Toadies – 2001 – Hell Below / Stars Above
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Toadies
Title: Hell Below / Stars Above
Label: Interscope
Released: Mar 20, 2001
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Plane Crash
#Push The Hand
#Little Sin
#Motivational
#Heel
#You’ll Come Down
#Pressed Against The Sky
#What We Have We Steal
#Jigsaw Girl
#Sweetness
#Hell Below/Stars Above
#Dollskin
Review:
7 years in the making, the 2nd Toadies album was a major step up from Rubberneck, and although it did nothing commercially
it was really a quality, solid album with great songs. It’s too bad the band broke up after the tour to support it was over.
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Toadies – 1997 – Pleather
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Toadies
Title: Pleather
Label: Interscope
Released: Jun 17, 1997
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Mister Love
#Got A Heart
#Ruth
#Happy Face
#Possum Kingdom
Review:
One of the bands initial EP’s that they decided to re-release on CD after Rubberneck blew up. Has a demo version of Possum Kingdom on it.
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Tidewater Grain – 2000 – Here on the Outside
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Tidewater Grain
Title: Here on the Outside
Label: Ruffnation / Warner Bros
Released: Sep 12, 2000
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Here On The Outside
#One Man Show
#American Star
#Pedal Or The Brake
#Rocket Ship
#Still You Fail
#Annie Helicopter
#Onward Spaceman
#Peter 55
#Empty Head
#7 Headed And Full Of Life
#Here On The Outside (Caveman Version)
Review:
These guys were friends with Liquid Gang, and since I found it in the buck bin, decided to check it out. Generic late-90’s rock
nothing really stands out, but it doesn’t completely suck either.
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Thumb – 2001 – 3
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Thumb
Title: 3
Label: Victory
Released: Jul 10, 2001
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Upside & Down
#Down Like Me
#Stupid
#Lie To You
#Youth
#Thumbtune
#Break My Back
#Fade Away
#Migraine
#Suck Me Dry
#Shortly
#More
#Confidence
Review:
This album has like two good songs on it. I thought it would be as good as the previous album, and it wasn’t. At least it was used
and cheap at that.
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Tags: 2001, Jewel Case, Standard, Thumb, Victory
Thumb – 1998 – Exposure
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Thumb
Title: Exposure
Label: Victory
Released: Jun 23, 1998
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Break Me
#Sell Myself
#Seize The Day
#Values
#Thank You For Hating Me
#Remember
#Dad
#Reality
#This Life
#Exposure
#Cavemen In Disguise
Review:
I got a tape sampler from the Warped Tour in ’98 from Victory Records, and these guys were on there (along with Snapcase and Hatebreed). The songs are the usual hard punk, not quite hardcore, but passable.
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Thornley – 2004 – Come Again
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Thornley
Title: Come Again
Label: Roadrunner
Released: May 11, 2004
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Falling to Pieces
#Come Again
#So Far So Good
#The Going Rate (My Fix)
#Keep A Good Man Down
#Easy Comes
#Beautiful
#Bright Side
#Clever
#Found Another Way
#All Comes Out in the Wash
#The Lies That I Believe
Review:
After the demise of Big Wreck, Ian Thornley put together a new band (including bass player Ken Tizzard formerly of the Watchmen) and ended up with Big Wreck part 2. That’s not a criticism, in fact, it makes Thornley a bit more accessible, and the songs are catchy as all get out. A great album to just put in and rock out to.
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Rob Thomas – 2005 – Something More
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Rob Thomas
Title: Something More
Label: Atlantic
Released: Nov 22, 2005
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Something To Be (Downtown Version)
#When The Heartache Ends (Piano Version)
#Not Just A Woman
#You Know Me
#Dear Joan
#Lonely No More (Jason Nevins Rock Da Club Mix)
#Lonely No More (Francois L. Club Mix)
Review:
In addition to his solo album, Target had an exclusive disc with different versions of two songs, two remixes of the single, “Lonely No More”, and then three non-album tracks, ‘Not Just A Woman’, ‘You Know Me’, and ‘Dear Joan”, which is actually quite an old song dating back to the Tabitha’s Secret days.
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Rob Thomas – 2005 – Something To Be
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Rob Thomas
Title: Something To Be
Label: Atlantic
Released: Nov 22, 2005
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: DualDisc Version
Autographed
Tracklist:
#This Is How A Heart Breaks
#Lonely No More
#Ever the Same
#I Am An Illusion
#When the Heartache Ends
#Something to Be
#All That I Am
#Problem Girl
#Fallin’ To Pieces
#My My My
#Streetcorner Symphony
#Now Comes The Night
Review:
The voice of Matchbox Twenty put out a solo effort, and it’s certainly not MB20. This is out and out pop. He actually experiments a bit, and it’s not too shabby. There’s a couple rockers, but mostly pop, and he proved he can also succeed at the slow piano-influenced ballads.
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Tesla – 1986 – Mechanical Resonance
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Tesla
Title: Mechanical Resonance
Label: Geffen
Released: Jan 1, 1986
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#EZ Come EZ Go
#Cumin’ Atcha Live
#Gettin’ Better
#2 Late 4 Love
#Rock Me To The Top
#We’re No Good Together
#Modern Day Cowboy
#Changes
#Little Suzi
#Love Me
#Cover Queen
#Before My Eyes
Review:
I had a friend in high school that had a couple of Tesla albums, and let me copy a couple. I only ever remember Modern Day Cowboy from that tape, but no matter. Tesla is a great 80’s hard rock band that while indeed having long hair, were always a cut above the usual hair-metal tripe. The title is a nod to Tesla’s experiments with the natural resonance of the Earth and other electromechanical devices.
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Tesla – 1989 – The Great Radio Controversy
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Tesla
Title: The Great Radio Controversy
Label: Geffen
Released: Feb 1, 1989
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Hang Tough
#Lady Luck
#Heaven’s Trail (No Way Out)
#Be A Man
#Lazy Days, Crazy Nights
#Did It For The Money
#Yesterdaze Gone
#Makin’ Magic
#The Way It Is
#Flight To Nowhere
#Love Song
#Paradise
#Party’s Over
Review:
I can recall hearing No Way Out on the radio, and really liking the song. Who knew the rest of the album would be just as good’ An even more solid effort than the first album was. The title of the album is a reference to the fight between Tesla and Marconi over the patenting of transmitting over radio waves, which was finally settled in Tesla’s favor in 1944, a year after his death.
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