Dion ~ Bronx In Blue
A breathtaking work of acoustic guitar and singing blues standards.
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The Strokes ~ First Impressions Of Earth
I love it. I hate it. Bring it over here. Make it go away.
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Cameo Parkway 1957 - 1967
To have all these songs in one collection is just amazing.
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Dan Tyler ~ True Blue
Versatile compositions impeccably written and performed by Tyler.
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Nat King Cole Trio ~ Transcriptions
The music on Transcriptions is simply timeless.
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Tom Vek ~ We Have Sound
The raw, unpolished sound will leave you hungry for more.
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Blink 182 ~ Greatest Hits
Blink 182 brings punk into the mainstream. It's powerful stuff.
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Black Rob ~ The Black Rob Report
If you like rap, Black Rob will take you to places you’ve never been.
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Depeche Mode ~ Playing The Angel
Energized, invigorated, and inspired. Their best work in years.
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Gary Allan ~ Tough All Over
Vignettes of loss and heartbreak, painful yet never maudlin.
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Pussycat Dolls ~ PCD
Like The Spice Girls, only tarted up to the max and looking even more anorexic.
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Rolling Stones ~ A Bigger Bang
See what all the excitement was, and still is, about.
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Paul McCartney - Chaos & Creation
Hard to believe in such a brilliant career, but it’s his best solo work to date.
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Wayne Scott - This Weary Way
This Weary Way is a country classic, worth the wait.
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Madeleine Peyroux - Careless Love
Peyroux sounds as if she is channeling Billie Holiday.
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Bob Mould - Body Of Song
A new and memorable set of tracks that haunt, inspire, excite, and confound.
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Dwight Yoakam - Blame The Vain
Another brilliant set by one of the finest contemporary artists.
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Kate Campbell - Blues and Lamentations
This is a beautiful piece of work to be savored slowly and repeatedly.
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Chely Wright - The Metropolitan Hotel
You’ll find it difficult to stop listening to the finest showcase of this artist’s work.
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Beck - Guero
Be prepared to have your world view rocked. Repeatedly.
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Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Conor Oberst is creating some haunting, moving and memorable work.
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Louis XIV: The Best Little Secrets Are Kept
Start dropping the band’s name so your friends will know how truly hip you are.
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Hayes Carll: Little Rock Highway 87
Hayes Carll has produced a memorable body of work within a short time.
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Al Green: Everything's OK
Green’s music continues to be infused with a sensual layer unmatched by anyone.
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Rosco Gordon: No Dark In America
Slipping No Dark In America into the player is like inviting a legend into your living room and asking him to sit and play for you for awhile.
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Marianne Faithfull: Before The Poison
Faithfull makes bold, unclassifiable yet strangely accessible music.
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Joe Cocker: Heart & Soul
Joe Cocker revs up slowly, then kicks in and there he goes.
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The Game: The Documentary
By letting his guard down, The Game shows he can tell genuine stories just as well as project a tough image.
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Felix Da Housecat: Playboy The Mansion
Felix is a Detroit DJ who is known in underground dance circles but not to the public at large.
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Muse: Absolution
With Absolution, Muse cleverly compliments industrial rock songs with soft piano ballads all on one intensifying album.
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The Bizarros: Can't Fight Your Way Up Town From Here
The sound is as inventive and fresh as in the mid-1970s. One gets the feeling their best work is yet to come.
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John Legend: Get Lifted
John Legend has the trappings of an overnight sensation who has actually been playing on the fringes for years.
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George Strait: 50 Number Ones
The listener can go from the beginning to the end of the first disc to the second without having to come up for air.
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Ten You May Have Missed In 2004
A review of ten albums from 2004 that are worth listening to.
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Mark Chesnutt: Savin' The Honky Tonk
A collection of tunes which are almost instantly familiar upon the first listen, yet which demand repetitive listening.
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Juvenile: The Greatest Hits
Leaving little to the imagination, a hypnotic, languid guitar riffs over a sensuous bass line, with lyrics rounding the corner of erotic and heading for pornographic.
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