What's a spinnin' in your CD player?

[heaven&hell]

Fastway - Trick or Treat Soundtrack

Coverdale/Page - S/T

Queensryche - Operation:Mindcrime

[Nightrain]

BRIGHTON ROCK - Take A Deep Breath (85%)

GOTTHARD - Homegrown : Alive in Lugano (85%)

[Jez]

Prisoner - Blind

Sixx: AM - This Is Gonna Hurt

Stampede - A Sudden Impulse

[JamesEagle]

Feral - Dragged to the Altar

Arch/Matheos - Sympathetic Resonance

[heaven&hell]

Southgang - Tainted Angel

Shotgun Messiah - Second Coming

Hardcore Superstar - Split Your Lip

Whitesnake - Live in the Shadow of the Blues

[Nightrain]

EDGUY - Age of The Joker (80%)

[TIM (2)]

XOrigin - State of the Art

 

I realise this one is ending up in a lot of year-end lists, but it won't be anywhere near mine. In fact I don't like it at all. Sounds like it was recorded in someone's garage, the guitar tone and drum sound (surely a machine?) are bloody awful - even though the sound is clear. They have some songwriting ability, but should've sold those songs to a band with more ability IMO. With other v.strong euro-AOR stuff like The Magnificent, WOA and Grand Illusion coming out this year there's no need to ever play this one again. About a 5/10 from me.

[Geoff]

XOrigin - State of the Art

 

I realise this one is ending up in a lot of year-end lists, but it won't be anywhere near mine. In fact I don't like it at all. Sounds like it was recorded in someone's garage, the guitar tone and drum sound (surely a machine?) are bloody awful - even though the sound is clear. They have some songwriting ability, but should've sold those songs to a band with more ability IMO. With other v.strong euro-AOR stuff like The Magnificent, WOA and Grand Illusion coming out this year there's no need to ever play this one again. About a 5/10 from me.

So you'd prefer the new HOL disc to this, just out of curiosity? IMO this crucifies the HOL disc in every way, most of all the sound quality.

 

Simple Plan - 'Get your heart on'

Yellowcard - 'When you're through thinking...'

[TIM (2)]

XOrigin - State of the Art

 

I realise this one is ending up in a lot of year-end lists, but it won't be anywhere near mine. In fact I don't like it at all. Sounds like it was recorded in someone's garage, the guitar tone and drum sound (surely a machine?) are bloody awful - even though the sound is clear. They have some songwriting ability, but should've sold those songs to a band with more ability IMO. With other v.strong euro-AOR stuff like The Magnificent, WOA and Grand Illusion coming out this year there's no need to ever play this one again. About a 5/10 from me.

So you'd prefer the new HOL disc to this, just out of curiosity? IMO this crucifies the HOL disc in every way, most of all the sound quality.

 

Simple Plan - 'Get your heart on'

Yellowcard - 'When you're through thinking...'

 

In terms of song quality I prefer the HOL as at least it has a couple of great songs, whereas nothing on XOrigin excites me at all. Sound quality is poor on both, and although the XOrigin is more listenable it just sounds so amateur. The guitar tone is woeful, so are the drums. The clarity of sound only makes these things worse, it would be better if the sound was muddier as then it wouldn't be so obvious it was recorded on the cheap.

 

Btw: have you seen that Yellowcard album has been re-released with acoustic versions of the songs? I'm gonna pick that one up...

[Jez]

Trust - Au Rockpalast

Prisoner - II

Fate - Ghosts From The Past

[Nightrain]

SEVEN WISHES - Utopia (80%)

[Fat Freddy]

Conquest - END OF DAYS

Megadeth - COUNTDOWN TO EXTINCTION

Helloween - KEEPER OF THE SEVEN KEYS PART ONE and PART TWO

Cinderella - STILL CLIMBING

[Faron]

Accept - Objection Overruled

 

Travis - Good Feeling

 

Travis - The Man Who

 

Travis - The Invisible Band

[Glen]

Fish - Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors

 

( a prog classic)

[Geoff]

XOrigin - State of the Art

 

I realise this one is ending up in a lot of year-end lists, but it won't be anywhere near mine. In fact I don't like it at all. Sounds like it was recorded in someone's garage, the guitar tone and drum sound (surely a machine?) are bloody awful - even though the sound is clear. They have some songwriting ability, but should've sold those songs to a band with more ability IMO. With other v.strong euro-AOR stuff like The Magnificent, WOA and Grand Illusion coming out this year there's no need to ever play this one again. About a 5/10 from me.

So you'd prefer the new HOL disc to this, just out of curiosity? IMO this crucifies the HOL disc in every way, most of all the sound quality.

 

Simple Plan - 'Get your heart on'

Yellowcard - 'When you're through thinking...'

 

In terms of song quality I prefer the HOL as at least it has a couple of great songs, whereas nothing on XOrigin excites me at all. Sound quality is poor on both, and although the XOrigin is more listenable it just sounds so amateur. The guitar tone is woeful, so are the drums. The clarity of sound only makes these things worse, it would be better if the sound was muddier as then it wouldn't be so obvious it was recorded on the cheap.

 

Btw: have you seen that Yellowcard album has been re-released with acoustic versions of the songs? I'm gonna pick that one up...

Funny we disagree so much on those two, as there's not even a contest for me. I still have Xorigin sitting around the 87% mark whilst HOL is probably the most disappointing CD of the year for me (not even sure I put it in that thread?) rating in at 71%. I like the songs, production and style of the Xorigin disc. The HOL obviously sounds like they recorded it in my armpit, but the songs, imo, also aren't quite up to the HOL standard I expect for the most part.

 

As for Yellowcard... I did see that acoustic release somewhere the other day. I don't buy acoustic albums under any circumstance, and there's even less reason for me to buy an acoustic album of a proper album I already have, but it'd be interesting. That album takes a few songs to warm up, but once you hit the 4th song it's a surprisingly good CD from there on in.

 

Playing;

 

Mecca - 'Undeniable' ; lol, funnily enough my initial low opinion of this CD was perhaps a little higher than warranted. This is really doing 0 for me.

[Nightrain]

ANGRA - Rebirth (80%)

[TIM (2)]

XOrigin - State of the Art

 

I realise this one is ending up in a lot of year-end lists, but it won't be anywhere near mine. In fact I don't like it at all. Sounds like it was recorded in someone's garage, the guitar tone and drum sound (surely a machine?) are bloody awful - even though the sound is clear. They have some songwriting ability, but should've sold those songs to a band with more ability IMO. With other v.strong euro-AOR stuff like The Magnificent, WOA and Grand Illusion coming out this year there's no need to ever play this one again. About a 5/10 from me.

So you'd prefer the new HOL disc to this, just out of curiosity? IMO this crucifies the HOL disc in every way, most of all the sound quality.

 

Simple Plan - 'Get your heart on'

Yellowcard - 'When you're through thinking...'

 

In terms of song quality I prefer the HOL as at least it has a couple of great songs, whereas nothing on XOrigin excites me at all. Sound quality is poor on both, and although the XOrigin is more listenable it just sounds so amateur. The guitar tone is woeful, so are the drums. The clarity of sound only makes these things worse, it would be better if the sound was muddier as then it wouldn't be so obvious it was recorded on the cheap.

 

Btw: have you seen that Yellowcard album has been re-released with acoustic versions of the songs? I'm gonna pick that one up...

Funny we disagree so much on those two, as there's not even a contest for me. I still have Xorigin sitting around the 87% mark whilst HOL is probably the most disappointing CD of the year for me (not even sure I put it in that thread?) rating in at 71%. I like the songs, production and style of the Xorigin disc. The HOL obviously sounds like they recorded it in my armpit, but the songs, imo, also aren't quite up to the HOL standard I expect for the most part.

 

As for Yellowcard... I did see that acoustic release somewhere the other day. I don't buy acoustic albums under any circumstance, and there's even less reason for me to buy an acoustic album of a proper album I already have, but it'd be interesting. That album takes a few songs to warm up, but once you hit the 4th song it's a surprisingly good CD from there on in.

 

Playing;

 

Mecca - 'Undeniable' ; lol, funnily enough my initial low opinion of this CD was perhaps a little higher than warranted. This is really doing 0 for me.

 

I do agree a lot with you about the HOL, but I just don't like that XOrigin at all...

 

 

np: CHRIS CORNELL - "Euphoria Morning"

[Glen]

Just for the record, both the last 2 house of lords albums have been below standard IMO - and hence I do not own either. Also, dont bother seeing them live either, unless watching cardboard cutouts is your thing ;-)

 

 

on topic -

 

Marillion - Fugazi (another prog classic)

The Magnificent - s/t

The new Durbin

The new Daughtry

[TIM (2)]

Just for the record, both the last 2 house of lords albums have been below standard IMO - and hence I do not own either. Also, dont bother seeing them live either, unless watching cardboard cutouts is your thing ;-)

 

 

on topic -

 

Marillion - Fugazi (another prog classic)

The Magnificent - s/t

The new Durbin

The new Daughtry

 

I'm not a fan of that new Daughtry one, just isn't sinking-in - although I do need to play it more. Songwriting isn't as good as the last one IMO...

[Jez]

The Magnificent - S/T

White Widdow - Serenade

Mecca - Undeniable

[All Nights Reserved]

The Mob - S/T

[exact3]

The Slam - Hit It

Theocracy - As the World Bleeds

Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery & Imagination

tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - The Last DJ

Lipstixx N Bulletz - Bang Your Head

[Swazi]

Tim Karr - Everybody bleeds

[heaven&hell]

Alter BRidge - ABIII

Megadeth - Th1rt3en

Motley Crue - Red White and Crue

Velvet Revolver - Contraband

Deep Purple - Burn

Masterplan - S/T

Helloween - Treasure Chest

[Faron]

Within Temptation - The Unforgiving

 

Scorpions - Crazy World

 

Airrace - Shaft Of Light