LPF Album Reviews 2.0

[Stenners]

It was, the girl rode the other member during a song. And other onstage antics, they had a good sound live as well.... not amazing but good but the entertainment value made up for that. Its better then when you see a band that are like totally wicked but have no charisma.

 

*flash backs of Interpol* wow that was boring

[Friðbjörn]

nah I don't really do interviews anymore I think.

I don't think I'm suited for it.

 

if anyone wants input via recommendations I can do that. but it's more like, I can point out what I like, but I'm not sure I can explain exactly why, in stuff like reviews.

part of the problem being a self-taught musician, I don't know anything about music lol

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Hot Hot Heat

Happiness LTD.

Indie Pop/Pop Rock

 

When this band announced they would be expanding their sound to a much more impactive

and larger sound one thought began ringing around my head..... 'Please don't please don't

please don't' you see the main problem is 90% of my liking for this band is entirley based

on charm alone, creating a song where you just go 'BANDAGES BANDAGES BANDAGES' &

being able to make it one of the greatest indie disco floor fillers of recent times is quite an

achievment & had a band such as 'The Killers' done it with their sneery attitude it would of

sucked. So here we go, Hot Hot Heat return on the back of pretty good yet underwhelming

single 'Let Me In' which is and okay hooky track which is far superior to alot of the radio

output currently, so okay this was a decent enough start of an opinion. What this album

deffinatly did not need was a dreery & totally unforgettable opener.... the title track

'Happiness LTD.' does fulfill this role to an incredible degree this is easily the most dull &

boring track they have ever put out, its underwhelming, it's dull, it's got no hook and most

of all it just reeks of Hot Hot Heat trying to be epic.... CHARM CHARM CHARM! It's all about

the charm with you guys, if I wan't epic music I will tend to go to the artists with little

charm and a face that looks like it's taken far too many beatings in their life... now thats

real pain, your meant to get me singing and dancing!

 

http://www.socan.ca/jsp/en/images/HotHotHeat.jpg

 

Thankfully the album does quickly retreat to pop territory with the single and then

a couple more potential singles '5 Times Out Of Ten' is a typical catchy song with

piano melody... their better songs do often involve piano & this one stands out to

you it is a good pop song for it is hooky and dancey and not sickening. 'Harmonicas

& Tamborines' which I feel is the highlight of the album follows soon after but once

again it lacks the charm, it just feels too over produced and too big for the band other

mention to songs go to 'Outta Heart' which is an okay ballad of sorts but the rest of

the albums sort of blurs by and ends on another terribly bland song! Any life that

made me like Hot Hot Heat seems to be completely removed, the album is far too over

produced and the charm is almost completely gone, such a shame... still a couple

good pop songs though.

 

Rating: 5.5/10

Reccomended: Let Me In, 5 Times Out Of Ten, Harmonicas & Tamborines, Outta Heart

 

Music Video:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=EmcNm5Yz0Ys

[Stenners]

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Foo Fighters

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

Rock/Grunge

 

Foo Fighters are a typical case of a band that is failing to really capture past glories,

their first 2 albums were very good but every album after that had a couple good songs

surrounded by filler. So it's pretty fair to say that this album really wasn't being hyped

by fans of Rock Music, pretty much looking at it with cautious eyes and expecting another

dent in whatever credibility Foo Fighters have left. It's not so much Foo Fighters are a

bad band, but they have been playing with the same sound for around 13years now &

it's just boring... and outdated. The first 4 tracks on this album shows Foo Fighters probably

at their most consistent for years, the are alot of decent songs at the opening of the album

they aren't great but they come closer to their glory years then any of their albums in the

last 10 years..... but after that they do fall in pretty much the same trap that has recently

plauged this band and that is they fall into a world of filler, the are a couple songs amongst

this filler pitfall that provide some glimmer of hope but once again Foo Fighters pull out

an album with some promise but the band are still trapped in the past.

 

Rating: 6/10

[Friðbjörn]

isn't that a pretty high rating? lol

[GraDoN]

for a stenners review.. yes

i kinda like the song 'the pretender'

but thats all

[Friðbjörn]

I don't mean for Matt's scale lol

I mean for how he talked about the album

[GraDoN]

I don't mean for Matt's scale lol

I mean for how he talked about the album

o lol yeah thats also true

the cover art id also meh

[azemkamikaze03]

yea id give that album like a 3 or 4

 

bat for lashes review coming up sten sten?

[Stenners]

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Bat For Lashes

Fur & Gold

September 2006

Alternative/Singer Songwriter/British Folk

 

Recently nominated for the Mecury award & loosing to Klaxons Bat For Lashes has recently

sored in popularity.... her dark twist on the British Folk world does give her a unique sound

and her soft eary vocals haunt and go off of the piano marching drum sound pretty well. Yet

another import from a vibrant music scene in Brighton, UK (where every act seems to come

from in the UK as well as Manchester, Sheffield & Wales nowa days) I was lucky enough to

experiance her in a nice tiny little venue around a year and a half ago. The album it's self is

cohierent enough and does offer some very accomplished songs, the opening tracks in particular

are very enjoyable but the is one thing I can't get over.... & thats her sound is just a slightly

weaker version of her respective influences. I look at PJ Harvey, Kate Bush & Bjork and just

think so much highly of them & thats the albums main draw back, where as 'Horse & I',

'Whats A Girl To Do' & 'Trophy' still do get very heavy listens from me I rarley go back to

the entire album... her vocals are too similar as 'PJ Harvey', her weirdness isn't quite as

weird as 'Bjork' & her melodies just arent as interesting as 'Kate Bush' and trust me all these

elements do sound remarkably familiar as her respective peers, it's the lack of her own deffinative

sound that really hurts the album.

This album is pretty decent, the are a handful of really good songs, some good songs and

some totally forgetable one & if it weren't for the fact I feel shes a poor imitation of some of

my faviroute artists i'd probably be a little more impressed by it, unfourtenetly I can't get over

that and spare 4 or 5 songs I rarley see myself comming back but it's a nice introduction to this

area of music and fans of 'Bat For Lashes' should deffinatly check out the above influences...

especially 'PJ Harvey'.

 

What's A Girl To Do

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=n1wnOUH2jk8

 

Prescillia

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NtRCzmvvdDU&mode=related&search=

 

If you like this check out:

 

PJ Harvey

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8A83JorcLaU

 

Kate Bush

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tWdHOm256N4&mode=related&search=

 

Rating: 6.7/10

 

 

Foo Fighters got a 6 because it's above average and easily the best thing they have done since 'Colour & Shape'

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edIT

Certified Air Raid Material

Glitch Hop/Electronic/IDM Hip Hop

 

The art of sampeling is one to admire, whilst most people mearly abuse the hell

out of famous samples to get an instant hit... which appears cheap and sampeling

looses all respect as a form of creative music. When done right it's impressive &

edIT is one of the best sample cutters around, some of these drum and sample cuts

are incredibly complicated & put inferior producers and DJs to shame. I know what

some of you are asking, what the blue hell is Glitch Hop? This is a new genre that

has been popping up recently where electronic and hip hop pull their heads together

to create hip hop that is designed for the dancefloor, it's also known as IDM music.

To put it in a straight forward perspective, this album is full of bangers, floor fillers

& is just designed to intoxicate one to dance. People who think Kanye West is one

of the finest producers out there seriously need to do their home work, the beats

on this album are incredible albeit to those not used to IDM Hip Hop, they are very

much break beat and alot more electronic then standard hip hop.

The album has a variety of guest producers and emcees which add to the diversity

of the album, the strong point of the album I found was the fact the bass lines were

so impactive..... which could of made an incredibly white sounding art album sound alot

more urban and less race specific (sorry for dividing it into race but it's true) none of

the tracks really drag on, which always a plus for this genre and it clocks in at a modest

time of little over 40minutes, the combonation of heavy bass line, complicated sample

and drum cuts as well as some decent guest apperances from underground producers

and emcees provide you with a must own IDM album but simultaniously one of the best

electronic and hip hop albums of the year.

 

http://www.myspace.com/edit

 

Rating: 8.75/10

[Toxic1]

Glitch hop has been around for awhile. Look no further than Hood's last few releases.

[Stenners]

By that I meant in relative terms its still a pretty new genre and its gaining momentum... it's becomming more n more common and is gaining in popularity

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A Wilhelm Scream

Career Suicide

Punk/Post-Hardcore

 

It's almost as if we can't get enough Post-Hardcore albums these days, obviously

the genre of choice nowa days amongst angsty teenagers its rare to find a band

that really sounds that different.... but this band have been releasing stuff for

a fair while now so I will let them off of the whole bandwagon crap. To be honest

with you they are musically a pretty decent band offering some fairly complicated

and sweet guitar riffs and some pretty fasinating drumming. Lyrically they aren't

brilliant but they are a dam sight better then most other bands operating this field

this album is a pretty tight showcase of work which grabs on first listen and keeps

enough depth to keep listeners comming back for more. The album doesn't sound

over produced, it still sounds pretty gritty and raw. Thats not to say this is the

perfect Post-Hardcore album, the are still some flaws... the are moments that make

you feel embarrased to be listening to it, this is never a good thing when an album

makes you question your music taste, but hey this album has a song named

'Jaws 3 People 0' and that made me smile.

 

Rating: 7/10

 

5 To 9

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=q0pZstkiTg4

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Devastations

Yes, U

Alternative/Indie

 

Devastations, this band play on a spacey and melodicly progressive sound which

employs a cold empty and heartless emotion amongst it's listeners, at least that

is what it aims to do. Does it do it? Well yes it does do it pretty well, the intricute

melodies from Piano tinkerling down to swoons of orchestral strings and spacey

guitar pedals, this album has plenty going for it. The is added depth with the inclusion

of hidden melodies over some minor walls of noise, now these walls of noise are alot

less intense then say 'Sunny Day In Glasgow' but the is enough their to add depth

and replay value to the album. I personally believe this album plays off better then

their strong debut album 'Coal' it just seems more confident and more hoaned in

on the sound they were looking for in their debut, moments of the album very much

sound like the great 'Nick Cave' as the album enters more coluntry-esc moments, this

is not to say the album plays off as a traditonal country album but with tracks

such as the brilliantly atmospheric 'Oh Me, Oh My' deffinatly show a country edge to

it with its tone in guitar and vocal. This album is not perfect, the are some flaw, when

it goes down to it some of the songs do sound very similar but this is a problem that

reduces on repeated listens and some tracks do seem to loose their aim and momentum

which results in some of the tracks not really going anywhere but hey, those looking

for an atmospheric album should deffinatly check this one out.

 

Rating: 8.1/10

[Stenners]

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Deer Tick

War Elephant

Folk/Lo-Fi

 

Deer Tick is the pseudonym of Rhode Island singer/songwriter John McCauley the

album which takes a fairly lo-fi and fairly country approach to the area of folk music

has elements of fellow musicians such as 'Bob Dylan' & 'Neil Young' breaming from

the sides of the seal. The music which is fairly honky tonk is a pretty accquired taste

not everyone loves music that sounds like country music as it's simply not cool and

is more of a niche then anything, which is a shame as on this disc is some pretty nice

melodies with some nice arrangements and breaks thrown into the mix. The albums

lyrical focus is mainly that of dissapointment, heart break and confusion.... like pretty

much every other folk album then... but the are moments which are more light hearted

and shows 'John McCauleys' lighter side, this album isn't overly heavy and nor does it

really provoke an emotion that stongly but what for what it is.... an accomplished

dish of Lo-Fi Folk... it's a pretty strong debut and I look forward to hearing more.

 

Rating: 7.85/10

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edIT

Certified Air Raid Material

Glitch Hop/Electronic/IDM Hip Hop

 

The art of sampeling is one to admire, whilst most people mearly abuse the hell

out of famous samples to get an instant hit... which appears cheap and sampeling

looses all respect as a form of creative music. When done right it's impressive &

edIT is one of the best sample cutters around, some of these drum and sample cuts

are incredibly complicated & put inferior producers and DJs to shame. I know what

some of you are asking, what the blue hell is Glitch Hop? This is a new genre that

has been popping up recently where electronic and hip hop pull their heads together

to create hip hop that is designed for the dancefloor, it's also known as IDM music.

To put it in a straight forward perspective, this album is full of bangers, floor fillers

& is just designed to intoxicate one to dance. People who think Kanye West is one

of the finest producers out there seriously need to do their home work, the beats

on this album are incredible albeit to those not used to IDM Hip Hop, they are very

much break beat and alot more electronic then standard hip hop.

The album has a variety of guest producers and emcees which add to the diversity

of the album, the strong point of the album I found was the fact the bass lines were

so impactive..... which could of made an incredibly white sounding art album sound alot

more urban and less race specific (sorry for dividing it into race but it's true) none of

the tracks really drag on, which always a plus for this genre and it clocks in at a modest

time of little over 40minutes, the combonation of heavy bass line, complicated sample

and drum cuts as well as some decent guest apperances from underground producers

and emcees provide you with a must own IDM album but simultaniously one of the best

electronic and hip hop albums of the year.

 

http://www.myspace.com/edit

 

Rating: 8.75/10

 

Could you up that one for me

 

I've been looking for it everywhere and can't find it

 

thanks

[Toxic1]

Could you up that one for me

 

I've been looking for it everywhere and can't find it

 

thanks

 

Oink it. Both mp3 and lossless were upped.

[Jeezy]

Oink it. Both mp3 and lossless were upped.

 

Unfortunately I don't have an Oink account....but I got it from Matt already

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Les Savy Fav

Lets Stay Friends

Rock/Punk

 

It's been an unbelievably long wait for fans of this Punk outfit to hear new material

not since 2001's Go Forth has their been a new 'proper' album. Renowned for having

some of the best live performances around this band adapt a quirky style to a genere

which has really fucked up recently, this is not a pop-punk affair, nor is this an artifical

angsty punk effort... this band adapts all that is great about punk and throws in some

math rock elements as well as a little emo (proper emo) and a dash of indie just to

flavour things up. What this leads to is a band that probably won't grow stale as they

always have new ground to explore.... so why the damned long wait? Well the band

has quite rightly said that it is quality over quantity & does this album dissapoint? Not

at all, this is the triumphnt return after the good but ultimatly flawed 'Go Forth' that

I was hoping for. When I pushed play on this album for the first time a couple weeks

ago I was hit with the savy savy with lavishes of guitar which got the balance of

noise, umpf and melody just about right, sure this isn't anything new or reveloutinory

but it is damned fine rock.

This album has clearly gone over to the cross over appeal, the album that could

win new fans and FINNALY gain that much deserved radio airplay, the album is full

of hooks and is more liniear then any of their previous efforts... they pull this off

incredibly well with help from many musicians from bands such as 'The Firey Furnaces'

this album pretty much would find it nearly impossible to fail. The inclusion of additonal

instruments such as pianos is also a welcome addition to the bands sound, unfourtenetly

some tracks do full a bit short with a pretty unspectacular middle which dissapoints

after the trememndous way the album kicks off but the back end of the album see's

it pick up again. Minor falts aside this is a damn fine rock album which shows the band

at their most melodic and approachable to date... is it their best album? No it's not

but is it the best place to start? Most deffinatly.

 

8.75/10

 

The Equestrian

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_l8zY1wisK4&mode=related&search=

 

Patty Lee

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3_VGcXmTDFo

[Stenners]

Single Reviews!

 

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Pete And The Pirates

Post Punk/Pop

Knots

-------> Lucky enough to catch these guys before they are massive? Potentially one of the

new hot bands, I saw them at the Carling stage at this years Reading Festival... I thought

they were okay but I was incredibly hungover and tired when they came on.... at 11.30am.

Anyways to the song, this is a nice smart 2minute dose of Post Punk Pop which is enjoyable

hooky and very likeable.... the only problem is it's sense of direction is a bit lost, it doesn't

quite build up to the climax like you feel it should, this holds back an otherwise fine tune.

-> 7/10

->

 

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Pinkback

From Nothing To Nowhere

Indie Pop

---> A Band I feel could easily catch a wider mainstream audience, this band puts out indie pop

which is hooky and jangley. Reminds me of a cross between Spoon, Shins & Modest Mouse this

band does have the right formular to catch on, this isn't the strongest cut off of the album for

sure but it's an okay lead single... not brilliant though.

->6.5/10

->http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WvE7T2pZvjY

 

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Smashing Pumpkins

Thats The Way (My Love Is)

Rock

--> Having the honour as the only other song I like off of the new album, this is

the albums highlight, what I didn't like at first has come to me as a hooky delight

which has Corgans best vocal performance, it does sound like their more melodic

past and doesn't hold a torch to songs such as 'Tonight Tonight' or 'Today' but

it's pretty decent. Shame the video reminds me of the 'Spice Girls'.

-> 7.5/10

-> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2Vmdvcsi7c

[Friðbjörn]

a spice girls-esque pumpkins video?

[Stenners]

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Ween

La Cucaracha

Comedy Rock/Indie

 

The bands last EP was so bad that I really didn't want to listen to this album,

I mean they are just inoffensivley boring now, tredding into bland territory

and just sound tired and old.... & thats what they are, way past their time and

this latest album, though it does have some glimmer of hope, is just way past

it's sell by date. Ween as a band always took on a homourous approach on the

space psycadelc rock genre and have at time done a fine job of it, it's just once

again they put out an album that no one will really care about... again.

 

4.5/10

 

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Baby Shambles

Shotters Nation

Brit Rock/Indie

 

I have never been much a fan of the Libertines deformed twin siblings, they both

pretty much showed a weaker version of their former selves and lacked any real

quality songwriting or any interesting or diverse ideas. This trend does continue

on Shotters Nation, which is an improvment over the debut but it still lacks any

originality or spark... although 'Carry Up On The Morning' is a pretty damned fine

example of British rock and the sound does come closer to the infamous Libertines

on then ever before, this album proves them to be far greater then 'Dirty Pretty

Things' who are just terrible.

 

5.5/10

 

[insert Album artwork here]

MGMT

Orcular Spectacular

Electronic/Shoegaze

 

A nice example of a band that totally don't take themselves seriously, the most

ironic electronic band your likely to hear plays up to the stereotypes within the

electronic genre but more impressivley the shoegaze genre. They embrace the

fact they do this and as a result more or less slap you in the face with any critisim

you could throw at it... making it hard to hate and judge. The stereotypical ironic

stature of the band is going to win them fans, the sweet melodies actually on offer

here will make sure people stay.

 

8/10

 

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Vells

Integreton

Psych Pop/Rock

 

Featuring Modest Mouse drummer Jermiah Green this band will already claim a small

fanbase which isn't even theres before release. This album stays true to the pscyadelic

blueprint laid down by it's predoccesor and it does a pretty damn fine job of it, the

sweet intricute melodies interwine with each other to provide easy listening & well

written psychadelic music. The are flaws though, not that original & it has been done

better + the vocals are little lacking in impact.

 

Rating: 7.5/10

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Holy Fuck

LP

Electro

 

Let me just say this off of the bat, this bands name is horrible beyond belief

& I mean this, it is truley terrible. Back in the day this name may of caused

a stir and some controversy but nowa days it just sounds pathetic, having said

that their whole gimmick is pretty unique. On the first recording they never

rehersed anything and the album was created on the fly... this provided moments

of genuine excitment and swift moments of genius... but where as improvisation

is a brilliant specticle live... on disc it just seemed to grate on & on & on. I don't

know too much about this album but it sounds alot more rehersed then the debut,

the is more melody to it & more deffined hooks but the are still moments which

are clearly just improvised, I may be wrong, they might be just getting damned

good at this improv stuff.

 

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This album does improve on the debut in almost every single way & for

that i'm grateful, to me this was one of the most dissapointing bands

I ever heard... they had a great rhythem section and technichal ability

as well as some originallity but they threw it away with their self-indulgant

ethics. This album, whilst I don't think quite matches what they perhaps SHOULD

be able to produce come a damn site closer then the debut.

 

Rating: 7.75/10

 

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Steel Train

Trampoline

Rock/Indie Rock/Pop

 

In the same class of Rock as perhaps Kings Of Leon in the 70's revival of Southern

rock this band brings to the table more straight forward and classical ethics from

rocks past rather the somewhat more complicated Indie ethics of today. This album

provides simplicity in the terms of hooks a plenty, the glocesnspile tingle and piano

laced melodies & does it to pretty good effect. Steel Train is another band that constantly

dissapointed me but this album shows them taking several steps in the right direction

with some nice melodies & truley memorable pop songs, moments of this album reminds

me of other indie hits but the likes of 'Shin', 'Modest Mouse' & 'Spinto Band' just with the

KOL edge to it & as a result this could be the breakthrew album the band have been

looking for or this years sleeper as it is a genuinly good pop record. A good pop record

that you can get on oink & if you actually took the bother to read this review you have

a chance to win one of 2 invites by pm'ing me about it. Sure the are some flaws and

it's not overly original but the melodies & hooks + the ability to offer instant approachability

and growth makes this album one worth checking out.

 

Rating: 8/10

 

I feel weird (live)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vl4XdfThKzY

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Various Artsits

Radio 1 Established 1967

Pop/Indie Rock

 

Radio 1, BBC's flagship radio station, turned 40! FUCK YEA! Errrrm yea? FUCK! This thing

is actually 40? Now I don't know what they played back in the day but other then late

on a Friday night this station is pretty much a waste of space, playing every stereotypicaly

playable band the is. How do they feel the need to celebrate this, well according to the

CD cover it's '40 of todays greatest artists cover 40 years of hits' here is where I started

to get excited 'KYLIE (OMG!), LILLY ALLEN! (FUCKIN ELLLL), Kaiser Cheifs (OMG NO WAI?!)

Razorlight (Actually I can't give them a sarcastic praise), AMY WINEHOUSE (she isn't too

bad actually), HARD-FI (SHREEEEEEEEEEEEK), Robbie Williams (w00p w00p), Foo Fighters

(ahumana humana), KT Tunstall (). Yes I imagine thats what every person that feels

they are in the trend and every pre-bubesent teen thinks when they read that front cover,

cause they are like totally all over the chart & thats what makes em good right? That front

cover quoute made me vomit a lil in my mouth, with the exception of 1 or 2 artists who have

a couple decent songs this is an abomonation waiting to happen.

 

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LIKE OH MY FUCKIN GAWD, What did he just say?

So yes, what you have is 40 of the biggest artists currently infesting the UK charts doing

covers over 40 classics.... well some of them really aren't but you get my drift. 'The Enemy'

further my theory that they are one of the worst Pub-Rock enduced bands your ever

going to hear by totally destroying 'Father & Son' one of the more credible artists 'Streets'

totally cock up here with 'Maximo Park' lending an interesting approach to JT's 'Like I Love

You'.... this ends up being one of the highlights though not for the right reassons. One of

the suprises was in 'The Fratellies' doing a decent cover of 'All Along The Watchtower' &

Kaiser Chiefs effort isn't too bad. But the rest are inhumain and criminal! The Twang pull

out their carreer highlight on this album but it's a... cover... and it's a terrible one.. well

done lads! Okay to get to the point, if your like totally gay over the below artists & have

no idea of the songs they are covering then you will love it!.... Unfourtenetly... so protect

some feelings:

9/10 OH MY GAWD IT'S LIKE THE BEST BANDS EVAH ALL ON ONE DISC, BORRELL IS SOOO

SOOO FIT AND SUGA-BABES ARE LIKE SO UNBELIVABLY STYLISH AND LIKE THAT MAKES

EM TOTALLY THE BEST THINGS EVAH..... AMY WHINEHOUSE IS ON DRUGS? LIKE NO WAI!

SHE AIN'T GOOD NO MORE NAH-UH NEVER LIKED HER... U LIAR I NEVER LIKED ER! NUH UH!

MY MUM BAUGHT ME THAT CD!.... errm yah

Disc: 1 1. Flowers In The Rain - Kaiser Chiefs 2. All Along The Watchtower - Fratellis 3. Cupid - Winehouse, Amy 4. Lola - Williams, Robbie 5. Your Song - Streets (2) 6. Betcha By Golly Wow - Sugababes 7. You're So Vain - Feeling 8. Band On The Run - Foo Fighters 9. Love Is The Drug - Minogue, Kylie 10. Let's Stick Together - Tunstall, K.T. 11. Sound And Vision - Franz Ferdinand 12. Teenage Kicks - Raconteurs 13. Can't Stand Losing You - Mika & Armand Van Helden 14. Too Much Too Young - Kasabian 15. Under Pressure - Keane 16. Town Called Malice - Jam (1) 17. Come Back And Stay - Morrison, James (3) 18. Careless Whisper - Gossip (1) 19. Power Of Love - Pigeon Detectives 20. Don't Get Me Wrong - Allen, Lily Disc: 2 1. You Sexy Thing - Stereophonics (1) 2. Fast Car - Buena, Mutya 3. Lullaby - Editors (2) 4. Englishman In New York - Razorlight 5. Crazy For You - Groove Armada 6. It Must Be Love - Nutini, Paolo 7. All That She Wants - Ace Of Bass 8. You're All I Need To Get By - Ronson, Mark 9. Stillness In Time - Harris, Calvin 10. No Diggity - Klaxons (2) 11. Lovefool - Just Jack 12. Ray Of Light - Bedingfield, Natasha 13. Drinking In LA - Twang (2) 14. Great Beyond - Fray (1) 15. Teenage Dirtbag - Girls Aloud 16. Like I Love You - Maximo Park 17. Don't Look Back Into The Sun - View (3) 18. Toxic - Hard-Fi 19. Father And Son - Enemy (2) 20. Steady As She Goes - Bailey Rae, Corinne

Real Rating: 2/10, only for a couple LOL moments