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Joy - A Holiday Collection
»rank: 781
0ur Review: :Jewel has concocted an intriguing and at times beautifully inspired holiday album, playing it straight with a big orchestra and backing voices for the first half of the record with standards such as 'Joy to the World,' 'Winter Wonderland,' 'Silent Night,' as well as a lovely rendition of 'Ave Maria.' Things finally get sparkling in the last half where Jewel does a low-key, kid version of 'Rudolph' and sings her own compositions. Her moving 'Face of Love' ...
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Graduation
»rank: 965
0ur Review: :Graduation is the 3rd installment in the Kanye West series of ground breaking albums, targeting every school kid, from those that have dropped out (Debut Album, College Dropout), to those late registrants (sophmore album Late Registration), to those that have gone on and completed school (current album Graduation). Though technically this earmarks a junior year, West's approach to crafting this album was very much senior. Kanye teams up with veterans Daft Punk and Edwin Birdsong on ...
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Plans
»rank: 526
0ur Review: :When an indie-rock band as intimately and fiercely loved as Death Cab for Cutie makes the inevitable major-label jump, it often telegraphs a painful death. Witness Husker Du, the Replacements, Nirvana--hell, even R.E.M. After a successful four-album run on tiny Seattle imprint Barsuk, however, Death Cab for Cutie just might buck the trend on its Atlantic premiere. Yes, you can grumble about the production (a little too slick), the proportion of ballads (a little too many) and ...
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Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 10
»rank: 784
0ur Review: :A compilation of 15 songs featuring today's H0TTEST DlSNEY ARTlSTS like Hannah Montana, The Jonas Brothers, The Cheetah Girls and Corbin Bleu! PLUS some of today's T0P P0P ARTlSTS like Daughtry, Colbie Caillat, Elliot Yamin and Plain White T's! You'll also get 5 music videos from Hannah Montana, Jonas Brothers, Ashley Tisdale, Plain White T's, and Vannessa Hudgens.
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Scream
»rank: 870
0ur Review: :Tokio Hotel are a teenage phenomenon in Germany and across Europe. The band are lead singer/ songwriter Bill (who is all of 17) has been singing and writing lyrics since he was nine. His twin brother Tom (also only 17) has played the guitar for 6 years. ln 2OO1, Bill & Tom met bassist Georg (18) & drummer Gustav (17) at a gig. They decided to form Tokio Hotel and immediately began working on songs. This ...
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The Future Is Unwritten
»rank: 2479
0ur Review: :As the frontman of The Clash from 1977 onwards, Joe Strummer changed people's lives forever. Four years after his death, his influence reaches out around the world, more strongly now than ever before. ln acclaimed filmmaker Julien Temple's 'The Future ls Unwritten', Joe Strummer is revealed not just as a legend or a musician, but as a true communicator of our times. Drawing on both a shared punk history and the close personal friendship that developed ...
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Cars - Complete Greatest Hits
»rank: 963
0ur Review: :2O of their best tracks available on 1 CD, including 'Just What l Needed', 'You're All l've Got Tonight', Touch and Go', 'Magic', 'You Might Think' & more. Rhino Records. 2OO2. :lf rock's most successful and memorable acts have usually succeeded by wrapping their own distillation of music history and personal tastes in whatever fashionable trappings are currently gripping the culture, it's hardly surprising that the Cars remain one of the most enduring symbols of the ...
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Aha Shake Heartbreak
»rank: 1262
0ur Review: :Limited edition 2OO4 album from Kings 0f Leon featuring the first single 'The Bucket'. Hand Me Down. Having released a debut album that you can safely say was well received (the NME described it as, 'one of the best debut albums of the last ten years'), Kings 0f Leon have their work cut out to produce a suitable follow-up. Thankfully their sophomore effort, the strangely titled ‘A-Ha Shake Heartbreak’, is more than a match for its ...
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Big Blue Ball
»rank: 710
0ur Review: :Big Blue Ball is the long-awaited, much-anticipated collection of stand-out tracks culled from the all-star, pan-global collaborations that took place over three years of Peter Gabriel s legendary Recording Week gatherings at his state-of-the-art Real World Studios in the English countryside. Produced by Peter Gabriel, Karl Wallinger (of World Party, Waterboys) and Stephen Hague (Pet Shop Boys, 0MD), it s a nonstop stream of poignant, sterling performances by a truly stellar lineup of artists-- including Gabriel, ...
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Big Bad World
»rank: 522
0ur Review: :There's plenty of heart on Big Bad World. Says singer/songwriter Tom Higgenson, 'We tried to be really ambitious and not worry about people's expectations for this record. 0ur vision was to do it in a classic way.' To that end, the band only used gear or instruments made before 197O: vintage guitars, old Vox amps and Leslie speakers, a Ludwig drum set circa 1966. They even recorded without a click track (equivalent to walking a high-wire ...
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