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GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS "new wild everywhere" cd,2012.

one of my 'end of year' purchases for 2012...
pretty sure Music Head picked this one up also from his list...
this is the fifth album from these guys from Ontario,Canada...never heard of them until MH did this album as anew release back in the first half of 2012...
bit folky,bit alt/folk,bit alt/pop(light pop anyway?!)...
again, cant bbe arsed doing the whole thing here, but two of the thirteen tracks still dont cut it for me("parkdale blues", and "on the water"), the rest are good, but not what i'd call great tracks, all up, a reasonably good album of consistant songs....rating for the album from me here is 1.8
from the album:

cornflower blue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqmH0cr3yAs live

think that you might be wrong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jj9ez5ajKQ live

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LINKIN PARK "meteora" cd,2003.

follow up to their multi million selling debut set 'hybrid theory'...
still following the same formula of light electronic sounds and mellow vocals offset with full on metal riffs and rap...
these guys lyrics are always intelligent and thought out very well, mainly dealing with isolation both within society and internally with depression...
i have three of their five albums, their debut is still the best IMO but love this album and love these guys
twelve tracks on the album, six loves,five likes and one dislike gives an overall score of 2.4, therefore

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

from the album:

"numb"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIaXYIEQivk live

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MY MORNING JACKET "at dawn" cd,2001.

Louisville,Kentucky's finest band IMO...
still underrated, still dont sell in quantities they deserve, but more importantly still releasing albums...i guess they have a forgiving record company to deal with...
not their best album but still likeable IMO with eleven likes and two dislikes on it giving a score of 1.8,
again, cant be bothered listing all the tracks but will provide links to a couple of tracks i like on it..

from the album:

just because i do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-rucgCEBNo audio

lowdown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMQkIADXC5Y audio

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PSYCHE "babylon deluxe" cd, 2003

electro-synth outfit from Canada...
releasing their first album in 1983,only gaining success in Germany at the time so the guys relocated there...this is their umpteenth album and the only one i own...
the sound here is still distinctively still set with the early 1980s sound of artists like Depeche Mode,especially on my favourite track "gods and monsters"...also slight resemblances to Pet Shop Boys,Visage and do a lesser degree Soft Cell..therefore i guess you get the gist of what these guys sound like...i grew up with those other artists so i guess im in sync with these sounds and rightly so, i like this album....and good job the only link available is an audio track of my favourite

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: final destination
best track: gods and monsters

tracks:

1. the quickening ***
2. x-rated **
3. gods and monsters ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_ppMer3HBo audio
4. edge of seventeen ***
5. sacrament **
6. nobody superstar **
7. equinoxe **
8. final destination *
9. stormtrooper **
10.snow garden ***
11.nightwalk theme *

3s=4
2s=5
1s=2

rating: 2.2

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THE WHITE STRIPES "elephant" cd,2003.

since ive been here at MD i have posted all of their albums,bar this one...which is now!
have them all including Jack's solo album from last year.
the problem i still have whilst listening to these guys is that while i am listening i like the songs, but when i think about them later i think "what the heck was that all about?"..then i start thinking, "well,that was a load of mumbo jumbo noise!"...so i still cant figure them out, but are we supposed to?
my scores go on what i am listening to at the time, and not hindsight,otherwise i would no doubt not like most of their stuff...does that sound confusing?...well, it does to me.
lots of their trademark riffs and beats here, two tracks that i genuinely love even when i think about these guys are "seven nation army" and "the hardest button to button", if you guys havent ever seen the video to the "button" track,then you should...if youre like me, youll love it,awesome stuff.
there is always a surprise cover or two on each WS album, this one is no different...a cover of David/Bacharach's "i just dont know what to do with myself"...Jack singlehandedly turns it from a lovely soulful song into a mournful,pleading song of desperation which is why i give it "***" here, and thats the thing i like about Jack White i guess, he is always reinventing the wheel(metaphorically speaking),which is why he will still be successful in 20,30, or even 40 years time.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: i want to be the boy to warm your mother's heart
best track: seven nation army

tracks:

1. seven nation army ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuRd1yqGDeE live
2. black math **
3. theres no home for you here **
4. i just dont know what to do with myself ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpZjuvI-s8Y audio
5. in the cold,cold night **
6. i want to be the boy who warms your mothers heart *
7. youve got her in your pocket **
8. ball and biscuit **
9. the hardest button to button ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkhz8kYo8Ug video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTIy6HaF5Lk for your amusement,The Simpsons episode version
10.little acorns **
11.hypnotise **
12.the air near my fingers **
13.girl,you have no faith in medicine **
14.well,its true that we love one another **

3s=3
2s=10
1s=1

rating: 2.1 or 7/10

[rkumarveomit]

Listening Shaggy songs in my favorite store mp3 centa.

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JASON COLLETT "reckon" cd,2012

another from my stack of 2012 purchases..
reviewed this as a new release last year, liked what i heard and bought it...
Jason is a Canadian from Toronto, this is his fourth solo set,was previously in a band called Broken Social Scene but ive never heard of them?!?
the music here is a bit folky,bit alt folk also...the songs lyrics are mainly politically,socially aware type stuff, but there are also several sort of lighthearted things in here also.
the album contains fifteen tracks, but when i eventually got it it also contained a bonus disc called 'essential james collett' which contains a further eleven tracks culled from his back catalogue...great idea IMO, sort of gives new listeners like myself a chance to hear what else he has done in the past without having to research or purchase other material of his blindly...i think more artists should do this sort of thing as everyone wins...ie: the consumer, and the artist, 10/10 for effort and invention James!

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: when things go wrong
best track: i wanna rob a bank

tracks:

1. pacific blue **
2. jasper john's flag **
3. king james rag **
4. sailor boy **
5. ask no questions **
6. youre not the one and only lonely one **
7. miss canada ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyVt-PJjktA live
8. talk radio **
9. i wanna rob a bank ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRyzyMMU_R0 video
10.when things go wrong *
11.song of the silver-haired hippie *
12.black diamond girl ***
13.my daddy was a rocknroller ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_cl5J5-BMw audio
14.dont let the truth get to you ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTJT6WCyl6A live
15.when the war came home **

3s=5
2s=8
1s=2

rating: 2.2

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JASON COLLETT "reckon:essential jason collett" cd,2012

thought i'd post the bonus disc also...
this one is posted upon a first up listen, so some of these 'essential cuts' may or may not grow on me over time...
overall, not a bad disc,but not as good as his 'reckon' album, but like i said previously...this sort of thing is a good way for artists to get their other material out there for the newcomers. there is a cover version of Paul McCartney's "everynight" on this one which isnt too bad neither.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: charlyn,angel of kensington
best track: we all lose one another

tracks:

1. bitter beauty **
2. blue sky **
3. we all lose one another **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZjWqPM3bSo live
4. hangover days **
5. i'll bring the sun **
6. no redemption song **
7. charlyn,angel of kensington *
8. brother *
9. long may you love **
10.love is a dirty word *
11.everynight **

3s=0
2s=8
1s=3

rating: 1.7

[Music Head]

yes CH

I think like you

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THIRSTY MERC "thirsty merc" cd, 2005

Aussie group Merc's debut set,
this album was released with two different covers here...not sure why as the track listings are exactly the same??, i have the cover on the right.
alt rock sounds here, songs mostly themed on those of late teen,early twenty-somethings...
nothing on here i dont like, but some of the like songs did get the benefit of the doubt as i couldnt decide whether i liked them or not...
five singles off this one,Tracks 1,2,5,6 and 14, "someday,someday" was the highest placed single here reaching #19, on the other side of the Tasmanian Strait in New Zealand "in the summertime" reached #12, that is my favourite one on here...
album only reached #15 on the charts here but did get a double platinum award...
saw these guys play support to Meatloaf last year, they were pretty good,but compared to Meat, they were brilliant LOL

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: i wish somebody would build a bridge
best track: in the summertime

tracks:

1. my completeness ** #26 AU, #34 NZ
2. emancipate myself ** #37 AU
3. undivided love **
4. i wish somebody would build a bridge **
5. in the summertime *** #43 AU, #12 NZ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAo6UHYC1p8 audio
6. someday,someday *** #19 AU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aGLEYvkEfc live
7. hope **
8. katie Q **
9. baby tell me im the only one **
10.wasting time **
11.everything but you ***
12.claude monet **
13. like snow **
14.when the weather is fine ** #46 AU

3s=3
2s=11
1s=0

rating: 2.2