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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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The Polar Express
Cast: Tom Hanks, Daryl Sabara, Eddie Deezen, Nona Gaye, Michael Jeter Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: The Academy Award-winning team of Tom Hanks and director Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Cast Away) reunite for The Polar Express, an inspiring adventure based on the beloved children’s book by Chris Van Allsburg. When a doubting young…
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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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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Game: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Platform: Playstation 2 Studio: Rockstar Rating: 10/10 GAME STUDIO DESCRIPTION: Five years ago Carl Johnson escaped from the pressures of life in Los Santos, San Andreas… a city tearing itself apart with gang trouble, drugs and corruption. Where filmstars and millionaires do their best to avoid the dealers and…
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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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The Incredibles
Cast: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson Studio: Pixar/Disney Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: From the Academy Award ®-winning creators of “Toy Story,” “Monsters, Inc.” and “Finding Nemo,” comes this hilarious action-packed animated adventure about superheroes. Bob Parr used to be one of the world’s greatest superheroes (known to all as “Mr. Incredible”), saving…
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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…
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