Ultraspank – 2000 – Progress
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Ultraspank
Title: Progress
Label: Epic
Released: May 30, 2000
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Push
#Crumble
#Stuck
#Feed
#Smile
#Click
#Jackass
#Crack
#Invite Yourself In
#Thanks
#Left
#Where
Review:
The second album expanded on the first with a lot more melody, and better crafted songs. The electronics are still there
but they pick their spots a little better.
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Ultraspank – 1998 – Ultraspank
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Ultraspank
Title: Ultraspank
Label: Epic
Released: Mar 31, 1998
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#No, Man My Hands Are Dirty
#5
#Butter
#Slip
#Suck
#Wrapped
#Perfect
#Sponge
#Fired
#Worn
#Burnt
#Better Luck Next Time
Review:
I suppose they were industrial metal, sort of. A lot of electronics, but a lot of real instrumentation. Pete Murray’s vocals alternate between singing and decent screaming. I acutally got a two-track tape promo for this at New World Records way back in the day.
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U2 – 1998 – The Best of 1980-1990
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: U2
Title: The Best of 1980-1990
Label: Island
Released: Nov 10, 1998
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Pride (In The Name Of Love)
#New Year’s Day
#With Or Without You
#I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
#Sunday Bloody Sunday
#Bad
#Where The Streets Have No Name
#I Will Follow
#Unforgettable Fire
#Sweetest Thing
#Desire
#When Love Comes To Town
#Angel Of Harlem
#All I Want Is You
Review:
U2’s best of the first decade. What more is there to say about it’
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Trivium – 2005 – Ascendancy
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Trivium
Title: Ascendancy
Label: Roadrunner
Released: Mar 15, 2005
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#The End Of Everything
#Rain
#Pull Harder On The Strings Of Your Martyr
#Drowned And Torn Asunder
#Ascendancy
#A Gunshot To The Head Of Trepidation
#Like Light To The Flies
#Dying In Your Arms
#The Deceived
#Suffocating Sight
#Departure
#Declaration
Review:
Their Roadrunner debut rocks hard, and in keeping with the promise of the indie, delivers a well-balanced attack of riffs and solos, and switches between the screaming and actual singing, with actual melody. They weren’t trying to sound like Metallica quite yet.
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Trivium – 2003 – Ember to Inferno
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Trivium
Title: Ember to Inferno
Label: Lifeforce
Released: Oct 14, 2003
Packaging: Jewel Case / Slipcover
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Re-release with Bonus Tracks
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Inception, The Bleeding Skies [Instrumental]
#Pillars of Serpents
#If I Could Collapse the Masses
#Fugue (A Revelation)
#Requiem
#Ember to Inferno
#Ashes
#To Burn the Eye
#Falling to Grey
#My Hatred
#When All Light Dies
#View of Burning Empires
#Blinding Tears Will Break The Skies
#The Deceived
Review:
The indie CD put out by these young metalheads. The singer can certainly scream, and the songs crunch, but they find room for some good solos and more intricate moments.
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Trapt – 2002 – Trapt
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Trapt
Title: Trapt
Label: Warner Bros
Released: Nov 5, 2002
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Headstrong
#Made Of Glass
#Hollowman
#These Walls
#Still Frame
#Echo
#The Game
#When All Is Said And Done
#Enigma
#Stories
#New Beginning
Review:
Even though Headstrong got beat to death, the rest of the album is actually not that bad. Your garden variety alt-rock band.
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Soundtrack – 2007 – Transformers: The Movie
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Soundtrack
Title: Transformers: The Movie
Label: Warner Bros
Released: Jul 3, 2007
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#What I’ve Done
#Doomsday Clock
#This Moment
#Before It’s Too Late (Sam and Mikaela’s Theme)
#Pretty Handsome Awkward
#Passion’s Killing Floor
#What’s It Feel Like To Be A Ghost’
#Second To None
#End Of The World
#Retina And The Sky
#Technical Difficulties
#Transformers Theme
Review:
One of the better movie soundtracks to come out in awhile, and has a good mix of rock and techno tracks. There’s even a pop ballad by the Goo Goo Dolls, of all people. The Disturbed track is pretty decent for a b-side, the new Pumpkins track is cool, Styles of Beyond featuring Shinoda could have been on the Fort Minor record, and I’m also excited about the Julien-K song, as that band features Ryan and Amir from Orgy. For five bucks at the Archive, I’m certainly not going to miss picking this up!
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The Tragically Hip – 2000 – Music @ Work
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: The Tragically Hip
Title: Music @ Work
Label: Universal
Released: Jun 6, 2000
Packaging: Digipack
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#My Music @ Work
#Tiger the Lion
#Lake Fever
#Putting Down
#Stay
#The Bastard
#The Completists
#Freak Turbulence
#Sharks
#Toronto 4
#Wild Mountain Honey
#Train Overnight
#The Bear
#As I Wind Down The Pines
Review:
This album started a little bit of an experimental trend in the band, in the sense that the song structures weren’t exactly the same as they’d been using. It’s still an engaging listen.
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The Tragically Hip – 1992 – Fully Completely
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: The Tragically Hip
Title: Fully Completely
Label: MCA
Released: Oct 1, 1992
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Courage (For Hugh Maclennan)
#Looking For A Place To Happen
#At The Hundredth Meridian
#Pigeon Camera
#Lionized
#Locked In The Trunk Of A Car
#We’ll Go Too
#Fully Completely
#Fifty-Mission Cap
#Wheat Kings
#The Wherewithal
#Eldorado
Review:
This, along with Day For Night were the first two Hip albums I bought first, and I nearly burned this one out. This album is great from beginning to end, and includes what everyone else refers to as “The hockey song about the Leafs”, better known as 50 Mission Cap. Easily my favorite Hip album.
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The Tragically Hip – 1994 – Day for Night
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: The Tragically Hip
Title: Day for Night
Label: Atlantic
Released: Sept 19, 1994
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Grace, Too
#Daredevil
#Greasy Jungle
#Yawning or Snarling
#Fire in the Hole
#So Hard Done By
#Nautical Disaster
#Thugs
#Inevitability of Death
#Scared
#Inch an Hour
#Emergency
#Titantic Terrarium
#Impossibilium
Review:
It was about this time (approximately 1994) that I first heard of the Hip, and thanks to Toronto radio I heard Fire In The Hole and thought it was a pretty cool song. I picked up this and Fully Completely and I was on my way. This is an album that has to be listened to all the way through to be fully appreciated, and every song is a standout.
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