The liner jacket for Barry Manilow: Summer of ‘78 CD is nothing more than a very long credits listing, so that’s a little disappointing. There is a quick few lines signed by Barry on the last page, but that doesn’t help to make the liner worthwhile. When …

Rainmaker is a track which appears on Iron Maiden’s record Dance Of Death. Right from the start the song opens up with a riff which has a very lighthearted feel to it, it certainly doesn’t exactly come off as the type of riff which I would typically associate with …

For those of you whom are unfamiliar with Jerry Cantrell, he is not only the lead guitarist for Alice in Chains, but plays a humongous role in voicing most of the songs also. Although Layne Staley (bless his heart) was the main vocalist for the group, Cantrell played a …

I first saw this band performing live on Saturday Night Live. I was interested in the music right away; this music was right up my street. The band performed two songs. The first one was Comeback Kid, and I loved this tune the first time I heard it. …

“White Horse”, by Taylor Swiftis by far one of the best songs she has ever written. I didn’t even know that she wrote her own songs until just recently! She is so young and talented and this just really came as a surprise to me. Most artists have other …

What’s Left Of The Flag is a song by Flogging Molly which appears on their record Drunken Lullabies. The vocals waste no time coming into this track as they start right away simultaneously with a violin part as well as an acoustic guitar strumming a simple pattern in the …

Panic is a song by Animal Collective which appears on their record Here Comes The Indian. Opening with a vocal section, the song drags on in this manner for several minutes before entering into an instrumental section which is no more interesting. Unfortunately, Panic strikes me as incredibly similar …

Johnny Reb is a song by Johnny Horton. It talks about a soldier that fought with Robert E. Lee and how they fought hard in a battle. The soldier was shot but still fought for what he believed in. This song is basically a tribute to …

Overview —“ Apocalyptica a Finnish rock band released their debut album which was filled with nothing Metallica covers, but the twist is, all of these covers are played on cellos. I mean the idea of a group releasing an album of Metallica covers doesn’t sound special or unique at …

Overview - Side I of The Wall, Pink Floyd’s most complex and detailed concept record, introduces the main character of this record and also explains a bit about him. Surprisingly, after re-listening to this side of the record I’d honestly have to say that for the most part, it …

Arise is the fourth album by Sepultura released in 1991, this is a pure thrash metal album before the band started to get weird, many fans call this the bands last great album, and best album. The band traveled to the home of death metal, Florida, to work …

I love Timbaland, and he’s always so sensual and melodramatic sometimes when it comes to his songs but they’re really wholesome, and when I heard Katy Perry was going to sing her too I was very ecstatic as I love her, and although they might have come off as …

Something Happened To Me Yesterday is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their record Between The Buttons. The track starts off with a humorous sounding brass section in the right channel of the track which gives the song almost a circus like feel. Jagger comes in …

Overview —“ Nothing Else Matters, another music video released by Metallica in support of The Black Album, takes the viewer inside to get a look at the recording of the song and of The Black Album. This is just my opinion, but the order that Metallica was releasing music …

One of the songs off the Warrant Cherry Pie album that is one of the best songs off it is the song You’re The Only Hell Your Mamma ever raised. This song starts off with a cool guitar chord intro that splits into two different guitars and it has …

The acacia strain band is a metal band whose music is actually quite decent but they can improve on a few things. I like the acacia strain because they can really belt out some deep growls and their voices sound scary when they are belting out metal. I can’t …

This song was released around 1984. There are so many versions of this song nowadays and I think all are equally good. The Irish boy band A1 has their own version of this song but this is originally sang by A-Ha. Each version is a bit different but equally …

I sat and listened to all of these tracks, all twelve of them. Almost fifty minutes of my life was put into this album just so I could write a review. I could have used these fifty minutes playing some Xbox 360 game, gaining achievement points. In these fifty …

Love The Way You Lie is a song by Eminem which appears on his most recent release, Recovery. As I’m sure many listeners already know, the song features Rihanna and the two go back and forth throughout the song with Eminem handling each of the verses and Rihanna taking …

Overview —“ Peace Sells—¦ But Whose Buying, Megadeth’s second album, expands on Dave Mustaine’s songwriting and pushes it even further than what he showed on the debut album. Poland and Mustaine continue to really lead and dominate throughout this album with their riffs and soloing and it’s truly mesmerizing …

Octopus is a song by Syd Barrett which appears on his first solo record, The Madcap Laughs. Octopus opens up with an acoustic guitar played in a pretty lighthearted manner which gives way to Barrett’s vocal delivery which is as equally lighthearted. As most people who have heard Syd …

John Michael Montgomery sings a song called “The Little Girl”. It is a very sad song because it tells the story of a little girl who used to hide behind the couch when her parents would fight until the night that her dad killed her mom out of jealousy …

R. Kelly
“Sex Me”
12 play
Jive/Zomba Recordings
“Sex Me” is R. Kelly’s first single and music video from his first solo effort titled “12 Play”. R. Kelly has decided to part ways from his Public Announcement group and do his own R&B thing, so this is where that started.
The video almost entirely …

Overview —“ Working Class Hero, Green Day’s cover of John Lennon’s classic work was recorded for the purposes of people who were forced to leave Darfur and I assume, to spread general awareness. I suppose that I would consider this the second song that Green Day recorded for the …

If you love the sound of Death Cab For Cutie, then you’ll enjoy Ben Gibbards otehr project The Postal Service. What makes the postal service a little different than deathcab is the electronic sound and beats within their songs. In most cases the songs could not be recreasted in …

This collection was released in 2006, the band hasn’t been with Roadrunner Records for a long time, and wasn’t at the time of the release of this collection, it’s a pointless cash in, the record label shamelessly gathered up tracks by Spineshank, Sepultura, Type O Negative, Suffocation and Deicide …

The Birthday Massacre is an Industrial Rock band from Canada that uses nostalgic synthesizer voices reminiscent of the eighties post punk movement as well as some pretty heavy yet catchy guitar rifts. The members of the band go by the names Chibi, the front woman, Rainbow and Micheal Falcore …

Ninety Miles An Hour (Down A Dead End Street) is a cover performed by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Down In The Groove. The track opens up with Dylan starting the vocals right away with a notable piano behind him and the tempo having the tempo of …

When I was younger and had a little more interest in R&B anmd rap music, the rapper Ludacris used to be one of my favourite rappers. However, these days even though I am not as interested in those two genres of music as I used to be, along with …

Overview —“ High Speed Dirt, a music video released by Megadeth for their fifth effort, Countdown To Extinction, is a song and music video focused all about skydiving. It’s interesting that Megadeth chose to not release this song as a single yet still make a music video for it. …

You can’t blame me for being excited, really you can’t. You can’t blame me for seeing a video of New Kids On the Block on the Today Show and being immediatly transformed back in time 15 years.
You cant blame me for drooling at the screen when they came out. …

I believe that world-class diva Mariah Carey’s has it made in the Hero single. Why, she wrote it herself, and sang it as well, and it happens to be one of the songs most popularly requested of her at concerts and charity events. It was Carey herself …

If you’re a fan of classical music, the standards, then you probably love Frank Sinatra. With this album released in 1992, 16 Most Requested Songs, you get everything you could hope for from The Chairman Of The Board.
Old blue eyes never disappoints for a fan such as myself. His …

If you are not familiar with rapper Del The Funky Homosapien, he is THE best rapper on the planet!
With that being said, we review his release “Future Development”
Being cut from his label before this album had a chance to be released, this album is rare in the U.S. It …

Falling Down is a track by Muse which appears on their first record, Showbiz. I recently reviewed a few tracks from this album today such as Sober and Unintended, compared with these two, Falling Down is far more similar to Unintended in the sense that it’s an extremely melodic …

During the 90’s there is song called Beautiful from Christina Aguilera. During the first year of 20th century, there is song called Ugly from Sugababes and now, year 2010 Katy Perry made another song that I will love and treasure. I love songs like this that gives out important …

Jesse McCartney has been my favorite young singer/artist ever since he released his first single Beautiful Soul. In fact, Beautiful Soul is my favorite and every time I am hearing it playing on the radio, I sing along. Jesse McCartney’s songs that become popular have a meaning. The story …

Make out club by gym class heros on the paper cut chronicles is a song about how a guy has made out with so many girls and he is telling all his buddies about all the girls he has ever made out with. He brings up every girl because …

The Timeless Favorites: Lerner & Loewe CD comes courtesy of Reader’s Digest Music and gives us 20 tracks of famous songs composed by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe. These are well known, much beloved songs from the stage and screen.
The journey begins with Robert Peterson’s masterful rendition …

Hoobastank was one of those bands that I remember had a lot of hits when I was a teenager. I wasn’t a huge fan per se, but I did like a lot of their music. These days, when going through some of their earlier music and listening to some of …

This Gone with the Wind soundtrack CD is labeled as ‘The New Recording of Max Steiner’s Classic’. It was done with LaserLight Digital technology. It has one big plus and one big minus in my book.
The big plus is that this music is as wonderful as ever. …

At first I was a bit apprehensive about purchasing a guitar that appeared to be a “knock off” of a Martin D-45. Given the reputation that copy cat guitars generally bare, I was certain that the craftsmanship would be inferior. That coupled with being manufactured in Asia …

Gyptian is a reggae artist who seems new on the scene but he really isn’t that new, he has been doing a lot of collaborations but he recently released his first single with the name entitled “Beautiful Lady.”
I first heard this song on the local radio airwaves and it …

Seventeen Years is a song by Ratatat and is the opening track to their self-title debut record. After a brief audio recording, the band launches into the main riff of the track, and I would go far as to say that if you don’t enjoy this riff, this track …

In the liner jacket for the Hank Jones: You Were Always On My Mind CD, the singer refers to himself as a “vocal throwback.” Well, from where I’m sitting, that’s fine with me because I absolutely adore listening to the musical renderings that Jones offers. He actually …

Overview - Led Zeppelin I, the first of Led Zeppelin’s albums, is a mix of different genres and influences ranging everywhere from hard rock to blues. This album also introduced to the band and showed just how well each of the members worked together. On their own, Jimmy Page, …

Before this album was released I simply couldn’t believe that the band are going to be able to create such great music as they did on this album. I thought that it was very unlikely that the guys are going to have as much inspiration as they used to …

This Australian singer, Delta Goodrem makes some good music, or rather, sings some good music. I certainly think that she has some strong vocals and that if you are bored or just wanting to hear some love tunes, then go for this album. The title of her album …

Lump Sum is a track by Bon Iver which is the second track on the band’s debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago. The track opens up with an airy atmosphere before an acoustic guitar comes in and establishes a more definitive rhythm, though some background voices help to maintain …

Serious is the opening song of Scars On Broadway’s self-titled debut record. As this being the first record, some fans were not sure what to expect from Daron Malakian, whether he’d go with the sound that he had in System Of A Down or whether he’d go in a …