Joss Stone – 2011 – LP1
By Eric | January 8, 2014 6:00 pm
Artist: Joss Stone
Title: LP1
Label: Stone’d Records / Surfdog
Released: Jul 26, 2011
Packaging: Digipack
Pack-in DVD?
Release Type: Standard
Autographed?
Tracklist:
#Newborn
#Karma
#Don t Start Lying To Me Now
#Last One To Know
#Drive All Night
#Cry Myself to Sleep
#Somehow
#Landlord
#Boat Yard
#Take Good Care
Review:
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Tags: 2011, Digipack, Joss Stone, Standard, Stone'd Records / Surfdog
David Usher – 2012 – Songs From the Last Day on Earth
By Eric | January 6, 2014 6:00 pm
Artist: David Usher
Title: Songs From the Last Day on Earth
Label: Maplemusic
Released: Oct 2, 2012
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD?
Release Type: Standard
Autographed?
Tracklist:
#See The Stars
#Rice Paper
#Winterstorm
#City Of Light
#Lonely People
#Operator
#Stay
#Bitter Pill
#Burning Bridges
#All These Simple Things
#Partir Ailleurs
#Repondez-Moi
Review:
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Tags: 2012, David Usher, Jewel Case, Maplemusic, Standard
Machine Head – 2011 – Unto the Locust
By Eric | January 6, 2014 6:00 pm
Artist: Machine Head
Title: Unto the Locust
Label: Roadrunner
Released: Sep 27, 2011
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD?
Release Type: Standard
Autographed?
Tracklist:
#I Am Hell (Sonata in C#)
#Be Still And Know
#Locust
#This Is The End
#Darkness Within
#Pearls Before The Swine
#Who We Are
Review:
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Tags: 2011, Jewel Case, Machine Head, Roadrunner, Standard
Eric Hutchinson – 2012 – Moving Up Living Down
By Eric | January 6, 2014 6:00 pm
Artist: Eric Hutchinson
Title: Moving Up Living Down
Label: Warner Bros
Released: Apr 17, 2012
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD?
Release Type: Standard
Autographed?
Tracklist:
#Talk Is Cheap
#Best Days
#The Basement
#Watching You Watch Him
#Breakdown More
#The People I Know
#Living In The Afterlife
#In The First Place
#I’m Not Cool
#Not There Yet
Review:
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Tags: 2012, Eric Hutchinson, Jewel Case, Standard, Warner Bros.
Adelitas Way – 2009 – Adelitas Way
By Eric | January 6, 2014 6:00 pm
Artist: Adelitas Way
Title: Adelitas Way
Label: Virgin
Released: Jul 14, 2009
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD?
Release Type: Standard
Autographed?
Tracklist:
#Invincible
#Scream
#Dirty Little Thing
#Last Stand
#Hate Love
#So What If You Go
#Closer To You
#Just A Little Bit
#All Falls Down
#My Derailment
#Brother
Review:
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Three Days Grace – 2012 – Transit of Venus
By Eric | January 5, 2014 6:00 pm
Artist: Three Days Grace
Title: Transit of Venus
Label: RCA
Released: Oct 2, 2012
Packaging: Carboard with Slipcover
Pack-in DVD?
Release Type: Standard
Autographed?
Tracklist:
#Sign Of The Times
#Chalk Outline
#The High Road
#Operate
#Anonymous
#Misery Loves My Company
#Give In To Me
#Happiness
#Give Me A Reason
#Time That Remains
#Expectations
#Broken Glass
#Unbreakable Heart
Review:
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Tags: 2012, Carboard with Slipcover, RCA, Standard, Three Days Grace
Matthew Good – 2013 – Arrows of Desire
By Eric | January 5, 2014 6:00 pm
Artist: Matthew Good
Title: Arrows of Desire
Label: Frostbyte
Released: Sep 24, 2013
Packaging: Digipack
Pack-in DVD?
Release Type: Standard
Autographed?
Tracklist:
#Arrows of Desire
#Via Dolrosa
#Had It Coming
#We’re Long Gone
#So Close
#Garden Of Knives
#Mutineering
#Hey Hell Heaven
#Guns Of Carolina
#Letters In Wartime
Review: A bit more upbeat than the last couple of MG solo records, it’s no less solid than everything that came before it. I like practically everything he puts out, so this is kind of a no-brainer for the list. “Arrows of Desire”, “Had It Coming”, “Garden of Knives” and “Guns of Carolina” are my highlights.
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Tags: 2013, Digipack, Frostbyte, Matthew Good, Standard
Matthew Good – 2005 – In a Coma 1995-2005
By Eric | January 5, 2014 6:00 pm
Artist: Matthew Good
Title: In a Coma: 1995-2005
Label: Universal
Released: Sep 26, 2005
Packaging: Digipack
Pack-in DVD? DVD Included
Release Type: Deluxe Edition
Autographed?
Tracklist:
#Oh Be Joyful
#Big City Life
#Alert Status Red
#Weapon
#In A World Called Catastrophe
#Hello Time Bomb
#Load Me Up
#Strange Days
#The Future Is X-Rated
#Everything Is Automatic
#Rico
#Apparitions
#Indestructible
#Symbolistic White Walls
#Haven’t Slept In Years
#Alabama Motel Room
#Pony Boy
#Truffle Pigs (Acoustic)
#Tripoli (Acoustic)
#Generation X-wing (Acoustic)
#Apparitions (Acoustic)
#North American For Life (Acoustic)
#Advertising On Police Cars (Acoustic)
#Hello Time Bomb (Acoustic)
#Strange Days (Acoustic)
#Prime Time Deliverance (Acoustic)
#Flashdance II
#Man From Harold Wood
#My Life As A Circus Clown
#Intermezzo: M.Good V M. Trolley
#Flight Recorder From Viking 7
#Life Beyond The Minimun Safe Distance
#The Fine Art Of Falling Apart
#Born To Kill
#Enjoy The Silence
#Fated
Review: Deluxe 2 CD set, plus a DVD with all of Matt’s videos, a short making-of for the acoustic reworks on disc 2, and some pictures. Disc one has three previously unreleased tracks (Oh Be Joyful, Big City Life, Pony Boy).
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Tags: 2005, Deluxe Edition, Digipack, DVD Included, Matthew Good, Universal
When Covers Become Karaoke (Or Worse.)
By Eric | January 5, 2014 3:34 pm
In which Eric hears a terrible cover of an okay song and flies off the handle…
Every once in awhile you hear something that makes you stop and say “WHAT IN THE BLUE HELL IS THAT?!?!”. I was the unwitting victim of this today, strolling through the music section at Target. As everyone probably knows, they have a couple of TV’s that cycle video clips from whatever albums they’re trying to push. I walked by one this morning, and heard some familiar lyrics…
“But if I told you I loved you, would it make you want to stay?”
…and I’m like, “Wow, Black Stone Cherry? That album’s almost three years ol… HEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYY THAT’S NOT BLACK STONE CHERRY THAT’S A TERRIBLE COUNTRY KARAOKE VERSION OF STAY WHO THE HELL MASSACRED THIS WTFOMGBBQ!!!” I literally stopped dead in my tracks. Nate’s stroller probably could have used an airbag (poor kid, all that *and* he had to hear this too). Come to find out, whomever or whatever a “Florida Georgia Line” is (looked them up and found out they’re also responsible for that insipid “Cruise” song too) decided they would cover Black Stone Cherry’s “Stay”. I’m all for covers, hell, Black Stone Cherry does their share on their albums too (The Yardbirds’ “Shape of Things” and Marshall Tucker’s “Can’t You See” to name two), but this here cover is BAD. Really bad. Really, really bad. Michael Jackson is hearing this from the grave and is like, “nope, you guys are Bad; I can’t hold a candle to this.” Like, Eric going to a country karaoke bar, deciding to mock the entire pop-country genre by picking this BSC song, and singing it in the most ridiculous, obnoxiously twangy way possible bad. If I sang this song like these guys do, they’d throw me out of the bar (into PUBLIC). How this made it onto an album, let alone #1 on the country charts (I fell out of my chair when I saw that), is beyond me. I mean, a cover is usually some sort of homage to the song, not the poster child for every reason I can only stand like 30 seconds of current country music. Yikes.
And honestly, as big of a BSC fan as I am, their version of “Stay” isn’t exactly blowing the doors off either. There’s plenty of better songs on Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea (see White Trash Millionaire and Staring At The Mirror, for starters).
But you don’t have to take my word for it (thanks LeVar Burton!). In the interest of fairness, and because misery loves company, here’s both tracks linked so you can do your own comparison. You only need the first 30 seconds of each. Probably less for the FGL version (my ears started bleeding).
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Tags: Black Stone Cherry, Covers, Florida Georgia Line, Karaoke, Michael Jackson
Joss Stone – 2009 – Colour Me Free!
By Eric | January 3, 2014 6:00 pm
Artist: Joss Stone
Title: Colour Me Free!
Label: Virgin / EMI
Released: Nov 10, 2009
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD?
Release Type: Standard
Autographed?
Tracklist:
#Free Me
#Could Have Been You
#Parallel Lines
#Lady
#4 and 20
#Big ‘Ol Game
#Governmentalist
#Incredible
#You Got The Love
#I Believe It To My Soul
#Stalemate
#Girlfriend On Demand
#Mr. Wankerman (Bonus Tracks)
Review:
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