Archive | Album Reviews
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Album review: Chesney’s new album proves better than expected
The first single off of Kenny Chesney's newest studio album, Hemmingway's Whiskey, is "The Boys Of Fall," a song about a high school football team. It's reminiscent of high school days and the feeling you get from being part of something that people idealize so much.
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Michael Buble re-releases hit album, Crazy Love
One year after his "Crazy Love" album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, Michael Bublé is at it again with a 2-disc re-release, "Crazy Love: Hollywood Edition.
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Album review: ‘Age of Adz’
What will the music of the future sound like? Will flutes play together with synths? Will robots sing harmonies? Will auto-tune come to be seen as classy and creative?
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Album review: ‘Sale el Sol’
"Sale el Sol" is the second album in two years for Columbian pop star Shakira. If they were being made simultaneously, the extra year of effort shows in the new release.
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Album review: ‘I Am Not a Human Being’
Jail time doesn’t always equate reform. When T.I. was released from jail, his first album was one of repentance, meant to teach his audience that breaking the law is not the way.
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Album review: ‘Write About Love’
"Write About Love" Belle and Sebastian 2.5 stars The laws of old age have been unusually kind to a band with a sound as iconically youthful as Belle and Sebastian's.
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Album review: ‘Steeple’
*** out of ***** To any ’60s and ’70s rock-lovers out there: Be ready to rejoice when Steeple is played through your computer or, even more appropriately for the sound of the album, through a dusty boom box on your back porch.
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Album review: “Hands All Over” not memorable
“Hands All Over,” Maroon 5’s latest album, rarely strays from the styles with which the band has achieved so much success.
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Album review: ‘No Chocolate Cake’
Employing the use of simplistic lyrics and basic chord progressions, the Gin Blossoms fall flat with their album "No Chocolate Cake" in more ways than one. The 90's sensation is most well-known for their 1992 hit "Hey Jealousy" and, unfortunately, hasn't been the same since.