Category: Music
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Collective Soul – Youth
Artist: Collective Soul Title: Youth Label: El Music Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: “Youth to me is a mindset, not a number,” Ed says. “We’ve been doing this for ten years and we’ve never felt more youthful and more ready to be in the position that we’re in.” “Even the music represents that starting over to…
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Destiny’s Child – Destiny Fulfilleed
Artist: Destiny’s Child Title: Destiny Fulfilleed Label: Columbia Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Let’s say that you are one of the biggest selling female groups, ever. Your combined record sales total over 40 million records, worldwide. You’ve seen your albums debut at the top of the charts, and stay there. You’ve racked up enumerable industry awards,…
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Eminem – Encore
Artist: Eminem Title: Encore Label: Interscope Rating: 8/10 THE LINE: Guess who’s back—back again. THE GREAT: “Evil Deeds” – Eminem gets into some politics and of course is still angry as hell—at everyone and everything. “Like Toy Soldiers” – Certain to buzz radio and MTV—too bad its ripped from Jay-Z–funny thing is, Eminem isn’t trying…
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Live – Awake: The Best of Live
Artist: Live Title: Awake: The Best of Live Label: Radioactive Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: Awake, The Best of LIVE, a deluxe 19-song compilation CD spanning the entire 13-year recording history of the acclaimed rock band from York, Pennsylvania. The package also includes a DVD containing 22 music videos going back to the band’s 1991 debut.…
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Vanessa Carlton – Harmonium
Artist: Vanessa Carlton Title: Harmonium Label: Geffen Rating: 6.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: “Harmonium” is Vanessa Carlton’s follow up to her multi-platinum debut Be Not Nobody, which had the number one single “A Thousand Miles” and top ten single “Ordinary Day”. She wrote it while on tour and on sojourn in San Francisco. Stephan Jenkins of Third…
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New Edition – One Love
Artist: New Edition Title: One Love Label: Bad Boy Rating: 4.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: In 1983, the original members of New Edition, DeVoe, Bell, Bivins, Trevsant and Bobby Brown, made a huge impression with their debut album, Candy Girl which produced the #1 singles, “Candy Girl” and “Is This The End?” The Boston natives continued to…
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Elton John – Peachtree Road
Artist: Elton John Title: Peachtree Road Label: Universal Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: Peachtree Road is, almost astonishingly, his 43rd album, yet the quality, enthusiasm and passion that he, his lyrical partner Bernie Taupin and his newly invigorated band bring to the project are as fresh and untainted as if it were their debut. Building on…
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Travis – Singles
Artist: Travis Title: Singles Label: Epic Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: The ‘Singles’ album and DVD video are out now! The CD Album features all of Travis’ singles to date including “Walking In The Sun”, and another previously unreleased track “The Distance” written and sung by Dougie, and originally recorded during sessions for the album 12…
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The Donnas – Gold Medal
Artist: The Donnas Title: Gold Medal Label: Atlantic Rating: 4.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: One of the most eagerly awaited releases of 2004, The Donnas’ “GOLD MEDAL” takes the top prize for vital, edgy, modern rock ‘n’ roll at its finest. Having broken into the mainstream with their 2002 Atlantic debut, “SPEND THE NIGHT,” the Bay Area-based…
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Ying Yang Twins – My Brother & Me
Artist: Ying Yang Twins Title: My Brother & Me Label: TVT Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: The Ying Yang Twins return with My Brother & Me, a crunktastic CD/DVD combo that features 10 new songs, 3 videos and behind the scenes footage of the premier party-starters. The CD/DVD set’s lead single “Halftime (Stand Up & Get…