Goo Goo Dolls – 1993 – Superstar Car Wash
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Goo Goo Dolls
Title: Superstar Car Wash
Label: Warner Bros / Metal Blade
Released: Feb 23, 1993
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Fallin’ Down
#Lucky Star
#Cuz You’re Gone
#Don’t Worry
#Girl Right Next To Me
#Domino
#We Are The Normal
#String Of Lies
#Another Second Time Around
#Stop The World
#Already There
#On The Lie
#Close Your Eyes
#So Far Away
Review:
The Goo Goo Dolls starting to move away from their punk roots and having a more pop-rock sound. This was the first “major-label” album, and I think Fallin’ Down and We Are The Normal were the radio singles. Of course, growing up in Buffalo, I feel like this album (and band in general) is in that “required owning” category.
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Dead by Sunrise – 2009 – Out of Ashes
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Dead by Sunrise
Title: Out of Ashes
Label: Warner Bros
Released: Oct 13, 2009
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Fire
#Crawl Back In
#Too Late
#Inside Of Me
#Let Down
#Give Me Your Name
#My Suffering
#Condemned
#Into You
#End Of The World
#Walking In Circles
#In The Darkness
Review:
This is the side project of Chester Bennington (from Linkin Park) with help from Amir and Ryan from Orgy and a couple other dudes. It’s not too bad, the music is good, but it’s Chester and his usual scratchy singing, kinda like the last LP album (read, no rapping). Decent enough to pick up used.
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More Than Me – 2006 – Not One To Hide
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: More Than Me
Title: Not One To Hide
Label: Self Released
Released: Jul 11, 2006
Packaging: Digipack
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Know It All
#Just Be On
#You Make Me
#Stars Up
#Dallas
#Trip Tik
#Move Me
#Chantal
Review:
The first release from our Buffalo boys, and I finally got around to actually getting the CD, as opposed to living off gifted mp3s. Gotta support the good local music!
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Queen – 2002 – Greatest Hits I, II & III – The Platinum Collection
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Queen
Title: Greatest Hits I, II & III – The Platinum Collection
Label: Hollywood
Released: Sep 24, 2002
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Bohemian Rhapsody
#Another One Bites The Dust
#Killer Queen
#Fat Bottomed Girls
#Bicycle Race
#You’re My Best Friend
#Don’t Stop Me Now
#Save Me
#Crazy Little Thing Called Love
#Somebody To Love
#Now I’m Here
#Good Old-fashioned Lover Boy
#Play The Game
#Flash
#Seven Seas Of Rhye
#We Will Rock You
#We Are The Champions
#A Kind Of Magic
#Under Pressure
#Radio Ga Ga
#I Want It All
#I Want To Break Free
#Innuendo
#It’s A Hard Life
#Breakthru
#Who Wants To Live Forever
#Headlong
#The Miracle
#I’m Going Slightly Mad
#The Invisible Man
#Hammer To Fall
#Friends Will Be Friends
#The Show Must Go On
#One Vison
#The Show Must Go On
#Under Pressure
#Barcelona
#Too Much Love Will Kill You
#Somebody To Love
#You Don’t Fool Me
#Heaven For Everyone
#Las Palabras De Amor
#Driven By You
#Living On My Own
#Let Me Live
#The Great Pretender
#Princes Of The Universe
#Another One Bites The Dust
#No-One But You
#These Are The Days Of Our Lives
#Thank God It’s Christmas
Review:
I picked up the first greatest hits collection, and thought that was good. But I found this 3-CD set (minus the slipcover unfortunately) at Record Archive, and had to grab it. As for Queen themselves, as one of the biggest bands in the world, I’d be remiss not to own at least their greatest hits!
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Soulfly – 2008 – Conquer
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Soulfly
Title: Conquer
Label: Roadrunner
Released: Jul 29, 2008
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Blood Fire War Hate
#Unleash
#Paranoia
#Warmageddon
#Enemy Ghost
#Rough
#Fall Of The Sycophants
#Doom
#For Those About To Rot
#Touching The Void
#Soulfly VI
Review:
Soulfly’s been around for six albums now’ After the first two, everyone thought each album would be a re-hash of the nu-metal stuff Max started back on Roots. Not so at all. Each consecutive Soulfly album since has progressed a little, but starting with Prophecy, really manifesting itself on Dark Ages, and continuing here, the THRASH is coming back out. Harkening back to classic Sepultura, Max and guitarist Marc Rizzo are bringing the shred back. A real solid metal album, while still holding on to enough of the tribal stuff to make in unmistakably Soulfly.
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Saliva – 2008 – Cinco Diablo
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Saliva
Title: Cinco Diablo
Label: Island
Released: Dec 16, 2008
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Family Reunion
#My Own Worst Enemy
#Best Of Me
#How Could You’
#Hunt You Down
#Judgment Day
#Forever And A Day
#I’m Coming Back
#Southern Girls
#So Long
Review:
For whatever back-assward reason, I’m still a mark for these guys. The albums are largely fun, mindless rock, fun to sing along to and rock out in the car with. This album is head and shoulders above their last, Blood Stained Love Story. It’s the typical Saliva fare, songs that say BOOM! in them with a rock-ballad thrown in here and there.
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Queen – 2004 – Greatest Hits
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Queen
Title: Greatest Hits
Label: Hollywood
Released: Aug 17, 2004
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Bohemian Rhapsody
#Another One Bites the Dust
#Killer Queen
#Fat Bottomed Girls
#Bicycle Race
#You’re My Best Friend
#Don’t Stop Me Now
#Save Me
#Crazy Little Thing Called Love
#Somebody to Love
#Now I’m Here
#Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
#Play the Game
#Flash
#Seven Seas of Rhye
#We Will Rock You
#We Are the Champions
#I’m in Love With My Car [Original Single Mix]
#Under Pressure [Live]
#Tie Your Mother Down [Live]
Review:
Apparently this was remastered, but the track list is the same as the original greatest hits. They tacked on three bonus tracks on this re-release, though. As for the songs themselves, what can I say’ They’re all classics on this.
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Papa Roach – 2009 – Metamorphosis
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Papa Roach
Title: Metamorphosis
Label: DGC / Interscope
Released: Mar 24, 2009
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Days Of War
#Change Or Die
#Hollywood Whore
#I Almost Told You That I Loved You
#Lifeline
#Had Enough
#Live This Down
#March Out Of The Darkness
#Into The Light
#Carry Me
#Nights Of Love
#State Of Emergency
Review:
P. Roach comes back with a solid effort after 2006’s The Paramour Sessions. I actually like this one better, and after getting the nu-metal out of their system on the first album, Papa Roach has settled into being a consistent hard-rock band. Hollywood Whore and Live This Down are the highlights on this one for me.
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Lamb of God – 2009 – Wrath
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Lamb of God
Title: Wrath
Label: Epic
Released: Feb 24, 2009
Packaging: Cardboard
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Deluxe Edition
Autographed
Tracklist:
#The Passing
#In Your Words
#Set to Fail
#Contractor
#Fake Messiah
#Grace
#Broken Sands
#Dead Seets
#Everything to Nothing
#Choke Sermon
#Reclamation
Review:
Another solid effort from LoG, however, I have to admit that I don’t like this nearly as much as Sacrament, Ashes of the Wake, or As The Palaces Burn by any stretch. This doesn’t seem to the have any of the memorable riffs nor lyrics that defined the last three. I don’t mean to bag on this album completely, because pretty much anything LoG puts out is going to be good, but to me, that’s all this one is, is good. This delxue edition has a 2nd disc with seperate audio tracks for vocals, guitars, bass and drums so one can do their own remixing.
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Institute – 2005 – Distort Yourself
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Institute
Title: Distort Yourself
Label: Interscope
Released: Sep 13, 2005
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Bullet Proof Skin
#When Animals Attack
#Come On Over
#Information Age
#Wasteland
#Boom Box
#Seventh Wave
#The Heat Of Your Love
#Ambulances
#Secrets And Lies
#Mountains
#Save The Robots
Review:
Four years after the last Bush album, Gavin Rossdale joined forces with Page Hamilton and Chris Traynor from Helmet, and put out an album that rocks harder than latter-day Bush ever did. This album got little-to-no play commercially, but its a pretty solid rock album, even if Rossdale’s lyrics are as nonsensical as ever.
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