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5 Chinese Brothers

I am not sure why I found this cd lacking. Nice harmonies, strong guitar playing, catchy and thought provoking lyrics, and wrapped occasionally with humor. But something seems to be missing. Maybe it’s the way that the Eagles come to mind. Or it could be that at times they remind me other bands that do it far better. It could be that after all the accordion playing last month I was put off by its presence. Not sure which but with each listening found myself wondering more. 1.5

Motorhead

Lemmy is a rock god. One of the things that happens to Gods is that they are easily knocked off their perch as their careers wind down, and nothing is worse when your heroes let you down. Luckily Lemmy is in fine form on this cd. The riffs are ear shattering, the speed relentless from beginning to end, and was that an actual chorus or two throughout the cd, if so it works. This is a Motorhead cd from beginning to end and that’s a great thing. Once again proving besides Iron Maiden no one has put out this consistent quality stuff for so long in the metal world. 3.5

The Smiths

Okay I tried and I could only make it through 17 songs. My opinion hasn’t changed from when I was force fed this during my college years, Johnny Marr is a really good guitarist, and Morissey just annoys the piss out of me. 1.0

Alkaline Trio

Some say this was a shark jumping cd for the band. I always thought this was their masterpiece. While Good Mourning was the beginning of this bands move towards more melody into their dark oriented sound, Crimson made it more epic. From the beginning Piano intro in Time to Waste to the end of Smoke there is not a week moment to be found. Along the way you get great songs like Poison, Mercy Me, Sadie just to name a few. Both singers are incredibly strong as lead or as harmony. They both have a trademark for their songs but still they all seem to fall under that Alkaline Trio description, catchy memorable songs, good riffs and a real good drummer. 4.0

North Mississippi All-stars

I liked this cd a lot. A first thought it was going to be a bar band made good cd. The type that you know it would sound great live but maybe only there. But it’s a grower. The swampy singing is matched by the even more swampy playing makes for a good guitar based cd. 3.0

How do you listen?

I find that I do most of initial listening in the car. At times it will be on the computer while I am doing other things like work or throwing darts. I shouldn’t use headphones and usually don’t do to my hearing issues. Rarely is the cod given my undivided attention unless of course it’s one of my submitted cads.

However if it is a good song/cd it will grab my attention and hold it and that is one of the ways I judge on how good a cd is. If it continues to remain in the background how good can it be?

I also try to give each cd multiple listening because do to outside distractions I may have missed something during the first listen. Ideally each cd gets 3 listens (except the smiths or sonic youth). This way each disc is given a fair shot to make an impression. If I find myself liking it will get more if not on to something else.