3.5 great |
311 Greatest Hits |
311 311 |
AFI The Art of Drowning |
AFI Sing the Sorrow |
Arctic Monkeys AM |
As Cities Burn Hell or High Water |
As Tall As Lions You Can't Take It With You |
Audioslave Audioslave |
Bad Books II |
Blind Pilot 3 Rounds and a Sound |
Brian Setzer Orchestra Boogie Woogie Christmas |
Cassino Sounds of Salvation |
Closure in Moscow First Temple |
Coldplay Parachutes |
Common Be |
Deep Purple Machine Head |
Deep Purple Fireball |
Dream Theater Images and Words |
Eric B and Rakim Follow the Leader |
Every Time I Die Hot Damn! |
G. Love and Special Sauce The Hustle |
Goldfinger Hang-ups |
He Is Legend I Am Hollywood |
Hellogoodbye Would It Kill You? |
Incubus (USA-CA) Enjoy Incubus |
Jack Johnson In Between Dreams |
Jason Mraz Waiting For My Rocket To Come |
This is kind of a guilty pleasure for me but, I've got to give Jason Mraz props. He's a talented dude. His songwriting is strong and consistent, he does a solid job on the guitar and vocally, he's one of the best male singers today. While tihs is mostly a pop album, some songs have tinges of country, rap, reggae and jam to them. Highlight track "Waiting For My Rocket To Come" features Mraz rapping/singing over a funky beat with some nice banjo playing. "On Love, In Sadness" also borders on country and has some excellent lyrics. Overall, a great debut from a talented young man. |
John Legend Once Again |
Jurassic 5 Quality Control |
Killswitch Engage The End of Heartache |
Los Campesinos! Hello Sadness |
Lucky Boys Confusion Throwing the Game |
Mad Caddies Duck and Cover |
Mad Caddies Quality Soft Core |
Manchester Orchestra Mean Everything to Nothing |
Minus the Bear Highly Refined Pirates |
Minus the Bear Acoustics |
Minus The Bear's acoustic album offers a short, sweet and pleasant listen. Songs like "We Are Not A Football Team", "Knights", and "Pachuca Sunrise" all translate well onto acoustic guitars and slower drums. New song "Guns and Ammo" is another pleasant listen but doesn't bring anything too new to the table. Only complaint is Jake Snider's vocals fall flat towards the end on songs like "Burying Luck" and "Ice Monster". Overall a nice, short album. |
Minus the Bear Omni |
Oh, Sleeper When I Am God |
OutKast Stankonia |
Pepper Kona Town |
Pepper In With The Old |
Portugal. The Man Censored Colors |
Portugal. The Man American Ghetto |
Queen Greatest Hits I & II |
Queen Greatest Hits II |
Rancid Indestructible |
Red Hot Chili Peppers Greatest Hits |
Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium |
Reel Big Fish Cheer Up! |
Relient K Forget and Not Slow Down |
Slightly Stoopid Closer To The Sun |
"Closer To The Sun" is a solid release and that's about it. While Slightly Stoopid does pump out some great, catchy tunes, and solid guitar work, the album runs too long and the songs all blend into one another after awhile. Also, singers Miles Doughty and Kyle McDonald's faux-Jamaican accents become very tiring (they're from California). However there are some excellent songs on here like the fast, aggressive "Nothin Over Me" and "Righteous Man", "Bandelero" and "Babylon is Falling" which show the band's heavy reggae influence, or the jammer finale "Open Road" whose hidden track features dazzling guitar riffage. Overall, this is a great CD but nothing ground-breaking. |
System of a Down Toxicity |
The Beautiful Girls We're Already Gone |
The Bled Found in the Flood |
The Bled Silent Treatment |
The Cat Empire The Cat Empire |
The Fratellis Here We Stand |
The Temper Trap Conditions |
Weezer The Green Album |