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Soul of a Man (2006)Eric BurdonBlues This is the latest studio work from the living rock legend Eric Burdon (he is the same guy who sang "House of the Rising Sun" with The Animals in the 60's). "Soul of a Man" contains 14 cover versions for the classical blues songs from Wille Johnson, J.J.Holiday, David Munyon, and others. This work proves old Burdon's credo 'it's the singer, not the song'. It is nice to hear Eric singing blues again and we all know that he has a voice for that (there are a few musicians world over that the listener instantly recognizes with eyes closed). I listened for this wonderful album sometimes during last week and "Feeling Blue" (Eric Bidd) became my favorite song. | |
TV Sky (1991)Young Gods, TheRock The Young Gods is a band of extremal experimenters, so they can't be called just as industrial band. Except of some industrial techniques they use, such as electronic samples and heavy guitar sound, their music doesn't have much in common with industrial. It contains no any aggression or brutal and distorted vocals, and this music isn't monotonious either. On the contrary, everything sounds as naturally and freshly as possible: "TV Sky" unites urbanism, heavy metal, rock, and ambient. The album keeps its balance on the edge of experimentalism and avantgarde. "TV Sky" is a breakthrough, take-off - even album cover designed as metal airplane skin. This isn't one of those albums made with single sampler, this is a complex work of ambient-hard-rock scene with its multi-layer sound. By the way, this album is very much influenced by The Doors, so the spirit of Jim Morrison can be found on every track, especially on twenty-minute "Summer Eyes". As The Young Gods' bandleader said: "We wanted to reproduce the sound of the 70's with abilities of the 90's". And they did it - a wonderful mood, a wonderful sound, a wonderful album. | |
Elevator (2000)JaffaElectronica Canadian musician David Kakon is an admirer of organs, old synthesizers collector, and master of modern electronic downtempo and lounge. His untiring fantasy, long-term study at school of classical piano playing, and excellent style of playing create superior music, harmonious relaxing melodies that combine free jazz melodic and slow electronic beat. An extensive guitar/organ sound and slow hip- and trip-hop beat produce exceptionally pleasant and a bit intimate mood. Sometimes a little tense or even agressive atmosphere arises, but it disappears right away. It's just like soul training: a little effort, then relaxing, and so on, again and again during the album. One of the most unusual tracks on this album is "Star 67", which contains a wrangle by phone with unquotable expressions. Also I would like to draw your attention on remixes of the title track "Elevator" by Fila Brazilia and Herbaliser - they are not only the replications, but, on the contrary, an evolution of opening theme of the album. As a whole, this albums is not only lounge music, but it goes on much further creating a delicate mood and sees you to an unhurried and pleasant trip through the space and time. | |
Gordian Knot (1999)Gordian KnotProgressive Rock Gordian Knot is a very interesting project by Sean Malone, ex-bassist of Cynic. While Cynic was death metal band with some influences of fusion, Gordian Knot is completely another kind of music combining instrumental art-rock with a bit of progressive metal and jazz fusion. As a result we can hear harmonious, impressive and original music, which fascinates with its first chords. "Gordian Knot" is the first album released within this project. Among guest appearances on this album are such great musicians as guitarists Trey Gunn (King Crimson) and Ron Jarzombek (Spastic Ink), bassist John Myung (Dream Theater), drummer Sean Reinert (Cynic), and others. In comparison with the next album "Emergent", "Gordian Knot" is more calm and less expressive, but I like both albums the same way. | |
Scab Dates (2005)Mars Volta, ThePsychedelic Rock How excellent The Mars Volta's "Frances the Mute" was and how horrible this album is! To say the truth, I don't like live recordings much at all, but "Scab Dates" is definetely worst of all live albums I've ever listened to, so even low-quality bootlegs made a better impression on me in the past. Why? First of all, the sound quality really sucks. And this fact seems strange to me because earlier I heard of The Mars Volta as of a band that became well-known due to successful live performances. Another unpleasant thing that made this album so poor in my opinion is annoying manner of performance. If some moments on "Frances the Mute" may seem strange, but they at least are interesting. This album contains no interesting things at all. I would never recommend this album to anyone. And don't say you haven't been warned. | |
Imagine (1971)John LennonRock Out of all The Beatles, John Lennon had the most interesting solo career. I think this is the best John Lennon's solo album. At that time John was in fine form as a vocalist, musician and songwriter. Some songs from this album became the classic works, and the title track, of course, is one of them. "Jealous Guy" is as good a ballad as Lennon ever wrote, which is to say - great. Many tracks from this album were recorded with help of George Harrison ("How Do You Sleep?" and others, Harrison played on 5 tracks from "Imagine"). Among my favorite tracks are "Imagine", "Jealous Guy" and "How Do You Sleep?". This album should be in everyone's music collection. | |
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