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Vampyre Erotica (1997)Inkubus SukkubusRock Gothic pagan band Inkubus Sukkubus was formed in England in 1989 by Candia Readley (vocal), Tony McKormack (guitar), and Adam Henderson (bass). "Vampyre Erotica" is their fourth studio album. It opens with energetic "Heart of Lilith", and next four tracks keep the spirit of the title one. The fifth composition is the real surprise - a Rolling Stones cover "Paint It Black". This track sounds excellently, I am very impressed. After "Paint It Black", the album changes its mood: all-out gothic rock is giving way to a softer, deeper, dark-gothic mood. In this part of the album my attention is called by unhurried ballad "Sweet Mortheus", which is one of my favorite tracks. | |
Who's Afraid of? (2000)Art of Noise, TheRock "Who's Afraid of?" is an album of primal music on the one hand, and rhytmic and active electronic music on the other hand. It seems that The Art of Noise took a set of incompatible sounds and made a great album of them. It's unbelievable, but true. Everything is like a million years ago, when feelings weren't complex and everything was simple: yes or no, bad or good, etc. Everything is made simply, easy to understand, but from the heart. What I like the best in this album is its irregularity, mood versatility. Each track is a new mood, a new feeling. "A Time for Fear", "Beat Box", and "Moments In Love" are my favorite tracks. | |
The Best of Blur (2000)BlurRock It seems that British rock band Blur reached the moment to sum up and released their "The Best" in 2000. This compilation is composed by rather associative features than chronological ones. The songs are thrown up to produce an effect of variety and don't regard to release years. Thus, this album contains music almost of all styles that Blur ever were attracted to. My favorites are "Beetlebum", "There's No Other Way", "No Distance Left to Run", and "Girls and Boys". Everything, including cool CD cover, is in bright sun rays, it's very jolly and beautiful. Blur are fine fellows! | |
Extraction (2003)Howe / Wooten / ChambersJazz This week seems to be a week of my music discoveries, and "Extraction" is one of their best. This album presents a kind of jazz / fusion music that I like very much. Actually I don't listen to jazz-related music often, only sometimes - just for expanding my musical views. But this album is quite another matter: Greg Howe is a real guitar virtuoso, probably the best of his kind in the world, and his style of playing guitar really touches me. Other members of the collaboration, Victor Wooten on bass and Dennis Chambers on drums, are also could be called the best. If you are interested in guitar-based jazz / fusion, you should listen to this necessarily! | |
The Perfect Element I (2000)Pain of SalvationProgressive Metal This album is my first acquaintance with Swedish progressive metal band Pain of Salvation, and I'm very happy that I have discovered such unusual musicians for myself. As I read earlier, Pain of Salvation is one of concept-addicted bands, and this album isn't an exception from their rules, it is conceptual too. Another thing I found interesting in this album is that Daniel Gildenlow, a band's lead vocalist, sings with absolutely different voices during even a particular song: his vocal varies between rough growl and harmonious, warm singing. Finally I would like to note that music performed by Pain of Salvation is simply excellent! | |
The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other (1969)Van Der Graaf GeneratorRock If you like art rock, you should listen to this album, which could be recommended to everyone as an introduction in this genre. This album is a combination of lush, melancholic ballads like "Refugees" and "Out of My Book", and ominous, historically-referenced epics like "White Hammer" and "After the Flood". All tracks of this album are great, but my personal favorite is "Whatever Robert Have Said". Fantastic arrangements and Peter Hammill's vocal, which alternates between searing and plaintive, make this album really great. | |
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