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1996's Angry Machines. This Is Your Life is
a fitting tribute to one of the best performers to ever grace the stage. Long live
Ronnie.
- Kelley Simms
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ERIC CARMEN
The Essential Eric Carmen
(Sony/Legacy)
What makes this 30-track, "essential"
collection better than the 18-track, 1997
"definitive" one with which it shares 16
cuts? Not the obscurities – neither the preRaspberries "Get The Message" nor 2013's
"Brand New Year" goes all the way, and
the studio version of "That's Rock N' Roll"
on The Definitive is more essential than this
album's live 1976 run through.
Meanwhile, "I Wanna Hear It From Your
Lips" remains vanished down the memory
hole, and 1997's not-bad I Was Born To Love
You might as well never have happened.
Still,
Carmen's
16
definitively
essential/essentially definitive moments
really are pretty great. And then there's
the heretofore uncollected "Love Is All
That Matters," the most beautiful song
Carmen ever lifted from a 19th-century
Russian composer.
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--Arsenio Orteza
Night Panther, which effectively blend
funky R&B with psychedelic guitar fills
Beatles Reimagined is certainly not the way
a young listener should be introduced to
The Beatles music for the first time, but fo
those of us that have heard these songs a
billion times, it is a welcomed take on the
songs that changed our lives.
- Bruce Pilato
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CARCRASHLANDER
A Plan To Tell The Future
(Jealous Butcher)
After a couple of spins of "A Plan To
Tell The Future," it's perfectly natural to
worry about Cory Gray's emotiona
health. Dark, pensive, teetering on the
edge of moroseness, this is a challenging
uncomfortable album. Song titles like "Al
My Light begins To Dissipate" and "Wall
Of A Cave" are early indicators of wha
lies ahead. Raw, teetering on the edge o
frailty, songs stretch and twist with menac
ing undertones, braced with thick, disso
nant noise. The rough and broken envi
rons of the recording lend further contex
and crackling urgency to the recording
Surprisingly captivating, but definitely no
for the faint of heart.
- Patrick Conlan
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BEN WATT
Hendra
(Buzzin Fly)
He may be best known as one half o
Everything But The Girl, but Ben Watt i
45'S • 12"SINGLES
Eric Carmen
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Beatles Reimagined
Rock • Alternative • Jazz • Soul
Plus, an expanded Metal selection.
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Beatles tribute albums have been done
to death. From movie soundtracks to compilations, there were over 40 of them last
time anyone checked. This compilation,
like so many other DVDs, TV specials, and
magazine articles, is cashing in on that
iconic band's 50th Anniversary in the USA,
but don't be so quick to write this CD off.
Featuring mostly emerging alternative
pop acts from around the US, these artists
give us a completely different and fresh
take on the Fab Four's mostly early material. The Well Pennies use a plucking banjo
as the dominant instrument in their version of "All My Loving," and Mobley,
delivers a truly refreshing read on "From
Me To You." Not everything works, such
as Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Dixieland version of "I Saw Her Standing
There," but there is more brilliance here
than bumbling.
Among the highlights is a cool, slinky
version of "I Wanna Be Your Man," by
also an accomplished DJ and occasiona
solo artist, who's finally releasing the fol
low-up to 1983's individual North Marin
Drive. Those expecting the more electroni
nature of the late ‘90s won't find any here
but they're likely to be pleasantly sur
prised by the singer/songwriter'
unplugged pop, folk and jazzy aptitude
that perhaps falls most in line with 1992'
group effort Acoustic. In addition to Watt'
warm vocals and sensitive songwriting
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