Tracks Dusk and Summer
- Currents
- Don't Wait
- Reason To Believe
- Rooftops And Invitations
- Heaven Here
- Secret's In The Telling
- So Long So Long
- Slow Decay
- Dusk And Summer
- Vindicated
- Stolen
Release date: 2006-07-03
RRP: £11.99
Price: £3.70
Review Dusk and Summer / Dashboard Confessional:While usually lumped in with the sensitive souls of emotional hardcore, Dashboard Confessional - the stage name of Conneticut-born singer-songwriter Chris Carrabba - has traditionally cut a much more intimate, acoustic-tinged furrow. Dusk And Summer, however, sees Carrabba spirit up a much denser, rockier instrumentation that should see long-term fans harking back to his '90s outfit, Further Seems Forever. Is Chris risking it all, leaving his own introspective headspace and traipsing back to the crowded landscape of US rock? Not necessarily - 'Rooftops And Invitations' makes a decent fist of melding a balladry of passion and restraint with some pluming, U2-style dynamics, while 'Don't Wait' proves that the acoustic guitar still lies at the centre of the Dashboard design. Fans should also cock an ear to 'So Long So Long', a hushed piano duet with Adam Duritz of Counting Crows with a lyric that plays to their collective talent for misty-eyed nostalgia: "How the girls can turn to ghosts before your eyes/ And the very dreams that led to them are keeping them from dying". Newcomers might want to start elsewhere - Dusk And Summer is far from representative of their style - but if each Dashboard album is a page in Carrabba's own personal journal, it's clear there's still many pages to be written. -Louis Pattison.
Tracks Connected -12" 90s
- Theme From Starsky & Hutch - James Taylor Quartet
- How Can I Love You More? - M-People
- All About Eve - Marxman
- Open Up - Leftfield, Lydon
- Fun For Me - Moloko
- Revival - Martine Girault
- World In Motion - England New Order
- I'm Free - The Soup Dragons
- Where Love Lives - Alison Limerick
- Killer - Adamski
- Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use) - Melanie Williams, Sub Sub
- Tattva - Kula Shaker
- Wild Wood - Paul Weller
- Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out - Freak Power
- Remember Me - Blue Boy
- Funky Jam - Primal Scream
- Apparently Nothin' - Young Disciples
- Groove Is In The Heart - Deee-Lite
- Swamp Thing - The Grid
- When You Gonna Learn - Jamiroquai
- Aftermath - Tricky
- So What! - DJ Krush, Ronny Jordan
- Something Good 08 - Utah Saints
- People Everyday - Arrested Development
- The Masterplan - Sharpe And Brown
- Fool's Gold - Stone Roses
- Connected - Stereo MC's
- Getting Away With It - Electronic
- Sun Rising - The Beloved
- Come Home - James
- Dub Be Good To Me - Beats International
- There's Nothing Like This (12") - Omar
- Always There - Incognito, Jocelyn Brown
- Real Love - Drizabone
- Don't You Want Me - Felix
- Rhythm Is A Dancer - Snap!
Release date: 2008-07-07
Run time: 177 min.
RRP: £17.99
Price: £3.76
Review Connected -12" 90s / Various Artists:
Tracks No Jacket Required
- Don't Want To Know
- Inside Out
- Only You Know And I Know
- Long Long Way To Go
- Who Said I Would
- Sussudio
- Take Me Home
- We Said Hello Goodbye
- Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore
- Don't Lose My Number
- One More Night
Release date: 1985-02-18
RRP: £13.99
Price: £3.95
Review No Jacket Required / Phil Collins:
Tracks Smiley Smile/Wild Honey
- I'd Love Just Once To See You
- How She Boogalooed It
- Let The Wind Blow
- Wild Honey
- Here Comes The Night
- Darlin'
- She's Goin' Bald
- Fall Breaks And Back To Winter (W. Woodpecker Symphony)
- Gettin' Hungry
- Country Air
- Thing Or Two
- Can't Wait Too Long
- Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring
- Heroes And Villains
- I Was Made To Love Her
- Aren't You Glad
- Good Vibrations (1)
- Good Vibrations
- Little Pad
- Whistle In
- Wind Chimes
- Vegetables
- Good Vibrations (2)
- Heroes And Villains (1)
- Mama Says
- You're Welcome
- Wonderful
- With Me Tonight
Release date: 2001-04-09
RRP: £4.99
Price: £2.94
Review Smiley Smile/Wild Honey / Beach Boys:
Tracks Trailer Park
- Touch Me With Your Love
- Don't Need A Reason
- How Far
- Sugar Boy
- Tangent
- Galaxy Of Emptiness
- She Cries Your Name
- I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine
- Live As You Dream
- Someone's Daughter
Release date: 2000-02-11
RRP: £8.99
Price: £1.79
Review Trailer Park / Beth Orton:Having collaborated with such dance acts as Red Snapper and the Chemical Brothers, singer-songwriter Beth Orton is sometimes regarded as a young folky hitching a ride on the electronica bandwagon. On Trailer Park, however, she harks back to a lost Seventies tradition whose exponents included Traffic, Tim Buckley and especially John Martyn, all of whom worked in a hazy interface between jazz, blues and folk. Fleshed out with multiple layers of vibes, strings and keyboards, Trailer Park is at once a soul-searching and sensual album, with Orton's flat-edged and indistinct lyrics often seeming to melt in her own mouth. Only "Sweetest Decline", featuring Dr John on keyboards seems slightly twee. Otherwise on the likes of "Couldn't Cause Me Harm" and "Feel To Believe", the pleasures and pains of love are conveyed so tangibly it almost hurts. -David Stubbs.
Tracks Ill Communication
- Bodhisattva Vow
- Tough Guy
- Do It
- Scoop
- Eugene's Lament
- Futterman's Rule
- Ricky's Theme
- Heart Attackman
- Root Down
- Sabotage
- Alright Hear This
- Sure Shot
- Get It Together
- Update
- Flute Loop
- Shamballa
- Bobo On The Corner
- B Boys Makin' With The Freak Freak
- Transition
- Sabrosa
Release date: 1994-05-23
RRP: £13.99
Price: £5.37
Review Ill Communication / The Beastie Boys:By 1994 the Beasties had settled into their cultural role as the grand arbiters of cool, and Ill Communication is pretty much a catalogueof coolness: live funk, a bit of hardcore, ingenious samples of obscure records, keyboards by analogue master Money Mark, guest shots by Q-Tip and Biz Markie, MCA's cop-show metal number "Sabotage" and the inevitable cascade of witty old-school rhymes. But it's also a surprisingly mature record from a band that had, after all, been at it for 12 years already. The original jazz-funk instrumentals hold their own with the group's favourite sample sources. Their voices are modestly buried in the mix, and they've tempered their old snottiness with lyrical compassion: check out "Bodhisattva Vow", a salute to Buddhist spirituality. -Douglas Wolk.
Tracks Pop Life
- Everytime We Touch
- Delirious
- Winner Of The Game
- Do Something Love
- Baby When The Light
- Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away)
- Love Is Gone
- Tomorrow Can Wait
- Always
- Never Take Away My Freedom
- Love Is Gone
- This Is Not A Love Song
- You're Not Alone
- Joan Of Arc
Release date: 2007-08-20
RRP: £15.99
Price: £3.95
Review Pop Life / David Guetta:
Tracks NYC Man - The Greatest Hits
- Dirty Boulevard
- Walk On The Wildside (The Italian Mix)
- Who Am I?
- Pale Blue Eyes
- Ectasy
- White Light / White Heat
- Berlin
- Sweet Jane
- I'm Waiting For The Man
- Legendary Hearts
- Perfect Day
- Magic and Loss
- Satallite Of Love
- Walk On the Wildside
- NYC Man
- Coney Island Baby
- The Blue Mask
- Satallite Of Love 2004
Release date: 2004-10-04
RRP: £6.99
Price: £2.78
Review NYC Man - The Greatest Hits / Lou Reed:
Tracks The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
- I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round) - Alicia Bridges
- Finally - CeCe Peniston
- Go West - Village People
- My Baby Loves Lovin' - White Plains
- I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
- Take A Letter Maria - R.B. Greaves
- Can't Help Lovin' That Man - Trudy Richards
- I Love The Nightlife - Alicia Bridges
- I've Never Been To Me - Charlene
- Shake Your Groove Thing - Peaches & Herb
- Save The Best For Last - Vanessa Williams
- I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
- Go West - Village People
- I Love The Nightlife (Disco Round) - Alicia Bridges
- Billy, Don't Be A Hero - Paper Lace
- Shake Your Groove Thing - Peaches & Herb
- A Fine Romance - Lena Horne
- Mamma Mia - Abba
- I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine - Patti Page
Release date: 2002-03-11
Run time: 77 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £7.66
Review The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / OST:
Tracks Seal IV
- Loves Divine
- Touch
- Waiting For You
- Dont Make Me Wait
- Heavenly (Good Feeling)
- Get It Together (Reprise)
- Loneliest Star
- My Vision
- Loves Divine (Deepsky Club Mix)
- Where Theres Gold
- Get It Together
- Tinsel Town
- Let Me Roll
Release date: 2003-09-15
RRP: £10.99
Price: £4.68
Review Seal IV / Seal:After five years and one do-over later, Seal presents a fourth album, Seal IV, that finds the singer growing with his audience. The opener "Get It Together" melds a quiet "live" moment into a horn-and-string disco number, setting the stage for the rest of the album, which is largely a nod to Detroit and Philly R&B. The UK-born musician pulls it off. His rasp and emotive, positive vocals are well suited for the retro stylings he attempts. "Waiting for You" will flood the dance floor, and he's unafraid to dig deep for the ballads-Marvin Gaye would approve. The funk is real, but saddled with a pop safety net, and the upbeat tracks need a helping hand from a good remixer before they are as compelling as his seminal singles "Killer" and "Crazy". Seal never goes all out in any direction and this coolness, combined with Trevor Horn's perfectionist production, plants the album inescapably in the realm of adult contemporary (although this is as good as adult contemporary gets). On "Let Me Roll", Seal salutes the album's influences by proclaiming he's "not too proud to beg". If that were actually true, the songs would have been that much better for it. -Beth Massa.
Tracks The Best Christmas Album In The World Ever
- Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid
- Last Christmas - State Of The Heart
- Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Mel & Kim
- Winter Wonderland - Peggy Lee
- Little Town - Cliff Richard
- Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John & Yoko
- Mistletoe and Wine - Cliff Richard
- Ring Out, Solstice Bells - Jethro Tull
- Walking In The Air - Aled Jones
- Lonely Pup (In A Christmas Shop) - Adam Faith
- Step Into Christmas - Elton John
- A Spaceman Came Travelling - Chris De Burgh
- Lonely This Christmas - Mud
- Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney
- I Believe In Father Christmas - Greg Lake
- Frosty The Snowman - Nat 'King' Cole
- Stop The Cavalry - Jona Lewie
- Angels - Robbie Williams
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Jane McDonald
- Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy - David Bowie/Bing Crosby
- Merry Christmas Everybody - Slade
- Little Saint Nick - Beach Boys
- The Power Of Love - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
- We Wish You A Merry Christmas - The Weavers
- I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard
- Silent Night, Holy Night - Sinead O'Connor
- Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow - Dean Martin
- The Millennium Prayer - Cliff Richard
- What Are You Doing New Year's Eve - Mary Margaret O'Hara (Frank Loesser)
- Sleigh Ride - Spice Girls
- Deck The Halls - Treorchy, Morriston Orpheus & Pontarddulais Male Choirs With The Band Of The Welsh Guards
- Christmas Wrapping - Waitresses
- The Twelve Days Of Christmas - The Spinners
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Jackson 5
- Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - Dean Martin
- Saviour's Day - Cliff Richard
- The Christmas Song - Nat 'King' Cole
- In Dulci Jubilo - Mike Oldfield
- In The Bleak Midwinter - Bert Jansch
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Ella Fitzgerald
- White Christmas - Bing Crosby
- Mary's Boy Child - Matt Monro
- Baby, It's Cold Outside - Tom Jones with Cerys from Catatonia
- Gaudete - Steeleye Span
Release date: 2000-10-30
RRP: £17.99
Price: £181.32
Review The Best Christmas Album In The World Ever / Various Artists:A good Christmas compilation should contain the following things-a selection of old classics to warm your cockles by the fireside, some of the classic pop titles that people always seem to find themselves singing along to in the pub on Christmas Eve, some carols and a handful of oddities to keep everyone on their toes. The Best Christmas Album in the World Ever manages to fulfil all these criteria-on the classic front there is Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" and Dean Martin's "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow", on the classic pop front there's Slade's "Merry Christmas Everybody" and Wizzard's "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday", traditional carols "Silent Night" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" head the field and as far as oddities go, look no further than the double whammy of "Lonely Pup (In A Christmas Shop)", courtesy of Adam Faith, and "Angels" by Robbie Williams (a pretty tenuous inclusion, especially considering the angel in the title is his mum). All in all, small gripes aside, The Best Christmas Album In The World Ever manages to live up to its name. -Helen Marquis.
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Tracks Jonas Brothers (CD + DVD) [Us Import]
- Hold On [DVD]
- S.O.S.
- Year 3000 [DVD]
- Kids of the Future [DVD][Live]
- Still in Love with You
- Australia
- S.O.S. [DVD]
- Hollywood
- When You Look Me in the Eyes
- Just Friends
- [CD-Rom Track]
- Inseparable
- Hello Beautiful
- That's Just the Way We Roll
- We Got the Party - Jonas Brothers, Hannah Montana
- Year 3000
- Goodnight and Goodbye
- Take a Breath
- Games
- Kids of the Future
- Hold On
Release date: 2007-10-30
RRP: £28.99
Price: £8.93
Review Jonas Brothers (CD + DVD) [Us Import] / Jonas Brothers:
Tracks Young Americans: Remastered
- Across The Universe
- Right
- Young Americans
- Somebody Up There Likes Me
- Fascination
- Fame
- Can You Hear Me
- Win
Release date: 1999-09-06
RRP: £13.99
Price: £4.47
Review Young Americans: Remastered / David Bowie:By 1975, when Young Americans was originally released, people were accustomed to being surprised by David Bowie. Even so, his decision to immerse himself in the traditions of Philadelphia soul raised eyebrows to heights rarely witnessed before or since. In retrospect, Young Americans occupies a reasonably logical place in the Bowie canon, containing both faint echoes of the glam excess of the preceding Diamond Dogs and subtle hints of Bowie's encroaching cocaine paranoia that would result, a year later, in the compellingly deranged Station To Station. It has never been in Bowie's nature to do things by halves, and he went about making Young Americans with the demented energy that has propelled his career to such towering altitudes and such horrifying depths (guest musicians included John Lennon, Luther Vandross and David Sanborn). The quality control was certainly uneven-the album contains such great moments as the title track, "Fame" and "Win", and a lot of wishy-washy fillers, even by Bowie's standards. But, taken as a whole, Young Americans remains one of the most influential records of Bowie's influential career. -Andrew Mueller.
Tracks Tumbleweed Connection
- Talking Old Soldiers
- Ballad Of A Well-Known Gun
- Into The Old Man's Shoes
- Son Of Your Father
- Come Down In Time
- Burn Down The Mission
- Madman Across The Water - Elton John, Mick Ronson
- Country Comfort
- Love Song
- My Father's Gun
- Where To Now St. Peter?
- Amoreena
Release date: 1995-05-10
Run time: 60 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.67
Review Tumbleweed Connection / Elton John:Tumbleweed Connection is part of the early catalogue of Elton John's work that Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose reportedly once said he would love to own the publishing rights to as a work of art. Indeed, it does contain some of John's most expressive work as an artist, but with the showy stage presence and pop melodicism still under construction. Tumbleweed is characterized by John's balladeer approach, with John at his storyteller best on songs like "Burn Down the Mission. " Even if the lyrics were generally written by Bernie Taupin, John's voice and inflection made every song seem deeply personal. The beautiful "Come Down in Time" displays the subtleties and sophistication of his talent, with the piano not yet serving as the instrumental focal point it would later become. The album also features the favourite "Ballad of a Well-Known Gun" and "Where to Now St. Peter?" -Steve Gdula.
Tracks Shenanigans
- Espionage
- Suffocate
- Tired Of Waiting
- Don't Wanna Fall In Love
- You Lied
- Ha Ha You're Dead
- Scumbag
- I Want To Be On TV
- Outsider
- Rotting
- Do Da Da
- Desensitised
- On The Wagon
- Sick Of Me
Release date: 2002-07-01
RRP: £10.99
Price: £4.19
Review Shenanigans / Green Day:
Tracks Relish
- Dracula Moon
- Spider Web
- Help Me
- Pensacola
- One Of Us
- Lumina
- Right Hand Man
- Let's Just Get Naked
- Crazy Baby
- St Teresa
- Man In The Long Black Coat
- Ladder
Release date: 1999-09-06
Run time: 61 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.38
Review Relish / Joan Osborne:
Tracks Music from the O.C. - Mix 2
- Beulah - Popular Mechanics For Lovers
- Johnathan Rice - So Sweet
- The Album Leaf - Eastern Glow
- Keane - Walnut Tree
- The Eels - Saturday Morning
- The Walkmen - Little House Of Savages (live)
- Dios Malos - You Got Me All Wrong
- The Perishers - Trouble Sleeping
- Death Cab For Cutie - A Lack Of Color
- Patrick Park - Something Pretty
- The Thrills - Big Sur
- Super Furry Animals - Hello Sunshine (radio edit)
- The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It
- Nada Surf - If You Leave
- Interpol - Specialist
- Jem - Maybe Im Amazed
Release date: 2004-10-25
RRP: £15.99
Price: £7.50
Review Music from the O.C. - Mix 2 / Original TV Soundtrack:If you're a fan of the OC - and if you're reading this you probably are - then this may be the compilation for you. It starts off by alternating between lively, usually upbeat indie rock tracks from the likes of The Eels, The Killers and The Thrills, and more downbeat, angsty, sometimes frankly depressing tunes like Patrick Park's "Something Pretty" and the Super Furry Animals' "Hello Sunshine". Scattered among these are occasional gems like Dios' "You Got Me All Wrong", but the CD seems to run out of A-list material somewhat before the end. Now that the OC has a 'live' band on every week, many of the bands featured on the CD have performed their songs on the series itself, which should provide hard-core fans with a warm nostalgic glow… however, the intimate ties between the series and the CD are this compilation's weakness as well as its strength. So although it may save you from buying some disappointing albums, this one has to be recommended for OC addicts only. -Peter Farnell.
Tracks Moulin Rouge 2
- Sparkling Diamonds (Original Film Version)
- The Show Must Go On (Original Film Version)
- One Day I'll Fly Away (Tony Phillips Remix)
- Come What May (Original Film Version)
- Like A Virgin (Original Film Version)
- Your Song (Instrumental-From the score cue "Rehearsal Montage")
- Your Song (Instrumental-From the score cue "After the Storm")
- The Pitch (Spectacular Spectacular) (Original Film Version)
- Meet Me In The Red Room (Original Film Version)
- Closing Credits: Bolero (Original Film Version)
- Ascension (From the score cue "Death and Ascension")
Release date: 2002-03-04
Run time: 43 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.80
Review Moulin Rouge 2 / Original Soundtrack:
Tracks A Sides
- Rusty Cage
- Bleed Together
- Nothing To Say
- Pretty Noose
- Blow Up The Outside World
- Burden In My Hand
- Loud Love
- Hands All Over
- Flower
- The Day I Tried To Live
- Black Hole Sun
- Jesus Christ Pose
- Spoonman
- Fell On Black Days
- Get On The Snake
- Outshined
- Ty Cobb
Release date: 1998-06-01
Run time: 79 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.00
Review A Sides / Soundgarden:
Tracks Eat to the Beat: Remastered
- Seven Rooms Of Gloom
- Die Young Stay Pretty
- Hardest Part
- Atomic
- Slow Motion
- Slow Motion
- Dreamin'
- Shayla
- Victor
- Accidents Never Happen
- Heroes
- Sound Asleep
- Ring Of Fire
- Union City Blue
- Die Young Stay Pretty
- Eat To The Beat
- Living In The Real World
Release date: 2001-09-10
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.69
Review Eat to the Beat: Remastered / Blondie:
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Dusk and Summer, Connected -12" 90s, No Jacket Required, Smiley Smile/Wild Honey, Trailer Park, Ill Communication, Pop Life, NYC Man - The Greatest Hits, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Seal IV, The Best Christmas Album In The World Ever, Jonas Brothers (CD + DVD) [Us Import], Young Americans: Remastered, Tumbleweed Connection, Shenanigans, Relish, Music from the O.C. - Mix 2, Moulin Rouge 2, A Sides, Eat to the Beat: Remastered |
