Category: Music

Artist: Vitamin C Title: Vitamin C Label: Elektra Rating: 5/10 Vitamin C has been dancing and singing for longer than any of us even know. She once fronted the pop band Eve’s Plum, recorded two albums and pranced around the world. Now she is back, solo with her self-titled debut, Vitamin C. The first track,…

Artist: Van Morrison Title: Back On Top Label: Virgin Rating: 6/10 It’s amazing to think that Van Morrison has been sharing his remarkable music with fans longer then most of today’s top musicians have been alive. Van once again provides for listeners an impressive treat with his new release Back On Top. Although Back On…

Artist: Velvet Belly Title: Lucia Label: BMG Rating: 6/10 Velvet Belly is from an isolated coastal town in Norway called Kristiansand. That fact has no real pertinence to this review, or didn’t until I heard the track “Easy”. It reminds me of beautiful stretches of land and water. It’s lighter than air and floats like…

Artist: Chris Cornell Title: Euphoria Morning Label: Interscope Rating: 7.5/10 The long awaited solo effort from Chris Cornell, one of the most influential voices of Generation X, has finally arrived. The long time lead singer for grunge kings Soundgarden has a stunning new release, Euphoria Morning. You’re not going to find the raw and heavy…

Artist: Cracker Title: Garage D’Or Label: Virgin Rating: 4/10 What the world needs now is a Cracker greatest hits album like I need a hole in my head. Okay, that is harsh, but after hearing the album’s first track, “Teen Angst (What The World Needs Now)”, I couldn’t resist. Lead man David Lowery claims “We…

Artist: Paula Cole Title: Amen Label: Warner Bros. Rating: 7/10 Track # 1. I Believe In Love Sweet, beautiful, and full of life. Cole’s voice riding the wah of the guitar is heavenly. Rating: 7/10 2. Amen Do yourself a favor and listen to it, closely. Rating: 8/10 3. La Tonya Slowly echoes a trip…

Artist: Chumbawamba Title: WYSIWYG Label: Universal Rating: 8/10 If you think Public Enemy or John Lennon were political, then you need to hear Chumbawamba. It’s too bad most people only know them as the group that sang about getting knocked down and getting up again, because Chumbawamba has something bigger up their sleeves. WYSIWYG may…

Artist: The Chemical Brothers Title: Surrender Label: Astralwerks Rating: 8/10 “Music: Response” opens the album with “music that triggers some kind of response.” The robotic voice confirms what the Chemical Brothers’ real intentions are. So if you’ve packed your flannels and other grunge accessories and decided that you’re not going to jump on the next…

Artist: Cha Cha Title: Dear Diary Label: Epic Rating: 6.5/10 What do you get when you cross Lauryn Hill’s looks with Missy Elliott’s skills? Cha Cha. The album intro starts out giving props to Cha Cha, as an eighteen-year-old with a hard core flow and as someone who writes her own rhymes. The first track,…

Artist: The Charlatans UK Title: Us and Us Only Label: MCA Rating: 5/10 The Charlatans have experienced some turbulence in their career, like originally being dismissed as nothing but a Stone Roses cover band or when the press wrote them off before they came back with their greatest effort to date, Tellin’ Stories. With that…