What's a spinnin' in your CD player?

[Faron]

R.E.M. - Automatic For The People

 

Survivor - S/T

[Nightrain]

SHINEDOWN - The Sound of Madness (75%)

[Faron]

R.E.M. - Green

 

Dio - The Last In Line

[embrock]

Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (Deluxe Edition)

 

I enjoy this one quite a lot!

[Nick C]

Diamond Head - Borrowed Time & Canterbury

[All Nights Reserved]

John Norum - Face The Truth

Carcass - Heartwork

[Jez]

Kimball- Jamison - S/T

Fergie Frederiksen - Happiness Is The Road

[shamus]

XYZ Forbidden Demos

[heaven&hell]

Fozzy - Chasing the Grail

The Answer -Rise

Ace Frehley - Loaded Deck

[Nightrain]

ZAN CLAN - We Are Zan Clan (80%)

[heaven&hell]

ZAN CLAN - We Are Zan Clan (80%)

 

Really good album and perfect for old Shotgun Messiah fans.

[TIM (2)]

Kimball- Jamison - S/T

Fergie Frederiksen - Happiness Is The Road

 

What do you think of those mate? I was thinking of getting one of them but not both...

[Jez]

Kimball- Jamison - S/T

Fergie Frederiksen - Happiness Is The Road

 

What do you think of those mate? I was thinking of getting one of them but not both...

 

You pretty much know what to expect with these kind of releases, so if you like your good quality pure AOR stuff, you can just about buy blind. All the songs are pretty interchangable on both albums and have similar writers, Robert Sall, Martensson, Peterik etc, but most are pretty strong. As with the Hitchcock disc, very much a 'Project' feel to them both, so a bit sterile in places, but good all the same. Of the 2, I would maybe go with Fergie, but not by a lot.

[Jez]

Issa - The Storm

Sencelled - S/T

[heaven&hell]

House of Lords - Come To My Kingdom

[Fat Freddy]

Stryper - THE COVERING

Tad Morose - MODUS VIVENDI

Shy England - MISSPENT YOUTH

Steve Jones - FIRE AND GASOLINE

Anthrax - WORSHIP MUSIC

Keel - THE RIGHT TO ROCK

[Faron]

Dio - Dream Evil

 

R.E.M. - Out Of Time

[Swazi]

Aviator (UK) - Turbulence

[Geoff]

Toby Hitchcock - 'Mercury's Down' ; I don't know if I'm just being picky, but spinning this in my CD player for the first time (after the MP3's) I fear I've found the first fault in this album - the production. Drums especially sounded a bit muddy to me on the CD. Don't get me wrong - still an utterly stunning disc, but maybe just one issue for me.

 

House Of Lords - 'Big Money' ; speaking of production jobs that don't work for me, not a fan of this production either. Song-wise it's sounding a little patchy too and I'd have to say that the drums on 'Searchin' are arguably my most hated drum track of all time, on a rock CD. Otherwise, love a few of the songs so far.

[Geoff]

Aviator (UK) - Turbulence

What the earth is this???

[Metal T]

Forbidden - Omega Wave

Roxx Gang - TYNDB

[Nightrain]

two new releases that climbed up the hill for me

 

DYNAZTY - Knock You Down (90%)

after four spins, this one eventually nailed a big score for me. Not a big fan of the production though, the sound is too piercing for my ears in a loud volume, but the songs are very strong, hooky, and groovy. Probably the main tracks will get around 85%, but then if I count with the whole 5 bonus tracks for the Japs and Euro version, this enjoyed a massive boost, especially the Japs bonus tracks, which I love all three. Too bad you need to spend more than $35 for that disc and only Jarred can afford it

 

A solid effort and the vocal should make Sebastian Bach proud.. or envy ?

 

NEWMAN - Under Southern Skies (90%)

and how dare I give this 75% on the first impression. After another three spins, this is actually a very strong and consistent offering by Newman. The maturity of each songs, the production (especially this!), the vibe are excellent. The style is very classy, it's like if a five-stars hotel allowed a melodic rock to perform at their lobby, they will choose none other than Newman.

 

Some songs that I thought a bit weak/average at the first such as the title track and 'Monsterrat' turns out to be a good one at last. Glad to have this one in my collection and I hope I'm not alone on this high score. Highly recommended but don't let it go on first spin, it shines after several

[All Nights Reserved]

Arch Enemy - Burning Bridges

Edge Of Sanity - Infernal

[Faron]

R.E.M. - Monster

 

DIO - Dream Evil

 

Cobra - First Strike

 

Survivor - Premonition

 

Survivor - Caught In The Game

[Kim_Hp]

Chickenfoot - III