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David Bowie (1967)David BowieRock I heard a lot of enthusiastic words about David Bowie and his music. I heard a couple of Bowie's songs before and I was going to know his works closer. I've chosen his debut album, which was recorded in 1967. At that time a lot of musicians and bands make their experiments and create great masterpieces (The Beatles, Pink Floyd, and others). On this record Bowie opted for folksy-pop sound. All the song appeared here are, for the most part, pretty happy. It is amazing that the man who made these songs would become a glam rock legend. This album has made a pleasant impression on me, it sounds very easy, melodious and sometimes quite comical. My favorite tracks are "Uncle Arthur", "Rubber Band", "There Is a Happy Land" and "Little Bombardier". | |
A Pleasant Shade of Gray (1997)Fates WarningProgressive Metal Fates Warning are considered, if not the real originators of progressive metal, then at least the band that stood at the very beginning of the forming of prog metal as an individual music style. Their tight connection with Dream Theater is known widely, and exactly that fact attracted me to learn more about this band and to listen to at least one of their albums. "A Pleasant Shade of Gray" is a conceptual album with tracks that don't actually have names except of featureless "Part I", "Part II", and so on. As regards the music, I have listened to this album for several times, but at the moment I can't remember any prolonged part of it - such an uncatchy and expressionless this album is. On the other hand, I can't say the album is poor. The music isn't middling and overall level of performance is good. I don't like the vocal parts, however, but everything else is well-done. As a result, I rate this album with 3 of 5 stars. This means the album is good enough, but I don't think I will listen to it once more in the future. | |
Elements of Persuasion (2005)James LaBrieProgressive Metal I think Dream Theater are very lucky guys as long as one day they've met such a great singer as James LaBrie and invited him into the band. Since then Dream Theater have been performing their songs with an original, expressive and beautiful voice, and I consider this as the major reason of why I like this band so much. "Elements of Persuasion" is not the first James' solo work, but this is my first acquaintance with his solo career. Well, this album is not bad, but anyway I slightly dissapointed with it. Probably this happened because I expected something similar to Dream Theater from this album, but this music has not much in common with the recent DT's work. The sound of the album is heavy and sometimes meaningless, with some numetal elements, so I can't call this music too progressive. I wish James and other Dream Theater members to work together and make better music, and I'm waiting for the next DT's album impatiently. | |
Oxygene (1977)Jean Michel JarreElectronica It's hard to characterize this album otherwise than as "cult album". "Oxygene" is a template of analogue synthesizer sound, it symbolizes birth of electronic music as independent music phenomenon. "Oxygene" is considered Jarre's first official album - everything he did before haven't ever became popular. This album is a real breakthrough of symphonic electronic music on the whole as well as personal Jarre's breakthrough in a sense of composer progress. This isn't just a sequence of miscellaneous tracks, but a complete work with sole theme and ideology. If you want to feel this album deeply, you have to listen to it from beginning to end. My own feelings are astonishing! The scope and dynamics of this album's sound create the sensation of boundless space, my imagination shows me some distant stellar systems populated with inconceivable creatures. "Oxygene" is an infinite artificial space that exists beyond time. This is an unique work. | |
Gone In 60 Seconds (2000)Original SoundtrackSoundtrack Some people like this movie, some people don't, some are indifferent to it. But it's absolutely impossible to be indifferent to this movie soundtrack. This compilation completely reproduces the spirit of the movie: races, passion, danger, life and death. The performers on this compilation are eminent: Moby, Apollo Four Forty, Groove Armada, not to mention The Chemical Brothers and Trevor Rabin. Each track carries its own unique mood: dynamic and driving "Never Gonna Come Back Down", forceful "Flower" from Moby, tense "Rap", and amazing, full of speed, wind and insanity "Boost Me" from Trevor Rabin. There wouldn't be "Gone in 60 Seconds" without these tracks. I'm sure this compilation will give pleasure to all fans of electronica: it's full of drive, energy and action. But don't listen to this compilation in a car - you can be stopped by police for speed exceeding :). | |
Band on the Run (1973)Paul McCartneyPop Paul McCartney is a participant of The Beatles, where he have written a lot of songs in co-authorship with John Lennon. When The Beatles were disbanded, each of musicians began his own solo carrier. Solo albums of Paul McCartney were more successfully than solo works of other ex-Beatles. "Band of the Run" is an excellent album, which became my favorite since I've heard it at first time. Distinguishing feature of McCartney's music is melodiousness. It seems that melodies fly in the air and Paul takes them and puts on his piano. When you will listen to this album you will be able to be sure that Paul McCartney is a great composer. In my opinion "Band of the Run" is a masterpiece of pop music. | |
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