Steve Az
Entertainment Reviews
Week 1 – Week Ending
14/10/01
In today’s newsletter
(14/10/01) I will be reviewing previous cd listings as the author at
the time of the previous print was going through some hard times.
Music Reviews
For this part of the
newsletter I will be reviewing on six LP albums. When I’m referring
to an LP album I mean an ordinary album that you purchase in the
shops. The albums are:
10
Things I Hate About You – Soundtrack Hollywood
Records
15.99 HMV, Belfast
Empire
Records – Soundtrack
A&M Records
10.99 HMV, Belfast
Linkin
Park
WB
13.99 HMV, Belfast
Jack
Off Jill
Risk Records
N/A
Dead
Kennedys
Cherry Red Records
N/A
Papa
Roach
Dreamwork Records
11.99 HMV, Belfast
NB: All
album purchases come from HMV in Belfast, Northern Ireland and
prices of the albums where at time of purchase except for The Beavis
And Butt-Head Experience which was purchased at Stacks Book Shop on
Comber Road, Dundonald, Northern Ireland.
10
Things I Hate About You
47:59
This movie is typically
your teenage love story type of thing but yet again I cannot really
comment on movies, as I never know what the storyline is about even if
it has one. Maybe you are
wondering why does movies have a connection with this album? Well the
truth in the matter is, this album is actually from the movie with the
same title funny, as it seems. In case anyone is interested in this
movie and need to know the actors and actresses name and director then
here it goes. Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa
Oleynik, Larry Miller, Andrew Keegan, David Krumholtz and Susan May
Pratt. The
movie was produced by Andrew Lazar, Written by Karen McCullah Lutz
& Kirsten Smith and Directed by Gil Junger.
The bands who made this
average album up were: Letters To Cleo, Semisonic, Save Ferris, Sister
Hazel, Jessica Riddle, Leroy, Ta-Gana, George Clinton, Brick, Joan
Armatrading, The Cardigans, Madness and a Instrumental by Richard
Gibbs.
Final Verdict: The album to
me seemed pretty lame but had some good things to it. This is a
personal opinion coming from me so please do not be put off by my
review. I have never heard of Letters To Cleo before but coming from a
pop/rock genre they actually adapt into the soundtrack very nicely.
Please note I do not know much about Letters To Cleo so the genre
might be wrong. Other bands that I could say I have a strong liking to
are: Save Ferris, Sister Hazel, Jessica Riddle and Joan Armatrading.
The negative opinions are aimed against Leroy, George Clinton, Brick,
Madness and The Cardigans. I think The Cardigans made a very weak
effort with this single as I know for a fact that they can do much
better and this single was very disappointing coming from a band like
this. What else can I add about the album? The album seems to have a
romance theme to it. What does that mean? That means all the tracks on
the album seem to be love songs. If you purchase the album and I am
wrong then I am sorry for mistakes that I made and I should actually
research more on the topic matters. Back to the review again for 15.99
Sterling Pounds and the 14 tracks, which only last for 47 minutes and
59 seconds, I think you should think about your money before
purchasing, as I only really like six songs. OK now I will close this
review with a point rating out of 10.
No value for money,
disappointing duration, some poor efforts from good bands, not a must
have for soundtrack fans. I will give this review 5/10.
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Empire Records
53:50
Yet again another
soundtrack but this time I could say I am much happier with this
soundtrack. Why? This soundtrack seems more appealing because firstly
it has 16 tracks and the duration of the album is longer than 47
minutes and 59 seconds. So how long is the duration for this album?
Duration on third check was 53 minutes and 50 seconds.
It is time for the castlist
and direction of the movie. The cast include: Anthony LaPaglia,
Maxwell Caulfield, Debi Mazar, Rory Cochrane, Johnny Whitworth, Robin
Tunney, Rene Zellweger and Liv Tyler. Produced by Arnon Milchan and
Michael Nathanson, Written by Carol Heikkinen and the most important
person of all is Director Allan Moyle.
Artists who contributed to
this album where: Gin Blossoms, The Cranberries. Edwyn Collins, The
Martinis, Toad The Wet Sprocket, The Innocence Mission, Better Than
Ezra, Ape Hangers, Cracker, The Meices, Drill, Lustre, Please, Evan
Dando, Coyote Shivers and The Cruel Sea.
Final Verdict: I cannot
believe out of the 16 tracks that accompany this album that I actually
like 11 of them. Also about the tracks I was unsure about 4 of them
and there was an out and out no for me and that was track 11.
The tracks which I was undecided about where: Track 3, 5,6 and
13.Who where the artists and what were the tracks called? The partners
in the crime ring where: Edwyn Collins with A Girl Like You, Toad The
Wet Sprocket with Crazy Life, The Innocence Mission with Bright As
Yellow and Evan Dando with The Ballad of El Goodo.
I say this is a good album
and I would also add that it is value for money but yet again it’s
your choice in wanting to make the purchase. 11 out of 16 tracks a
good score. 7/10.
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Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory
36:26
Where can I begin with this
review? Maybe I should tell you how many tracks the album has and the
track listings. Ok I am going to give you the track listings and also
to say is it value for money or is it a pile of garbage.
Out of the 12 tracks on
this album there is three very noticeable tracks which are called One
Step Closer, Crawling and In The End. Those tracks have been in the UK
Top 40 within the last year or so. In The End is currently in the UK
Top 40 but I cannot recall what position they are.
Papercut
One Step Closer
With You
Points Of Authority
Crawling
Runaway
By Myself
In The End
A Place For My Head
Forgotten
Cure For The Itch
Pushing Me Away
Final Verdict: In case
there is any young readers out there this band falls into the genre
rock and can be purchase in Virgin, Our Price or HMV. I am not one
hundred percent with Our Price but MHV and Virgin should definitely
have the album. All the tracks on this album sound good but at this
very moment I cannot really handpick a favourite but I will say what
ones I do like anyway. They are Papercut, One Step Closer, Crawling,
Runaway and In The End.
