For me, Reba McEntire: Greatest Hits, Volume Two CD is worth it just for the first track, which is Does He Love You, the duet that became a smash hit with Reba and vocalist Linda Davis. This essentially launched Linda into her own career. It’s one powerful, …

For starters, I’m not a fan of pop music. But I am a dancer. So of course I’m inclined to dance to pop music every once in awhile. I picked up Britney Spear’s album “Circus” and the best song on there is clearly “Mannequin.” It’s …

Overview - Side I of The White Album, The Beatles’ ninth effort, is a very nice mix of McCartney and Lennon compositions, even one by Harrison which covers a lot of different ground as far as feel, lyrics, vocals, and music. While McCartney’s songs are a bit more on …

The Best So Far CD of Anne Murray is a selection of twenty songs. I have this album for years now. The songs here are really great. Anne Murray is one of the finest voices I’ve ever heard actually. What I particularly like about Anne Murray’s tone is …

This two-CD set is a compilation of Beatles music fron 1967-1970, 14 songs on each CD. My favorite songs on this set are Magical Mystery Tour, Back in the USSR, Penny Lane, and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Some of the songs on here, such as …

Different Trains/Electric Counterpoint is a full-length album composed by minimalist/experimental composer Steve Reich. It was released on the Elektra Nonesuch label. The pices are both long (Different Trains| about 27 mintutes long, Electric Counterpoint| 15 minutes long), and are both divided into three movements. Different Trains was composed in …

The Cam’ron cd which is title “Purple Haze” was released in 2004 after a long waiting period for fans. Once Cam was released from Rocafella this cd was released and I was very happy when I actually was able to listen to this cd. It features the single “Killa …

Holy Wars… The Punishment Due is a song by Megadeth which appears on their record Rust In Peace. The track opens up with a very rapid guitar riff which the drums imitate to add an extremely heavy rhythm to the song. Mustaine wastes no time getting into this track …

Overview —“ Metallica: The Videos is a DVD collection made up of all of Metallica’s music videos released from 1989, starting with One, all the way until 2004, ending with Some Kind Of Monster. The nice thing about this DVD is that you get all 21 of Metallica’s officially …

Artist: Destiny’s Child
Video: Nasty Girl
Album: Survivor
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Sanaa Hamri
“Nasty Girl” is the fourth and final single and music video from Destiny’s Child’s third album titled “Survivor”, following the previous singles and videos - “Survivor”, “Bootylicious”, and “Emotion”. Well, now we have come down to what I’d like to …

One Million Billionth Of A Millisecond On A Sunday Morning is a song by the Flaming Lips and the second song to appear on their sophomore effort, Hear It Is. Opening up with an incredibly somber sound, the band does a good job of establishing a very dark atmosphere …

In the 1960’s, Patty Duke was one of the most successful teenagers in Hollywood. She performed this song, Funny Little Butterflies, in her movie, Billie. It comes from L. Crane, J. Gold, and B. Ross.
Funny Little Butterflies is a song about growing up. It’s a coming …

I remember this seemed odd for a while, that Neil Diamond would do a holiday album since he’s Jewish. There was talk that since Barbra Streisand was doing another one, it somehow was okay for him to do one. I don’t recall the specifics much now, but …

Merriweather Post Pavilion is an album released by Animal Collective in 2009. Comprised of eleven songs, Merriweather Post Pavilion is posed with the tough task of following Strawberry Jam, Feels, and Sung Tongs which are the three strongest Animal Collective records in my opinion. Overall, I would say that …

This song . . . I cannot think of a good adjective to describe it. It is just absolutely incredible. From the tune, to Adam’s fantastic voice, to the meaning of the song, everything is perfect! The first time I heard this I fell in love with it instantly. …

After I heard the band Young Guns for the first time on an internet radio station about a year ago, they quickly became one of my favorite bands to date. It made me question first of all why exactly I didn’t hear of them before, and also why they don’t …

Lisa Loeb, a New York based singer-songwriter is definitely one of those artists who I’ve loved from day one. I’ve always admired the lyrical ability and distinctive voice of the quirky singer who is known for the hit “Stay”. While Lisa Loeb has really only had one song that …

It’s very rare that i hear a country music based alum that doesn’t annoy the crud out of me, but this new album from Ted Russell Kamp managed to hold my interest pretty much all the way through and is actually a pretty fun album.
Maybe it’s because i …

Vegetable is a track off of Radioheads debut album Pablo Honey which was released in 1993.Vegetable is listed on the album as track number 8. I personally think that this song is an infinite times better than “Creep”. It is such a catchy song and actually rather relaxing.
The song …

I’ve been listening to Pleasure P’s Boyfriend Number 2 on YouTube for a while now and it has been my favorite song of his. I’m not a go out and buy posters type of girl, but I do like listening to Pleasure P’s music and I was even more …

This album was one of the first albums by the Cure that I listened to. It was quite a long time ago. It took place, in fact, probably in the year when this album was released. And then I loved these songs a lot. They seemed magic and otherworldly. …

Mastermind is a song by Megadeth which appears on their album Cryptic Writings. The song opens up with a heavy guitar part before giving way to a nice bass fill with the guitar rhythm coming back in and out. The guitar itself soon doubles up on this bass fill …

Going, Going, Gone is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his album Planet Waves. Planet Waves opens up with some guitar chords along with a lead guitar which plays a slight lead, both of these combine to give a pretty melancholy tone in my opinion. When …

I have to admit that I have absolutely no idea what this song is really about. When I read the lyrics, I think about death. The blue moon reference, and “take me up in your arms” line makes me think that the lead singer is embracing …

Aaliyah
“More Than A Woman”
Aaliyah
Blackground/Virgin
Director: Dave Meyers
Dave Meyers follows in the directing shoes after Paul Hunter and Hype Williams for this third music video outing from the self-titled album, “Aaliyah”, called “More Than A Woman”. This video was actually shot a month before the second previous video, “Rock the Boat” …

I think that the Ancestors would a band with folk metal genre. Arrangement simple logic, Neptune is the god of the sea, which in the title of this album, in contrast with fire, so, Ancestors is a group with the genre of folk metal proud of the values of …

This album was released back in 1999, and is one of my favourite Albums done by the Aussie band. The boys had started being in a band back in 1994 when they were young teenagers and has had a few heavier hard rocking albums before this one. I find …

Knife Man is a 2011 album release by Andrew Jackson Jihad. The one thing that really stuck out to me about Knife Man after going through a couple listens of the record was that the band really chooses to embrace different sounds throughout the album. Though the traditional and …

Tex Ritter sings the song Deck of Cards. It’s about a soldier who does not have a bible so he uses a deck of cards as his bible. When the soldier gets into trouble he tells how he can look at the cards and how they remind him of …

I have never really been a huge fan of Beyonce’s. But I am at least glad that she is breaking from some of that choppy singing that she does. In this song, she muses over the possibility of what it would be like if she were the …

R. Kelly ft. Usher
“Same Girl”
Double Up
Jive Records
“Same Girl” is a rather refreshing breath of air in R. Kelly’s chronology of singles and music videos. Big time. This music video is of “Dow Low (Nobody Has to Know)” and “Trapped in the Closet” caliber. “Same Girl” is the second single …

One, the fourth track of And Justice For All, marks the third ballad released by Metallica and yet another song which this band would soon become pretty heavily associated with. Another thing to note is that the first music video which Metallica ever released was for One which ended …

Overview —“ Brain Stew/Jaded is a music video that combines two tracks from Insomniac and makes them appear as if it is one song in the music video. Just as the songs sound different in tone and feel, the music videos for the two music videos are quite contrasting …

Christmas is a fun time of the year and ever since I was a kid I loved when they had the cartoon of Alvin and the Chipmunks on the television with their special Christmas episode and they sang their Christmas Song!
Well recently, a movie of Alvin and the Chipmunks …

The debut album “Act of Kindness” by the Dan Bruder Band was recommended to me by a good friend who told me it was one of the best new, pure-bred rock albums that was steeped in American rock roots he had heard in a long time. For those not …

Bleed is a song by Animal Collective and is the third track on their EP release Fall Be Kind. Opening with a spoken word section, Bleed soon transitions into an incredibly empty atmosphere which is both positive and negative. On the downside, I’m not a huge fan of the …

“Chicago”, not to be confused with the city located in the United States, is the name of a popular American rock band. Just recently, I think last year maybe they had their first concert in Jamaica at the “Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival” and a lot of people, …

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, …

By the time I was about thirteen or fourteen and still in high school, rock music had become one of my favourite genres to listen to. One of my friends who had the same taste in music introduced me to a band called “The Vines”. They eventually became one …

Sabbra Cadabra is a cover performed and recorded by Metallica for their record Garage, Inc. If you couldn’t guess from the name the song is originally done by Black Sabbath which is a version that I’m familiar with as well. The main difference that I hear throughout the intro …

It seems like the world is now ready for the new Justin Bieber. I was not completely sold on his previous discography because he sounded like a try-hard twink trying to make it big. Of course he made it big, thanks to the fan girls all around the world …

Bun b has been considered a southern hip hop legend since the early 90’s. As one half a the group UGK he has been making music for 20 years now. Bun b has just released is second studio solo album named Thrill 2. This album has had alot of …

Dark Fantasy is a song by Kanye West and is the opening track to his most recent album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Opening up with a female voice and a spoken word section, the track gradually transitions into the bulk of the song with West coming in with …

Born Cross-Eyed is a song by The Grateful Dead which appears on their album Anthem Of The Sun. Just as a note, I’m reviewing the version of this song which appeared on Anthem Of The Sun originally, I’m not reviewing the single version of this song which I believe …

Chris Cagle is a country singer who always sings very different topics, like ones you wouldn’t really think to sing about. This song is about doing things to impress girls. And I like it because a lot of is true when it comes to men and woman. Men do …

Lather is a song by Jefferson Airplane which appears on their album Crown Of Creation. The song starts off with a nice acoustic guitar part coming through the left channel before Grace Slick comes in with the vocals for the first verse. Thus far I enjoy the overall mood …

Shakira is one of those artists who has been extremely successful yet somehow manages to fly under the radar until she has huge hits like “She Wolf” or “Beautiful Liar”. She has always been one of my favorite female recording artists because she is an amazing vocalist as well …

Did You See The Words is a song by Animal Collective and is the first track on their album Feels. Opening up with an interesting guitar rhythm, a listener should ideally get the feeling that they’re in for something special because I personally consider this track to one of …

Sometimes i have a preconceived rough idea on what an album is going to sound like before i listen to it. I have found that without bragging i am right more often than not. The problem with doing this though, is that when i build an album up in …

Dio is an American heavy metal band which was formed by the former Black Sabbath vocalist Ronnie James Dio. Many heavy metal fans would be familiar with their song “Holy Diver” which has continued to be seen as a classic in the heavy metal community around the world. …