Artist: Pixie Lott

I like it, I like it!, 2010-03-12
This is a really great debut album. Pixie has a fantastic voice & range and the arrangements are great too. The lyrics are good though not to the same standard as Lilly Allen's. With any CD you expect to find some tracks which are weaker or don't appeal, but this album is really strong throughout, much better than The Fame from Lady Gaga which really only has just a few good tracks. I don't like the introduction to Gravity, but beyond the first few bars it turns into a fabulous track. I have listened to this album again and again ... and again. Come to think of it "Here we go Again!" I can't believe how much enjoyment I have had from this for just 6 quid.

Artist: Ellie Goulding

Because everyone is STARRY EYED, 2010-03-11
I think that Ellie Goulding it the BEST if not AMAZING person every. I love her music, she has so much style and glass and her voice is just brilliant. I am IMMENSELY in love with her. I could never get bored of her. Ive been listening to her for like over 6 months and im not lost. :) Get this album. Each song is differnt with the same style however. She is going to be big!

Artist: Massive Attack

It's been seven years since we heard anything from Bristol trip-hop afficionados Massive Attack. Their last outing was (for many) the underwhelming 100th Window, an album created mainly by Robert del Naja (aka 3D), as his partner-in-rhyme Daddy G was on hiatus being, well, a daddy. From the potent, claustrophobic opening track "Pray For Rain"--all tribal drums, bleak atmospheres and the contrastive rich vocals of TV On The Radio's Tumbe Adebimpe--it's clear that Heligoland is a bid for former glories. As the record unfurls through the angular, choppy post-punk of "Babel" (with Martina Topley-Bird), the lurching "Splitting The Atom" (featuring the familiar falsetto of regular Massive Attack vocalist Horace Andy) and the pounding, bass-heavy "Girl I Love You", the feeling grows that this is their strongest work since 1998’s Mezzanine. Unlike that album, the band make regular diversions here into dissonance, especially on "Flat Of The Blade", a wonky parade of bleeps and glitches matched to vocals from Elbow's Guy Garvey. But there are lighter moments too, such as the relatively weightless "Psyche" (again with Topley-Bird), the sparse "Paradise Circus" (featurin...
Amazing comeback, 2010-03-05
I am a long - time Massive Attack fan and have been eagerly awaiting their next release. Well, this is AMAZING!

They have managed to come up with totally original music but still sound firmly like massive attack. The album flows well form one track to another really well but the tracks can also stand alone.

There are the usual collaborations with Horace Andy and Martina Topley Bird but Also with Damon Albarn and Guy Garvey.

The standout tracks for me are Girl I Love You, which features some excellent brass orchestration and Horace Andy's unique voice, Paradice Circus which is truly haunting (featuring Topley Bird) and Atlas Air which has a constantly evolving keyboard riff over its 7 minute length.

Overall and album which will appeal to Massive Attack fans and virgins alike.

Artist: Amy Macdonald

Lives up to all expectations , 2010-03-10
I am pleased to say that this album lives up to all expectations. I loved Amys first album, and was doubtful that the second album could live up to it. But it does. I can easily listen to it over and over in my car and dont get tired of it. Each time I listen to it, I find another song which I adore. I especially love to listen to 'Give it all up', 'Love Love' and 'Dont tell me that its over'

I am not sure if has as many big hits as 'This is the Life' such as 'Poisn Prince' and 'Run'. Amys voice is so unique and she is a real raw talent. I really dont understand why she isnt so well known in the UK as she is in other countries. From listening to her second album, and liking the majority of her songs (95%) I would really like to go and see her sing live.

Artist: Sade

Never Fails!!, 2010-03-11
Been a fan of 'Sade' since the early eighties, pre-ordered this abum in anticipation, no regrets - Beautiful!!

Artist: Jimi Hendrix

Golden Scraps, 2010-03-11

What the album really seems to capture is Hendrix between the stage and studio, between preplanned and live playing, two styles many people(perhaps until now) said couldnt be translated.
Some of the tracks generally thought to be better live, such as Hear my Train Comin, are better on Valleys of Neptune in studio- Much of what came out on South Saturn Delta is improved in different form. Comparison with previous recordings demonstrates a stage in the creative process which involved intense jam sessions, creating improvisation which would later becomes part of the finished article. For anyone who regards the improvisation as one of the best features these are arguably better versions than the tracks they became.
The other rearkable thing is the lyrics. They are a strange mix of highly ambiguous and often visionary remarks, never heard lines such as "And we know there were three continents before, and they'll rise again." Aswell as quite shamanic, the lyrics also show a more personal Hendrix and definetly challenge the persona of JH as spaced out in both ways. Plus there is humour, such as the line "gonna buy this town and give it all to you" becomes "gonna buy this town and put it all, put it all, in my shoe." To me the lyrics are as important as the playing, as inspirational and mysterious, they just add to the musical myth.
All in all, if you want a smooth ballad go and buy some x-factor. Even if you wanted to introduce JH to someone this CD would show just how good he was, how important he still is. I wouldnt give some Hendrix albums 4 stars but five stars dosent even cover what this album conveys on multiple levels.

Artist: Joanna Newsom

HAVE ONE ON ME, ON A GOOD DAY - IT'S EASY, 2010-03-11
NEWSOM, AS USUAL, PUTS HER UNIQUE SPIN ON MUSIC INTERPRETATION. THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN ON MY PLAYER FOR 2 DAYS NOW AND IS GETTING BETTER WITH EVERY LISTEN, A PURE JOY.
THERE ARE OBVIOUS SIMILARITIES WITH KATE BUSH BUT THAT IS A REALLY GOOD THING, NEWSOM'S HARP PLAYING AND VOCAL DEPTH HAVE HINTS OF CLASSICAL ARRANGEMNTS AT THE SAME TIME IT'S A VERY COMTEMPORARY ALTERNATIVE FOLK SOUND. THIS ALBUM IS SURE TO GIVE ALL LISTENERS MANY, MANY MOMENTS OF BEAUTY AND CHILL AT THE SAME TIME.
AS THE ALBUM TITLE SUGGESTS - HAVE ONE ON ME - TREAT YOURSELF.

Artist: Johnny Cash

Fitting Epitaph, 2010-03-06
I've always been a big Johnny Cash fan and there are surely no other singers who can have stayed so relevant over the decades, inspiring and working with artists from all generations. Ain't No Grave is a fitting epitaph to the great man. His voice is much frailer but still has that unique gritty quality; the songs have a sad theme and yet they are somehow uplifting through their gentle simplicity.

Artist: Marina & The Diamonds

Fabulous album, 2010-03-08
I haven't enjoyed an album this much for a very long time. Brilliant, uplifting and totally addictive.

Artist: JLS

A great first album, 2010-03-07
This has to be one of the best albums that I have heard in a while. There's not one song on this album that I dislike and my favourites have to be private, don't go and one shot which are a bit more upbeat then the more slower songs that I love are tightrope and only tonight. JLS seem to be going from strength to strength and if they can continue to produce music like this, I can't wait for their next album.