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OPERATOR PLEASE — YES YES VINDICTIVE (Brille): Australia’s Operator Please fitted right into 2007’s Nu Rave scene with their magnificently-deranged single, Just A Song About Ping Pong, which sounded like CSS overdosing on E-numbers. It’s present on Yes Yes Vindictive, along with the band’s two earlier — and equally fun singles — Get What You Want and Leave It Alone. Apparently, the band only formed to take part in a school Battle of the Bands competition a couple of years back, which possibly explains just how they’ve managed to capture the sound of youthful exuberance so successfully. There’s nothing deep or cerebral on here, but if feelgood, deranged dance beats are your thing then Yes Yes Vindictive should be on your shopping list this year.
MORRISSEY — GREATEST HITS (Decca): No Interesting Drug or We Hate it When Our Friends Become Successful? What goes on? Oh, I see. These are Morrissey’s greatest hits insofar as they are the singles that charted the highest, rather than a best of compilation. I’d imagine that any self-respecting Mozz fanatic would already own these songs in one form or another, which is probably why two previously-unreleased tracks have been included here. Leaving aside the breathtaking chutzpah involved in putting unheard songs on a greatest hits collection, this is still an entertaining album, albeit one that doesn’t quite tell the full story of Steven Patrick Morrissey.
MORRISSEY — GREATEST HITS (Decca): No Interesting Drug or We Hate it When Our Friends Become Successful? What goes on? Oh, I see. These are Morrissey’s greatest hits insofar as they are the singles that charted the highest, rather than a best of compilation. I’d imagine that any self-respecting Mozz fanatic would already own these songs in one form or another, which is probably why two previously-unreleased tracks have been included here. Leaving aside the breathtaking chutzpah involved in putting unheard songs on a greatest hits collection, this is still an entertaining album, albeit one that doesn’t quite tell the full story of Steven Patrick Morrissey.
BLACK TIDE — LIGHT FROM ABOVE (Interscope): Heavy Metal . . . whether you love it or hate it, you have to admire its resilience as an art form.
Although Miami’s Black Tide are a very young band — one of them is still only 14 — they’re incredibly talented musicians, completely steeped in the classic 1980s metal tradition, right down to covering Metallica’s Hit the Lights, while Warriors of Time has more than a flavour of vintage Iron Maiden. All opener Shockwave needs is slightly screechier lead vocals and it could easily be from Motley Crue’s debut album. Signed to Eminem’s label, I’d gamble on Black Tide becoming as big as Slim Shady, especially in America, where this kind of live fast, die young rock has always gone down a storm.
Although Miami’s Black Tide are a very young band — one of them is still only 14 — they’re incredibly talented musicians, completely steeped in the classic 1980s metal tradition, right down to covering Metallica’s Hit the Lights, while Warriors of Time has more than a flavour of vintage Iron Maiden. All opener Shockwave needs is slightly screechier lead vocals and it could easily be from Motley Crue’s debut album. Signed to Eminem’s label, I’d gamble on Black Tide becoming as big as Slim Shady, especially in America, where this kind of live fast, die young rock has always gone down a storm.
Sunday Sun Stereo
MALCOLM MIDDLETON - SLEIGHT OF HEART (Full Time Hobby): It’s been less than a year since A Brighter Beat, the last album from Malcolm Middleton, and Sleight of Heart comes across like a more reflective, mostly acoustic companion of the 2007 first release.
MALCOLM MIDDLETON - SLEIGHT OF HEART (Full Time Hobby): It’s been less than a year since A Brighter Beat, the last album from Malcolm Middleton, and Sleight of Heart comes across like a more reflective, mostly acoustic companion of the 2007 first release.
Sunday Sun Stereo
DEVIAN — NINEWINGED SERPENT (Century Media): This nine wings business is confusing me . . . surely if a serpent had an odd number of wings it would just flap round in circles all the time?
DEVIAN — NINEWINGED SERPENT (Century Media): This nine wings business is confusing me . . . surely if a serpent had an odd number of wings it would just flap round in circles all the time?
Does X mark the No1 spot?
SHAUN — and Vic — will have some tough competition to beat if they are to clinch the coveted Christmas number one slot.
SHAUN — and Vic — will have some tough competition to beat if they are to clinch the coveted Christmas number one slot.
Sunday Sun Stereo
THE HOUSEMARTINS AND THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH — SOUP (Mercury): Although this CD is touted as being the best of both bands, the Housemartins don’t come out of it too well.
THE HOUSEMARTINS AND THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH — SOUP (Mercury): Although this CD is touted as being the best of both bands, the Housemartins don’t come out of it too well.
Maximo mystery
TOP North band Maximo Park are offering fans the chance to win a magical mystery bus tour of their favourite city ahead of their homecoming gig.
TOP North band Maximo Park are offering fans the chance to win a magical mystery bus tour of their favourite city ahead of their homecoming gig.
Sunday Sun Stereo
VARIOUS ARTISTS — RADIO 1’S LIVE LOUNGE VOLUME 2 (BMG): I’d imagine most casual music listeners will find this double CD enjoyable and annoying in equal measure.
VARIOUS ARTISTS — RADIO 1’S LIVE LOUNGE VOLUME 2 (BMG): I’d imagine most casual music listeners will find this double CD enjoyable and annoying in equal measure.
Sunday Sun Stereo
LEONA LEWIS — SPIRIT: So what does the debut album from last year’s X Factor winner Leona Lewis have to offer? As you might expect from her performances on the show . . . epic ballads galore.
LEONA LEWIS — SPIRIT: So what does the debut album from last year’s X Factor winner Leona Lewis have to offer? As you might expect from her performances on the show . . . epic ballads galore.
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ATHLETE — BEYOND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (Parlophone): Athlete picked up an Ivor Novello award for best contemporary song in 2006, for the haunting Wires, inspired by the near-death of frontman Joel Potts’ prematurely-born baby.
ATHLETE — BEYOND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (Parlophone): Athlete picked up an Ivor Novello award for best contemporary song in 2006, for the haunting Wires, inspired by the near-death of frontman Joel Potts’ prematurely-born baby.
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