Artist: Various Artist

wicked, 2010-09-01
Takes me back to my dancing days wicked, good to have all the tunes on one cd

Artist: Arcade Fire

Materpiece beyond the hype, 2010-08-29
First time I listened this album I thought 'Funeral' was better. Now I am not quite sure. 'The suburbs' is an anthem, a whole soundtrack for a generation.

Artist: Eminem

A new Eminem?, 2010-09-02
I really love this record. The tracks that grabbed me first are Love the Way You Lie, Won't Back Down and Talkin" 2 Myself. However it is a whole concept and a new energy is apparent in Eminem. I like lyrics so there is a lot of Bob Dylan, Em and Pete Doherty, in all his changes, in my record collection. A lot of people think it's a weird mix but the quality they share is a great and masterful use of words. They create images and pull me into their stories. I think if Em can deal with the pressure we have the prospect of more of what made Em in the first place; people empathized and felt what he did but couldn't express it. I wish him all the best.

Artist: Lady Antebellum

Excellent., 2010-08-30
CD in perfect condition and shipment arrived a few days ahead of schedule. Very happy with the service.

Artist: Various Artists

All the American hits on one album, 2010-09-02
Think the header says it all, what fantastic value for money and some great hits

Artist: Richard Thompson

The Money Shuffle, 2010-09-02
It's been a while since we last had an album of new music from Richard Thompson, then when we do it's a live album of new songs. Great as in my opinion Live is the environment when Richard Thompson comes to life there is an extra buzz more feeling I'm not sure what it is but it's great.
The songs allow Richard underrated guitar playing to pull against he creative word play in a great way, the backing band are just excellent, the first song `The Money shuffle' sets the pace and it's a break neck pace, I have not heard a new album for a long time where I have wished it was longer, as it's a totally absorbing listen. Other favourites are `Burning Man', `A brother Again' and the album closer `If Love Whispers your Name'.
What I would also recommend is that you get the Limited edition as this comes with two versions of the album the luscious live album, and a second more intimate acoustic `demo' version of the album, almost reminiscing of `You Me Us' with its electric and acoustic sides.
One of the best new albums of this year.

Artist: Plan B

The Defamation Of Strickland Banks, the second LP from Forest Gate-bred singer/musician Ben Drew, will be a surprise for anyone who spent meaningful time with his 2006 debut Who Needs Actions When You’ve Got Words. That album cast him as a potty-mouthed rapper, threatening to stab you with a biro over choppy acoustic guitar. Now, following a quick makeover, he re-emerges as blue-eyed soul singer, fronting a suite of bittersweet love songs steeped in vintage Stax and Motown. What might seem a rushed rebranding makes more sense if you know a little about Drew's creative drive, though; obsessed with cinema and narrative, Plan B is a storyteller at heart, and …Strickland Banks' songs trace a tale through the London underworld, Drew playing a soul singer from the East End jailed for a crime he didn’t commit. It's a concept that works, thanks largely to Drew’s voice--surprisingly strong, and more than capable of handling everything from upbeat Northern soul to fraught numbers like "Welcome To Hell". The narrative never overwhelms the quality of the songs, though, and for anyone disappointed such an impressively angry man has gone a bit Paolo Nutini on us, the...
Fab CD, 2010-08-31

Cannot remember when I last enjoyed a CD as much as this one. The whole idea of the story, lyrics, music etc. is gripping and I think Ben Drew a huge talent

Artist: The XX

Amazing! Gets more addictive the more you listen to it, 2010-08-18
I had heard so much about the XX but not yet given the music a listen, being a pessimist I tend to expect that the rave reviews are from the too cool for school kids and being 30 now tends to mean I don't get it all any more :D... then I heard Crystalised on the radio and got hooked!! Took the plunge and bought the album from amazon as it was about [...] when i got it so no risk there! Took about 3 or so listens which is about what a great album should take, 1 then its too easy (mainstream pop) and you'll get bored easily, it will be on the pile in no time. This is one you need to hear late at night on a drive, collapsed out on your bed in the dark in some good headphones so you get every whispered lyric, hear every bass note that throbs, every tingling guitar note. Seriously from start to finish its amazing and I don't think I have heard a more perfect album in maybe 5 years. Can't recommend it enough, actually don't want to go into more detail than that. Music is about discovering an album in different scenarios. Sometimes you can hear an album one day when you are in the wrong mood and you put it aside and 4 months or a year later you find it again and put it on and its the most perfect album you've ever heard. Don't wait that long, stick it on, but make sure you hear it in it's entirety and then again and again..

References are obvious with new order, the cure and some eighties electronic bands that you never thought you would hear sound so fresh today. Which I always loved, but don't be put off if you don't like those, if you liked crystalised by the XX you will love the rest of the album. P.S try XX's mix of you've got the love (florence version) it's amazing, stripped back and gorgeous! But i can't find it on amazon sadly. Thank you XX :)

Artist: Various Artists

good cd have good songs listen all the time, 2010-09-02
this cd is really goood a wide variety of listeners would like this very good A*

Artist: Mumford & Sons

Well what can I say ......, 2010-08-25



SUPERB !! Best album that I have brought in a long time - Every song is great, love it love it love it !!