Category: Reviews
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Bon Iver – Blood Bank – review
Artist: Bon Iver Title: Blood Bank Label: Jagjaguwar Rating: 6.5/10 Corporate line: This four-song collection continues down the path forged by 2008’s critically acclaimed “For Emma, Forever Ago.” Bon Iver’s snow-blanketed harmonies live across the seasons. As much as “Emma” is about the cold, “Blood Bank” is about the warmth that gets you through it. […]
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Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion – review
Artist: Animal Collective Title: Merriweather Post Pavilion Label: 101 Rating: 6/10 Corporate line: “Merriweather Post Pavilion” is the Animal Collective’s ninth full-length. The whoops and hollers that previously held together the sublime, chaotic urgency of their earlier work now signal the calm sense of euphoria and wonder that ripples through this wide eyed record. The […]
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Britney Spears – Circus – review
“Circus” is the seventh album by Britney Spears. It rolls into town on the heels of an MTV VMA awards sweep, where Britney walked away with three Moonmen awards for ‘Video of the Year’, ‘Best Female’ and ‘Best Pop Video’ for ‘Piece Of Me’.
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Akon – Freedom – review
Singer/songwriter/producer, Akon burst out of the starting gates with the winningly melodic and compulsively danceable single “Right Now (Na Na Na).” The song is sparking up the charts in a record-setting pace that’s familiar to Akon’s millions of fans worldwide.
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Guns N’ Roses – Chinese Democracy – review
Like the hard-rock equivalent of Brian Wilson’s “Smile,” Guns N’ Roses’ “Chinese Democracy” was one of the greatest records that never was–a project more fable than fact, more speculation than actualization.
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Beyonce – I Am Sasha Fierce – review
One of 2008’s most hotly anticipated album releases, “I Am..Sasha Fierce” marks the artist’s first new studio collection since the Grammy-winning multi-platinum-selling “B’Day” debuted at #1.
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David Cook – David Cook – review
American Idol winner David Cook’s self-titled debut album is produced by Grammy winning Rob Cavallo (Green Day, Kid Rock), David Cook is a quality album full with radio hits. Cook co-wrote 9 songs from his debut, along with songwriters like Chris Cornell, Brian Howes & Cathy Dennis.
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Nickelback – Dark Horse – review
Nickelback have established themselves as one of the biggest rock bands in the world.
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David Archuleta – David Archuleta – review
American Idol Season 7 fan favorite, David Archuleta has become a household name as he spent his 2008 summer on the nationwide American Idol tour with his fellow contestants. This album includes a sequence of Pop tracks from the industry’s most talented writers and producers.
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Seal – Soul – review
“Soul” is the sixth studio album from multi-platinum selling, Grammy-winning, critically acclaimed Seal. Each song is a stone-cold soul classic, from Sam Cooke’s ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’, Ben E. King’s ‘Stand By Me’, and Ann Pebbles’ ‘I Can’t Stand The Rain’ to Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes’ ‘If You Don’t Know Me By Now’ and Otis Redding’s ‘I’ve Been Loving You Too Long’.