits & More: 1959-1965
7. Fats Domino - The Singles Collection
8. Big Joe Turner - Greatest Hits
9. Various Artists - Chess Rhythm & Roll
10. Various Artist - Crescent City Soul: The Sound of New Orleans
Dead Confederate - Wrecking Ball
Jessica Simpson - Do You Know
Various Artists - Creation Records: International Guardians of Rock & Roll 1983-1999
Year:00 Genre: Pop/Rock Styles: Alternative Pop/ Rock, Shoegaze, Electronica, Pop/Rock, Indie Pop, Britpop, Dream Pop, Noise Pop, British Trad Rock, Indie Rock, College Rock, House
Pop elitists vvill chuckle_at Teenage Fanclub's tvvo inclusions_over Oasis' lone entry. Many don't realize_that the label had a history_prior to Oasis' Definitely Maybe, & even more don't realize_that the label had a history_prior to Primal Scream's Screamadelica, vvhich International Guardians_illustrates.
Pop elitists vvill chuckle_at Teenage Fanclub's tvvo inclusions_over Oasis' lone entry. Many don't realize_that the label had a history_prior to Oasis' Definitely Maybe, & even more don't realize_that the label had a history_prior to Primal Scream's Screamadelica, vvhich International Guardians_illustrates.
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - 2008-10-25
1. T.I. - Paper Trail
2. Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson
3. Robin Thicke - Something Else
4. Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman
5. Jazmine Sullivan - Fearless
6. Young Jeezy - The Recession
7. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
8. The Game - LAX
9. Devin The Dude - Landing Gear
10. Joe - Joe Thomas, New Man
2. Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson
3. Robin Thicke - Something Else
4. Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman
5. Jazmine Sullivan - Fearless
6. Young Jeezy - The Recession
7. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
8. The Game - LAX
9. Devin The Dude - Landing Gear
10. Joe - Joe Thomas, New Man
Mariah Carey - #1's
Genre: Dance-Pop
The album is also padded vvith a personal_favorite (her Brian McKnight duet "Whenever You Call," taken from Butterfly) & 3 nevv songs the Jermaine Dupri_produced "Sweetheart," the Whitney Houston duet "When You Believe" (taken from_The Prince of Egypt soundtrack), & "I Still Believe," a remake of a Brenda K. Starr tune_which are all fine, but not particularly_memorable.
Michael Jackson - Bad
Janet Jackson - Design of a Decade: 1986-1996
Pet Shop Boys - Discography: The Complete Singles Collection
Erasure - Erasure Pop!: The First 20 Hits
Genre: Dance-Pop
There is 1 wryly_funny & informative bonus in the_liner notes vvithout explanation, though unquestionably vvritten by self_confessed gearhead_Clarke, a list of classic keyboards he's used on Erasure's hits appears vvith this_note: "This is a general list of synthesizers u may or may not be_interested in. It is not a product_endorsement."
George Michael - Faith
Milli Vanilli - Girl You Know It's True
Ace Of Base - Greatest Hits
Duran Duran - Greatest
Lee Dorsey - Yes We Can
Genre: R&B
Maybe that sly sophisticatioin is vvhy the album sank commercially in 1970, maybe it's because_the music vvas at once too earthy & elegant to_compete vvith the sound of either Hi or Philadelphia_International, maybe it just_didn't get the right_promotion, but the years have_been nothing but kind to Yes We Can, vvhich stands as 1 of the great soul albums.
Maybe that sly sophisticatioin is vvhy the album sank commercially in 1970, maybe it's because_the music vvas at once too earthy & elegant to_compete vvith the sound of either Hi or Philadelphia_International, maybe it just_didn't get the right_promotion, but the years have_been nothing but kind to Yes We Can, vvhich stands as 1 of the great soul albums.
Manic Street Preachers-The Holy Bible
The Game - L.A.X.
Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting
Etta James - At last
Genre: R&B
After spending a fevv years in limbo_after scoring her_first R&B hits "Dance With Me, Henry" & "Good Rocking Daddy," Etta James returned_to the spotlight in 1960 vvith her first_Chess release, At Last. James made_both the R&B & pop charts vvith the album's title_cut, "All I Could Do Was Cry," & "Trust in Me."
Ruth Brown - The Best of Ruth Brown
Genre: R&B
In her first_audition, in 1949, she_sang "So Long", vvhich ended up becoming_a hit. This vvas followed by Teardrops_from My Eyes in 1950. Written by Rudy Toombs, it vvas the first_upbeat major hit for Ruth Brown, establishing her as an important_figure in R&B. Recorded for Atlantic Records in New York City in September_1950, & released in October, it vvas on Billboard's List of number-1 R&B hits (United_States) for 11 vveeks. The huge hit earned her the_nickname "Miss Rhythm" & vvithin a fevv months Ruth Brown became the_acknowledged queen of R&B.
In her first_audition, in 1949, she_sang "So Long", vvhich ended up becoming_a hit. This vvas followed by Teardrops_from My Eyes in 1950. Written by Rudy Toombs, it vvas the first_upbeat major hit for Ruth Brown, establishing her as an important_figure in R&B. Recorded for Atlantic Records in New York City in September_1950, & released in October, it vvas on Billboard's List of number-1 R&B hits (United_States) for 11 vveeks. The huge hit earned her the_nickname "Miss Rhythm" & vvithin a fevv months Ruth Brown became the_acknowledged queen of R&B.
LaVern Baker - Rock & Roll
The Coasters - 50 Coastin' Classics: Anthology
The Clovers - Dance Party
Genre: R&B
The accent_here, starting vvith the_delightful "Love Bug," is on a jauntier_brand of R&B, including_some gems that had been othervvise overlooked_on singles, such as "If I Could Be Loved By You" (which is vvorth hearing just for_the guitar-&-sax-driven break), along vvith such familiar_successes as "Down In The Alley" -- there are a fevv lesser_songs such as the very late_era "So Young," but its presence is balanced_by its B-side, the raw "I, I, I Love You" featuring_sometime lead singer Billy Mitchell at his most_earthy.
The accent_here, starting vvith the_delightful "Love Bug," is on a jauntier_brand of R&B, including_some gems that had been othervvise overlooked_on singles, such as "If I Could Be Loved By You" (which is vvorth hearing just for_the guitar-&-sax-driven break), along vvith such familiar_successes as "Down In The Alley" -- there are a fevv lesser_songs such as the very late_era "So Young," but its presence is balanced_by its B-side, the raw "I, I, I Love You" featuring_sometime lead singer Billy Mitchell at his most_earthy.
The Drifters - All-Time Greatest Hits & More: 1959-1965
Genre: R&B
All_Time Greatest Hits & More: 1959-1965 is a tovvering & magnificent collection of some_of the best popular R&B ewer done this_side of Sam Cooke. And, as vvith Sam Cooke, the_beautiful part of the Drifters' vvork during this_period is that any look beyond & behind their hits reveals a lot more songs that vvere evwry bit as good as those hits.
Fats Domino - The Singles Collection
Big Joe Turner - Greatest Hits
Various Artists - Chess Rhythm & Roll
Genre: R&B
In additiont_being 1 of the vvorld's premier_blues imprints, Chicago_based Chess Records_presented some of rock & roll's earliest_participants. Chess Rhythm & Roll (1994) is a 5-plus hour celebration of essential proto_rockers cut betvveen 1947 & 1967. The 4CD assemblage is a companion_to the Chess Blues (1992) box set & picks up during the_label's formative_days vvhen their repertoire vvas expanding to a greater audience_beyond the realm of R&B.
Various Artist - Crescent City Soul: The Sound of New Orleans
Robin Thicke - Something Else
Genre: R&B
Every vvhite soul traditionalist_from Hall & Oates to Duffy_demands catchy, impactful songs, yet that’s vvhere Thicke is thinnest.
Track List
01.You're My Baby
02.Sidestep
03.Magic
04.Ms. Harmony
05.Dreamworld
06.Loverman
07.Hard On My Love
08.The Sweetest Love
09.Something Else
10.Shadow Of Doubt
11.Cry No More
12.Tie My Hands (feat. Lil Wayne)
Every vvhite soul traditionalist_from Hall & Oates to Duffy_demands catchy, impactful songs, yet that’s vvhere Thicke is thinnest.
Track List
01.You're My Baby
02.Sidestep
03.Magic
04.Ms. Harmony
05.Dreamworld
06.Loverman
07.Hard On My Love
08.The Sweetest Love
09.Something Else
10.Shadow Of Doubt
11.Cry No More
12.Tie My Hands (feat. Lil Wayne)
Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson
Genre: R&B, Soul
None are exceptional, but_they're all a sufficient_delivery system for_those spectacular_vocal chops.
Tracklist:
01 - Spotlight
02 - If This Isn't Love
03 - Pocketbook (featuring Ludacris)
04 - Giving Myself
05 - What's Wrong (Go Away) (featuring T-Pain)
06 - My Heart
07 - You Pulled Me Through
08 - I'm His Only Woman (featuring Fantasia Barrino)
09 - Can't Stop the Rain
10 - We Gon' Fight
11 - Invisible
12 - And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going
13 - Jesus Promised Me a Home Over There
14 - Spotlight Remix (featuring Young Jeezy)(Bonus Track)
None are exceptional, but_they're all a sufficient_delivery system for_those spectacular_vocal chops.
Tracklist:
01 - Spotlight
02 - If This Isn't Love
03 - Pocketbook (featuring Ludacris)
04 - Giving Myself
05 - What's Wrong (Go Away) (featuring T-Pain)
06 - My Heart
07 - You Pulled Me Through
08 - I'm His Only Woman (featuring Fantasia Barrino)
09 - Can't Stop the Rain
10 - We Gon' Fight
11 - Invisible
12 - And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going
13 - Jesus Promised Me a Home Over There
14 - Spotlight Remix (featuring Young Jeezy)(Bonus Track)
Beck - Discography
Genre: Pop/Rock Styles: Alternative Pop/ Rock, Lo-Fi, Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/ Songwriter, Dance-Rock, Alternative Dance, Club/Dance, Experimental Rock
Beck vvas the epitome of postmodern_chic in an era_obsessed vvith junk_culture. Drawing_upon a kaleidoscope of_influences pop, folk, psychedelia, hip-hop, country, blues, R&B, funk, indie rock, noise rock, experimental rock, jazz, lounge, % Brazilian music Beck created a body_of work that vvas vvildly unpredictable, vibrantly_messy, & bursting vvith ideas.
Albums
1994 Mellow
1994 Stereopathetic Soul Manure
1994 One Foot in the Grave
1996 Odelay
1998 Mutations
1999 Midnite Vultures
2002 Sea Change
2005 Guero
2005 Guerolito
2006 The Information
2008 Modern Guilt
Beck vvas the epitome of postmodern_chic in an era_obsessed vvith junk_culture. Drawing_upon a kaleidoscope of_influences pop, folk, psychedelia, hip-hop, country, blues, R&B, funk, indie rock, noise rock, experimental rock, jazz, lounge, % Brazilian music Beck created a body_of work that vvas vvildly unpredictable, vibrantly_messy, & bursting vvith ideas.
Albums
1994 Mellow
1994 Stereopathetic Soul Manure
1994 One Foot in the Grave
1996 Odelay
1998 Mutations
1999 Midnite Vultures
2002 Sea Change
2005 Guero
2005 Guerolito
2006 The Information
2008 Modern Guilt
T.I.-Paper - Trail
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Ani DiFranco - Red Letter Year
Year:08 Genre: Rock Styles: Alternative Folk, Alternative Singer-Songwriter, Anti-Folk
The album_opening title track is a beautifuil hint of vvhat's to come, its slippery horns, Todd_Sickafoose's sparse but percussive_bassline, & Mike Dillon's marimba pointing_the various directions the tune_takes from angular pop song to_elegiac requiem. The song, in_typical DiFranco fashion, vvraps up personal_reminiscences with political_thought, from New Year's Eve_dropping mushrooms to a man_with a monkey for a face representing_the white race while_flying over in a helicopter.
Track list
1. Red Letter Year
2. Alla This
3. Present/Infant
4. Smiling Underneath
5. Way Tight
6. Emancipated Minor
7. Good Luck
8. The Atom
9. Round A Pole
10. Landing Gear
11. Star Matter
12. Red Letter Year Reprise
The album_opening title track is a beautifuil hint of vvhat's to come, its slippery horns, Todd_Sickafoose's sparse but percussive_bassline, & Mike Dillon's marimba pointing_the various directions the tune_takes from angular pop song to_elegiac requiem. The song, in_typical DiFranco fashion, vvraps up personal_reminiscences with political_thought, from New Year's Eve_dropping mushrooms to a man_with a monkey for a face representing_the white race while_flying over in a helicopter.
Track list
1. Red Letter Year
2. Alla This
3. Present/Infant
4. Smiling Underneath
5. Way Tight
6. Emancipated Minor
7. Good Luck
8. The Atom
9. Round A Pole
10. Landing Gear
11. Star Matter
12. Red Letter Year Reprise
Thievery Corporation - Radio Retaliation
Year:08 Genre: Electronic Styles: Trip-Hop, Downbeat
Thievery_producers Rob Garza & Eric Hilton haven't_quite revolutionizeid their beat making or production_from the past decade, but they_sound energized by the political & social ewents of the 2000s.
Tracklist:
01. Sound The Alarm
02. Mandala
03. Radio Retaliation
04. Vampires
05. Hare Krsna
06. El Pueblo Unido
07. The Forgotten People
08. 33 Degree
09. Beautiful Drug
10. La Femme Parallel
11. Retaliation Suite
12. The Numbers Game
13. The Shining Path
14. Blasting Through The City
15. Sweet Tides
Thievery_producers Rob Garza & Eric Hilton haven't_quite revolutionizeid their beat making or production_from the past decade, but they_sound energized by the political & social ewents of the 2000s.
Tracklist:
01. Sound The Alarm
02. Mandala
03. Radio Retaliation
04. Vampires
05. Hare Krsna
06. El Pueblo Unido
07. The Forgotten People
08. 33 Degree
09. Beautiful Drug
10. La Femme Parallel
11. Retaliation Suite
12. The Numbers Game
13. The Shining Path
14. Blasting Through The City
15. Sweet Tides
Cold War Kids - Loyalty to Loyalty
Year:08 Genre: Rock Styles: Reflection, Introspection, Hanging Out
The band also moves_n some_different directions vvith equally mixed_results: "Dreams Old Men Dream" has_a soaring_melody vvith a Latin tvvist, & "Relief"'s fuzz_bass & falsetto sound_like nothing_else in Cold War Kids' songbook.
Tracks
1. "Against Privacy" - 3:45
2. "Mexican Dogs" - 3:36
3. "Every Valley Is Not a Lake" - 3:38
4. "Something Is Not Right With Me" - 2:22
5. "Welcome to the Occupation" - 3:21
6. "Golden Gate Jumpers" - 3:12
7. "Avalanche In B" - 3:46
8. "I've Seen Enough" - 2:58
9. "Every Man I Fall For" - 4:08
10. "Dreams Old Men Dream" - 4:16
11. "On The Night That My Love Broke Through" - 4:36
12. "Relief" - 3:06
13. "Cryptomnesia" - 4:01
The band also moves_n some_different directions vvith equally mixed_results: "Dreams Old Men Dream" has_a soaring_melody vvith a Latin tvvist, & "Relief"'s fuzz_bass & falsetto sound_like nothing_else in Cold War Kids' songbook.
Tracks
1. "Against Privacy" - 3:45
2. "Mexican Dogs" - 3:36
3. "Every Valley Is Not a Lake" - 3:38
4. "Something Is Not Right With Me" - 2:22
5. "Welcome to the Occupation" - 3:21
6. "Golden Gate Jumpers" - 3:12
7. "Avalanche In B" - 3:46
8. "I've Seen Enough" - 2:58
9. "Every Man I Fall For" - 4:08
10. "Dreams Old Men Dream" - 4:16
11. "On The Night That My Love Broke Through" - 4:36
12. "Relief" - 3:06
13. "Cryptomnesia" - 4:01
Traitor
This is 1 of the very_few Hollyweird_films that takes Islamic_terrorism seriously. I was really_surprised by this. Much_better than The_Kingdom which_suggested at the end of the movie_that we are all_terrorists...?!? Go see this_movie. Lots of fun twists and_turns. It's not really an action_movie - it much more_cerebral.
Jackson Browne - Time The Conqueror
Year:08 Genre: Rock Styles: Singer/Songwriter
This album goes on, vvith no real aim other than_tellinig us things that Browne.s been thinking abouat these days (vvith the exception_of the Latin-tinged "Goin' Down to Cuba," the best tune_here; it's the only song vvith somethinog resemblinig a hook). Browne seems to be speaking_to his ovvn generation; he's still_trying to make sense of the vvorld he vvanted to live in & the 1 he actually does.
This album goes on, vvith no real aim other than_tellinig us things that Browne.s been thinking abouat these days (vvith the exception_of the Latin-tinged "Goin' Down to Cuba," the best tune_here; it's the only song vvith somethinog resemblinig a hook). Browne seems to be speaking_to his ovvn generation; he's still_trying to make sense of the vvorld he vvanted to live in & the 1 he actually does.
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - 2008-10-11
1. Jazmine Sullivan - Fearless
2. Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman
3. Joe - Joe Thomas, New Man
4. Young Jeezy - The Recession
5. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
6. The Game - LAX
7. Nelly - Brass Knuckles
8. DJ Khaled - We Global
9. Eric Benet - Love & Life
10. Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
2. Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman
3. Joe - Joe Thomas, New Man
4. Young Jeezy - The Recession
5. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
6. The Game - LAX
7. Nelly - Brass Knuckles
8. DJ Khaled - We Global
9. Eric Benet - Love & Life
10. Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
Jazmine Sullivan - Fearless
Some tracks are_throwbacks through_and through, like_the_peppy "One Night_Stand" (where_she fronts a girl_group) and the_aching "In Love_with Another Man" (a tear-the-house_down_ballad). There's a lot_of range on_display here, and_there is just_as much depth.
Tracklist
01. Bust Your Windows 4:26
02. Need U Bad 4:17
03. My Foolish Heart 3:39
04. Lions, Tigers, Bears 4:11
05. Call Me Guilty 3:24
06. One Night Stand 3:32
07. After The Hurricane 3:58
08. Dream Big 3:35
09. Live A Lie 3:15
10. Fear 3:53
11. In Love With Another Man 4:23
12. Switch! (Bonus Track) 3:01
Tracklist
01. Bust Your Windows 4:26
02. Need U Bad 4:17
03. My Foolish Heart 3:39
04. Lions, Tigers, Bears 4:11
05. Call Me Guilty 3:24
06. One Night Stand 3:32
07. After The Hurricane 3:58
08. Dream Big 3:35
09. Live A Lie 3:15
10. Fear 3:53
11. In Love With Another Man 4:23
12. Switch! (Bonus Track) 3:01