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The Stranglers
All Live And All Of The Night
Genre:
ROCK/POP
Label:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Release date: 2001
Album Reviews
While not as good as Live X-Cert, the Stranglers live album it bookends, this does have some things to recommend it. First, it was recorded a decade down the line and was able to draw from a wellspring of generally excellent material written between times. Secondly, at this stage of their career, the Stranglers remained just about relevant, and were still a robust live act, though some Stranglers reacted warily to the presence of brass on favorites such as "Down in the Sewer." So, thanks for the live album, but no thanks for the awful packaging, intended to cash in on the success of "All Day and All of the Night." The Stranglers' workmanlike hit version of the Kinks' chestnut is incongruously added to the end of the album. ~ Alex Ogg, All Music Guide
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I'm Yours Jason Mraz |
| In a market where only grown-ups are still buying records, the supply of acts to cater for their tastes seems to be endless. From Mechanicsville, Virginia comes the latest US star ready to join the Didos and James Blunts of this world, feeding the global appetite for mindless escapism, Jason Mraz. "I'm yours" is a blander than a marshmallow slice of reggae-tinged pop, with a chilled holiday vibe attached to it. It had been part of the singer's live shows for quite a while, but wasn't released in a record until this year, hitting the Billboard Top 3 last summer and becoming his biggest hit to date, while dragging quite a few comparisons with US' favourite pop surfer Jack Johnson in the meantime. Included in Mraz's third album "We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things", a work described by the singer as inspired by "moments of self realization, self empowerment and self improvement". Could this be the musical equivalent to a self-help manual, then? ©2008 Shazam Entertainment Limited. All rights reserved. | |
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