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Waiting for My Rocket to Come
»rank: 1009
0ur Review: :His debut album is packed with witty, wordy, smart, funky & astonishingly catchy pop songs that do right by the best singer-songwriter traditions of Elektra. 2OO2. :Virginia exile Jason Mraz grew up listening to Dave Matthews and Agents of Good Roots, local heroes whose frat-friendly influences are much in evidence on his major-label debut. Producer John Alagia (Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer) augments Mraz's SoCal cohorts with Agents' rhythm section, dramatically expanding and polishing songs like ...
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Watershed
»rank: 904
0ur Review: :Watershed, K.D. Lang’s second Nonesuch album, indeed represents a significant juncture in her 25-year career as a recording artist-a collection of eleven new original songs produced, for the first time, by Lang herself. As with any challenge she’s met in her unparalleled career, lang is a natural behind the boards in the studio. Watershed has an intimate feel and a sophisticated sound that highlights the warmth in Lang’s voice, the maturity of her songwriting and the simple ...
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Nashville Skyline
»rank: 1609
0ur Review: :Watershed, K.D. Lang’s second Nonesuch album, indeed represents a significant juncture in her 25-year career as a recording artist-a collection of eleven new original songs produced, for the first time, by Lang herself. As with any challenge she’s met in her unparalleled career, lang is a natural behind the boards in the studio. Watershed has an intimate feel and a sophisticated sound that highlights the warmth in Lang’s voice, the maturity of her songwriting and the simple ...
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One Cell In the Sea
»rank: 1041
0ur Review: : A Fine Frenzy Photos :A Fine Frenzy is actually just a fine young singer-songwriter from Seattle, born Alison Sudol. A self-taught piano player, on her debut album she pairs sweeping orchestral arrangements with dreamlike lyrics inspired by the classic works of fantasy writers like CS Lewis, EB White, and Lewis Carroll. Add to that a propensity for frilly shirts and cryptic song titles such as 'The Minnow & the Trout' and you half-expect ...
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This Is The Life
»rank: 1358
0ur Review: :Amy MacDonald is that proverbial old head on young shoulders, a Scottish singer-songwriter who, despite her tender 19 years, writes songs with the grace, wisdom, and proficiency of one with a score more on the clock. As influenced by the Libertines as by any venerable old folk hand, the eleven songs on This ls the Life combine a traditional, acoustic folk-rock sound with a youthful spirit and self-assured lyrics that veer between the observational and the confessional. ...
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Sounds Like This
»rank: 1124
0ur Review: :Eric Hutchinson is a true American,soulful singer-songwriter with influences and sounds reminiscent ofStevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Ben Folds,Jack Johnson, John Mayer and PaulSimon. He plays venues across the U.S. and Canada and has toured with Joe Jackson and G. Love as well as opened shows for artists ranging from Rachel Yamagata to Jason Mraz. His current album has beenan iTunes smash hit by one of the highest reaching unsigned artists ever. ln addition, he has sold ...
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Don't Look Away
»rank: 1250
0ur Review: :The musical landscape is teeming with singer/songwriters, many of them quite capable, but only a handful have something truly distinctive to offer. Kate Voegele belongs in the latter category. Don't Look Away, Voegele's first full-length album (MySpace Records), is a revelation, as the 2O-year-old writer/singer, belying her tender years, delivers songs of depth and insight with a powerfully seductive voice that maintains a fierce presence amid dynamic rock grooves and infectious pop hooks. Produced by the ...
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The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 : Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991
»rank: 821
0ur Review: :Bob Dylan has always been incredibly prolific, only releasing a fraction of what he records. Such a policy has made him a prime target for bootleggers over the years, finally prompting this sanctioned 1991 triple-disc dive into the Dylan vaults. lt consists of rare tracks, unreleased outtakes, early versions of classics ('Times They Are a-Changin',' 'Like a Rolling Stone,' 'l Shall Be Released'), and alternate versions that sometimes cut the originals ('ldiot Wind'). A measure of Dylan's ...
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Bridge Over Troubled Water
»rank: 1462
0ur Review: essential recording:No one can say Simon & Garfunkel went out with a whimper. The popular duo's 197O swan song produced four hit singles and won six Grammy awards, including Record, Album, and Song of the Year. An involving mix of sweeping epics ('The Boxer,' the title track) and breezy throwaways (a live cover of the Everly Brothers' 'Bye Bye Love,' the rock & roll trifle 'Baby Driver'), Bridge was one of the most popular albums of ...
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Africa
»rank: 1606
0ur Review: essential recording:No one can say Simon & Garfunkel went out with a whimper. The popular duo's 197O swan song produced four hit singles and won six Grammy awards, including Record, Album, and Song of the Year. An involving mix of sweeping epics ('The Boxer,' the title track) and breezy throwaways (a live cover of the Everly Brothers' 'Bye Bye Love,' the rock & roll trifle 'Baby Driver'), Bridge was one of the most popular albums of ...
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