Tag Archives: album review

The Robert Cray Band, Nothin But Love. Album Review

Originally published by L.S. Media. August 22nd 2012.

L.S.Media Rating *****

When you want a job done properly, it’s best to call out a living legend. Sixteen studio albums down the line and Robert Cray still manages to make playing the blues sound like child’s play.

The Robert Cray Band’s brand new album, Nothin But Love comprises ten songs that are as rich and as diverse in their intricacy as it’s possible to get.  Robert Cray, Jim Pugh, Richard Cousins and Tony Braunagel blend their respective instruments together so well and weave a tale of supreme blues together that the sound they create is nothing short of exquisite.

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(359 words, 1 image, estimated 1:26 mins reading time)

Lamb Of God, Resolution. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. January 28th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating * * * *

The new offering by Lamb of God won’t be to everybody’s taste. It won’t, for example, spend weeks at the top of the British charts. It won’t by any stretch of the imagination be nominated for any awards by fans of those who find the mass appeal of manufactured music and distorted view of the 21st Century version of celebrity exciting.

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(430 words, 1 image, estimated 1:43 mins reading time)

Van Halen, A Different Kind of Truth. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. February 6th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating *****

It’s been a long time coming and you pretty much know what you are going to get, but if you’re a fan of Van Halen it won’t stop you buying and revelling in the new album A Different Kind of Truth.

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(513 words, 1 image, estimated 2:03 mins reading time)

Paul McCartney, Kisses On The Bottom. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. February 7th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating ****

There’s nothing quite like a forgotten old gem to make you sit and take notice. When you tag that onto the Liverpool legend giving a new life to the tune, your perspective suddenly changes.  You can end up digging through other timeless and wonderful songs that have sadly been neglected by a society that has moved on and away from its own soul. This is the result of Paul McCartney and the new take of old songs in Kisses on the Bottom.

Paul McCartney, Kisses On The Bottom. Album Review. full post

(457 words, 1 image, estimated 1:50 mins reading time)

Meat Loaf, Hell in a Handbasket. Album Review.

L.S. Media Rating **

When Meat Loaf released Hang Cool Teddy Bear in 2010, there was an element of joy that the man had released his greatest piece of work since 1993’s Bat out of Hell II. There were some real high’s to be found within the tracks and the posturing and good will extended with the addition of Patti Russo and Cher adding the class of feminine perspective to Meat’s tireless and overtly male mannerisms.

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(412 words, 1 image, estimated 1:39 mins reading time)

Napalm Death, Utilitarian. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media March 29th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating ****

There’s a reason why some areas of the U.K. seem to be able to become entrenched with producing one genre of music with more frequency than others. Sometimes it’s just the nature of the area, the background and social history to the city that produces the music. Liverpool is defined in parts by the Beatles and the sailors who bought the music from America with them after World War Two. The dreaming spires and University colleges of Cambridge will have Pink Floyd forever stamped upon the roads and parks and be considered as one of the natural homes of Progressive Rock.

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(519 words, 1 image, estimated 2:05 mins reading time)

The Stranglers, Giants. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. March 4th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating *****

The new Stranglers offering, Giants, opens up with a guitar riff that stands somewhere between John Lee Hooker and Metallica’s Enter Sandman. That normally would send people scurrying off to find a reason for the change in style, the departure from the Stranglers’ norm. However it really is the start of an album that stands as one of the finest that the band have ever delivered.

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(508 words, 1 image, estimated 2:02 mins reading time)

Bruce Springsteen, Wrecking Ball. Album Review.

Orginally published by L.S. Media. March 7th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating ****

The Wrecking Ball is Bruce Springsteen’s 17th studio album and it has to be understood to be enjoyed. It has the appearance of being an angry introspection and commentary of the 21ST Century America that Bruce Springsteen finds himself living under. It is a world away from the days where flags were raised in standard to his work. This is Springsteen where Springsteen should have been. The golden working class idol, possibly one of the truest America has produced, returns to his roots and gives America and the world a damn good telling off.

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(528 words, 1 image, estimated 2:07 mins reading time)

The Popes, New Church. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. March 7th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating ****

Unless you go looking specifically for The Popes, it would be understandable to many that they really haven’t heard anything by them. It is a huge shame, understandable, but a huge and utter disgrace none the less.

The band’s newest album New Church is nothing short of astonishing. It is a complete revelation and one that is worth exploring in depth and with an open and honest heart.

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(376 words, 1 image, estimated 1:30 mins reading time)

Katie Melua, Secret Symphony. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. March 7th 2012. (under the name of Laura Dentt-Steven)

L.S. Media Rating ****

There is no doubting the talent that lies at the heart of Katie Melua. A voice that makes champagne taste so much sweeter and puts to shame a lot of women that feel the need to just flaunt what little talent they have into taking part in the con of stardom that pervades yet another generation of women who think that the way to happiness is by taking part in reality programmes and snaring the latest celebrity footballer.

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(415 words, 1 image, estimated 1:40 mins reading time)