Tracks The Better Life
- Loser
- The Better Life
- So I Need You
- Duck And Run
- Kryptonite
- Down Poison
- Not Enough
- Smack
- By My Side
- Be Like That
- Life Of My Own
Release date: 2000-09-18
Run time: 41 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £6.15
Review The Better Life / 3 Doors Down:The Mississippi-based quartet 3 Doors Down has only one thing that sets them apart from other hard rock bands: lead vocalist Brad Arnold is also the drummer. The group shops the sounds of Pearl Jam and the Goo Goo Dolls, pointing at what they like, picking it off the shelf and throwing it into the stew. While the music on The Better Life, their debut, sounds overall both competent and confident, the songs themselves are equally uninspired and clichéd. For example, the riff from the track "Loser" is straight out of the Alice In Chains songbook, adding much more cringe-worthy lyrics ("Addiction needs a pacifier, the buzz of this poison is taking me higher"). In fact, most of the lyrics zero in on well-worn rock themes of aggravation, confusion and frustration, feelings that 3 Doors Down will easily coax out of discriminating listeners. -Jason Josephes.
Tracks Astro Creep - 2000: Songs of Love,...
- Super Charger Heaven
- Real Solution #9
- Grease Paint And Monkey Brains
- Electric Head, Part 2 (The Ecstasy)
- Blur The Technicolor
- Creature Of The Wheel
- Blood, Milk And Sky/ The Sidewalk Ends Where The Bug Parade Begins
- Electric Head, Part 1 (The Agony)
- More Human Than Human
- I, Zombie
- El Phantasmo And The Chicken-Run Blast-O-Rama
Release date: 1999-03-20
Run time: 52 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.39
Review Astro Creep - 2000: Songs of Love,... / White Zombie:
Tracks 12 Gold Bars
- Again And Again - Pip Williams, Status Quo
- Roll Over Lay Down - Status Quo
- Mystery Song - Status Quo
- Down Down - Status Quo, Damon Lyon-Shaw
- Paper Plane - Status Quo
- Break The Rules - Status Quo
- Rain - Status Quo
- Rockin' All Over The World - Pip Williams, Status Quo
- Living On An Island - Pip Williams, Status Quo
- Caroline - Status Quo
- Wild Side Of Life - Roger Glover, Status Quo
- Whatever You Want - Pip Williams, Status Quo
Release date: 1987-03-16
Run time: 47 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.98
Review 12 Gold Bars / Status Quo:
Tracks Probot
- Big Sky feat Tom G Warrior
- Silent Spring feat Kurt Brecht
- Shake Your Blood feat Lemmy
- Access Babylon feat Mike Dean
- Ice Cold Man feat Lee Dorrian
- The Emerald Law feat Wino
- Red War feat Max Cavalera
- My Tortured Soul feat Eric Wagner
- Centuries of Sin feat Cronos
- Sweet Dreams feat King Diamond
- Dictatorsaurus feat Snake
Release date: 2004-02-16
RRP: £13.99
Price: £8.83
Review Probot / Probot:
Tracks Eagles Live
- Life's Been Good
- Wasted Time
- Take It To The Limit
- Life In The Fast Lane
- Hotel California
- All Night Long
- Saturday Night
- Seven Bridges Road
- Doolin Dalton
- Heartache Tonight
- Take It Easy
- Long Run
- Desperado
- New Kid In Town
- I Can't Tell You Why
Release date: 1993-01-25
RRP: £10.99
Price: £3.99
Review Eagles Live / Eagles:
Tracks Global a Go-Go
- Gamma Ray
- Minstrel Boy
- Bummed Out City
- Bhindi Bhagee
- Mega Bottle ride
- Mondo Bongo
- At The Border, Guy
- Johnny Appleseed
- Cool 'N' Out
- Global A Go Go
- Shaktar Donetsk
Release date: 2001-07-16
RRP: £9.99
Price: £8.79
Review Global a Go-Go / Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros:Global A Go-Go, Joe Strummer's second album with the The Mescaleros following 1999's Rock Art and The X-Ray Style mines the same concerns that have always inspired his music. "Johnny Appleseed" and "Cool 'n' Out" centre on Joe's brash eruptive guitar but hark back to his pre-punk folk busking roots, with lyrics anchored by a strong sense of indignation and social commitment. Strummer may pride himself as an original punk warlord, but he realises punk can only thrive by rejoicing in Britain's ever-vibrant multicultural melting pot as he does on "Bhindi Bagee" and the Arabic inflected refugee requiem "Shaktar Donetsk". His longstanding fascination with dub reggae fuels "At the Border, Guy", while the Marconi saluting title track celebrates the power of radio to present new worlds and unite communities. On "Mondo Bongo" he dispenses with his trademark bark for a lovely ballad laced with pre-Clash accomplice Tymon Dogg's lonesome violin. This is real anger with a big warm heart; maturity suits Strummer just fine. -Gavin Martin.
Tracks Once in a Red Moon
- Awakening
- Gates Of Dawn
- Elegie
- Greenwaves
- The promise
- You Raise Me Up
- Once In A Red Moon
- Silent wings
- Duo
- Invitation
- Fairytale
- Belonging
Release date: 2002-04-22
Run time: 51 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £5.80
Review Once in a Red Moon / Secret Garden:Secret Garden's latest, Once in a Red Moon, continues along the path of their previous releases such as Songs from a Secret Garden and Dawn of a New Century. Violinist Fionnuala Sherry and pianist/composer Rolf Lovland continue to combine in romantic and soulful ways around melodies that hover between the Romantic composers of the 19th century and the beautiful folk melodies and harmonies of many countries. Sherry's playing is full of passion whatever the setting, giving real red-blooded feeling to whatever musical landscape Lovland's pieces sketch out. Central to the expanded acoustic palette on this new album is the arranging skill of Kjetil Bjerkestrand, who combines absolute transparency of sound with compelling richness of texture. Guest singers Brian Kennedy and Karen Matheson illuminate lyrics to different tunes, including a re-setting of the "Danny Boy" melody that becomes a tribute to Lovland's recently deceased mother. Celtic roots are never far away throughout this thoughtful and exquisite album, giving its overall yearning quality a particular and apposite focus. -Keith Shadwick.
Tracks End of Silence
- Intro (End of Silence)
- Breathe into Me
- Gave It All Away
- Lost
- Already Over, Pt. 2
- Let Go
- Wasting Time
- Hide
- Break Me Down
- Pieces
- Already Over
Release date: 2006-06-13
RRP: £16.99
Price: £6.61
Review End of Silence / Red:
Tracks Sad Wings of Destiny
- Dream Deceiver
- Prelude
- Victim Of Changes
- Deceiver
- Ripper
- Tyrant
- Island Of Domination
- Genocide
- Epitaph
Release date: 2000-07-15
RRP: £13.99
Price: £6.94
Review Sad Wings of Destiny / Judas Priest:
Tracks Life
- Mideast Vacation - Neil Young, Crazy Horse
- Long Walk Home - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
- Cryin' Eyes - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
- Inca Queen - Neil Young, Crazy Horse
- Around The World - Neil Young, Crazy Horse
- We Never Danced - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
- Too Lonely - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
- Prisoners Of Rock 'N' Roll - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
- When Your Lonely Heart Breaks - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Release date: 1999-03-20
Run time: 40 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.37
Review Life / Neil Young & Crazy Horse:
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Tracks Inhuman Rampage: Special Edition + DVD [Parental Advisory]
- Through The Fire And Flames
- Trail Of Broken Hearts
- Behind The Scenes Rockumentary
- Revolution Deathsquad
- Cry For Eternity
- Operation Ground And Pound
- Flame Of Youth
- Operation Ground And Pound
- Through The Fire And Flames
- Lost Souls In Endless Time
- My Spirit Will Go On
- Storming The Burning Fields
- Body Breakdown
Release date: 2007-03-12
RRP: £15.99
Price: £10.24
Review Inhuman Rampage: Special Edition + DVD [Parental Advisory] / Dragonforce:
Tracks Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
- Losing time/Grand finale
- Blind faith
- Solitary shell
- Test that stumped them all
- Overture
- Misunderstood
- Great debate
- War inside my head
- Glass prison
- About to crash (reprise)
- Disappear
- About to crash
- Goodnight kiss
Release date: 2002-01-21
RRP: £16.99
Price: £7.29
Review Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence / Dream Theater:Never a band to do things by halves, Dream Theater's Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence is a two-disc extravaganza with a title track that clocks in at a prog-tastic 42 minutes. Following very much in the style of their previous studio release Scenes from a Memory, the "Six Degrees" piece, which occupies the entire second disc, is divided into eight movements beginning of course with the now-obligatory "Overture". It's all good, meaty stuff, but the quasi-symphonic structure isn't really justified by the music, which alternately noodles and thrashes about in a somewhat haphazard manner; while singer James LaBrie's elliptical storytelling struggles to make an impression over the rest of the band's stunningly virtuosic onslaught. The other disc has five chunky shorter pieces (averaging about 10 minutes each) which hearken back to the grungier sound of their Awake album. Guitarist John Petrucci dominates proceedings here perhaps more than he should, and only fearsome drummer Mike Portnoy can compete in the sheer volume and notes-per-second competition. The result is an album that fulfils all the fans' expectations of what this band do best. Despite the "progressive" tag, Dream Theater have, it seems, found a formula and they're sticking to it. -Mark Walker.
Tracks Portrait Of An American Family
- Lunchbox
- Snake Eyes And Sissies
- Dogma
- My Monkey
- Wrapped In Plastic
- Misery Machine/ Hidden Track
- Sweet Tooth
- Dope Hat
- Organ Grinder
- Get Your Gunn
- Cyclops
- Cake And Sodomy
- Prelude (The Family Trip)
Release date: 2003-05-26
Run time: 61 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.44
Review Portrait Of An American Family / Marilyn Manson:Every parent's nightmare and every teenager's dream band, Marilyn Manson take no prisoners on their blistering and brutal Trent Reznor-produced debut. Aiming to shock and rock simultaneously, Portrait scores high marks in both arenas. Manson and his grand grimoire take Alice Cooper's tongue-in-cheek mix of glam and death rock to the nth degree with their vision of youth gone wild, personified on cuts like "Cake and Sodomy" and "Lunchbox", a schoolyard revenge fantasy gone horribly awry. One of the most original, hardest rocking albums recorded in the 1990s, Portrait of an American Family is a hallmark of the industrial/metal genre, but not for those who are easily offended. -Gail Worley.
Tracks Hatebreeder
- Downfall
- Warheart
- Black Widow
- Towards Dead End
- No Commands (Bonus)
- Silent Night, Bodom Night
- Wrath Within
- Aces High (Bonus)
- Hatebreeder
- Children Of Bodom
- Enhanced video Downfall
- Bed of Razorz
Release date: 2008-04-28
RRP: £12.99
Price: £6.29
Review Hatebreeder / Children Of Bodom:
Tracks Behind Closed Doors
- Moth To The Flame
- Too Scared To Live
- Fly On The Wall
- Stand Up
- Preaching From A Chair
- I'll Be Waiting
- Future Train
- Till The River Runs Dry
- It Happened In This Town
- River Of Pain
- Castles In The Sand
- Ball And Chain
Release date: 1995-01-23
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.50
Review Behind Closed Doors / Thunder:
Tracks Exit ... Stage Left
- Xanadu
- Red Barchetta
- The Spirit Of Radio
- Jacob's Ladder
- La Villa Strangiato
- Broon's Bane
- A Passage To Bangkok
- The Trees
- Freewill
- YYZ
- Beneath, Between & Behind
- Tom Sawyer
- Closer To The Heart
Release date: 1997-09-15
Run time: 77 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.37
Review Exit ... Stage Left / Rush:
Tracks Are You Experienced: Remastered
- Stone Free
- May This Be Love
- Fire
- Wind Cries Mary
- Hey Joe
- Manic Depression
- Are You Experienced
- Red House
- Third Stone From The Sun
- Foxey Lady
- 51st Anniversary
- Love Or Confusion
- Purple Haze
- Highway Chile
- Can You See Me
- Remember
- I Don't Live Today
Release date: 2002-12-01
RRP: £15.99
Price: £6.94
Review Are You Experienced: Remastered / Jimi Hendrix:
Tracks The Essential Judas Priest
- Painkiller
- Metal Gods
- Screaming For Vengeance
- Blood Red Skies
- Heading Out To The Highway
- Breaking The Law
- Electric Eye
- Turbo Lover
- United
- Ram It Down
- Touch Of Evil
- Exciter
- Hot Rockin'
- Ripper
- Sentinel
- Revolution
- Diamonds And Rust
- Before The Dawn
- Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown)
- Jawbreaker
- Delivering The Goods
- Hell Patrol
- Love Bites
- Out In The Cold
- Living After Midnight
- Freewheel Burning
- You've Got Another Thing Comin'
- Sinner
- Judas Rising
- Hellion
- Night Crawler
- Victim Of Changes
- Beyond The Realms Of Death
- Hell Bent For Leather
Release date: 2006-09-25
RRP: £15.99
Price: £5.93
Review The Essential Judas Priest / Judas Priest:
Tracks Sleep's Holy Mountain
- Inside The Sun
- Druid
- Dragonaut
- Rain's Baptism
- Aquarian
- Evil Gypsy/Solomon's Theme
- Some Grass
- Holy Mountain
- From Beyond
Release date: 1999-09-23
RRP: £9.99
Price: £7.40
Review Sleep's Holy Mountain / Sleep:
Tracks Dark Light
- Behind The Crimson Door
- Dark Light
- Drunk On Shadows
- Vampire Heart
- Under The Rose
- Play Dead
- Killing Loneliness
- In The Night Side Of Eden
- Rip Out The Wings Of A Butterfly
- Face Of God
Release date: 2005-09-26
RRP: £15.99
Price: £5.00
Review Dark Light / HIM:Partly thanks to their skill for anthemic soft rock, and partly thanks to the heart-throb status of vocalist Ville Hermani Vallo, Finland's H. I. M have risen to become one of the most visible acts on the European goth scene. On this, their fourth album, high production values, courtesy of U2/The Cure producer Tim Palmer, and a broad sonic repertoire that includes piano, violin and cello gel to form H. I. M's most accessible album yet (and that's saying something; this band were never exactly Sonic Youth). "Under The Rose" is perhaps the record's catchiest moment, Vallo swooning "I've been burning in water/And drowning in flames" over some tight, gothic-tinged arpeggios courtesy of guitarist Lily Lazer. Much of H. I. M's oeuvre continues to dwell on matters of the heart, the likes of "Killing Loneliness" and "Vampire Heart" mostly concerned with the prospect of finding love in a dark world. [+]That said, it's important to point out, though, that there's more to this band than pleasing teenage girls: "In The Night-Side Of Eden" fuses sprawling, progressive complexity to croaked gothic vocals, an interesting diversion that belies H. I. M's reputation as unashamed crowd pleasers. -Louis Pattison.
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