Tea Party – 1993 – Splendor Solis
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Tea Party
Title: Splendor Solis
Label: Chrysalis
Released: Jun 1, 1993
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#The River
#Midsummer Day
#A Certain Slant Of Light
#Winter Solice
#Save Me
#Sun Going Down
#In This Time
#Dreams Of Reason
#Raven Skies
#Haze On The Hills
#The Majestic Song
Review:
The first major release finds the Tea sounding almost like Led Zeppelin and The Doors wannabe’s, but not quite. They’re a little different, and that’s good. This album and incessant touring made them a household name in Canada.
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Tantric – 2001 – Tantric
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Tantric
Title: Tantric
Label: Maverick
Released: Feb 13, 2001
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Breakdown
#Live Your Life (Down)
#I Don’t Care
#Paranoid
#Revillusion
#Mourning
#Astounded
#I’ll Stay Here
#Frequency
#All To Myself
#Hate Me
#Inside Your Head
Review:
The other 3/4 of Days of the New got a new singer and started a new band. Sounds a lot like a plugged in version of the first DOTN record, only better.
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Talk Show – 1997 – Talk Show
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Talk Show
Title: Talk Show
Label: Atlantic
Released: Sep 2, 1997
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Ring Twice
#Hello Hello
#Everybody Loves My Car
#Peeling An Orange
#So Long
#Wash Me Down
#End Of The World
#John
#Behind
#Morning Girl
#Hide
#Fill The Fields
Review:
While Scott Weiland was having drug problems, the remaining three members of Stone Temple Pilots wrote an album and grabbed a new lead singer, Dave Coutts, and dubbed the project Talk Show. The songs sound naturally a lot like STP, and seeing as this fell between Tiny Music and No. 4, it sounds more like that era. Coutts sounds like he’s doing a bad Weiland impression to me. The DeLeo brothers really need to be working with Weiland, as this (and Army of Anyone) proved.
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Various Artists – 2000 – Take a Bite Outta Rhyme: A Rock Tribute to Rap
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Various Artists
Title: Take a Bite Outta Rhyme: A Rock Tribute to Rap
Label: Republic / Universal
Released: Oct 24, 2000
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Bring The Noise
#Going Back To Cali
#Sucker M.C.’s
#Boyz-N-The Hood
#Posse On Broadway
#It’s Tricky
#My Mind Playin’ Tricks On Me
#Microphone Fiend
#New Jack Hustler
#White Lines (Don’t Do It)
#Bring The Pain
#Insane In The Brain
#The Tribute
#Bamm!
Review:
Some of this is great, some of it sucks. Staind’s Bring the Noise is on here, as is Dynamite Hack’s acoustic Boyz In The Hood. Nonpoint does a mash up of a couple songs in their Tribute, and Sevendust does an odd rendition of Goin Back To Cali. Everything else is pretty much a waste of time.
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Tags: 2000, Jewel Case, Republic / Universal, Standard, Various Artists
Systematic – 2003 – Pleasure to Burn
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Systematic
Title: Pleasure to Burn
Label: Elektra
Released: Apr 15, 2003
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Not Like You
#Breakable
#Infected
#Right Before You
#Shine
#The Water Cure
#They Say (My Soul Was Lost)
#Pleasure To Burn
#Change
#Where We Live And Die
#Leaving Only Scars
#Jane doe
#I’ll Get By
Review:
The second album didn’t do nearly as much for me as the first one did, but it was still decent. Hardly got any recognition though.
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Systematic – 2001 – Somewhere in Between
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Systematic
Title: Somewhere in Between
Label: The Music Company / Elektra
Released: May 22, 2001
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Dopesick
#Beginning Of The End
#Return To Zero
#Glass Jaw
#Deep Colors Bleed
#Mailbomb
#Bedsores
#Slowburn
#Somewhere In Between
#Of A Lesser God
#Pitch Black
#If Only
#Thick Skin
Review:
I saw them twice opening for Staind and Godsmack, and by the second time they grew on me. Found the album cheap and was pleasantly surprised. Decent hard rock. They were the first band signed to Lars Ulrich’s “The Music Company” label.
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System Of A Down – 2005 – Hypnotize
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: System Of A Down
Title: Hypnotize
Label: American / Columbia
Released: Nov 22, 2005
Packaging: Digipack
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Attack
#Dreaming
#Kill Rock ‘N Roll
#Hypnotize
#Nuguns
#Tentative
#U-Fig
#Holy Mountains
#Vicinity Of Obscenity
#She’s Like Heroin
#Lonely Day
#Soldier Side
Review:
This is the companion half to ‘Mesmerize’, and as I noted with that release, the sound was cleaned up a bit, and the lyrics are both more political and more goofy at the same time. It’s System, but toned down for the mainstream, which is not a bad thing. The one complaint I have is considering that both albums together run 76 minutes, they could have cut some of the less stellar songs and had a really solid single-disc release. To their credit though, the packaging is of very high quality, and Hypnotize was designed to fit together with Mesmerize to form one big package, and it looks pretty cool.
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System Of A Down – 2005 – Mezmerize
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: System Of A Down
Title: Mezmerize
Label: American / Columbia
Released: May 17, 2005
Packaging: Digipack
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Soldier Side Intro
#B.Y.O.B.
#Revenga
#Cigaro
#Radio/Video
#This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I’m On This Song
#Violent Pornography
#Question!
#Sad Statue
#Old School Hollywood
#Lost in Hollywood
Review:
System’s long awaited follow up to Toxicity has the sound cleaning up a bit, and the lyrics getting both more political and more goofy at the same time. It clocks in at 36 minutes, which makes me question why they needed to do a double disc, but whatever. The music is good, but I’m thinking the other 3 releases are still better.
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System Of A Down – 2002 – Steal This Album
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: System Of A Down
Title: Steal This Album
Label: American / Columbia
Released: Nov 26, 2002
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Chic ‘N’ Stew
#Innervision
#Bubbles
#Boom!
#N
#A.D.D.
#Mr. Jack
#I-E-A-I-A-I-O
#36
#Pictures
#Highway Song
#F**k The System
#Ego Brain
#Thetawaves
#Roulette
#Streamline
Review:
A collection of b-sides and songs that didn’t make it to the first two albums. Better than just throwaway songs, they deserved to be released even if they didn’t fit on either of the albums. Part of the reason this was released at all was because demos for the Toxicity sessions were leaked onto the internet, and the band felt that rather than have terrible copies floating around, they may as well release the real things, even though they weren’t complete album worthy.
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Tags: 2002, American / Columbia, Jewel Case, Standard, System Of A Down
Fuel – 2007 – Angels and Devils
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Fuel
Title: Angels and Devils
Label: Epic
Released: Aug 7, 2007
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Gone
#I Should Have Told You
#Forever
#Wasted Time (G-mix)
#Leave the Memories Alone
#Mess
#Not This Time
#Scars in the Making
#Hanging Round
#Again
#Halos of the Son
#Angels Take a Soul
#Wasted Time (S-Mix)
Review:
After four years, and two personnel changes, we finally have a new Fuel album. The biggest and most obvious change is that of the lead singer, as Brett Scallions left the band, and the new singer is Toryn Green. Couldn�t have gotten more of a Brett sound-alike if they tried. He�s alright though, it certainly isn�t bad. A lesser-noticeable change is that drummer Kevin Miller is gone, replaced by former Godsmack / Lo-Pro drummer Tommy Stewart.
But on to the CD. Um, it�s a Fuel CD. After four years, and after how so-so Natural Selection was, I kinda thought they�d go big or go home on this one. Well, they went medium. It sounds just like Natural Selection did, nothing really stands out, but nothing really sucks either. I thought maybe Carl would have something awesome off his sleeve, but it�s the same old thing. I really want to love this CD as a longtime Fuel fan, but I�m not sure I can do anything more than just �like� it.
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Tags: 2007, Epic, Fuel, Jewel Case, Standard