Alberta #1 is a traditional song arranged and performed by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Self Portrait. The track starts off with a very blues sounding rhythm before Dylan comes in with the vocals for the track. As far as I remember, Self Portrait was one …

I am a rather big Oasis fan, but I simply do not consider this album to be that great. This album appears on various lists of the Best Albums Ever, but I think that this record deserves only a grade of about seven out of ten. I think that …

Overview —“ Holy Wars—¦ The Punishment Due, the lead off track of Megadeth’s most acclaimed record, Rust In Peace, is only one of nine examples of why this album is praised to highly. Although not the only reason why this album was so good, but definitely one of the …

Lip gloss by Lil Mamma is a song about how this girl is uncool and then her lip gloss gets her into the cool club because it’s cool. This song is awesome in some ways because it’s all about lip gloss and I don’t know any song that is …

N-A-S those are the letter that spell greatness. Illmatic is regarded by some as one of the greatest albums of all time. To understand how great this album is you would have to take a look at how Nas started his career. At 17 Years old he was already …

My Girls is a song by Animal Collective and the second track on their 2009 release, Merriweather Post Pavilion. Opening up with an upbeat and happy sounding synthesized intro, My Girls is one of the most accessible Animal Collective tracks ever put out so if you’re a listener just …

Can’t Stop The Spring is a song by The Flaming Lips and the ninth song on their second release, Oh My Gawd. Returning to the distorted guitar sound present throughout the majority of this record, Can’t Stop The Spring honestly reminds me of a Flaming Lips song which appeared …

Don’t Believe the Truth is the latest release by Oasis. As a die-hard fan, I am always anxious about their latest albums. Questioning if it will be good, will Liam’s voice sound okay, and what about the contributions from the newer members (Andy Bell and Gem Archer). …

Jay-Z ft. Mecca
“Feelin’ It”
Reasonable Doubt
Roc-A-Fella Records
“Feelin’ It” is the final single and music video from Jay-Z’s debut album “Reasonable Doubt”, it follows “Dead Presidents”, “Ain’t No Playa”, and “Can’t Knock The Hustle”. This time, Jay-Z decides to sample “Pastures” by a jazz music artist named Ahmad Jamal. Jay-Z is …

Gold by Abba is a classic and amazingly perfect collection that I don’t ever regret buying. There are close to 20 tracks in this album and I would even label this as my greatest hits compilation. I love Dancing Queen, as usual, Mamma Mia and S.O.S. Please …

Madonna has been in the music industry for less than three decades now. She is an icon and a legend in her own way. What I like most of her song are mostly from the 80’s like Like a Virgin, Material Girl and Open your Heart. Whenever I feel …

Hear It Is is the debut album released by The Flaming Lips. I’ll start this review off by just making clear that the sound present throughout this record is significantly different than the sound the band would go on to be known for. Because of this, if you’re a …

Elton John is a famous musician who now is properly called, Sir Elton John, since he was given the title by the Queen of England. Well deserved! Elton John has been around since before I even thought about music, but since I grew up in a family that loved …

Native Belle is a song by Animal Collective and is the opening track of their fourth studio release, Here Comes The Indian. Returning the band to their more experimental sound that was present on their first and second releases, Native Belle has a sound which is incredibly different than …

This song is such a feel good dance song. I originally looked it up because one of my favourite music artist said it was his current favourite song. Now I look way past that and question why I did not know this song before! It is a combination between …

Dominated Love Slave is a song by Green Day which appears on their album Kerplunk. Something I should mention immediately about this track is that it certainly does not have the traditional sound of Green Day. For one thing, the instrumentation and music on the track certainly doesn’t have …

In the midst of the golden years of Sludge Metal, pioneering Sludge band Eyehategod released their explosive, grinding debut, “In The Name Of Suffering”- a masterpiece that created Eyehategod place in the history and sound of Sludge Metal for the rest of its existence.
A sloppy, slow-paced mess of ultra-low …

I was only ten years old when Michael Jackson’s album Off The Wall was released in 1979. I could only look on in envy as my friend’s older sister played it all the time but I could not afford it with my pocket money. Although he had …

It’s a weird title, but The Only Other Broadway CD You’ll Ever Need is really the name of this CD, which features a variety of Broadway standout numbers from a slew of performers.
The liner jacket covers each song, the play it’s from, and the performers, so it gives the …

The Freedom Fest was a musical celebration held in Provo, Utah in 1999 and included a star cast. The opening number even includes Bob and Delores Hope. It’s called Hope of America and includes the song God Bless America. Now that gets the blood stirring from …

“Speechless” by Lady Gaga is probably one of my favorite songs by her for the simple fact it justifies her fame more than anything else she’s recorded. Don’t get me wrong. I love pretty much all her songs but I think Speechless shows off how good her voice …

Spanish Castle Magic is a song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience which appears on their record Axis: Bold As Love. The track starts off with a very energetic guitar riff coming from Hendrix as Mitchell and Redding come in as well and definitely give the track an excellent rhythm, …

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 …

An absolutely brilliant album with no swearing or explicit lyrics.One the entire family including kids can listen to.
Will Smith simply explores the themes of partying,family and having a good time without resorting to talking about violence or sexually explicit topics.The standout tracks are “Act Like You Know”,”1000 Kisses”,”Momma Knows”,and …

I wasn’t looking at my computer when I put on the Billy Ray Cyrus: Southern Rain CD so I practically jumped when I heard Billy Ray thanking me listening. I didn’t realize the CD had a CD-Rom element to it that begins with him doing a video greeting …

Umbrella by Rihanna feat jay z is a song about a girl and her umbrella. It says when it rains come under her umbrella. To me this song is just another way of showing how our music culture is going down hill. It is so stupid in so …

This song is excellent we can’t deny that. Actually, this song has been recommended as one of the top 10 graduation song of all time. The message of the song allows us to reflect on how we deal with separation. Some may ask why is it suitable for a graduation …

Artist: Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals
Like a lot of people said reviving Beatles’ song is such a scary thing because not only you need to make a good rendition but also the tendency to ruin an already perfect song.
True in fact that I have heard lots of Beatles’ …

Back in 1996, In Flames released ‘The Jester Race’, their most influential album to date, through Nuclear Blast. One year earlier, the two other highlights of the Swedish metal scene, namely At the Gates and Dark Tranquility, came up with their respective ‘Slaughter of the Soul’ and ‘The Gallery’ …

Overview —“ After watching the extremely emotional and powerful music video for Turn The Page, part of me wanted to watch a video that was like that and had the same effect on me and part of me wanted a fun video just to balance it out. On Whiskey …

This is Pantera’s fourth album released in 1996, produced by Terry Date and Vinnie Paul, includes guest vocalist Seth Putman of AC. This album was recorded with the instruments being recorded and Phil doing vocals alone in a different studio because the band and Phil could not get along …

Dyers Eve has to be one of Metallica’s most aggressive and angry songs, not just on Justice but on any of their nine records. For those of you who heard Master Of Puppets, if for some reason then you haven’t then go listen to it now, you’ll recognize that …

One of my favorite song by Boston is the song Foreplay/Long time. It is off their debut album anf Foreplay is sort of an instrumental that eludes into the track Long time. I have to say Tom Sholz is a genius for writing that instrumental. He even recorded the …

The Black Keys, a blues rock duo out of Ohio, has been releasing records since the early 2000’s, but truly broke through to mainstream success with the release of 2010’s “Brothers.” A good friend of mine, who’s gotten me into countless bands, turned me onto the Keys years back, …

Overview —“ White Light/White Heat, The Velvet Underground’s second album, is an album which was far less straightforward then their debut album and every song on here, with the exception of one, has at least one pretty unique thing as far as songwriting goes in my opinion. Lou Reed …

Many people would say Lady Gaga’s new album “The Fame Monster” is not a good album. I can see where they are coming from. There are only eight different songs, and it is hard to understand any of them. However, to me, it is quickly becoming one of my …

Toby Keith has been one of my favorite country music singers since he came on the scene. Many people take offense to his sometimes “rowdy” appearances in songs such as “Who’s Your Daddy” and “How Do You Like Me Now?”. These songs are just a small part of what …

I loved this song when I heard this at first. I downloaded this song after I heard this song at the television. I felt very satisfied after downloading this song. This is a great song!!This song has a meaning that is in the narrative about the struggle of the …

Drifter is a song by Iron Maiden which appears on their record Killers. The song starts off with a guitar lead before being harmonized and doubled by more guitars and the bass as well, it has almost an old organ sound which is very interesting in my opinion. Di’anno …

Overview - Brave New World, Iron Maiden’s twelfth effort, is the first album with Maiden back with both Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith after being replaced by Blaze Bailey and Janick Gers for the previous two records. I have to say that it’s a nice change from the material …

I was pleasantly surprised by the original motion picture soundtrack for the newly released Dear John film. It’s a movie that just recently came out on DVD and Blu-Ray, but it’s soundtrack has been around since it first came out in theaters. I wasn’t reminded to buy this soundtrack …

Seal Eyeing is a song by Animal Collective and the final track on their EP Water Curses. Easily the most relaxing track on this record and one of Animal Collective’s most calming songs in general, Seal Eyeing places a pretty well balanced amount of focus on the music and …

Tool’s Aenema is what Tool did with Undertow, done better this time around, I had never seen album packaging like this, and still to this day haven’t, when you turn the cover you can see an eye move around, another picture show California, turning the cover you see it …

At first, I didn’t like this song because it sounded kind of stupid. But after I heard it a few times, I really started liking it, mostly because I could relate to it. It is featuring Hayley Williams, someone I have never heard of before but she is a …

Bruce Springsteen was one of the main singers that I listened to as a teenager. I love his music though sometimes I find it very difficult to understand what he is saying because he garbles his words. He has, however, given me great music to relate to and enjoy …

While Kenny Rogers has certainly never been one of my favourite singers, the country and western singer seems to be beloved by many of the people in my country. I can even remember that he was invited to sing as one of the international artistes at the Air …

Don’t you all find Bon Jovi to be extremely unique and has one of a hell of an identity? I certainly think so and Lost Highway by Bon Jovi is one album that I recommend for all to buy and bring for your driving trips, highway trips and …

The Gift Of The Magi 2: Return Of The Magi is the second track on Knife Man, the most recent album released by Andrew Jackson Jihad. Opening up with a quick distorted guitar riff, a sloppy but fitting drum rhythm also enters the track before a quick vocal performance …

Under The Boardwalk is a track by The Rolling Stones which appears on The Rolling Stones No. 2. I’m aware that this song is a cover so I cannot really comment on the structure of the actual songwriting of the track so I’ll be focusing on the execution of …

Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand is a song by The Who which appears on their album The Who Sell Out. Opening up with a lighthearted hand, a gentle vocal harmony enters the track for the first verse. Though the verse doesn’t go on for very long, I have …