Archive | Album Reviews
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Album review: Hinder’s new album is overly cliche
It’s hard to believe I’m reviewing a Hinder album. After all, everyone expected them to be a one-hit-wonder with their catchy 2005 single “Get Stoned.” However, while everyone was busy waiting for the next Jay-Z album, Hinder has been putting out quality work on a regular basis.
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Album review: Ke$ha’s new EP a gift from the underworld
Dear Satan, Why did you bless us with not one, but two Ke$ha albums in one year? Was it that you love us so much? Did you care that much for us? Did you decide that songs such as the title track, “Cannibal,” would be justification?
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Album review: “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”
Each Kanye West album can be described in a couple of words: "College Dropout" was soulful, "Late Registration" was orchestral, "Graduation" was synthy and stadium rock-inspired, "808s & Heartbreak" was raw and emotional and his latest release, "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" is indeed, ...
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Album review: Rapper souljas on and releases improved album
Soulja Boy has shown resiliency in his ability to survive past the cultural phenomenon that was "Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em." His newest release, "The DeAndre Way," holds more simple jams that come from the same place.
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Album review: Flo Rida can’t go any farther south than this
"She just turned 21. Now she's all up in the club having hella fun." This is the hook for Flo Rida's song "21" and the low point of his new album "Only One Flo (Part One)." No Doubt filled the music world's capacity for the word "hella" in 2001.
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Album review: Black Eyed Peas are ‘Beginning’ to improve
The Black Eyed Peas caused a slight panic (and some celebration) when they titled their last album "The E.N.D." It will come as a relief to some that the new album is titled "The Beginning.
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Album review: “Glee” holiday album lacks originality, still assured to sell millions
On Nov. 16, the notoriously giddy FOX series “Glee” revealed its latest attempt at world domination: the stocking-stuffer-ready “Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album” a 12-song compilation sure to put listeners in a sugar-induced coma faster than anyone can say “holiday cookie platter.
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Album review: Cee Lo hits his hi point
It goes without saying that Gnarls Barkley vocalist Cee-Lo Green knows how to keep things interesting, based on that group alone. Therefore, it's not a surprise that Green's new solo album, "Lady Killer," is not a run-of-the-mill soul album.
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Album review: ‘Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier’
*** 1/2 out of ***** Philadelphia band Sun Airway is the new kid on the indie block this year. The group has had a busy year after first showing up on the radar with a dreamy remix of Spanish dance masters Delorean’s “Stay Close,” followed by a recent October set at the Pitchfork music stage...