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A Band of Angels put out four singles from 1964-1966 without making much of an impact, and are known exclusively for featuring pianist/singer Mike d'Abo, who in mid-1966 replaced Paul Jones as Manfred Mann's lead vocalist. Their singles, mainly written by d'Abo, weren't bad, though they weren't stylistically consistent. "Me," a near-gem of overlooked British Invasion R&B-pop, sounded like a cross between the Pretty Things and early Small Faces; its B-side, "Not True As Yet," was like a more Merseybeat-inclined Dave Clark Five; their cover of Neil Sedaka's "She'll Never Be You" sounded like Gerry & the Pacemakers; and "Too Late My Love" was waltzing orchestral pop/rock. Six of the eight tracks from the singles are included on the compilation The Mike d'Abo Collection, Vol. 1: Handbags & Gladrags, though sadly that's missing two of their songs, "Leave It to Me" and "Cheat and Lie." ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
Compilations Featuring A Band Of Angels (12)
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We Love The Pirates: Charting the Big 'L... | Sanctuary Re... |
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Dance Like The Devil | Sequel Records |
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British Soul - Volume 1: Classic British... | Goldmine Sou... |
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The Go Go Train: Doin' The Mod, Volume 1 | Sequel Records |
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The Roots Of Rock: 28 footsteps to fame | Sanctuary Re... |
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Love Lockdown KanYe West |
| KanYe West keeps on challenging the limits of hip-hop: if "Graduation" was his pop album, the first single from "808s and Heartaches" sees the star going all soulful and expanding the most spiritual side of former highlights such as "Jesus Walk" or "Can't Tell me Nothing". Arguably the first interactive recording ever made, thanks to the KanYe's official blog; when the original mix was posted, many fans reacted sending an avalanche of negative feedback; maybe it was the use of popular pitch-altering software autotune, abused in recent times by everyone from Cher to T-Pain, that led the audience to revolt and ended up with the notorious perfectionist re-recording the vocals and adding some taiko drums to highlight its minimal beat, imitating a heart pounding; posting it again afterwards for general approval. Not happy with that, he later went the Radiohead way, making six different stems (vocals, drums, piano, etc.) available for fans to remix the song themselves. "Love Lockdown" can be seen as West upgrading himself from rapper to proper soul singer and is one of his more inspired and powerful moments to date. A mind-blowing closing performance at this year's VMAs ignited a chart frenzy all over the world and it looks set to last for a few months. | |
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