Alternative Rock music reviews

I tend to rate music by how much I play it. Interestingly, though this is probably my third favorite cd in my collection, it doesn't find my stereo very often for some reason. Hence, only four stars. However, I still highly recommend it, as the songs are solid and there isn't a single 'bad' song on the disc.

I am one of those who not only loves great music, but lyrics that make me think. Switchfoot has hit on both with this release. Meant to Live, This Your Life, Dare You to Move headline a cd that challenges us in our lives and point us to something greater. Sample these songs especially and see what you think!

Its a shame switchfoot wasn't really noticed in their first 2 albums, but this one, the best of them all, deserves every single bit of the credit its getting.
Every song has so meaning to it, such as 'dare you to move.' The new version of the song makes it sound a tad more rockish, adds a 'yea' to the end of verse 2, and extends the vocals on the final 'today never happened before.'
This song's encouraging tone and lyrics simply say 'hey get up, it's time to move on, the past is over.' I love this song alot and would easily be one of the best christian rock songs.
Meant to live, this is your life, and more than fine are great as well, but i expected more from 'the beautiful letdown,' being the album title as well.
24 is a wonderful power ballad and is the best way to end a superb album! highly recommended

Listening to Silverchair's latest masterpiece, Diorama, one could be mistaken for thinking that Daniel John's nights are spent at the opera and that he has Freddie Mercury albums on repeat. It takes an assured sense of self to believe you have the musical gift to follow in the hallowed path of Queen or Lou Reed, for Diorama is a musical broth simmering with rock sensibilities while heavily infused with rock opera. Confounding his critics though, Daniel Johns and Silverchair do manage to achieve the impossible. Songs such as "Across the Night", "Tuna in the Brine" and "Luv your Life", take you deep into the dreamy landscapes that inhabit Daniel John's mind. Elaborate yet intense, the songs build up to a crescendo, and then, instead of reaching a conclusion, will surprise you with tangents targeting your emotions. "let us get merry, and make another baby,... i don't want to be lonely" from Across the Night and the "closer to everything" verse from Tuna in the Brine are illustrative of this.If Neon Ballroom confronted John's personal demons, then Diorama decides to escape into a surreal realm.Indeed John's almost seems relieved to be free of the anguish that marked his previous efforts. Instead, through songs like "After all these Years" "World upon your Shoulders" and "With or Without You", John's is displaying the maturity that can only be garnered through dark experience. While personal issues such as loneliness are still glossed over, "i'm all by myself" from "Luv your Life" he will then put a positive spin on it"... but its the way i wanna be". Undoubtedly there most accomplished work, Diorama ranks as one of the finds of 2002.

As an Aussie I will always have a soft spot for Silverchair, but this latest album is such an operatic adventure it is impossible not to be swept away.

This is a band that keeps pushing the envelope of what is possible on a rock album. I remember when Frogstomp was first released thinking that it would be a one off, and this hot new thing would be a flash in the pan. Happily I was very very wrong, and each subsequent album has impressed me more than the last. With Diorama, Daniel's song writing, and the musical talents of he Chris and Ben have all matured brilliantly.

The album is truly an auditory sculpture!

I am 18 years old, I can also proudly say ive been a fan of Silverchair since the good ol' Frogstomp days. Perhaps one of the greatest things that "still" to this day remains a mind blowing factor is that Daniel, Chris, and Ben were merely High School students when Frogstomp first sold 250,000 records. I don't know about you, but I know friends that have bands and they have trouble making their own records, much less having enough talent to sell them. lol.

Besides that, although Freakshow is my personal favorite, and probably why I became such a hard-core fan, I always figured Neon Ballroom was easily their best,and filled with the most honest and meaningful gut wrentching emotions Johns has ever thrown out there. It took alot risking that kind of dramatic change not only in the music, but the honest emotional clashing trauma that Johns was personally going through.

I like to think of Neon Ballroom as one of the greatest albums ever constructed. Not many people like it, besides other hard core fans like me, but I know ALOT of people, hell, probably every teenager that was going through things they couldn't handle has owned this album atleast once during their lifetime, or atleast should. It is the epitamy of life at its weirdest, and darkest times. But in the end, even after the events that were thought unimaginable to overcome..."steam will rise, esteem will rise."

So, after an emotional rollercoaster like Ballroom, I didn't care what kind of music Diorama would be. I just knew it would be excellent. I mean c'mon, why doubt Johns? Rather if its mad, glad, happy,sad, or just plain misunderstood, Johns knows what he's doing. I had (and still have) faith in the man, so Diorama was merely a waiting experience.

...And let me tell you, my GOD, the wait was worth an eternity. Only "brilliance"can explain Diorama. The backing of symphony orchestra, the beautiful riffs, and the all-out light heartedness of the album puts an overglow to everything that silverchair has done in its past. Rather if its the teenage madness of Frogstomp, the rage of Freakshow, the emotional war of Neon Ballroom, Diorama is the garnish-the finishing touch-the RESULT- of "all the troubled times" these three talented gents have been through. Diorama is silverchair evolving...plain and simple. They started out as angry confused teens, now they have matured to an understanding of the world they though they knew...and it aint so bad afterall.

It cant rain all the time.

Diorama is proof. (Kinda makes you think about the "rainbow" colored album cover, eh?)

Released in 1975, the haunting Ommadawn is an excellent recording and the last of the trilogy that featured album-length works including Tubular Bells (1973) and Hergest Ridge (1974). All three of these albums can be purchased in one shot with the "Boxed" package. Of the three albums, Ommadawn is a personal favorite.

Mike Oldfield is quite the multi-instrumentalist and on Ommadawn plays everything from acoustic/electric guitar, to bass, to (tons of) synthesizers (amongst other instruments), including a brief vocal passage on Ommadawn Part Two (he sings quite well). In addition to the wide range of instruments Mike plays, he is joined by Irish musician and Chieftains leader Paddy Maloney (pipes); Mike's sister Sally and Irish singer Clodagh Simmons (vocalese passages); Leslie Penning (recorder); a team of excellent African drummers (Jabula); and most notably, virtuoso Gong drummer/percussionist Pierre Moerlen. Unfortunately, Pierre is not allowed to rip it up on the kit and simply contributes percussion bits here and there. The way I see it, a full drum kit, especially when handled by a master percussionist like Pierre Moerlen, could have added another (dynamic) dimension to this recording.

This should not imply that this album is dull or one-faced. On the contrary, it is richly textured instrumental music with touches of progressive rock here and there and a great deal of traditional English folk music. I should note that although the term "world music" was used in the liner notes to describe the album, I do not feel that it is appropriate here, given the emphasis on European melodies, harmonies, and rhythms. Mike has a good handle on melodies and they are both abundant and haunting. He also knows how to put a large piece together, and the two works, including Parts One (19'14") and Two (17'17") flow along very smoothly, develop nicely, and more than hold my interest. Mike also has a sense of humor and there are (exceptionally) brief passages that are bouncier and lighter than the rest of the music, which is largely brooding and contemplative.

This remastered album was transferred using HDCD technology and the sound is incredible with deep rich bass and crisp treble. I would have liked to see more in the way of liner notes and photos, but we can't always get what we want. All in all, this is a pleasant instrumental album that is recommended along with Hergest Ridge.

I have been listening to this composition at suitable intervals for 30 years now. Many of the reviewers here sound like this is about the best thing they've ever heard. Count me in. In one effort this album established the breadth of perspective of New Age music on par with classical music. Hundreds of years from now when people want to hear only the best of our era, this work will be there. Tubular Bells is Oldfield's wonderful if playful signature composition, but Ommadawn is his masterpiece.

I never listen before to an other Mike Olfield's CD, and some how I thought he could not have written some thing as good as tubular bells but this is absolutly great, If you like the first one get this one you will not be disapointed

Released in 1975, the haunting Ommadawn is an excellent recording and the last of the trilogy that featured album-length works including Tubular Bells (1973) and Hergest Ridge (1974). All three of these albums can be purchased in one shot with the "Boxed" package. Of the three albums, Ommadawn is a personal favorite.

Mike Oldfield is quite the multi-instrumentalist and on Ommadawn plays everything from acoustic/electric guitar, to bass, to (tons of) synthesizers (amongst other instruments), including a brief vocal passage on Ommadawn Part Two (he sings quite well). In addition to the wide range of instruments Mike plays, he is joined by Irish musician and Chieftains leader Paddy Maloney (pipes); Mike's sister Sally and Irish singer Clodagh Simmons (vocalese passages); Leslie Penning (recorder); a team of excellent African drummers (Jabula); and most notably, virtuoso Gong drummer/percussionist Pierre Moerlen. Unfortunately, Pierre is not allowed to rip it up on the kit and simply contributes percussion bits here and there. The way I see it, a full drum kit, especially when handled by a master percussionist like Pierre Moerlen, could have added another (dynamic) dimension to this recording.

This should not imply that this album is dull or one-faced. On the contrary, it is richly textured instrumental music with touches of progressive rock here and there and a great deal of traditional English folk music. I should note that although the term "world music" was used in the liner notes to describe the album, I do not feel that it is appropriate here, given the emphasis on European melodies, harmonies, and rhythms. Mike has a good handle on melodies and they are both abundant and haunting. He also knows how to put a large piece together, and the two works, including Parts One (19'14") and Two (17'17") flow along very smoothly, develop nicely, and more than hold my interest. Mike also has a sense of humor and there are (exceptionally) brief passages that are bouncier and lighter than the rest of the music, which is largely brooding and contemplative.

This remastered album was transferred using HDCD technology and the sound is incredible with deep rich bass and crisp treble. I would have liked to see more in the way of liner notes and photos, but we can't always get what we want. All in all, this is a pleasant instrumental album that is recommended along with Hergest Ridge.

I have been listening to this composition at suitable intervals for 30 years now. Many of the reviewers here sound like this is about the best thing they've ever heard. Count me in. In one effort this album established the breadth of perspective of New Age music on par with classical music. Hundreds of years from now when people want to hear only the best of our era, this work will be there. Tubular Bells is Oldfield's wonderful if playful signature composition, but Ommadawn is his masterpiece.

I never listen before to an other Mike Olfield's CD, and some how I thought he could not have written some thing as good as tubular bells but this is absolutly great, If you like the first one get this one you will not be disapointed

This is the only early Ani album where I feel like the review I am writing now will be quite different than it would have been had I written it years ago during my initial exposures to it. This is the early Ani album that has held up the least over the years, in my opinion. As is the case with many of Ani's albums, this one has some of her best tunes ever. Performance-wise though, there is something about this album that doesn't hold me as much as her other early ones still do.

That's not to say that it is a bad album at all. Buildings & Bridges, Hell Yeah, and You Had Time are great performances of some of my favorite of her tunes. It's just that in the years since... take Overlap for instance. In terms of commercially available versions, the Overlap on the Living in Clip live 2-disc set renders this Overlap utterly null and void. Not owning Living In Clip would seem (to me) to be the only possible explanation as to why someone would still listen to the version on Out of Range.

Having said that, obviously anyone who is more than just a casual Ani fan should buy this album. Like I said, the 3 songs/performances I listed earlier are great and are not to be missed. Also with more electricity than her previous (at the time) releases, this one is a bit of a glimpse into her future electric bands and evolving aesthetic.

Letter To a John, Overlap, Out of Range, etc...song-wise, the goods are here, it's just that by now there are performances of these great tunes that seem to make these versions sound like nothing more than the jotting down of some ideas that would go on to bloom into perfection at later dates.

Out of Range is an exercise in musical, lyrical, and vocal subtlety by Ani DiFranco. By the time she announces in track 5 that her reference to "two tree limbs" is "a metaphor, if you know what I mean", you've already been drawn into a subliminal lyrical journey quite nicely; the songs are about real life without gloss. The music is pure delight, with sparse acoustic guitar accompaniment dominating many of the songs -- she sometimes resorts to gently plucking the notes of the same chord repeatedly, but deftly avoids becoming monotonous and dull-sounding when she does this. Her simple acoustic moments work perfectly in setting up the explosive moments of electric-guitar playing (and horn playing on one track) that pepper the CD. The lady sings slow ballads and fast rockers with a youthful-McCartney-like adeptness. She is superb.

I like every track on this CD but I wish to comment on two specific songs. With wonderful percussion and a 3-piece horn section accompaniment, "How Have You Been" explodes from the speakers. The raucous music superbly supports the raucous attitude of a lyric about a disenchanted lover. "You Had Time" is an unusual track because it has a gorgeous, two-minute-long, piano introduction that quietly alerts the listener that something important and significant is up. The extended intro seems to represent either a period of meditation and contemplation or the period of loss felt in a dying relationship. The lyric touches on the conflict one feels when one person in a relationship senses that something is missing while the other person believes that they've found bliss. By the way, in my opinion, Ani's lyrics on Out of Range are gender neutral and can be related to by heterosexual people. Don't believe anyone who tells you differently.

You may consider Ani DiFranco's voice on Out of Range to be either exquisite or quirky (depending on your personal taste in vocals) but it is, undeniably, a fascinating mixture of mature sound and childlike sound; she absolutely avoids the annoying childlike-sound of some recent female pop singers. Early in her career, Ani was categorized as a folk singer (note: the local Coconuts Music Store near my home has Ani DiFranco's CDs in its tiny "Folk" section). The "Folk" tag has stuck with her despite the fact that the lady really hits her stride with a very funky rock and jazz-rock style.

Although Ani DiFranco has oft been compared to specific female folkies and rockers, her sound on Out of Range is a synthesis of many who came before her: Rickie Lee Jones, Joni Mitchell, Edie Brickell, Suzane Vega, Natalie Merchant (who, like Ani, hails from western New York) and even Debbi Harry (on the fast songs), to name but a few. It seems to me that Ms. DiFranco has had an influence on the likes of Jewel, Sarah McLachlan, Lisa Loeb, Tori Amos, Rachael Sage, and many others, although her relative obscurity may make that contention an implausible and impossible one in most cases.

Out of Range is an excellent album. If you like vivid melodies, subtle narrative lyrics, and Ani's voice, you should add Out of Range to your music collection.

OK, so you loved NOT A PRETTY GIRL, IMPERFECTLY and PUDDLE DIVE and you want another album by Ani that's "kind of like those". You're in luck -- there's one left! It's called OUT OF RANGE and it's great.

(Not that the earlier, more simple albums and the later, more synthesized albums aren't great too, but this one sort of rounds out the 'in-your-face folk style quadrilogy".)

Songs like OVERLAP capture deeply personal moments with anger, longing and guts.

YOU HAD TIME is about wishing you loved someone that you know is a good match for you, and who -- even worse -- ouch -- happens to love you deeply.

And of course, there's her trademark political FACE UP AND SING, which is probably the reason for the cliche, "You go, girl." :)

It's another must-have in your Classic Ani collection.

I was totally blown away by the magnitude of brilliance that this band performed in this MTV Unplugged performance in Dublin back in 1999. I did not truly appreciate their music style and didn't think much of them as a band until this CD. Andrea Corr the lead vocalist has a stunning and talented voice, in the top 5 of female lead vocalists that have fantastic voices. This Irish group has all the talent and in this CD with an orchestral arrangement in the background have excelled. Two new music songs are introduced 'Radio' and 'Dreams'. These two songs are as good as the traditional Irish instrumental songs that are in their own right majestic.

This group related to each other have not lost their connection to their roots and quite simply and amazingly create their sound around the use of beautiful and ancient Irish musical instruments like the "Bodhran" and "Dobro". They mix the new songs with their older hits like 'Forgiven, Not Forgotten', 'Runaway' and 'Queen of Hollywood'.

This CD is entertaining and anyone who listens to this band will become instant fans of this purely Irish talent called 'The Corrs'.

"Unplugged" has been recorded on 5th October 1999 at Ardmore Studios in Ireland for MTV Music Television (MTV produces Unplugged series since 80`s) in pleasant atmosphere accompanied by The Irish Film Orchestra. In my opinion, this is one of the best, even the best concert in The Corrs' career. Containing their classics (Only When I Sleep, Runaway, What Can I Do...), some covers (Old Town by Phil Lynott, No Frontiers by Jim McCarthy, Everybody Hurts by R.E.M.) and two new songs taken from the prepared In Blue album (Radio, At Your Side) - this is a short preview of the stuff you can find there. But if you listen to this CD, you will be simply breathless. You know, all the Corrs' songs seem to be written especially for an acoustic performance which really suits them... I must not forget their talent and their ability to play live so fantastic. Unfortunatelly, before this CD was released, Corrs' mom Jean died at the hospital while waiting for lungs transplantation...

Songs review
Only When I Sleep - opening the concert - "Ladies and Gentlemen, please, welcome... The Corrs!". Sit down, feel comfortable, more than one hour of the best music is expecting you...

What Can I Do - the beginning is inspired by the original version from the Talk On Corners album, but the vocals are replaced by strings. After refrain you can feel the influence of remix by Tin Tin Out. It ends with impressive "Hold me and love me", typicall for the live performance...

Radio - the first new song on the album, full of memories and nostalgy of what we had and what is over now... It was performed brilliantly on the concert, maybe that's the reason I don't undersatnd how it was even possible to defile it few month later for In Blue album...

Toss The Feathers - this acoustic version without hard sounds of electric guitars makes you even calm... Caroline shows herself as an excellent bodhran player. It is funny to me, that in the middle of the performance audience considered it to be the end and started to clap. Ooops ...

Runaway - a really "classic". Always sweet, always loving... and always touching your heart:-)

Forgiven, Not Forgotten - an excellent performance... It includes also intro as Sharon's violin solo. It also makes me.. calm. But still haunting and still brilliant!

At Your Side - a new number two, which also deserved a terrible defiling on In Blue album. But here it is one of the pillars of the album. It is about a friendship strenght, that you always need someone you can rely on, who catches your hand when you fall...

Little Wing - Jim together with Anto Drennan and Keith Duffy performed here an excellent guitar play. A cover of Jim Hedrix's song got a big applause...

No Frontiers - Andrea took rest a little while and that's a chance for Caroline and Sharon to show how good singers they are. Only acocmpanied by piano they sung a great cover by Jim McCarthy. (Well, dear Andrea, don't U think that you should leave more space for your sisters? :-)

Queen Of Hollywood - a song which conquered hearts of fans all around the world even though it was never released as a single. It cannot be missed here! But what I miss is a folk outro, as it was performed on the album version...

Old Town - I love this song! It is so true and open-hearted that sometimes I cannot believe it... "The girl's a fool she broke the rules, she hurt him hard, this time he will break down, she's lost his trust and so she must know all is lost..." Yes, yes, the trust is what is the most important in the relationships. It is just like a rose made of glass - beautiful, but so fragile. And if you break this rose, even by accident, not intentionally, you cannot make it as it used to be before. Either you are not able to put it together or if you happen to glue it together after troubles, it always leaves scars... "She plays it hard, she plays it tough, but that's enough - the love is over, she's broke his heart and that is rough, but in the end she'll soon recover the romance is over". And one more comment: You know, how does it feel to spend your money in the Old Town when you know that the one you love so is NOT HERE? "I've been spending my money in the old town, but it's not the same, honey, with you not around..."

Lough Erin Shore - it always reminds me green valleys of the genuine Ireland, the arrangement doesn't matter:-))

So Young - a live performance suits this song more. Why? It makes it more free, more true, more spontaneous... and more ..."live":-)

Everybody Hurts - to re-make a classic is always so hard task, but the Corrs did well. They played it for the first time during a charity concert in Omagh after a terrorist bomb attack... and they've keep it... Even though the songs was played in the middle of MTV sesison, you can find it on the very end of the album... as a song for goodbye...
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Dreams - Japaneses, Americans and Mexicans "deserved" one more track... For the others it is available on standard DVD or Radio single. And as always, this unplugged arrangement suits this song so;-)

Hey you Americans who still ignore The Corrs musical talented playing, i suggest you people to listen this very album. "The Corrs unplugged" is another best album of The Corrs, and it is playing live. By this album The Corrs have shown to the world and all music fan out there that they can a lot better than they've ever imagined.
The album is opened by a tremendous live playing of "Only when i sleep" where the combination of irish musical influence and catchy rocks of unplugged playing sounds amazing. The following tracks such as "What can i do?", "Forgiven not Forgotten", and the IN BLUE'S tracks "Radio" are extremly different from the studio playing version. They can raise up the tempo meanwhile they can still maintain the melodic tempo. If you are a type of person who's expecting a song with meaningful and inspiring lyrics, the album has "At your side" and "No Frontiers". And then, if you are looking forward to hear the legendary oldies tracks, perhaps you will eager to listen REM'S "Everybody Hurts", Jmmy Hendrix "Little wing", and Jimmy McCarthy "No frontiers", all with new arranggements ang repackage. For ballads listeners the album has "Queen Of Hollywood" and "Little Wing". For irish traditional music fans (including me), it has an up beat "Toss the feathers" and a melancholic "Lough Erin Shore".
The album is just properly complete to all distinguished listeners. The album reached succes with 5 millions selling worlwide. The Corrs rocks!!!!!!!!!!

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As a longtime U2 fan, I believed that there was precious little else in the mid-80's. But this CD proved me wrong. While this is clearly an 80's production with all the sheen of the era, these songs are far stronger and diverse in scope. Not a bad song on the disc either. "She Sells Sanctuary" was the biggest hit (and still gets airplay!), but in reality most of the songs are even better.

Buy this CD, and forget about all the weak, contrived crap the 80's usually gave us. And give your U2 CD's a rest...

Watching Jimmy Kimmel Live recently reminded me of this album and the Cult (They performed "She sells sanctuary" on his show about a week ago.) In 1987, a buddy of mine had seen them backing up Billy Idol in support of the "Electric" album. My friend couldn't stop talking about how great this band was (they apparently destroyed the set after their "set" and had a remake of Steppenwolf's "Born to be Wild"), well the next day, my friend bought "Electric" and forced me to listen, and frankly, I have been hooked ever since.

"Love" is a "modern rock" classic (note, I said "Modern" Rock classic, and not "Rock" classic, fans of Zepplin, the Doors, the Stones etc, need not apply to this genre of music, 'modern' rock is a space reserved for the likes of The Cure, The Smithereens, U2 (pre-"Joshua Tree"), Jesus and the Mary Chain, Siouxxe and the Banshees, etc...) in that vein, Love helped define an era of modern rock music, in fact "She Sells Sanctuary" literally powered the summer of 1985.

If you're looking for an album to have a serious retrospect of modern rock from the 1980's, your collection needs to start with Love. It's a sure-fire can't miss album that still sounds fresh today... Love rules!

I recall when this collaboration between Neil Young and Pearl Jam came about. Mirrorball was huge and Neil was even getting play on MTV for the song "Downtown". I was so excited to hear "Long Road" on the radio and wanted to obtain the song. When I found out that PJ collaborated with Neil I had to buy his album for sure. I went to buy his album and came across the last copy at my local record store of "Merkin Ball" that they had in stock. I loved this single. Both songs "Long Road" & "I Got Id." really hooked me in. I had lost the sleeve to this single a few years ago due to water damage and never did find it in stores and found it was out of print so I had to own it again and hence I bought it here.

these two songs are some of pearl jam's best of all time. these songs hearken back to the TEN days (a VERY VERY good thing) and in some ways surpass a lot of the TEN days material. i got ID is simply stunning...the guitar work isnt as defined as most pearl jam, in some ways working like sonic youth's trademark feedback backwash guitar style, letting eddie's intense, personal yet somehow non-sensical vocal preformance explode over the rest of the band. Long Road truly is a long song-one of the longest regular songs pearl jam have ever done (excluding bonus track cd closers and stupid mop...), and is a low-key ballad that uses keys better than any other pearl jam song to date.

if you call yourself a pearl jam fan, you MUST own this gem.

Credited to Pearl Jam, "Merkinball" is a companion to Neil Young's "Mirror Ball", two songs by Ed Vedder-- "I Got Id" and "Long Road", performed by Vedder accompanied by Neil Young, drummer Jack Irons, and either Brendan O'Brien ("I Got Id") or Jeff Ament ("Long Road") on bass. The two pieces, live favorites, are among the strongest songs ever written by Vedder.

"I Got Id" is a grunge song, punky, noisy, and moody, with the sort of loud-soft motif that is so prevelent in grunge, beautifully conceived and full of brilliant noisy guitar and bass playing (check O'Brien's wiggly bass at the end of the piece-- amazing!). "Long Road" in many ways is the polar opposite, delicate, beating, beautiful. But what both songs share is intensity-- my comment on "Vitalogy" is that it worked best when Vedder was passionately behind it. He sits squarely behind both of these pieces, and they benefit from it.

It's really a shame this one is getting harder to find, it is amongst the most essential material in the Pearl Jam catalog.

This is such an awesome band! The lead singer was born to sing swing! You will fall in love with every one of these great tunes! You cannot listen to this great CD without tapping your feet!

This was the album that discovered Swing music for my ears. Great sounding, energetic album.

If you want a good introduction to Swing, this is THE perfect album to get. Also check out "The Contender" by Royal Crown Revue, it was their follow up to Mugsy's Move. Great album as well.

I would highly recommend this album.

Simply a brilliantly fun album that shines in the band's musicianship. The group is so together and the songs are well balanced, flowing seamlessly through the changes in the songs that keep you listening and relate as a group of stories that are greta ot listen to and fun to dance to!

A very strong album that is a fun and fresh approach to the best type of music out there- swing baby!

75 other people gave this an average rating of 4.5? What am I missing here? If you like bad Goo Goo Dolls ripoffs, this is the band for you! We should have these two bands in a cage match with chain saws. At least they would both be entertaining for a few minutes.

This CD is quite good. I really like several of the songs but a few are too instrumental and too long. Don't listen to the guy who apparently hates the world and gave them one star (he gave Intangible 5 and they suck). I think it is a pretty unique sound and I like it better after each listen.

To start off I just want to say it's painfully obvious that provocative envy is trying to "woo" you with his use of big words while he sat there typing the review with Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus balancing against his hands. The band is a pretty good listen. Yes, they do sound like most of the bands that provocative envy mentioned but yet they bring to the table their own unique sound. Give them a try, you might just be surprised. I'll bet they are better than Intangible, hah hah hah.