01. Wonderwall
I was only beggining rehab from the addiction Soviet Kitsch caused me and this superb singer/songwriter has a new album ready to come out. It's an album that floats around her previous work, because is has more catchy sounds but it also presents even more complex compositions from Regina. Don't miss one of the most brilliant composers around these days.
Modern Music Album Review:Mostly acoustic and typified by its dark lyrics (many of which ruminate on
mortality, death and those departed), Automatic for the People is generally considered to be among R.E.M.'s best albums, and one of the finest releases of the 1990's. The album name refers to the motto of Athens, Georgia eatery "Weaver D's Delicious Fine Foods." The photograph on the front cover is not related to the restaurant: it shows a sign on a motel in Miami, where part of the album was recorded.
Arriving on the heels of the previous year's breakthrough album Out of Time, Automatic for the People entered the United States charts at #2, selling over four million copies there, and spent several weeks at #1 in the United Kingdom. As a consequence, R.E.M. were marketed alongside new acts such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam as purveyors of the "alternative" scene, despite obvious differences in outlook, style and musical influences between the older band and the newer ones. Despite the album's success, they declined to tour in support of Automatic for the People, as they had for Out of Time the previous year.
Many of Automatic for the People's songs proved to be very popular: "Drive", "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite", "Everybody Hurts", "Nightswimming" and the Andy Kaufman tribute "Man on the Moon", which would become the title of the late comedian's 1999 biographical movie starring Jim Carrey.
John Paul Jones, formerly the bassist for Led Zeppelin, in his second career in string arrangement, scored the strings for "Drive," "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite," "Everybody Hurts" and "Nightswimming."
'Automatic for the People captures the group at a crossroads, as they moved from cult heroes to elder statesmen, and the album is a graceful transition into their new status.'Amg
It has subsequently been revealed that Kurt Cobain was likely listening to Automatic for the People before committing suicide on April 5, 1994. The song "Everybody Hurts" had in fact been composed by Michael Stipe (its music was written by Bill Berry) as a reaction to an epidemic of suicides among young people. Stipe would later write the song "Let Me In" about Cobain's death.
In 1997 Automatic for the People was named the 18th greatest album of all time in a 'Music of the Millennium' poll conducted by HMV, Channel 4, The Guardian and Classic FM. In 1998, Q magazine readers placed it at number 3. In 2003, the album was ranked number 247 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
"Funeral" is sure one of the best indie rock albums which was released last year. I said as best record because all the songs are in harmonious here. ''Crown Of Love'' and ''Laika'' are my favorite songs on "Funeral" .You may also like the first single ''Rebellion (Lies)'' and I think it a good decision to pick this song up as first single. The first singles are quite important to get known by audience. There is also song ''Power Out'' which is more good-humoured key track. They cooperates with David bowie on the song ''Wake Up'' and perform the song live. "Funeral" is worth to buying.
A songwriter, a piano, a heart full of true feelings and his brilliant guests (Rufus Wainwright, Lou Reed, Devendra Banhart and Boy George). Without any doubt, the best album I heard last year! Enjoy!
 Imbedded within the double-disc running time of The River is a single-disc album that follows up on the themes and sound of Darkness on the Edge of Town -- wide-screen, mid-tempo rock and stories of the disillusionment of working-class life and the conflicts within families. In these songs, which include the title track, "Independence Day," and "Point Blank," Bruce Springsteen's world view is just as dire as it had become on Darkness, but less judgmental. "Independence Day," for example, is a father-and-son ballad that has little of the anger of its hard rock counterpart on Darkness, "Adam Raised a Cain." | |
| Artist: | Status Quo |
| Title: | Rocking All Over The Years |
| Date: | 1990 |
| Genre: | Rock |
1-Heartbreak Hotel
Their full-length debut, Love Tara, introduced this lo-fi pop band to the world with beautiful and noisy tracks like "Smother." This record was also one of the first to mark Sub Pop's journey from the Seattle grunge scene to a lighter, more melodic form of music.
I'll start my participation with a Guillemots EP. I didn't know this band until I met them when they played as a support band for Rufus Wainwright in Manchester. I find them very refreshing (specially live where they're very inventive), with delicious pop tunes, involved in non-usual arrangements. They are surely a band to keep an eye on because they're only starting to grow now.| Track List 1. Walk By Yourself 2. Telegram (Edited Version) 3. This Flight Tonight (Single) 4. When The Lights Come Down (Live Version) 5. My White Bicycle (Single) 6. Dressed To Kill (Edited Version) 7. Hair Of The Dog (Single Version) 8. Star (Edited Version) 9. Holiday (Single) 10. Holy Roller (Single) 11. Razamanaz 12. Bad Bad Boy (Single) 13. I Want To Do Everything For You (Live) 14. Love Hurts (Single) 15. Shapes Of Things (Edited Version) 16. Hearts Grown Cold 17. Shanghaid In Shanghai (Single) 18. Broken Down Angel (Single) 19. Turn N Your Reciever 20. Hit The Fan (Edited Version) 21. Dream On (Single) 22. Laid To Waste (Newly Recorded Version) | T he Scottish hard rock quartet Nazareth had a handful of hard rock hits in the late '70s, including the proto-power ballad "Love Hurts." Formed in 1968, the band featured vocalist Dan McCafferty, guitarist Manny Charlton, bassist Pete Agnew, and drummer Darrell Sweet. The band had relocated to London by 1970, and they released their self-titled debut album in 1971. Both Nazareth and 1972's Exercises received favorable attention by British hard rockers, but it was 1973's Razamanaz that moved them into the U.K. Top Ten (both "Broken Down Angel" and "Bad Bad Boy" were hit singles). Loud 'n' ProudRampant (both 1974) followed the same formula, yet were slightly less successful.... |
Tracy Chapman helped restore singer/songwriters to the spotlight in the '80s. The multi-platinum success of Chapman's eponymous 1988 debut was unexpected, and it had lasting impact. Although Chapman was working from the same confessional singer/songwriter foundation that had been popularized in the '70s, her songs were fresh and powerful, driven by simple melodies and affecting lyrics. At the time of her first album, there were only a handful of artists performing such a style successfully, and her success ushered in a new era of singer/songwriters that lasted well into the '90s.
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