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Summary:

Artist: Slipknot
Album: All Hope Is Gone
Release Date: Aug 26, 2008
Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Nü Metal
Size: 117 MB

Track List:

01.Execute 01:49
02.Gematria (the Killing Name) 06:02
03.Sulfer 04:38
04.Psychosocial 04:44
05.Dead Memories 04:29
06.Vendetta 05:16
07.Butcher’s Hook 04:15
08.Gehenna 06:53
09.This Cold Black 04:40
10.Wherein Lies Continue 05:37
11.Snuff 04:36
12.All Hope is Gone 04:48
13.Child of Burning Time 05:10
14.Vermillion Pt.2 (Bloodstone Mix) 03:40
15.’til We Die 05:46

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Review:

There comes a time in every band's life where they take off the masks and grow up -- then again, maybe not, as Slipknot have managed to dig deeper without ever shedding their grotesque veils. They're still wearing disguises but they have shed producer Rick Rubin, the metal legend who produced 2004's Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses, giving the nonet just the slightest hint of broader horizons beyond their relentless aggression -- not enough for the band to crossover, but perhaps enough to earn grudging respect from listeners outside of metalheads. Of course, such respect is hardly granted to bands that wear monster maggot masks, so Slipknot's retreat to ugliness on their fourth album -- a move telegraphed heavily by the cheery title All Hope Is Gone -- isn't entirely surprising, nor is it unwelcome as this isn't a regression, it's more or less a consolidation of strengths. Certainly, the album gets off to a throttling start with "Gematria," a cluster of cacophony and for the longest time on All Hope it seems as if Slipknot will never let up on this pressure, as this is an onslaught of densely dark intricate riffs. So effective is this onslaught that when things do get a little softer a little later on, the album threatens to collapse like a soufflé, but that's only because the slower moments emphasize the group's odd tendency to sound like anonymous active rock when they untwist their rhythms and lay off on the double bass drums. Nowhere is this latent tendency for macho schmaltz more evident than on "Snuff," a stab at a power ballad that sounds disarmingly close to Nickelback, a bewildering incongruity that feels even stranger given the album's otherwise merciless attack. One more power ballad like this would be enough to derail the album, turning it into the crossover Vol. 3 never was despite Rubin's flourishes, but All Hope Is Gone as a whole winds up being as bleak and unforgiving as its title.

Summary:

Artist: Frank Sinatra
Album: Nothing But The Best
Release Date: May 13, 2008
Genre: Vocal
Styles: Vocal Jazz, Traditional Pop, Standards, Popular Music Entry
Size: 97 MB

Track List:

01. Come Fly With Me
02. The Best Is Yet To Come
03. The Way You Look Tonight
04. Luck Be A Lady
05. Bewitched
06. The Good Life
07. The Girl From Ipanema
08. Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)
09. Summer Wind
10. Strangers In The Night
11. Call Me Irresponsible
12. Somethin’ Stupid
13. My Kind of Town
14. It Was A Very Good Year
15. That’s Life
16. Moonlight Serenade
17. Nothing But The Best
18. Drinking Again
19. All My Tomorrows
20. My Way
21. Theme From New York, New York
22. Body And Soul – bonus track w/new arrangement

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Review:

Released to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Frank Sinatra's death, Nothing But the Best is indeed one of the best single-disc compilations ever released on Sinatra. This isn't a career overview, however, since it begins with his inaugural Reprise recordings circa 1960 and surveys the rest of the '60s (including only two tracks not from the '60s). This was the age of Sinatra as the hard-swinging Chairman of the Board, illustrated perfectly by "Luck Be a Lady" and "My Kind of Town." But it was also the age of wistful, middle-aged material like "Summer Wind," "Strangers in the Night," and, of course, "It Was a Very Good Year." And it was also the age when Sinatra had the freedom to record with everyone he wanted to record with, whether it was Count Basie or Antonio Carlos Jobim or his daughter Nancy (the latter on the 1967 chart-topper "Somethin' Stupid"). All of those periods are represented on Nothing But the Best, which takes its place above the best previous Reprise collection, Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years, even though it somehow omits one of his classics, "Love and Marriage." For this compilation, Reprise also commissioned new 2008 remasters of each track, which sound better than any previous, and added a new bonus track: a version of "Body and Soul" with a vocal recorded in 1984 laid over a 2007 arrangement by Torrie Zito and Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Summary:

Artist: Five Finger Death Punch
Album: War Is The Answer
Release Date: Sep 22, 2009
Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: Heavy Metal
Size: 42 MB

Track List:

01 - Dying Breed
02 - Hard To See
03 - Bulletproof
04 - No One Gets Left Behind
05 - Crossing Over
06 - Burn It Down
07 - Far From Home
08 - Falling In Hate
09 - My Own Hell
10 - Walk Away
11 - Canto 34
12 - Bad Company
13 - War Is The Answer

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Review:

Five Finger Death Punch stormed rock radio in 2007 with "The Bleeding" (from debut album The Way of the Fist), a powerful, emotionally tense track that matched vintage Metallica-style thrash with a throat-shredding chorus more typical of late-aughts metalcore. The Los Angeles-based band's sophomore disc, War Is the Answer, mines much of the same territory as that breakout song, keeping the flame of the classic '80s Four Horsemen sound alive with snap-tight chugga-chugga guitar rhythms, minor-key, classical music-inspired clean/acoustic passages, and vocals dripping with a James Hetfield-approved combination of sensitive angst and macho defiance. First single "Hard to See" backs a catchy, harmony vocal-laden melody with a syncopated groove so rhythmically engaging it could almost be called funky, while the closing track, "War Is the Answer," takes a headbanging riff seemingly straight out of the Anthrax songbook and uses it to drive home one of several ultra-aggressive sentiments ("To me you're just a cancer/War is the answer"). Elsewhere, Five Finger Death Punch delve into somewhat more diverse sonic territory; "Bulletproof" pairs a throbbing industrial feel reminiscent of late-period Ministry with Yngwie Malmsteen-esque melodic shred guitar solos and a vocal hook that recalls the '80s pop-prog of Asia and GTR, while "Far from Home" is a straight-up power ballad, complete with dramatic strings and a soaring chorus that could sit on a compilation album right alongside any big lighter-waver, from Staind's "It's Been Awhile" to Poison's "Every Rose Has Its Thorn."

Summary:

Artist: Leona Lewis
Album: Echo
Release Date: Nov 17, 2009
Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: Pop, Pop Idol, Contemporary R&B
Size: 79 MB

Track List:

01. Happy 4:02
02. I Got You 3:47
03. Can't Breathe 4:15
04. Brave 3:38
05. Outta My Head 3:40
06. My Hands 4:13
07. Love Letter 4:02
08. Broken 4:04
09. Naked 3:50
10. Stop Crying Your Heart Out 4:10
11. Don't Let Me Down 4:36
12. Alive 3:29
13. Lost Then Found (Featuring OneRepublic) 11:09

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Review:

The goal of Leona Lewis' 2007 debut, Spirit, was to prove that an X Factor winner could be a phenomenon not just in the U.K., but in the rest of the world. The goal of her second album, 2009's Echo, is to prove that success was no fluke, to build upon "Bleeding Love" and turn Lewis into an actual diva. Certainly, Echo in any of its incarnations -- its song listings are tailored for individual markets, with the U.K. getting a cover of Oasis' "Stop Crying Your Heart Out," while the U.S. gets a second song co-written by Justin Timberlake -- uses the chilly, synthesized "Bleeding Love" as its foundation, creating a sheet of sound equal parts Euro-pop and modern American R&B. As opposed to the often-stuffy Spirit, this is proudly modern, and if the sounds emanating from the two sides of the Atlantic might seem to be aesthetically opposed, they're both producer-driven music constructed layer by layer from rhythm to the vocal, where the overall sound matters more than what's being sung. Which isn't to say that Lewis doesn't sing the hell out of the songs on Echo: she has an uncanny gift for hitting impossible notes without seeming as if she's grandstanding. In fact, there's nary an ounce of diva in Lewis, she seems to enjoy singing for the sake of it, which helps her out on an album like Echo, where the melodies are elliptical, not catchy, designed to showcase range, not to stick in the head or evoke emotion. Similarly, the productions are designed to hop into as many different formats as possible -- rhythmic enough for clubs, glassy enough for radio -- and they get by on feel, not feelings, with whatever heart in the music coming from Lewis, who is glad to sing, refusing to become the diva her legions of handlers so clearly want her to be.

Summary:

Artist: Three Days Grace
Album: Life Start Now
Release Date: Sep 22, 2009
Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal
Size: 100 MB

Track List:

01. "Bitter Taste" - 4:00
02. "Break" - 3:13
03. "World So Cold" - 4:03
04. "Lost in You" - 3:52
05. "The Good Life" - 2:53
06. "No More" - 3:45
07. "Last to Know" - 3:27
08. "Someone Who Cares" - 4:52
09. "Bully" - 3:38
10. "Without You" - 3:33
11. "Goin' Down" - 3:05
12. "Life Starts Now" - 3:08

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Review:

The third studio album from Canadian arena rockers Three Days Grace treads familiar ground, presenting 12 slabs of the kind of reliable, accessible and serviceable hard rock that will always have an audience. 2006's One-X dealt heavily with vocalist Adam Gontier's personal demons, a theme that continues on Life Starts Now, albeit with a hint of sunlight. With a sound that lands somewhere in between Breaking Benjamin, Collective Soul, and Godsmack, (Gontier sounds like a less volatile Trent Reznor) Life Starts Now treats the well-worn metal themes of anger, isolation, heartache, and redemption with the kind of begrudging respect they deserve, pumping out a competent flurry of fist-bump anthems ("Break," "Bully") and world-weary, midtempo rockers ("World So Cold," "Last to Know" that are so painfully earnest that one can almost hear director Michael Bay pitching them to the studio for inclusion on the soundtracks for his next ten Transformers sequels.

Summary:

Artist: B.G
Album: Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood
Release Date: Dec 8, 2009
Genre: Rap
Styles: Dirty South, Southern Rap
Size: 83 MB

Track List:

01 - Fuck The Game Up (Produced By Mista Raja & Sef Millz)
02 - I Swar (Feat. Gar) (Produced By Sir Stephen Breaux)
03 - Nigga Owe Me Some Money (Feat. Soulja Slim, Lil Boosie & C-Murder) (Produced By KLC)
04 - Fuckin U Right (Produced By Bass Heavy)
05 - My Hood (Feat. Gar & Mannie Fresh) (Produced By Mannie Fresh)
06 - Hit The Block & Roll (Produced By KLC)
07 - Like Yeah (Produced By Savage)
08 - Fuck Thang (Feat. Matravious Cooks) (Produced By Savage)
09 - Back To The Money (Feat. Magnolia Chop) (Produced By Oddz.N.endz)
10 - Ya Heard Me (Feat. Lil Wayne, Juvenile & Trey Songz) (Produced By Cool & Dre)
11 - Chopper City Is An Army (Produced By Cool & Dre)
12 - My Wrist Game Is Sick! (Produced By Savage)
13 - Gutta Gutta (Feat. Gar) (Produced By Dupree & Joe Lindsay)
14 - Keep It 100 (Feat. Magnolia Chop) (Produced By Oddz.N.endz)
15 - Under Surveillance (Produced By Bass Heavy)
16 - 4 A Minute (Feat. T.I.) (Produced By Scott Storch)
17 - I Hustle (Feat. Young Jeezy) (Produced By J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League)

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Review:

Executive produced by T.I. and featuring tracks from Cool & Dre, Mannie Fresh, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, and Scott Storch, Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood is a comeback album of sorts, one that reminds the mainstream hip-hop world that B.G. was once right up there with his Hot Boys cohorts Lil Wayne and Juvenile. The title is no lie as B.G.’s whiny style is designed for the streets, but everything old is new again as Mannie Fresh proves once again he’s one of the few producers who can bring the rapper crossover potential. Their collaborative cut “My Hood” is the hook-filled and memorable number B.G.’s post-Cash Money career has been missing, but with the T.I. and Scott Storch trunk-rumbler “4 a Minute” appearing late in the fourth quarter, the album has two radio-worthy numbers, good cause for the Louisiana faithful to celebrate. If the three gutsy takeover tracks that kick off the album never end up on radio’s playlist, they’re the kind of hard-hitting stuff B.G. fans crave, and when the two missing members show up for “Ya Heard Me,” the Cool & Dre-produced cut becomes another Hot Boys reunion worth hearing. It’s overstuffed, but after just a little trimming, Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood turns out to be one of B.G.’s stronger full-lengths.

Summary:

Artist: Aventura
Album: The Last
Release Date: Apr 14, 2009
Genre: Latin
Styles: Dominican Traditions, Tropical, Bachata, Latin Pop
Size: 102 MB

Track List:

01- Intro
02- Por Un Segundo
03- Yo Quisiera Amarla
04- El Malo
05- Dile Al Amor
06- Su Veneno
07- Tu Jueguito
08- Spanish Fly (Feat. Wiclef Jean & Ludacris)
09- Peligro
10- La Tormenta
11- El Desprecio
12- All Up 2 You (Feat. Akon,Wisin & Yandel)
13- Skit
14- La Curita
15- Princesita
16- Su Vida
17- Soy Hombre (Feat. Arturo Sandoval)
18- Gracias

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Review:

Aventura didn't become the kings of bachata by deserting their large and devoted fan base to cater to the mainstream, and it's no different on The Last — despite the fact that the album includes features for a parade of crossover suspects: Wyclef Jean and Ludacris on one track, plus Akon and Wisin y Yandel on another. No, the lead track on The Last — the number one Latin hit "Por un Segundo" — is straight bachata, rhythmic and sweet, and there happen to be plenty of tender ballads to follow it. Not only that, but the crossover features are held to the last half of the album, where Wyclef Jean produces his own surprisingly sugary "Spanish Fly," and Akon and Wisin y Yandel appear on the Auto-Tuned reggaeton track "All Up 2 You." As usual, the band is anchored by Santos brothers Lenny and Max, along with longtime collaborator Eric "Bori" Rivera. Consolidating the quartet's power, The Last became Aventura's biggest album hit yet, reaching number five on the charts.

Artist: Skillet
Album: Awake
Release Date: Aug 25, 2009
Genre: Religious
Styles: Contemporary Christian, Alternative CCM, Christian Rock, Gospel, Post-Grunge
Size: 95

Track List:

01. Hero 03:06
02. Monster 02:58
03. Don't Wake Me 03:55
04. Awake And Alive 03:31
05. One Day Too Late 03:40
06. It's Not Me It's You 03:24
07. Should've When You Could've 03:31
08. Believe 03:50
09. Forgiven 03:39
10. Sometimes 03:28
11. Never Surrender 03:30
12. Lucy 03:38

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Review:

The highest-charting Christian album on the Billboard charts since 2006, Awake could be tagged as Skillet's mainstream breakthrough on that fact alone. Certainly, the band's monster modern rock does sound like it could slip onto on active rock playlist -- maybe not quite in 2009, but earlier in the decade, when metallic rockers heavy on the guitar downstrokes, and power ballads with chant-along vocals were relatively common. That's not to say that Skillet sounds out-of-step with the times -- there's still a gleam to the Howard Benson production that sounds modern -- and they do mange to imprint their own identity on this sometimes-generic brand of contemporary rock, thanks to their communal vocals, with male and female voices trading off, and skyscraper hooks. Skillet also don't always focus solely on religion, as many of their songs are grounded in inspirational positivity, so that's another reason why Awake finds the band poised to break into the mainstream.

Artist: Orianthi
Album: Believe
Release Date: Oct 26, 2009
Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: Guitar Virtuoso, Contemporary Pop/ Rock
Size: 78 MB

Track List:

01. According To You 3:20
02. Suffocated 3:03
03. Bad News 3:10
04. Believe 3:40
05. Feels Like Home 4:16
06. Think Like A Man 3:37
07. Whats It Gonna Be 2:49
08. Untogether 3:53
09. Drive Away 4:17
10.Highly Strung 4:08
11.God Only Knows 3:55

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Review:

With her mind-blowing mix of heavy metal guitar prowess and bluesy, soulful vocals, Orianthi will draw some justifiably well-earned comparisons to such giants of rock guitar as Jimi Hendrix and her own idol, Carlos Santana, on her 2009 sophomore album, Believe. That said, her style hews closer to the more finger-frenetic pyrotechnics of such '70s and '80s icons as Eddie Van Halen and Steve Vai. Throw in her ability to sell a lyric and carry a strong melodic vocal phrase while also throwing down some devastating slabs of heavy metal riffage, and she starts to look a heckuvalot like the fantasy love child of Prince and Lita Ford. What's even more delicious is how, at face value, Believe fits nicely next to studio-crafted -- albeit stylistically successful -- albums by Disney teen rock acts like Ashley Tisdale, Demi Lovato, and Miley Cyrus, the difference being that while those pretend-rock teen divas get backed by studio musicians, Orianthi IS the backing musician. She is the real rawk deal and Believe soars on her mighty metal talents. And it's clear from the get-go that Orianthi and her producers get the joke. The anthemic leadoff track, "According to You," begins innocently with a few seconds of Orianthi cooing over a lite keyboard part before her chugging power chords and gutsy vocals quickly set the tone for the rest of the what's to come. Two minutes in and Orianthi has not only delivered one of the poppiest, catchiest radio-friendly trax this side of Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone," but she's also launched into the first of several balls-out, fire-shooting-out-her-fingers, ripping-your-shirt-off metal solos featured on Believe. Before this album, Orianthi was best known as the guitar virtuoso picked to perform with Michael Jackson on his farewell tour before he passed in 2009, and after listening to Believe, it's clear that Orianthi was not only well deserving of that accolade but that her abilities far outdistanced a role as a backing musician. For rock fans awaiting the return of seriously fun, seriously rocking pop-metal, THIS is it.

Summary:

Artist: Pink Floyd
Album: The Dark Side Of The Moon
Release Date: Mar 24, 1973
Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: Art Rock, Album Rock, Prog-Rock, Hard Rock, Psychedelic
Size: 58 MB

Track List:

01. Speak To Me 1:16
02. Breathe 2:44
03. On The Run (3:32) 3:32
04. Time / Breathe (Reprise) 7:06
05. The Great Gig In The Sky 4:44
06. Money 6:32
07. Us And Them 7:40
08. Any Colour You Like 3:25
09. Brain Damage 3:50
10. Eclipse 2:04

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Review:

By condensing the sonic explorations of Meddle to actual songs and adding a lush, immaculate production to their trippiest instrumental sections, Pink Floyd inadvertently designed their commercial breakthrough with Dark Side of the Moon. The primary revelation of Dark Side of the Moon is what a little focus does for the band. Roger Waters wrote a series of songs about mundane, everyday details which aren't that impressive by themselves, but when given the sonic backdrop of Floyd's slow, atmospheric soundscapes and carefully placed sound effects, they achieve an emotional resonance. But what gives the album true power is the subtly textured music, which evolves from ponderous, neo-psychedelic art rock to jazz fusion and blues-rock before turning back to psychedelia. It's dense with detail, but leisurely paced, creating its own dark, haunting world. Pink Floyd may have better albums than Dark Side of the Moon, but no other record defines them quite as well as this one.

Summary:

Artist: Theory of a Deadman
Album: Scars and Souvenirs
Release Date: Apr 1, 2008
Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: Post-Grunge
Size: 55 MB

Track List:

01. (00:04:12) Theory of A Deadman - So Happy
02. (00:03:35) Theory of A Deadman - By the Way
03. (00:03:15) Theory of A Deadman - Got it Made
04. (00:03:34) Theory of A Deadman - Not Meant to Be
05. (00:03:17) Theory of A Deadman - Crutch
06. (00:03:31) Theory of A Deadman - All or Nothing
07. (00:04:20) Theory of A Deadman - Heaven (Little by Little)
08. (00:03:26) Theory of A Deadman - Bad Girlfriend
09. (00:03:11) Theory of A Deadman - Hate My Life
10. (00:03:32) Theory of A Deadman - Little Smirk
11. (00:03:30) Theory of A Deadman - End of the Summer
12. (00:04:03) Theory of A Deadman - Wait For Me
13. (00:02:55) Theory of A Deadman - Sacrifice

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Review:

Scars and Souvenirs, the third album from Theory of a Deadman, sounds like a rehash of the band's first two albums -- which is to say that it sounds like every Nickelback album ever made. They may have a reason, given that Chad Kroeger signed them to his 604 Records label in 2001, but reasons are neither excuses nor a free pass for mimicry. Throughout Scars and Souvenirs, Theory of a Deadman appropriate the melodies, vocals, choruses, and riffs of their mentors, resulting in a sound so derivative that the album's liner notes are the best (or perhaps only) way to confirm that this is not, in fact, Kroeger and company. Many examples abound, but the best is "Not Meant to Be," a song whose melody and chorus bear more than a passing resemblance to All the Right Reasons' "Rockstar." Like their previous effort, Gasoline, Theory of a Deadman turned to producer Howard Benson on Scars and Souvenirs, which could explain why the album sticks to the same sounds and formulas instead of branching out in a new direction. The problem is that it's not a particularly winning formula, especially when it's coupled with lyrics that place lead singer Tyler Connolly in the role of a spoiled, histrionic rock star who tries to connect with his audience through scenarios that range from the legitimate to the frankly bizarre. In "Hate My Life," a whiny entitlement diatribe that sounds like an emo tune crafted for the midlife crisis crowd, Connolly complains about the homeless and bad drivers before ragging on his wife, the dating pool, and how he hates "that I can't tell when a girl's underage." It's a creepy introduction into disturbingly misogynistic undercurrents that continue in the next song, "Little Smirk," which chronicles how a man takes revenge on a cheating partner through humiliation, followed by systematically stealing and/or destroying everything they have. (Connolly's protagonist also kidnaps the partner's child for good measure.) The bad taste from this one song lingers for the rest of the album, totally negating any inherent tenderness to be found in the mediocre ballad "Wait for Me." Not that it needed any help -- while the lyrics are sweet enough, they certainly don't break any ground in the romance department, and the music retreads the same chords, melody, and chorus structures as the rest of Scars and Souvenirs. It's also delivered with a default mix of anger and angst, the same emotional tone that informs all the songs on the album. While no artist is required to make monumental leaps in artistry with each of their releases, Theory of a Deadman seem to be stuck in first gear here. It makes Scars and Souvenirs nonessential, given that nothing has changed.

Summary:

Artist: Rascal Flatts
Album: Unstoppable
Release Date: Apr 7, 2009
Genre: Country
Styles: Contemporary Country, Country-Pop
Size: 84 MB

Track List:

01. Love Who You Love 03:36
02. Here Comes Goodbye 04:04
03. Close 03:48
04. Forever 04:17
05. She'd Be California 04:19
06. Unstoppable 03:48
07. Things That Matter 04:41
08. Summer Nights 04:03
09. Holdin' On 04:26
10. Once 03:50
11. Why 04:55

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Review:

Here comes the hubris. Rascal Flatts managed to keep it at bay through most of the 2000s, even as they turned into the biggest act in country music, but with their sixth album, Unstoppable, they succumb, trading their "aw shucks" persona for a title that Michael Jackson somehow missed in his King of Pop phase and acting like superstars, not boys next door made good. That humble streak always kept Rascal Flatts relatable, even when they went multi-platinum and drifted into colorless country-pop, and without it the group sounds a little bloated. Of course, it doesn't help that almost nothing about Unstoppable is modest, not the sounds, not the sentiments -- only the songs, which can't withstand these muscle-bound arrangements, whether they're sports-bar party anthems like "Summer Nights," glistening, tightly wound crossover pop like "Close" and its breezy counterpart "She'd Be California," or arena ballads like the first single, "Here Comes Goodbye." Despite a lot of driving, sequenced rhythms, most of the record feels as if it belongs to the latter category, thanks to how every track comes across as waves of gleaming sound, topped by the group's harmonies but with no strong supporting structure. This overwhelming smoothness would be pleasant if the album weren't so puffed up, if Rascal Flatts weren't so certain of their own invincibility that they didn't realize they didn't have either the tunes or the charm this time around...and that they didn't realize that pride comes before a fall.

Summary:

Artist: OneRepublic
Album: Waking Up
Release Date: Nov 09, 2009
Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: Pop
Size: 63 MB

Track List:

01. Made For You 4:17
02. All The Right Moves 3:58
03. Secrets 3:44
04. Everybody Loves Me 3:34
05. Missing Persons 1 & 2 4:59
06. Good Life 4:13
07. All This Time 4:02
08. Fear 3:46
09. Waking Up 6:07
10.Marchin On 4:11
11.Lullaby 4:37

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Review:

OneRepublic adds many production flourishes to their second album Waking Up: sawing strings, children's choirs, minor-key piano, cavernous U2 reverb, long ponderous instrumental sections of piano and orchestra duets, a title track that bears echoes of the Killers. Despite all these new additions, OneRepublic’s calling card remains Ryan Tedder’s blend of atmospheric modern rock and rhythmic modern R&B affectations, creating a coolly slick collection of power ballads of love lost and won.

Summary:

Artist: Motley Crue
Album: Motley Crue - Greatest Hits
Release Date: 2009
Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Hair Metal, Pop-Metal, Album Rock
Size: 71 MB

Track List:

01 Too Fast For Love (3:22)
02 Shout At The Devil (3:15)
03 Looks That Kill (4:09)
04 Too Young To Fall In Love (3:32)
05 Smokin In The Boys Room (3:28)
06 Home Sweet Home (4:00)
07 Wild Side (4:41)
08 Girls, Girls, Girls (4:30)
09 Dr. Feelgood (4:51)
10 Kickstart My Heart (4:44)
11 Same Ol Situation (S.O.S.) (4:14)
12 Dont Go Away Mad (Just Go Away) (4:40)
13 Without You (4:30)
14 Primal Scream (4:46)
15 Sick Love Song (4:18)
16 Afraid (4:09)
17 If I Die Tomorrow (3:42)
18 Saints Of Los Angeles (3:40)
19 The Animal In Me (Remix) (4:16)

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Summary:

Artist: Madonna
Album: Celebration
Release Date: Sep 29, 2009
Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: Pop, Club/Dance, Contemporary Pop/ Rock, Adult Contemporary, Dance-Pop
Size: 140 MB

Track List:

CD1

01.Hung Up [05:39]
02.Music [03:46]
03.Vogue [05:17]
04.4 Minutes (feat Justin Timberlake and Timbaland) [03:10]
05.Holiday [06:08]
06.Everybody [04:11]
07.Like a Virgin [03:10]
08.Into the Groove [04:45]
09.Like a Prayer [05:43]
10.Ray Of Light [04:34]
11.Sorry [03:59]
12.Express Yourself [04:00]
13.Open Your Heart [03:49]
14.Borderline [04:00]
15.Secret [04:28]
16.Erotica [04:30]
17.Justify My Love [04:54]
18.Revolver (feat Lil Wayne) [03:40]

CD2

01.Dress You Up [04:02]
02.Material Girl [04:00]
03.La Isla Bonita [04:04]
04.Papa Don't Preach [04:30]
05.Lucky Star [03:39]
06.Burning Up [03:45]
07.Crazy for You [03:44]
08.Who's That Girl [04:00]
09.Frozen [06:19]
10.Miles Away [03:45]
11.Take a Bow [05:20]
12.Live to Tell [05:51]
13.Beautiful Stranger [04:22]
14.Hollywood [04:24]
15.Die Another Day [04:37]
16.Don t Tell Me [04:12]
17.Cherish [03:52]
18.Celebration [03:35]

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Review:

Madonna's run at the top of the charts lasted so long, longer than almost any other star, it's almost impossible to squeeze all the hits onto one collection. And so it is that Celebration, a double-disc, 36-track set that also has a companion single-disc condensation, misses a few songs, hits as gorgeous as "Rain" and as goofily camp as "Hanky Panky," but truth be told, they're not greatly missed on this parade of pop genius that's hampered only slightly by its non-chronological order. Out of order, it does emphasize Madonna's consistency, and the bigger problem with the collection is that it mixes up album mixes, single edits, Q-Sound mixes pulled from The Immaculate Collection, and a couple of stray odd edits and mixes. This is a mess, but not quite enough to dilute what is one of the greatest bodies of work in modern pop — even in this mixed-up confusion, these singles are a joy to hear.

Summary:

Artist: Led Zeppelin
Album: Mothership
Release Date: Nov 13, 2007
Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: Album Rock, Arena Rock, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Blues-Rock, British Metal, Regional Blues, British Blues
Size: 97 MB

Track List:

01. (02:48) Led Zeppelin - Good Times Bad Times
02. (02:29) Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown
03. (06:28) Led Zeppelin - Dazed And Confused
04. (06:42) Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
05. (05:33) Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
06. (04:22) Led Zeppelin - Ramble On
07. (04:15) Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker
08. (02:27) Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
09. (07:24) Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You
10. (03:41) Led Zeppelin - Rock And Roll
11. (04:55) Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
12. (07:10) Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks
13. (08:02) Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven

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Review:

Led Zeppelin's reunion for an Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert in November 2007 (pushed back a couple of weeks due to a finger injury Jimmy Page sustained during rehearsals) seemed like a spur of the moment thing — but how spontaneous could it have been if it just happened to coincide with the release of an expanded The Song Remains the Same on both CD and DVD, the debut of their catalog as digital downloads, and the new two-disc compilation Mothership as a sampler of the whole shebang? Considering this full-scale, multi-prong assault — which also included a new album by Robert Plant, after all — it was probably not all that spontaneous. Such a precise attack suits this most mythic of classic rock groups, who always benefited from an enormous sense of scale. Weighing in at two discs and 24 tracks, Mothership has a sense of scale that the previous round of compilations — the two-part Early Days & Latter Days, delivered in 1999 and 2000 respectively — lacked, not just because it pushes these two phases together but because it is heavy on the heavy epics, emphasizing Zeppelin's sheer sonic ballast over either their lighter or more idiosyncratic moments. This effects the second disc more than the first, as the band started out heavy and expanded outward, and while it would have been nice if "Fool in the Rain" represented In Through the Out Door instead of "In the Evening," this is a minor quibble as Mothership hits the obvious high points without seeming perfunctory. And that, along with Page's new remastering, is the real selling point behind Mothership: as a compilation it is both gripping listening and a good introduction to this very album-oriented band, which is what makes it a welcome addition to their catalog. [The deluxe edition of Mothership contains a DVD with highlights from their eponymous live DVD — it's a nice bonus but really, you'd be better off getting the full set.]

Summary:

Artist: Kelly Clarkson
Album: All I Ever Wanted
Release Date: Mar 10, 2009
Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: Pop, Adult Contemporary
Size: 69 MB

Track List:

01 My Life Would Suck Without You 03:33
02 I Do Not Hook Up 03:20
03 Cry 03:35
04 Dont Let Me Stop You 03:20
05 All I Ever Wanted 03:59
06 Already Gone 04:42
07 If I Cant Have You 03:39
08 Save You 04:04
09 Whyyouwannabringmedown 02:43
10 Long Shot 03:37
11 Impossible 03:23
12 Ready 03:05
13 I Want You 03:32
14 If No One Will Listen 04:06

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Review:

Thankfully, All I Ever Wanted is not Kelly Clarkson's atonement for insisting on releasing the dark, gothic rock record My December against the wishes of label boss Clive Davis in 2007 — well, at least not entirely. All I Ever Wanted doesn't completely abandon the tougher rock edges of My December, but it does ditch the brooding in favor of angry spunk, all the better to prove that the girl who sang "Since U Been Gone" is back. And she is — quite self-consciously on "My Life Would Suck Without You," the first track and first single on All I Ever Wanted, a song designed by Max Martin to be an explicit sequel to his "Since U Been Gone." It's effective, if a bit clinical, running contrary to Clarkson's greatest gift: her genuineness. My December might not have quite worked, but its messiness seemed an authentic reflection of a girl next door sorting through the aftermath of turning into an unexpected star and much of All I Ever Wanted is the opposite, attempting to run the most likeable pop star of the new millennium through the mill. Fortunately, it's possible to dampen Clarkson's spirit — nobody could survive four Ryan Tedder collaborations without being brought down into his simpering murk — but not to break it. She can break through Martin's machinations on "My Life" and comes pretty close to breathing some life into Tedder's cold R&B approximations, but those chilly sheets of synths don't suit her. Kelly is at her best when she's belting out a big chorus backed by loud guitars, or even singing a piece of pure pop like "I Want You," as effervescent a tune as she's ever sung. About half of All I Ever Wanted is as good as this and some of it even touches on Clarkson's hard rock infatuation and improves it, particularly on the bubblegum punk "Whyyawannabringmedown" — complete with Kelly affecting a hysterical Johnny Rotten snarl — the arena rocker "Don't Let Me Stop You," and "All I Ever Wanted," which turns the disco bass of Spoon's "I Turn My Camera On" upside down. Tellingly, Kelly takes two Katy Perry-written numbers (both produced by Howard Benson)— "I Do Not Hook Up," co-written by new American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi, and "Long Shot," co-written by Glen Ballard — and goes a long way in illustrating why she's a better pop star. Kelly sounds impassioned and invested in these numbers, selling every one of the skyscraper hooks, but better still she sounds relatable, pulling listeners into a song instead of keeping them at a distance. This is a rare talent and while it's not perfect, largely due to those dreary Tedder tunes, much of All I Ever Wanted does justice to Clarkson's considerable skills.

Summary:

Artist: Whitney Houston
Album: I Look To You
Release Date: Aug 31, 2009
Genre: R&B
Styles: Adult Contemporary R&B, Pop, Adult Contemporary, Urban
Size: 102 MB

Track List:

01.million dollar bill
02.nothin' but love
03.call you tonight
04.i look to you
05.like i never left (feat. akon)
06.a song.for you
07.i didn't know my own strength
08.worth it
09.for the lovers
10.i got you
11.salute

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Review:

It's only been seven years between Just Whitney and 2009's I Look to You, not even Houston's longest time between albums, but it feels much, much longer, her glory days obscured in hazy memories of lost luster chiefly deriving from a bad marriage with Bobby Brown, chronicled in an embarrassing reality show for Bravo in 2004. I Look to You attempts to wash this all away with something of a return to roots — a celebration of Houston's deep disco beginnings, tempered with a few skyscraping ballads designed to showcase her soaring voice. Houston's rocky decade isn't ignored, but it isn't explored, either: songs allude to Whitney's strength, her willpower as a survivor struggling through some unnamed struggle — enough for listeners to fill in the blanks, either with their own experience or their imaginings of Houston's life. More than the songs, Whitney's voice tells the tale of her lost decade. The highs are diminished, the sweetness sanded away, leaving her a thick, knotty powerful growl that has an emotional pull not quite like a ravaged latter-day Billie Holiday, but not all that far removed, either; at the very least, Whitney can still sing, knowing when to wring emotion out of a phrase, knowing when not to push for the glory notes that she can no longer hit. This diminished skill set actually serves the showboating showstoppers well, turning them into something that operates on a human scale, injecting them with something approximating warmth, something that the songs quite deliberately avoid. Also, there just aren't that many of them on I Look to You, either. Most of the album splits the difference between burnished neo-disco and modern soul, aware of fashion but not pandering to them. Which isn't to say that these songs are necessarily age-appropriate, either: they're suspended in time and fashion, tinged with nostalgia but not quite taking into account that Houston isn't now (and never really was) a creature of the clubs. What she undoubtedly is, is a pro — she sells these subdued glitzy productions, she makes boring songs interesting, she remains a forceful, tangible presence. With this admirable, if not quite successful, un-comeback out of the way, maybe she can pull away from the spotlight and settle into the serious business of finding songs to suit her new voice.

Summary:

Artist: Alice in Chains
Album: Black Gives Way To Blue
Release Date: Sep 29, 2009
Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Size: 108 MB

Track List:

01. All Secrets Known (4:42)
02. Check My Brain (3:57)
03. Last Of My Kind (5:52)
04. Your Decision (4:43)
05. A Looking In View (7:06)
06. When The Sun Rose Again (4:00)
07. Acid Bubble (6:56)
08. Lesson Learned (4:16)
09. Take Her Out (4:00)
10. Private Hell (5:38)
11. Black Gives Way To Blue (3:03)

Link Download:

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Review:

It's hard not to feel for Alice in Chains — all the guys in the band were lifers, all except lead singer Layne Staley, who never managed to exorcise his demons, succumbing to drug addiction in 2002. Alice in Chains stopped being a going concern long before that, all due to Staley's addictions, and it took guitarist Jerry Cantrell, bassist Mike Inez, and drummer Sean Kinney a long time to decide to regroup, finally hiring William DuVall as Staley's replacement and delivering Black Gives Way to Blue a full 14 years after the band's last album. To everybody's credit, Black Gives Way to Blue sounds like it could have been delivered a year after Alice in Chains: it's unconcerned with fashion; it's true to their dark, churning gloom rock; and if you're not paying attention too closely, it's easy to mistake DuVall for his predecessor. There's a difference between desperately attempting to recapture past glories and reconnecting with their roots, and Alice in Chains fall into the latter category. While they'll never be mistaken for a feel-good band, there is a palpable sense of relief that they get to play together again as a band, and what's remarkable is that they still sound like themselves, capturing that weird murk halfway between '80s metal and '90s northwestern sludge, reminding us that we were missing something in their absence.

Artist: ABBA
Album: Gold: Greatest Hits
Release Date: Aug 9, 1993
Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: Swedish Pop/ Rock, Contemporary Pop/ Rock, Euro-Pop, Soft Rock, AM Pop, Disco
Size: 65 MB

Track List:

01 - ABBA-Dancing Queen [03:51]
02 - ABBA-Knowing Me, Knowing You [04:03]
03 - ABBA-Take A Chance On Me [04:06]
04 - ABBA-Mamma Mia [03:33]
05 - ABBA-Lay All Your Love On Me [04:35]
06 - ABBA-Super Trouper [04:13]
07 - ABBA-I Have A Dream [04:42]
08 - ABBA-The Winner Takes It All [04:54]
09 - ABBA-Money, Money, Money [03:06]
10 - ABBA-S.O.S. [03:21]
11 - ABBA-Chiquitita [05:24]
12 - ABBA-Fernando [04:14]
13 - ABBA-Voulez Vous [05:11]
14 - ABBA-Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) [04:52]
15 - ABBA-Does Your Mother Know [03:13]
16 - ABBA-One Of Us [03:57]
17 - ABBA-The Name Of The Game [04:53]
18 - ABBA-Thank You For The Music [03:49]
19 - ABBA-Waterloo [02:48]

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Review:

ABBA's 19-song Gold collection was the first hits compilation prepared specifically for the CD format by the 1970s supergroup, and, appearing after a period of several years in which their music had been off the market, was a welcome addition to the catalog. It is still the simplest and most straightforward collection of the group's material that it is possible to buy.

Summary:

Artist: Keith Urban
Album: Defying Gravity
Release Date: Mar 31, 2009
Genre: Country
Styles: Contemporary Pop/ Rock, Contemporary Country, Country-Pop
Size: 93 MB

Track List:

01. Kiss A Girl
02. If Ever I Could Love
03. Sweet Thing
04. 'Til Summer Comes Around
05. My Heart Is Open
06. Hit The Ground Runnin'
07. Only You Can Love Me This Way
08. Standing Right In Front Of You
09. Why's It Feel So Long
10. I'm In
11. Thank You
12. Sweet Thing (Acoustic)

Link Download:

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Review:

Keith Urban's fourth album, Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing, was released literally days after he entered an alcohol treatment center to treat his disease. The album was issued, debuted in the top spot in the Billboard country charts, scored four hit singles, and eventually went double platinum. What's so remarkable about this is that Urban's rehabilitation regimen didn't allow him to tour for months after the disc's release, potentially hurting sales. It didn't happen. Urban's now trademark meld of country, pop, and rock & roll connects deeply with fans and they are nothing if not loyal. Defying Gravity is his fifth studio release, and in many ways it simultaneously builds on its predecessor while standing apart from it completely. Certainly, there are similarities in sound and approach: Urban once again worked with Dan Huff to co-produce the set, and his now signature manner of layering everything from strings and drum machines to taut, sheeny electric guitars playing power chords, banjos, pedal steel, and crunchy, crisp drums is a sound that belongs to him alone. The other is that this album is unapologetically one of redemption tomes colored as love songs in various shades and tempos -- though none of them are heartbreak songs. He co-wrote eight of Defying Gravity's 11 songs, and arranged all of them.

That said, this time out Capitol throws everything into the ring by issuing a pair of leadoff singles in the tight little rocker "Kiss a Girl" and the shimmering, reverb-laden guitar workout "Sweet Thing," which is disguised as a midtempo power ballad. Both are 21st century equivalents of rock & roll love songs that echo everyone from Tom Petty to Greg Kihn and even Dwight Twilley -- though this is clearly not conscious. As radio tracks, they are smart picks, especially with the clever guitar and banjo interplay -- Urban has transformed the role of the backwoods and in-the-hills instrument into a respectable part of the rock & roll toolbox. There are some proper ballads on the disc as well, such as the haunting, nocturnal, and dreamily textured "The Summer Comes Around," his nakedly emotional paean to wife Nicole Kidman ("Thank You") that closes the set, and the shuffling "Only You Can Love Me This Way." The skittering drum loop that undergirds the guitar and Rolling Stones-esque "doo-doo" chorus in "I'm In" makes it an excellent choice for a fourth single, and the clipped pedal steel, distorted electric guitars careening in the bridge, and shuffling hi-hat and snare make the finger-popping "Why It Feels So Long" feel like a contemporary country take on of one of Bruce Springsteen's boulevard songs, or John Mellencamp's "Cherry Bomb." In sum, Defying Gravity builds on the skill set that gave listeners Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing and takes it further, seamlessly combining hook-laden crafty songwriting with a pop sensibility in the modern country vernacular that blazes a new trail and underscores Duke Ellington's dictum that there are only two kinds of music: good and bad. This is a shining case in point for the former.

Artist: Cage The Elephant
Album: Cage The Elephant
Release Date: May 19, 2009
Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: Alternative/ Indie Rock, Indie Rock
Size: 59 MB

Track List:

01. "In One Ear" – 4:01
02. "James Brown" – 3:21
03. "Ain't No Rest For the Wicked" – 2:55
04. "Tiny Little Robots" – 4:11
05. "Lotus" – 3:17
06. "Back Against the Wall" – 3:48
07. "Drones in the Valley" – 2:28
08. "Judas" – 3:27
09. "Back Stabbin' Betty" – 3:39
10. "Soil to the Sun" – 3:18
11. "Free Love" – 3:28
12 "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked (Wicked Devil Remix)"

Link Download:

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Review:

The more things change in rock, the more they inevitably stay the same -- and in the case of Cage the Elephant, that's a good thing. Actually, it's a very good thing. Cage the Elephant didn't exist until 2005, but as this self-titled album demonstrates, their ability to be influenced by alternative rock and classic rock simultaneously is a definite plus. Drawing on influences from different eras, this Kentucky-based band has an appealing sound that combines a strong appreciation of the Rolling Stones with elements of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beck, hip-hop, and punk. This isn't full-fledged R&B, but it is certainly funky by rock standards -- and that funkiness serves Cage the Elephant well on bluesy, gritty, infectious offerings like "Free Love," "Back Stabbin' Betty," and the single "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked." When one analyzes the band's sound, it makes perfect sense that classic rock-loving alterna-rockers who are into the Stones would also be into the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beck, and the Beastie Boys; after all, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were absolutely obsessed with both Northern and Southern soul in their 1960s/1970s heyday. The Stones were more than happy to cover gems that had been previously recorded by the Temptations ("Ain't Too Proud to Beg," "Just My Imagination"), Marvin Gaye ("Hitch Hike"), Rufus Thomas ("Walking the Dog"), and Irma Thomas ("Time Is on My Side"). Similarly, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have always been heavily into Parliament/Funkadelic and Sly Stone and covered the Ohio Players' "Love Rollercoaster" in 1996. So there are major parallels between Cage the Elephant's influences even though their influences come from different eras. But instead of trying to sound exactly like those influences, Cage the Elephant have developed their own sound -- a sound that is hardly groundbreaking by 2000s standards, but is nonetheless their own sound. And they show considerable promise on this excellent CD.

Artist: Omarion
Album: Ollusion
Release Date: Jan 12, 2010
Genre: R&B
Styles: Contemporary R&B, Pop
Size: 57 MB

Track List:

01 - I Get It In (Feat. Gucci Mane)
02 - Last Night (Kinkos)
03 - Hoodie (Feat. Jay Rock)
04 - What Do You Say
05 - Speedin’
06 - Temptation
07 - Sweet Hangover
08 - Thee Interlude (Feat. Marques Houston)
09 - Wet
10 - I Think My Girl Is Bi
11 - Code Red

Link Download:

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Review:

Omarion’s first two solo albums topped the R&B and Billboard 200 charts, so it is a little surprising that he took over three years to release his third. The singer wasn’t twiddling his thumbs, though. He recorded 2007’s Face Off with Bow Wow -- promoted by a BET special titled The Road to Platinum, it went gold -- and continued his side career in films and on television. After a brief association with Lil Wayne's Young Money label, Omarion linked with EMI and established his StarWorld label for Ollusion, an album that thrives on sparse, tickling productions that are more about atmosphere than anything else. Clusters of synthetic handclaps, snares, and other slivers of percussion, along with impressionist-like use of keyboards and piano, are more prominent than busy and slick, heavily layered arrangements anchored by heavy kick drums and blasting bass. Almost all of these beats would be classified as snapping, slapping, or smacking before banging, flecked with details yet simultaneously somewhat half-assed-sounding. Given the number of partially detached vocals, filled with android-in-heat impersonations, clipped-phrase drop-ins, and messing around (best heard in “Temptation,” containing a hilarious flub around the three-minute mark), it’s as if Omarion wanted to make a concerted attempt to downplay his vocal ability, which only adds to the album’s weird, teasing charm. The lyrics are relatively straightforward, though the back half of one couplet (“You got me shootin’ like a porno/B*tch stick to me just like a bag of Fritos”) could be the product of a Mad Libs session. There’s only one sop to slick pop, “I Think My Girl Is Bi.” It’s easily the worst song on the album, ironically the disc’s only throwaway.

Artist: Vampire Weekend
Album: Contra
Release Date: Jan 12, 2010
Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: Indie Rock, Alternative/ Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/ Rock
Size: 80 MB

Track List:

01 - Horchata
02 - White Sky
03 - Holiday
04 - California English
05 - Taxi Cab
06 - Run
07 - Cousins
08 - Giving Up The Gun
09 - Diplomat's Son
10 - I Think UR A Contra

Link Download:

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Review:

The scholarly Upper West Side Soweto of Vampire Weekend’s debut sounded self-assured, but on Contra, they step out of their ivory tower with just as much confidence. In all senses of the term, this is a sophomore album. The band still flaunts the collegiate sense of discovery that made Vampire Weekend charming — and sometimes too precious — but with more maturity and creativity. Another Discovery is just as much of a force on Contra as any of the band’s much-noted influences (Afro-pop, Paul Simon’s Graceland): Rostam Batmanglij’s electro-hip-hop-pop project with Ra Ra Riot’s Wes Miles, which released its album LP after the pair found acclaim with their day jobs. While Vampire Weekend aren’t as shiny and sugary as Discovery, some of that adventurousness rubbed off on Batmanglij’s Contra production, which plays to the band’s biggest strength: inspired juxtaposition. The album’s artwork, which pairs a blonde WASP princess in a popped-collar polo shirt with the term given to Nicaraguan rebels, hints at the flair with which Vampire Weekend play mix-and-match on Contra. They throw listeners into the deep end with “Horchata,” which features a four-on-the-floor beat, thumb piano, rubbery synth bass, and massed harmonies — almost everything except the spry guitars that helped define their first album. “California English” goes farther, tweaking Ezra Koenig’s yelp with Auto-Tune, the bête noire of those who value “realness” in their music; for Vampire Weekend, it’s just another instrument for them to play with. On paper, Contra’s hybrids seem more contrived than they actually sound: “Giving Up the Gun” fuses baile funk, house and stadium rock into a sweet melody propelled by choppy rhythms. “Diplomat’s Son” is even more far-fetched and fantastic, adding samples of M.I.A. and Toots & the Maytals — exactly the kind of things you’d expect to hear on a young globetrotter’s iPod — to nostalgic chamber pop. The album bustles with so many sounds and ideas that it challenges listeners to decide where to put their ears first, particularly on the single “Cousins,” a blur of guitars and jump-cut drums that sounds like abstract punk. Despite this busyness, Vampire Weekend are looser and less cryptic than on their debut, allowing them to tell stories like “Holiday,” an Iraqi war protest set to skanking guitars (ever the font snob, Koenig can’t resist mentioning a headline in “96-point Futura”). Even the few quiet moments are complex: “I Think UR a Contra” closes the album by wanting, and hating, the kind of privilege that brings “good schools and friends with pools.” And though the band is committed to change, the same joy that soared through Vampire Weekend pops up on “White Sky,” which boasts a melody so irrepressible that Paul Simon just might want to borrow it. With Contra, Vampire Weekend make Auto-Tune and real live guitars, Mexican drinks, Jamaican riffs and Upper West Side strings belong together, and this exciting lack of boundaries offers more possibilities than anyone could have expected.

Summary:

Artist: Flyleaf
Album: Memento Mori (Expanded Edition)
Release Date: Nov 10, 2009
Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal
Size: 111 MB

Track List:

1. “Beautiful Bride”
2. “Again”
3. “Chasm”
4. “Missing”
5. “This Close”
6. “The Kind”
7. “In The Dark”
8. “Set Apart This Dream”
9. “Swept Away”
10. “Tiny Heart”
11. “Melting” (interlude)
12. “Treasure”
13. “Circle”
14. “Arise”

Deluxe Edition Tracks:

1. “Break Your Knees”
2. “Enemy”
3. “Have We Lost”
4. “Who Am I”

Link Download:

http://hotfile.com/dl/25237834/d3741c9/075_Flyleaf_-_Memento_Mori_Deluxe_Edition_(2009).7z.html

Review:

Texas-based Christian rock/emo-metal quintet Flyleaf’s sophomore release jettisons the raw, punk-infused angst of their platinum-selling debut, replacing it with a thick, punchy theatricality that is as progressive as it is radio-ready. Fueled by the electrifying voice of Lacey Mosley, who can build a city with a single soaring note and then tear it down with a lone caterwaul, Memento Mori (musically, at least) owes more to the tech-heavy, similarly faith-based King's X than it does the moody atmospherics of Evanescence, but there’s enough angst and obsession here to draw fans of the latter. At 14 songs, most of which bust out of the gate with guns blazing, it can be hard to differentiate, especially when the group sticks to the formula of heavy riff/verse/heavy riff/chorus, but between the moody single "Again" and the alternately laid-back and elegiac closer "Arise," the five members of Flyleaf have come awfully close to finding and defining their voice. [An expanded edition was released with an extra disc featuring the bonus tracks "Break Your Knees," "Enemy," "Have We Lost," and "Who Am I."]

Summary:

Artist: Creed
Album: Full Circle
Release Date: 2009
Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: Post-Grunge, Contemporary Christian, Christian Rock, CCM
Size: 81 MB

Track List:

01. Overcome ( 3:46)
02. Bread of Shame ( 3:56)
03. A Thousand Faces ( 4:54)
04. Suddenly ( 3:31)
05. Rain ( 3:28)
06. Away In Silence ( 4:40)
07. Fear ( 4:05)
08. On My Sleeve ( 4:14)
09. Full Circle ( 4:08)
10. Time ( 5:55)
11. Good Fight ( 3:55)
12. The Song You Sing ( 4:08)

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Review:

Getting right back to where they started from, Creed reunites for Full Circle, putting all tensions — including whatever unpleasantry existed with their long-departed original bassist Brian Marshall — to rest and cutting their first album in eight years. Full Circle is a none-too-subtle allusion to how they're getting back to their beginnings, but a cynic could say they never got much past it, toiling the same weathered ground on each of their albums, but this bears some subtle differences, particularly in how Creed sounds heavier yet more open than they did in the past. While they're still delivered with the finesse of a hammer on a railroad spike, there's more air within the ballads, more skill in their attack, a looseness to their playing that allows them to take a stab at white-boy blues on the title track. "Full Circle" is one of several songs built on prominent acoustic guitar, an indication of the greater color palette here than on, say, Human Clay, and that lack of reliance on thudding guitars does make Full Circle less wearying than earlier Creed, but don't mistake this for subtlety: ambiguity is not Creed's friend, they still italicize, bold, and underscore every emotion, the only thing missing is towering hooks as blunt as their intent, which in a way is too bad because this is the most sonically palatable Creed has been on record.

Summary:

Artist: Colbie Caillat
Album: Breakthrough
Release Date: Aug 25, 2009
Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: Alternative/ Indie Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/ Rock, Contemporary Pop/ Rock, Contemporary Singer/ Songwriter
Size: 71 MB

Track List:

01. I Won't 3:47
02. Begin Again 4:16
03. You Got Me 4:02
04. Fallin' For You 3:37
05. Rainbow 3:58
06. Droplets feat. Jason Reeves 3:26
07. I Never Told You 3:55
08. Fearless 5:07
09. Runnin' Around 3:49
10. Break Through 3:40
11. It Stops Today 3:49
12. Breakin' at The Cracks 5:43
13. Lucky with Jason Mraz 3:12

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Review:

Colbie Caillat's breakthrough arrived before Breakthrough, when her debut Coco turned into a breezy surprise hit. Breakthrough isn't meant to catapult Caillat into a mainstream that already knows her, but to consolidate her success, so it's not entirely a surprise that the album bears evidence of her showbiz kid roots, a record that relies just a bit more on the studio than the song. It's a creation that's slicker and sleeker than the debut, but fortunately, it's not quite at the expense of Caillat's simple charms. The high-buff sheen on Breakthrough can mean that the songs glide down a little too smoothly, sliding down like a velvety Piña Colada which is perhaps a bit too sophisticated after the everyday charms of Coco, and perhaps a little bit too polished for Colbie in general. Underneath all that gloss, Caillat remains a simple girl singing songs of love as light and crisp as a sugar cookie. Too many of these in a row can cause a toothache, but having a handful at a time is a sweet ordinary treat.

Summary:

Artist: Pearl Jam
Album: Backspacer
Release Date: Sep 22, 2009
Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: Alternative/ Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/ Rock, Hard Rock
Size: 73 MB

Track List:

01. (00:02:46) Pearl Jam - Gonna See My Friend
02. (00:03:00) Pearl Jam - Got Some
03. (00:02:55) Pearl Jam - The Fixer
04. (00:02:48) Pearl Jam - Johnny Guitar
05. (00:03:34) Pearl Jam - Just Breathe
06. (00:03:57) Pearl Jam - Amongst The Waves
07. (00:04:06) Pearl Jam - Unthought Known
08. (00:02:38) Pearl Jam - Supersonic
09. (00:03:32) Pearl Jam - Speed Of Sound
10. (00:04:02) Pearl Jam - Force Of Nature
11. (00:02:55) Pearl Jam - The End

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Review:

Pearl Jam made peace with their hard rock past on their eponymous eighth album, but its 2009 sequel, Backspacer, is where the group really gets back to basics, bringing in old cohort Brendan O'Brien to produce for the first time since 1998's Yield. To a certain extent, the band has reached the point in its career where every move, every cranked amp, every short tough song is heralded as a return to form — call it the Stones syndrome — and so it is with Backspacer, whose meaty riffs have no less vigor than those of Pearl Jam; they're just channeled into a brighter, cheerier package. Despite this lighter spirit, Pearl Jam remain the antithesis of lighthearted good-time rock & roll — they're convinced rock & roll is a calling, not a diversion — but there's a tonal shift from the clenched anger that's marked their music of the new millennium, a transition from the global toward the personal. Ironically, by looking within the music opens up, as the group isn't fighting against the dying light but embracing how this most classicist of alt-rock bands is an anachronism in 2009. Of course, Pearl Jam were an anachronism even back in 1992, worshiping the Who instead of the Stooges, but this odd out-of-phase devotion to the ideals of post-hippie, pre-punk rock is better suited to bandmembers in their forties than in their twenties; fashion has passed them by several times over, leaving Pearl Jam just to be who they are, comfortable in their weathering skin. Pearl Jam battled their success for so long, intent on whittling their audience down to the devout, that it often felt like a chore to keep pace with the band because no matter the merit of the records, they always felt like heavy lifting, but that's no longer the case: here, as on the self-titled 2006 album, it sounds as if they enjoy being in a band, intoxicated by the noise they make. This means, all things considered, Backspacer is a party record for Pearl Jam — a party that might consist of nothing but philosophical debates till the wee hours, but a party nonetheless — and if 18 years is a long, long wait for a band to finally throw a party, it's also true that, prior to Backspacer, Pearl Jam wouldn't or couldn't have made music this unfettered, unapologetically assured, casual, and, yes, fun.

Summary:

Artist: Shinedown
Album: The Sound Of Madness
Release Date: Jun 24, 2008
Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: Post-Grunge, Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal
Size: 71 MB

Track List:

01. Devour
02. Sound Of Madness
03. Second Chance
04. Cry For Help
05. The Crow And The Butterfly
06. If You Only Knew
07. Sin With A Grin
08. What A Shame
09. Cyanide Sweet Tooth Suicide
10. Breaking Inside
11. Call Me

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Review:

Those expecting a dash of insanity from Shinedown's third album, The Sound of Madness, will have their hopes crushed, but chances are that fans of the Jacksonville-based active rock band not only don't expect madness, they'd recoil if that's what the quartet offered. Few bands have embraced convention quite as enthusiastically as Shinedown, who play every post-grunge cliché as if it were dogma, something never to be questioned or debated, something that is incontrovertible fact set in stone. They doggedly hit every mark -- winding up their guitar riffs with thin, flattened distortion, pumping up rhythms with steroids, punctuating melodies with familiar fills, writing vaguely inspirational lyrics that come close to confirming the group's rumored Christian rock origins -- and their precision is accentuated by producer Rob Cavallo's pristine production, digitally designed to push Shinedown over into the big leagues where they can have the occasional adult rock power ballad hit without losing their testosterone-fueled audience. Nothing is left to chance so nothing surprises, which is not only the way Shinedown like to play it, but that's the way their fans like it. Some of those fans -- the ones who like to see them on the WWE, where "Devour," the first song on The Sound of Madness and its first single, is 2008's Night of Champions theme song -- may carp slightly about that slight increase in gloss and almost imperceptible uptick in power ballads, but most won't notice these subtle shifts as Shinedown serve up what they always have: active modern rock embodying the sound of post-grunge in the new millennium without offering much that is memorable, either for better or for worse.

Summary:

Artist: Maxwell
Album: BLACKsummers'night
Release Date: Jul 7, 2009
Genre: R&B
Styles: Adult Contemporary R&B, Contemporary R&B
Size: 48 MB

Track List:

01. Badhabits
02. Cold
03. Prettywings
04. Helpsomebody
05. Stoptheworld
06. Loveyou
07. Fistfuloftears
08. Playingpossum
09. Phoenixrise

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Review:

Maxwell spent part of the eight years between his third and fourth studio albums walking the Earth, attempting to experience a life resembling that of a human. One of neo-soul's most visible faces, along with Lauryn Hill and D'Angelo, he had been on the music industry's hamster wheel for most of his twenties and needed some tangible inspiration. At some point he got down to scheming and quite a lot of recording; BLACKsummers'night is the first release of a trilogy, with BlackSUMMERS'night (rooted in gospel, with a twist, apparently) and Blacksummers'NIGHT (promised as a disc of slow jams) to follow. Just as he arrived in 1996, offering an alternate option to the exaggerated masculinity that was dominating contemporary R&B, he returns as the airwaves are stuffed with raging hormones expressed through Auto-Tune. He has made no concessions to them. BLACKsummers'night is all devotion, regret, and heartache, written with Now collaborator Hod David and played by a session band, including a horn section, that sounds closer to a touring band that has been supporting the singer for years. The musicians morph with every shift in emotion through arrangements that are unfailingly exquisite and sensitively nuanced, even when they are briskly played. If the singer got into adventures while he was away, he does not detail them during these 38 unified minutes, but he did go through a serious, failed relationship, just as "Pretty Wings," the album's floating pre-album single, suggested. Like the real-life flip side to Al Green's "Simply Beautiful" -- the song Maxwell performed at the 2008 BET Awards, signaling his return -- it's catharsis through bittersweet elegance, equal in its enamored resentment ("You toyed with my affliction/Had to fill out my prescription") and remorse ("I came wrong, you were right/Transformed your love into like"). Although the rest of the album leaves plenty of space for the most common form of pleading, the disarming "Fistful of Tears" is as impassioned as the steamiest moments and indicates the complexity of Maxwell's relationship: "'Cause I go insane, crazy sometimes/Trying to keep you from losing your mind/Open your eyes, see what's in front of your face/Save me my fistful of...tears." For all its dimensions and progress, the album is simultaneously designed to ensure that devoted fans will feel the wait was worth it. After all, its opening lines are "Make me crazy, don't speak no sound/I want you to prove it to me in the nude," and they are sung in falsetto.