Tag Archives: album review

Lionel Richie, Tuskegee. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. March 12th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating ****

Lionel Richie is one of the very best at what he does, if you want a ballad that moves people to tears then Lionel is your man, if you need a track that will get people up and out of their chairs and dancing, again Lionel is the artist you turn to. Even when he brings out, what is to all reasonable effects a greatest hits package with a twist, he still makes you feel a though as you have put on a warm, comfortable cardigan, the fire in your front room is enticing and homely and the news, for once is nothing but good.

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

Sound of Guns, Angels and Enemies. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. March 17th 2012

L.S. Media Rating ****

Following on from the Sound of Guns debut album What Came From Fire is the jaw dropping sequel, the outstanding and brilliantly produced Angels and Enemies.

The alternative rock musicians from Liverpool have scored a direct hit with this record which has the guts and power to make sure that the band not only put their personal stamp on the local music scene but also at a national level.

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

Hue and Cry, Hot Wire. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. March 25th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating *****

If you want an album that will really get the toes tapping in time to the beat of a heart that is being governed by the sound of excellent music then in all honesty you really couldn’t go far wrong that to purchase and revel in Hot Wire, the new album by Hue and Cry.

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(403 words, 1 image, estimated 1:37 mins reading time)

Karine Polwart, Traces. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. Augsut 14th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating *****

There are just some musicians who shouldn’t be allowed, by act of law if need be, to be away from the public eye for too long. Scotland’s Karine Polwart is one such singer songwriter whose absence makes the world a darker place to inhabit, even though her songs are crammed full of enough of subjects that though nefarious and sad are what give life meaning, no matter how sorrowful.

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

Nik Kershaw, Ei8ht. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. August 15th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating ****

He was once a teen idol, a musical genius who strode the pop charts like a colossus and who quite rightly scored hit after hit in the video ridden 1980’s.

In 1984 Nik Kershaw released his debut album Human Racing, now just under 30 years later, Nick finally releases his eighth album and as with a lot of things, time has been kind and improved the music that the man creates.  In Ei8ht, Nik Kershaw becomes the musician he was destined to be.

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(364 words, 1 image, estimated 1:27 mins reading time)

Edison’s Children, In The Last Waking Moments…. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. March 26th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating *****

It always comes as a bit of a surprise that musicians have any spare time to be anywhere outside of their own bubble. The group ethic of a band that has been around for years must surely take most of the hours of daylight afforded them and quite a few of the night hours too when they take in the multitude of gigs that they do.

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(524 words, 1 image, estimated 2:06 mins reading time)

It Bites, Map of the Past. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. March 26th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating *****

If there is such a thing as a marriage made in Heaven, then the day John Mitchell and Lee Pomeroy joined It Bites must surely be the closest moment for fans of Progressive Rock.

Map of the Past is only the second album that John Mitchell, John Beck, Bob Dalton and Lee Pomeroy have worked together on under the name of It Bites, however like 2008’s The Tall Ships, Map of the Past is an album that may have been long in its delivery but the result is so well worth the wait.

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

All American Rejects, Kids in the Street. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. March 27th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating **

All American Rejects’ new offering Kids in the Street is an album that honestly could have delivered so much more. However, it comes across as collection of songs that sound half-finished and that the care and attention that had been in evidence on the previous two albums has evaporated and dissipated as the band delved further into the recording.

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

Does This Train Stop on Merseyside? The Very Best Of Ian Prowse. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. April 8th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating *****

You only have to listen to the first track on The Very Best of Ian Prowse to know that not only is this an album of distinction and that if you cut him open, from every open pore and scratched surface would run the Mersey River, the biggest and most truthful aspect of the album is that it is Liverpool.

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

Counting Crows, Underwater Sunshine (Or What I Did On Our Summer Vacation). Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. April 9th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating ****

Perhaps they were after the longest album title of the year, thankfully the new offering from Counting Crows, Underwater Sunshine (Or What I Did On Our Summer Vacation) doesn’t detract from the incredible sound that comes out of the speakers at you. It doesn’t so much as crash out at you at a speed that’s unfathomable, it more meanders, slowly, carefully, sits down at your table, eats a few meals with you and before you know it, you wonder how it managed to hang around and become essential listening.

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(363 words, 1 image, estimated 1:27 mins reading time)