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Del Amitri
I had an employee who swore this was the greatest band ever. He would always play their releases overhead. Then explain to me what I should be listening to. When he quit I stopped hearing them until this month. My opinion has not changed. Good pop record with some Scottish overtones. Not something I would play but wouldn’t turn it off either.
2.5

AleJandro Escovedo
What started off as a promising cd especially tracks 2, 3 turns into a poor Southside Johnny/ Bruce cd. 2

Scarlet Johansson
This is not a Tom Waits cd. Therefore the only credit she should receive for the songs is for her taste in music. What we have here is an overproduced cd that relies on studio trickery to create a dull electronic flat mess. This is helped along with vocals that are lost in the mix, delivered in a dull monotone whisper, causing the lyrics to not matter at all. (Something I thought impossible with anything written by Mr. Waits) The only time they escape from this mess is the truly boring lullaby set to New Orleans. Scarlet Johansson has done something that neither Rod Stewart nor Patty Smyth could not do. Make Tom Waits uninteresting. 1

Velvet Crush
I own this cd and it was fun to listen to again. It opens with the killer power pop guitar song Hold Me and goes strong for the next few tracks. It’s a shame because these guys will always be compared to Mathew Sweet. Be it because they regularly showed up on his cd’s, his band, tours, or the similarity in the styles. That also causes a bit of problem towards the end of the cd, because the tracks are not as strong and then you can’t help but compare. Still there are too many good songs with just a strong guitar bass drum vocal harmony to be ignored 3.0

Tom Morello
Mr. Morello is from the Steve Vai school of music composition. Its not the riffs that matter it’s the sound you can create with the guitar. When listening to this collection you rarely come away with a lead guitar riff stuck in your head. Now there is no doubt he is a brilliant guitarist, but the best songs on this disc are the ones where he follows the bass riff with his guitar and then keeps his guitar sounds to small fills. Still lots of good music, and its obvious the power both bands brought to their songs. Though nothing from his solo outing so is it truly a retrospective?

Topic
Melt With You
Laid James
You Shook Me All Night Long
Anything Anything Dramarama
The Middle Jimmy Eat World
Should I Stay or Should I Go




Classics
Pearl Jam 10
Green Day American Idiot
Oasis What’s the Story Morning Glory






Not So Classic
Metallica Black Not even their best record just has their best song

Nirvana Never Mind Can’t recall last listened all the way through. Compared to Pearl Jam limitations show up even more
REM Automatic For the People