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The mid-'90s deluge of brilliant Swedish pop bands slowed somewhat by the end of the decade, thanks in no small part to the abolition of a national employment-opportunity program through which struggling pop bands could apply for grants to buy equipment and attend seminars on management and publishing. However, after the continued worldwide success of bands like the Cardigans, pop fans still looked to Sweden for inspiration.
The belated U.S. issue of ISOLA, the debut from Stockholm's Kent, is another example of the country's astounding popcraft. Taking what's good about '90s British pop bands like Suede, Oasis, and Radiohead (moody, guitar-heavy minor-key pop songs with an equal emphasis on hooks and '70s-style epic orchestral sweep) while eliminating those bands' shortcomings, Kent hits a pop-meets-bombast peak not seen since the heyday of the Electric Light Orchestra and Supertramp, but with the charming self-effacement typical of Swedish pop.
Recorded at Galaxy Studios, Belgium; Ljuhavet Studio, Stockholm, Sweden; Europa Studio 2, Bromma.
Recording information: Europa Studios, Bromma, Sweden; Galaxy Studios, Belgium; Ljudhavet Studio, Stockholm, Sweden.
Kent: Joakim Berg (vocals, guitar); Sami Servio (guitar, keyboards, 6-string bass); Harri Manty (guitar, percussion, programming); Markus Mustonen (piano, Fender Rhodes, drums, background vocals); Martin Skold (keyboards, bass).
The Helios Quartet: Klara Hellgren, David Bjorkman (violin); Ulrika Gardelin (viola); Henrik Soderquist (cello).
Kent Isola Songs | 1. | Lifesavers |
| 2. | If You Were Here |
| 3. | Things She Said |
| 4. | Unprofessional |
| 5. | OWC |
| 6. | Celsius |
| 7. | Bianca |
| 8. | Before It All Ends |
| 9. | Elvis |
| 10. | Velvet |
| 11. | Glider |
| 12. | 747 |
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Purchase Isola CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Gov't Mule By A Thread CD (2009)
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BY A THREAD is Gov't Mule's first studio album since HIGH & MIGHTY was issued in 2006. Since that time, bassist Andy Hess has been replaced by Jorgen Carlsson, though Hess appears on two tracks at the end of the album. Carlsson's playing style is much more aggressive than Hess', and is therefore closer - in spirit anyway - to Gov't Mule's original bassist, the late Allen Woody, though he possesses an adventurous sense of time and is harmonically more colorful than either Woody or Hess. Carlsson and drummer Matt Abst are a solid match, since Abst is a drummer used to shifting time signatures and allowing the unexpected in while still driving a band. The band's keyboardist and rhythm guitarist, Danny Louis, is a shape-shifter, playing to whatever is needed in a given track. His manner of coloring sounds inside and around a particular tune's framework is a large part of what makes Gov't Mule's sound so fresh here - despite the fact that they don't stray far from what they do best. Warren Haynes and his guitar are, as usual, front and center, his guitar screaming, his ...
| | Michael Jackson - Video Greatest Hits - History V. 2: On Film DVD (1997)
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| | Backtracks CDs (2009) With DVD; Box Set
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| | Michael Buble Call Me Irresponsible CD (2007)
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Michael Buble ranks among the best of the contemporary crooners working in a classic pop-vocal style, and his 2007 album, CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE, further refines his suave, smooth style. With its finger-snapping big band arrangements, the album has its share of homage to Frank and Dino, both obvious cornerstones of Buble's music. But this isn't merely a retro exercise; the tunes, the production, and the overall feel are decidedly contemporary.
Stylistically adventurous versions of songs by Eric Clapton, Leonard Cohen, and Willie Nelson keep things lively, while "Everything," a Buble original, is one of the album's highlights. Still, cuts like the lead-off track ("The Best Is Yet to Come") and the old chestnut "I've Got the World on a String" will give listeners looking for some elegant, back-in-the-day pizzazz exactly that.
Recording information: Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA; Chartmaker Studios; Conway Recording Studios; Record Plant Recording Studios; Signet Sound; The Village, Los Angeles, CA; The Warehouse Studio; Westlake Recording Studios.
Photographers: Eric Ogden; Matt ...
| | Breaking Benjamin Dear Agony CD (2009)
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Breaking Benjamin's fourth foray into the crowded waters of early 21st century alternative metal/post-grunge feels a lot like their first three. That's good news for longtime fans of the brooding Pennsylvania quartet, ...
| | Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix CD (2009)
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The slyly referential MOR-pop of Phoenix has, in part, staked it's effectiveness on the reclaiming of unfashionable music styles of yore. From electro-inflected country & western ditties to airy, synth-heavy soft-rock, the group's giddy embrace of all that's considered schlock--retouching the results to a fine point with crisp, modern production ...
| | David Wilkie The Drover Road CD (2001)
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| | Harry Belafonte Christmas CD (2001)
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Harry Belafonte Christmas features the legendary vocalist singing a number of Christmas-themed songs. Some of these songs -- "Twelve Days of Christmas," ...
| | Very Best Of This Is Acid Jazz: A 10 Year Celebration CDs (2001)
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| | Creeper Lagoon Remember The Future CD (2002) Extended Play
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| | La Pulqueria Corridos De Amor CD (2006)
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| | Hoodoo Gurus Stoneage Romeos CD (1983) (Import) Remastered
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The debut from these Australian rockers established the blueprint for much of what would follow on MARS NEEDS GUITARS and BLOW YOUR COOL: jangly, hook-laden power pop delivered with just the right amount of aggressive garage energy. The opener, "I Want You Back," with its driving rhythm, sing along backups, and minor key, "Stepping Stone"-like chord progressions, ...
| | Junta Akasaka Happy Boys Imagesong Collection 2 CD (2007) (Import)
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First pressing includes a card.
| | Mike "G" & M A R Get Right Or Get Left CD (2009)
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