The Flaming Lips-The Soft Bulletin (1999)

Wayne's World Masterpiece Pt. I.

Rating: 10.0/10.0



✔Race For The Prize (Remix)
✔A Spoonful Weighs A Ton
✔The Spark That Bled
✔The Spiderbite Song
✔Buggin' (Remix)
✔What Is The Light?
✔The Observer
✔Waitin' For A Superman
✔Suddenly Everything Has Changed
✔The Gash
✔Feeling Yourself Disintegrate
✔Sleeping On The Roof
✔Race For The Prize
✔Waitin' For A Superman (Remix)

Wow. The Flaming Lips major breakthrough proved to be an album that changed the way I listened to music. While not as good as they're next album (Yoshimi), Soft Bulletin beats most bands best albums. "Race For The Prize", in two different versions, is probably the best song on here. The string line grabs you in and gets you. "Spoonful" is a song with wonderful vocals. This album is full of guitar that "Shimmers". Its on "The Spark That Bled", "Feeling Yourself Disinigrate", and the fantastic "Waitin For A Superman". The Instrumentals ("The Observer", "Sleeping On The Roof") are quite amazing. Lots of strings, electronic beats, and great guitar are what this album's about. Listen to it in 5.1 Surround to get the full effect of the album.

Top 3:
-Race For The Prize
-Waitin' For A Superman
-Feeling Yourself Disinigrate

Kanye West-Graduation (September 11th, 2007)

Further Solidifying Himself as the Best There is.

Afterimage Rating: 10.0/10.0



✔Good Morning (Intro)
✔Champion
✔Stronger (Ft. Daft Punk)
✔I Wonder
✔Good Life (Ft. T-Pain)
✔Can't Tell Me Nothing
✔Barry Bonds (Ft. Lil Wayne)
✔Drunk And Hot Girls (Ft. Mos Def)
✔Flashing Lights (Ft. Dwele)
✔Everything I Am
✔The Glory
✔The Homecoming (Ft. Chris Martin)
✔Big Brother

Bonus Tracks:

✔Bittersweet Poetry (Ft. John Mayer)
✔CRS (Ft. Thom Yorke, Lupe Fiasco, and Pharrell Williams)

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Kanye West, once known only as the best producer in Hip-Hop, is now the best in the business all together. "Stronger" is a current #1 hit, "Can't Tell Me Nothing" was quite big, and now the album has dropped. When Late Registration dropped in 2005, most of us went nuts and gave it great reviews (like myself). This album has that same hype. "Good Morning" is the best opening Kanye has had yet, after having Deray introduce us for the last 2 albums, Kanye kicks us in himself. Champion is a short, dancy, groovy, song sampling a soul singer and is full of synths with a great chorus. The Aforementioned "Stronger", which samples Daft Punk, is one of the best singles of 2007, and shows what Rap should really be one day. "I Wonder" is a brilliant, dreamy track, with piano (!) and dancy synths. I've kinda hated T-Pain in the past, but he shines on "Good Life", which is supposed to be the 3rd single from the album. "Can't Tell Me Nothing" is a song with amazing rhymes, and some great samples. "Barry Bonds" is the only song to feature a guest rap on the album, from Lil Wayne, who is killer. The hook and lyrics are madness, perfect for a single. German 70's art rockers Can are sampled on "Drunk And Hot Girls", which guests Mos Def. "Flashing Lights" Is Gold. The strings, synths, and vocals are amazing and so perfect. "Everything I Am" is Kanye backed with a piano, and is quite good. "The Glory" is genius lyrics, with great sampled backing vocals. "The Homecoming" is a song we've been waiting to hear, and it lived up to its hype. Great hook and Piano by Chris Martin, fantastic tribute to Chicago. "Big Brother" is Kanye's Ultimate tribute to Jay-Z, full of guitar and amazing rhymes.

The Bonus tracks are of note. "Bittersweet Poetry", with John Mayer has a great hook and music. "CRS" (or "Us Placers") is pure genius. It is the definition of a perfect Rap song, with a great sample (Thom Yorke's "The Eraser") and great rhymes.

Overall, no other rapper could do this. Nobody could choose these great samples, layer strings on synths, and sample songs from bands like Can. Kanye is the best in the world, and he looks to dominate it.

TOP 3 (Extremely Hard):
-Flashing Lights (Ft. Dwele)
-The Homecoming (Ft. Chris Martin)
-Big Brother

Go Buy September 11th.

List: Best Canadian Bands (And Their Best Albums)

Each band has their 3 best albums listed.

1. Rush
-Moving Pictures
-Permanent Waves
-Grace Under Pressure

2. Arcade Fire
-Funeral
-Arcade Fire EP
-Neon Bible

3. Bryan Adams
-Reckless
-18 til I die
-Waking Up the Neighbors

4. Barenaked Ladies
-Barenaked Ladies Are Men
-Barenaked Ladies Are Me
-Stunt

5. Wolf Parade
-Apologies to the Queen Mary
(No other albums)

A bit subjective..........

Thom Yorke-The Eraser (2006)

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✔The Eraser
✔Analyze
✔The Clock
✔Black Swan
✔Skip Divided
✔Atoms For Peace
✔And It Rained All Night
✔Harrowdown Hill
✔Cymbal Rush

Thom Yorke is a disturbing man. You ask anyone, no one will tell you otherwise (including himself). But he is a genius, singing and controlling alot of the music and ideas of Radiohead. But here, he doesn't have to listen to anyone else. He is himself, with the assistance of longtime RH producer Nigel Godrich. At only 9 songs, The Eraser is what was thought to be a surprise project bridging the gap between Hail To The Thief and RH's 7th LP. However, this made out to be one of the best of 2006. "The Eraser" is the only song to contain anything from another member of Radiohead, and that is the piano chords that open the album. The song is great otherwise, with beats and electronics (what this album is made for) and Yorke made a great chorus middle. "Analyze" is probably the most electronic thing on here, with Yorke going ahead and singing vocals right as the song starts. "It gets you down" in a great way, with more piano chords in the background. "The Clock" had some RH sounding beats and loops, but yet unlike RH, was very beat driven. "Black Swan" is "fucked up" according to Yorke, but to most of us it is pretty cool. It contains guitar, a true rarity on this album. "Skip Divided" low rumbles by Yorke which may cause you to turn your Stereos up, but his backing vocalists and bongo beats/electronics are way louder than he is. "Atoms For Peace" is where Yorke allows his vocals to take over. A simple bass line and electronics sets the background. "And It Rained All Night" is full of clicking drumsticks, Ambience, and bass. Great lyrics and vocals from Yorke. "Harrowdown Hill" may be the shining moment of the album, with an odd bassline contributing to an Ambience and Yorke's great vocals and lyrics. "Cymbal Rush" may fool you with the title, but its full of odd sounding loops below beats and Ambience, with Yorke's eerie vocals and then a drum kit with cymbals later on in the song, with piano. It is great ending to the album.

Yorke can make great music without the rest of the band, and he really shows it here.

Top 3:
-Harrowdown Hill
-The Eraser
-Analyze

Gorillaz-Demon Days (2005)

Afterimage Rating: ✭✭✭✭✭



Intro
✔Last Living Souls
✔Kids With Guns
✔O Green World
✔Dirty Harry
✔Feel Good Inc.
✔El Manana
✔Every Planet We Reach Is Dead
✔November Has Come
✔All Alone
✔White Light
✔DARE
✔Fire Coming Out Of A Monkey's Head
✔Don't Get Lost in Heaven
✔Demon Days


No matter what damn project Damon Albarn finds, its going to sound great. The Gorillaz, an animated band made by Albarn, happen to have great music, produced by one of the best producers in the world today, Danger Mouse. "Last Living Souls" had great vocals and synths (what this album is full of). "Kids With Guns" was some slow, funk number, with 2D (I think) singing his higher pitched vocals with someone else rapping. "O Green World" is a bunch of distortion and synths with 2D's voice. "Dirty Harry" has a choir singing the song, with some more funky noise and synths in the background (and a neat rap section at the end by Bootie Brown). If you haven't heard "Feel Good Inc.", you've been living under a fucking rock for about two years. The song is fantastic, with a funky bass line at the beginning, a nice guitar chorus, a rap by De La Soul (who is great), and repeats the process. "El Manana" is a nice song, with simple acoustic guitar, synths, and a great vocal from 2D, Albarn, etc. "Every Planet We Reach Is Dead" has a catchy synth, crashing cymbals, and an interesting vocal. "November Has Come" is rapping, synths, and a chorus vocal from 2D. "All Alone" seems freaky at first, but then it breaks into a huge rap section. "White Light" is fast paced drumming matched with distorted vocals. "Dare" is a showcase for "Noodle" and with some catchy dance lines and a guest appearance by Shaun Ryder. "Fire Coming Out Of A Monkey's Head" has Dennis Hopper narrating and 2D singing in the middle parts. "Don't Get Lost In Heaven" is just choir with a cool slide guitar. "Demon Days" has an uplifting choir and some cool drumming.

A very moody, electronica/hip-hop album with ambient, spacy synths and its very bouncy. Download it and then go buy.

Top 3:
-El Manana
-Feel Good Inc.
-Dirty Harry
-The Whole Album

Radiohead-Amnesiac (2001)

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✔Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box
✔Pyramid Song
✔Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors
✔You And Whose Army?
✔I Might Be Wrong
✔Knives Out
✔Morning Bell (Amnesiac)
✔Dollars & Cents
Hunting Bears
✔Like Spinning Plates
✔Life In A Glasshouse

Never to be called Kid B, Amnesiac is a great album on its own. "Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box" is a cool song with a steel drum and Yorke telling us to get off his case. "Pyramid Song" is one of my all-time favorites. It's simply Yorke singing and playing piano, with Strings and moderate srums in the background. The lyrics are stunning. Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors is very electronic and is very odd sounding with alot of loops in the background, and morphed vocals. "You And Whose Army?" is really cool, and it starts slow at the beginning, then it picks up into a loud section with a choir, organ and crashing drum from Phil Selway. "I Might Be Wrong" is the most guitar-based song on here, with its very bouncy-blues riff and an interesting bassline from Colin Greenwood. "Knives Out" is very jazzy percussion and guitar from Selway, Johhny Greenwood, and Ed O' Brien. "Morning Bell (Amnesiac)" is different than the one on Kid A, and has a very basic background and Yorke's vocals with some small acoustics."Dollars and Cents" has a cool guitar riff and neat vocals by Yorke, and is very minimal."Hunting Bears" is a short guitar instrumental. "Like Spinning Plates" is a very electronic-vocal only song that is great. "Life In A Glasshouse" is a very jazzy way to end the album, especially with all the percussion and brass.

Amnesiac is pretty cool. Get it especially for Pyramid Song.

Top 3:
-Pyramid Song
-You And Whose Army?
-I Might Be Wrong

Radiohead-Kid A (2000)

Afterimage Rating: ✭✭✭✭✭

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✔Everything In Its Right Place
✔Kid A
✔The National Anthem
✔How To Dissapear Completely
✔Treefingers
✔Optimistic
✔In Limbo
✔Idiotque
✔Morning Bell
✔Motion Picture Soundtrack

After OK Computer said that Radiohead was one of the best bands of our time, they told us in a great fashion that they can change, and still sound fucking brilliant. Kid A's 10 tracks can nearly match OK Computer's 12, but they are two kinds of albums. "Everything In Its Right Place" could have been just Thom Yorke and a synth, but the Johnny and Colin Greenwood took over with some samplers and made it interesting, but looping Yorke's minimal lyrics. "Everything.." is right at the top of Radiohead's catalog. "Kid A" is very electronic, and can at times give me the creeps, but its great. "The National Anthem" is fronted by a powerful bass (played by Yorke) and has numerous background samples, guitars, and a jazz band. "How To Disapear Completely" is the "Exit Music (For A Film)" of Kid A. It sounds very depressing, and the title of the song comes from advice Michael Stipe gave Yorke when Yorke was fighting depression. "Treefingers" is absolute beauty. Its really an Ed O' Brian guitar solo chopped up and made ambient. This is the ambient center piece of the album, and it's fantastic. "Optimistic" is the rocker, and shows some awesome lyrics (If you try the best you can/The best you can is good enough, This one dropped a payload/Fodder for the animals/Living on an animal farm) and an amazing guitar riff. "In Limbo" is more electronics, with some genius, nonsense lyrics. "Idiotque" is largely apocalyptic, very dancy, and full of electronics. Yorke's singing is fantastic, and its a big fan favorite. "Morning Bell" is Phil Selway's big moment on a Radiohead album, and he sounds great. This song is really cool on Amnesiac and live as well. "Motion Picture Soundtrack" is a great ending to the album, but it ends after 3 minutes, and there is a long silence and a short instrumental after the 7 minute song.

Kid A is freaky. It's an in the dark, in your bedroom by yourself with a good stereo album. But it is one of the true great albums, and is something I will be listening to for a long time. I hope you will too.

Top 3 (Very Hard):
-Everything In Its Right Place
-Idiotque
-Optimistic

R.E.M.-Murmur (1983)

Afterimage Rating: ✭✭✭✭ 1/2



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✔Radio Free Europe
✔Pilgrimage
✔Laughing
Talk About the Passion
✔Moral Kiosk
Perfect Circle
Catapult
✔Sitting Still
✔9-9
Shaking Through
✔We Walk
✔West Of The Feilds

R.E.M.'s fantastic debut was filled with ringing guitars and nonsense lyrics and low "Murmurs" from singer Michael Stipe. "Radio Free Europe" is that fast, catchy single that is found on pretty much any debut, ever. "Pilgrimage" is....Laughing has a slow, driving acoustic guitar. "Talk About The Passion" has bouncy guitars and more of Stipe's "Murmurs". "Moral Kiosk" is R.E.M.'s first big "anthem". Buck's guitar is fast, and Berry's drumming is tribal. "Perfect Circle" is hard to listen to..as Stipe's vocals are so low. "Catapult" is absolute nonsense. "Sitting Still" is a little droning number that will grow on you over time. "9-9" may be the best track on here, with its echoing vocals and heavy drum and bass."Shaking Through" is a mass of acoustic guitar, and "We Walk" is beautifully shimmering guitar. "West Of The Fields" Shows what may happen on later R.E.M. albums.

This may become 5 stars on a second listen...but its 4 1/2 now.

Top 3:
-Radio Free Europe
- 9-9
-Pilgrimage

Rush-Snakes And Arrows (May 1st, 2007)

Afterimage Rating: ✭✭✭✭


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✔Far Cry
✔Armor and Sword
Working Them Angels
Larger Bowl
✔Spindrift
The Main Monkey Business
✔Way The Wind Blows
Hope
✔Faithless
✔Bravest Face
Good News First
Malignant Narcissism
✔We Hold On

Rush's latest studio album contains some of their best stuff in a while. 2002's Vapor Trails had some good stuff, but S&A is Rush's best album since 1993's Counterparts. "Far Cry" is a fantastic lead single. "Armor And Sword" reminds me of early Rush, and "Spindrift" is fantastic (the best song on here). "Bravest Face" is really cool, but "We Hold On" is Rush's best album closer in a long time.

Top 3:
-Spindrift
-Far Cry
-Bravest Face

Coldplay-X&Y (2005)

Afterimage Rating: ✭✭✭✭✭



Square One
✔What If
✔White Shadows
✔Fix You
✔Talk
✔X&Y
✔Speed Of Sound
A Message
✔Low
✔The Hardest Part
✔Swallowed In The Sea
✔Twisted Logic
‘Til Kingdom Come

Coldplay, who had already created masterpieces Parachutes and A Rush Of Blood To The Head, came out with their third album, ready to break into the US mainstream as well as the UK. X&Y saw smash singles "Speed Of Sound", "Fix You", "Talk", and "The Hardest Part" (UK/International only). Those songs are all great, as well as the surpriser "White Shadows" which really is "Talk", spead up a bit. "X&Y" is a bluesy-love song, which contains some great lyrics. "Low" is all upbeat-electronics, which is great. "Twisted Logic" is really the better album closer, but Johnny Cash tribute "Til Kingdom Come" has to be at the end.


X&Y was easily the best album of 2005, but will Coldplay get a new album out in 2007? Rumors are, a September 3rd Release date is out there. They are/have worked with Producer Brian Eno (U2, Talking Heads, David Bowie), and apparently Hip-Hop producer Timbaland (Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado,and soon Jay-Z and Duran Duran). A couple of album titles are out there, but Antarctica is the one I like the most. It also includes a song Chris Martin says we must hear "before we die."

Top 3:
-White Shadows
-Fix You
-What If

Red Hot Chili Peppers-Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)

Rating: ✭✭✭✭✭



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✔The Power of Equality
If You Have To Ask
✔Breaking The Girl
✔Funky Monks
✔Suck My Kiss
I Could Have Lied
✔Mellowship Slinky In B Major
The Righteous & The Wicked
✔Give It Away
✔Blood Sugar Sex Magik
✔Under The Bridge
Naked In The Rain
Apache Rose Peacock
The Greeting Song
✔My Lovely Man
✔Sir Psycho Sexy
✔They're Red Hot

Funk. The Chili's major label breakthrough came with one of the most genius producers in the world (Rick Rubin). "Under The Bridge" is the most unforgettable track on here (that guitar line still sends chills down my spine). "Give It Away" and "Suck My Kiss" were the obvious mainstream singles from the album, but "Breaking The Girl" was the other big "slower" single, with its great drumming. "My Lovely Man" is a tribute to the late Hillel Slovak, and it turns out great. "Funky Monks" is a lost gem..never gets played live (unfortunatly)."The Power Of Equality" is the best rapping on here, with sick rhymes and big beats. "Sir Psycho Sexy" and "They're Red Hot" is a great way to end the album, on a funny note.

Top 3:
-Under The Bridge
-Breaking The Girl
-Power Of Equality

Good Album

Wilco-Being There (1996)

Afterimage Review: ✭✭✭✭✭



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✔Misunderstood
✔Far, Far Away
✔Monday
✔Outtasite (Outta Mind)
Forget the Flowers
Red-Eyed and Blue
✔I Got You (At the End of the Century)
✔What's the World Got in Store
✔Hotel Arizona
Say You Miss Me

✔Sunken Treasure
Someday Soon
✔Outta Mind (Outta Sight)
Someone Else's Song
✔Kingpin
(Was I) In Your Dreams
Why Would You Wanna Live
✔The Lonely 1
✔Dreamer In My Dreams

Wilco's breakthrough is a somewhat misleading album. It gets tagged as "Alt-Country", but there is alot of rock here ("Monday", "I Got You (At The End Of The Century)", And the Outtasite/Outtamind series). Beautiful Country like stuff appears on "Hotel Arizona", "The Lonely 1", and "Far, Far, Away"). The two disc openers "Misunderstood" and "Sunken Treasure" are both long, and contain alot of rock and slow sections. "Dreamer In My Dreams" is the perfect wrap-up of the album, With slow stuff, heavy rock, and a wild jam ending that knocks us out. This is an album to be messed with..listen to it now.

Wilco-Sky Blue Sky (May 15th, 2007)

Afterimage Rating: ✭✭✭✭✭

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Wilco's sixth album is a return (Somewhat) to their early albums. It's way more acoustic and has a western feeling. Its amazing, and of course Jeff Tweedy's vocals/lyrics are top-notch. "Impossible Germany" may be the best song that Wilco has ever made, opening with an acoustic number and going into an amazing guitar solo ending. "You Are My Face" sounds like the Eagles, while other tracks like "Side With The Seeds", "Shake It Off", "Hate It Here", and "Walken" feature dominant electric guitar. "Either Way" is a beautiful opener, and "On and On and On" is a fantastic closing song."What Light" was the first single, and is very folky. Overall, the album is a mix of Being There and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, with way more powerful guitar. Early pick for Album of the Year.

✔Either Way
✔You Are My Face
✔Impossible Germany
✔Sky Blue Sky
✔Side With The Seeds
✔Shake It Off
Please Be Patient With Me
✔Hate It Here
✔Leave Me (Like You Found Me)
✔Walken
✔What Light
✔On and On and On

Its that good.

Brian Eno/Laraaji-Ambient 3: Day Of Radiance (1980)

Afterimage Rating: ✭✭✭✭



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The Dance #1
The Dance #2
✔The Dance #3
✔Meditation #1
✔Meditation #2

An album not actually by Brian Eno, but by Laraaji, Ambient 3: Day Of Radience is too weighed down by dulcimers for the first two tracks (they were a bore to listen to), but the third "Dance" was pretty good, as the dulcimer wasn't as up-front as the first two tracks. "Meditation #1" is a fantastic 18-minute piece with strings and amazing backgrounds. This album isn't "Ambient" for the first 3 tracks..but after that "Meditiation" is very Ambient.

Again, see Ambient 1: Music For Airports for all warnings on Ambient Music. THERE ARE NO WORDS.

Brian Eno/Harold Budd-Ambient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror (1980)

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✔First Light – 6:59
Steal Away – 1:29
✔The Plateaux of Mirror – 4:10
Above Chiangmai – 2:49
✔An Arc of Doves– 6:22
Not Yet Remembered – 3:50
✔The Chill Air– 2:13
✔Among Fields of Crystal – 3:24
✔Wind in Lonely Fences – 3:57
✔Failing Light– 4:17

The second album in the Ambient series was almost better than the first. Brian Eno's second attemt at Ambience was assisted by Harold Budd, which helped quite a bit. The songs are shorter and more Piano-oriented than Ambient 1 (Except for "1/1") and have a radiant feel to them ("First Light"). All the songs are pretty good, as we don't see any of the choir vocals like in "2/1" (Ambient 1). This is a good album to listen to while reading or taking a nice, long, car ride.

See Ambient 1: Music For Airports for warnings about Ambient music. THERE ARE NO WORDS.

Wilco-Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)

Afterimage Rating: ✭✭✭✭✭

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Length: 51:51

✔I am trying to break Your Heart
✔Kamera
✔Radio Cure
War On War
✔Jesus, etc.
✔Ashes Of American Flags
✔Heavy Metal Drummer
I'm The Man Who Loves You
Pot Kettle Black
✔Poor Places
✔Reservations

Wow. And Reprise Records called this album terrible. The album is anything but terrible, as Wilco gives us their finest album. "Poor Places" and "Reservations" may be one of the best album endings in a long time. This album is a bit of a departure from the "Alt-Country"(Not) start that Wilco had. There's still alot of Acoustic Guitar, but the album has its harder moments (Heavy Metal Drummer), its bluesy (Jesus, etc.), and its bouncy-acoustics (Kamera). If you've heard alot (or nothing at all) about Wilco, I recomend downloading this record. Everyone will find at least something they like.

Top 3:
-Radio Cure
-Jesus, etc.
-Poor Places/Reservations

Nine Inch Nails-The Fragile (1999)

"There's a general theme to the album of systems failing and things sort of falling apart." -Trent Renzor


Length: 103:38

Afterimage Rating: ✭✭✭✭✭ (True Classic)[highly recomended]

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Things falling apart? More like things coming together. Renzor's best album yet is so good, he had to use two discs to get it all on. It took him about 5 years to get this done. I can see why, as he wanted to make his best work (Something he did) and get a bunch of stuff out to the fans. The album was critically acclaimed, but fell off the charts very fast. "The Day The World Went Away" is more than likely NIN's best song, other classics are "The Frail/The Wretched", "La Mer", "Into The Void", and "We're In This Together". The album is full of a bunch of ambient noise and good guitars. The lyrics are a masterpiece, refering to anything from "Starfuckers" to your Grandmother's funeral (The Day The World Went Away, I'm Looking Forward To Joining You, Finally). If I were you, I would get this album now, and check it out. It will take some time, but I'm sure you'll like it.

SONG REVIEWS:

Left Disc:
✔Somewhat Damaged
✔The Day The World Went Away
✔The Frail (Instrumental)
✔The Wretched
✔We're In This Together
The Fragile
Just Like You Imagined (Instrumental)
✔Even Deeper
Pilgrimage (Instrumental)
No, You Don't
✔La Mer (Instrumental-ish)
✔The Great Below

Right Disc:
✔The Way Is Out Through
✔Into The Void
Where Is Everybody?
The Mark has Been Made (Instrumental)
✔Please
✔Starfuckers Inc.
Complication (Instrumental)
I'm looking Forward To Joining You, Finally
✔The Big Come Down
✔Underneath It All
Ripe (With Decay) [Instrumental]

Top 3:
-The Day The World Went Away
-La Mer
-Into The Void

Get It Now

Arcade Fire-Neon Bible (2007)

Afterimage Rating: ✭✭✭✭



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✔Black Mirror
✔Keep The Car Running
Neon Bible
✔Intervention
Black Wave/Bad Vibrations
✔Ocean Of Noise
✔Well And The Lighthouse
Antichrist Television Blues
Windowsill
✔No Cars Go
My Body Is A Cage

Arcade Fire, one of the best new groups, make a pretty good album here. This album is somewhat overhyped (Q Magazine), but I think its pretty good (not great) and is pretty unique. Its very un-mainstream, so be looking for a wide range of listening. unless you like my review, or what people have said, then its your choice to listen to it. "Black Mirror" is probably the most radio-friendly on here, but "Keep The Car Running", "Intervention", and "No Cars Go" are the best songs on the CD. "Well and the Lighthouse" is underrated, and has some good guitar.

Funeral is still better.

Top 3:
Keep The Car Running
Intervention
No Cars Go

Brian Eno-Ambient 1: Music For Airports (1978)

"An ambience is defined as an atmosphere, or a surrounding influence." -Brian Eno, album's liner notes



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Afterimage Rating: ✭✭✭✭✭

✔1/1-16:39
2/1-8:25
✔1/2-11:36
✔2/2-9:38
Length: 48:32

Ambience. One of the greatest things to ever hit music. This is where it began. Brian Eno started what would forever be known as "background music", "atmospheric music", and "sonic sound" with this album. If you hate music that is "boring" or is long and drawn out, then this isn't for you. All you get is 4 tracks that loop, over and over again. Sounds bad right? Wrong, it rules. 1/1 is full of piano, 2/1 is full of "aaahhh"s, 1/2 is vocals and piano, and 2/2 is synthizizers. There isn't much to say about the album, except that it's fantastic. I highly recomend.

"Ambient Music must be able to accomodate many levels of listening attention without enforcing one in particular; it must be as ignorable as it is interesting." -Brian Eno, album's liner notes

Rush-Moving Pictures (1981)

"How can a mere forty minutes of music contain and express all of the thoughts, feelings, and energy that goes into it?" -Neil Peart

Afterimage Rating : ✭✭✭✭✭ (True Classic) [Highly Recomended]



✔1.Tom Sawyer
✔2. Red Barchetta
3. YYZ
✔4. Limelight
✔5. The Camera Eye
6. Witch Hunt (Part III of Fear)
✔7. Vital Signs

Well my friends, after reviewing two "other" Rush albums, I got to this. Moving Pictures is the standard for all 70's rock-ish(despite being '81). "Tom Sawyer" is the anthem, Rush's most known song, one of my favorites. Rocks out. "Red Barchetta" is a great tale of "The Motor Law" great song, with amazing guitar and bass. "YYZ'', airport code for Toronto, is the classic instrumental everyone looks for. The song is better live, not on here. "Limelight" could maybe be Rush's best live song. It rocks here though, great lyrics and guitar by Lifeson. "The Camera Eye" is an amazingly crafted piece, very long and great lyrical descrptions of New York and London. "Witch Hunt" is average, but with the rest of "Fear", its pretty cool. "Vital Signs" is a long,lost Rush gem that is one of their best songs. The hypnotic synth really shines. Great Album. Go Buy.

DOWNLOAD:
-Tom Sawyer
-Red Barchetta
-Limelight
-Vital Signs

Rush-A Farewell To Kings (1977)

Afterimage Rating: ✭✭✭✭ 1/2



1. A Farewell To Kings
✔2. Xanadu
✔3. Closer To The Heart
4. Cinderella Man
5. Madrigal
✔6. Cyngus X-1

Rush's 5th album is a bit different than the previous (2112) and not as good, but its still great. The title track starts out extremely slow..then picks up really fast. "Xanadu" is a classic, one of Rush's best songs, rages on for 11 fine minutes of cool guitar (Geddy Lee on rhythm guitar) and druming. Neil Peart's lyrics are fantasic on this album, especially "Xanadu", "Closer To The Heart", and "Cyngus X-1". "Closer To The Heart" may be the best song under 3 minutes, ever. The vocals are awesome in that song..I love it. "Cinderella Man", written by Lee, is an average track thats much better live. "Madrigal" is a short, calm, good song. "Cyngus X-1" is an epic, great song, but its not as good as Xanadu.

DOWNLOAD:
-Closer To The Heart
-Xanadu
-Cyngus X-1

Rush-Signals (1982)

"Bit of Reggae and Electronics"

Afterimage Review: ✪✪✪✪✪ (Nothing Special)



✔1. Subdivisions
2. The Analog Kid
✔3. Chemistry
4. Digital Man
✔ 5. The Weapon (Part II Of Fear)
✔6. New World Man
7. Losing It
8. Countdown

Not the best Rush album..but its the one thats currently on my mind. "Signals" was a transition to the Synth-filled 80's for Rush. They decided to explore new areas with this album, such as reggae. Standout track and MTV favorite "Subdivisions" is one of Rush's first largely based Synth songs, dealing with High School gangs. "Chemistry" is a lost gem, while "The Weapon" is one of the big standout tracks and the best from the "Fear" series. Surprise hit "New World Man" puts great bass with cool lyrics and electronics. Great album, its one of their best.

DOWNLOAD:
-Subdivisions
-The Weapon
-New World Man

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Radiohead-Pablo Honey (1993)

Afterimage Review: 4 Stars

This is Radiohead as an average band. Before The Bends and OK Computer, there was the debut. Undone, could have been better. "Creep" is too much of a favorite, but "You" is the track that shines.

SONG REVIEWS:

You-5 Stars-Pretty cool opener. Great guitar for a Guitar-heavy album.
Creep-5 Stars- An anthem for all those of us out there like me. A explitive appears, keep away from kids despite being classic song.
How Do You?-4 Stars-Cool, short rocker.
Stop Whispering-5 Stars-Reminds me of R.E.M. really cool.
Thinking About You-4 Stars-Cool, fast, acoustic.
Anyone Can Play Guitar-5 Stars- Reminds me of other 90's alt-rock unknowns like Fuel and Everclear.
Ripcord-4 Stars-Pretty cool, nonsense lyrics with good guitar.
Vegetable-4 Stars-Disturbed rocker. I like it.
Prove Yourself-4 Stars- See above. Pretty nice though.
I Can't-4 Stars-Nice guitar
Lurgee-4 stars-Guitar Reminds me of Creep. Pretty cool.
Blow Out-5 Stars-Good closer, one of the best.

DOWNLOAD:
-You
-Creep
-Anyone Can Play Guitar
-Blow Out
-Stop Whispering

Could have been much better.

Radiohead-OK Computer (1997)

"On this album, the outside world became all there was, and the most irrelevant material took on stunning beauty and breathlessness." -Thom Yorke



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Afterimage Review: ✪✪✪✪✪ (True Classic) [Highly Recomended]

Voted greatest album of all time a few times, I can obviously see why. This album is all killer, no filler (Except maybe the cool intro "Fitter Happier"), and song after song it is great. A bit "slower" than The Bends, but overall better. The 6 minute epic "Paranoid Android" will remind us of a 21st Century "Bohemian Rhapsody", while "Subterranian Homesick Alien" will be so good, we'll forget the Bob Dylan classic of a similar name (Even though we don't want to). This, like The Bends, should be on your next shopping list when you go to Best Buy or wherever (If they don't have it, go search for it! It is well worth it).

SONG REVIEWS:

Airbag-5 Stars-Classic Song, great guitar and lyrics. On of Radiohead's finest.
Paranoid Android-5 Stars-"Whats that?" One word: Epic
Subterranian Homesick Alien-5 Stars-"Uptight?!" A little, still great.
Exit Music (For A Film)5 Stars- An Anthem for the saddened. Very good. "We hope that you choke" is a great line to send people off.
Let Down-5 Stars-Really good, great chorus, one of the best.
Karma Police-5 Stars- "This Is What You Get" Perfect line for a perfect song.
Fitter Happier-5 Stars- Hell, intros can be good too. Leads right in to Electroneering
Electroeering-5 Stars- Good Rocker, very good
Climbing Up The Walls-5 Stars- Awesome song, would be out of place on anyone else's albums
No Surprises-5 Stars- Surpised me, very good.
Lucky-5 Stars- Cool Guitar and vocals.
The Tourist-5 Stars-Great Ender to probably the best album EVER. Cool vocals.

DOWNLOAD:
-Airbag
-Let Down
-Karma Police
-Paranoid Android
-Exit Music (For A Film)
-The Tourist

Flawless. Best Album Ever. Period.

Radiohead-The Bends (1995)

Afterimage Rating: ✪✪✪✪✪ (True Classic) [Highly Recomended]



Listen all you "Creep" and OK Computer listeners, there was something in between that, and it was pretty damn good. The Bends was Radiohead's second album, released in the height of when Britpop kings Oasis, Blur, and Pulp were the bands. Radiohead was that "other" British band, but they were the best in that time period. Fueled by classics like "Fake Plastic Trees", "The Bends", "My Iron lung", and "Black Star". This album is the first of Radiohead's many classic albums, and is probably Johnny Greenwood's best showing. Go buy this album the minute after you download it and listen to it straight through. Its some of the best 48 minutes you can have.

SONG REVIEWS:

✔Planet Telex
✔The Bends
High And Dry
✔Fake Plastic Trees
Bones
✔(Nice Dream)
Just
✔My Iron Lung
Bulletproof...I Wish I Was
✔Black Star
Sulk
Street Spirit (Fade Out)

Top 3:
-Fake Plastic Trees
-Planet Telex
-My Iron Lung

A True Classic

Nine Inch Nails-Broken (1992)

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Nine Inch Nails-Year Zero (2007)

"Highly conceptual. Quite noisy. Fucking cool." -Trent Renzor

Afterimage Rating: ✪✪✪✪✪ (True Classic) [Highly Recomended]





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01. Hyperpower!
02. The Beginning of the End
03. Survivalism
04. The Good Soldier
05. Vessel
06. Me, I'm Not
07. Capital G
08. My Violent Heart
09. The Warning
10. God Given
11. Meet Your Master
12. The Greater Good
13. The Great Destroyer
14. Another Version of the Truth
15. In This Twilight
16. Zero-Sum

It could be about the end of the world, it could be about the goverment/military, it could be a 22nd century American Idiot. Whatever it is, this is one of the best concept albums I've heard in a long time (AI's being of overplayed has really screwed it over), and I would have to say this is the best album of 2007 yet (Beats out Arcade Fire's Neon Bible by a long shot) and it becomes the first 5-Star album of the year for me. I love it, its got a bunch of noise, but it also has alot of quieter songs on it, but this is the mix of The Fragile and Pretty Hate Machine that alot have been anxiously awaiting. The production by Trent Renzor and Alan Moulder is unbelieveable, probably the best since the aforementioned The Fragile. Songs are great, this album is one of many (U2's Zooropa and yet again, NIN's The Fragile) that has to be enjoyed by listening straight through. I am listening to it as I write this review, that really tells you how good it is. Sure, you could buy the album for the singles, but they're effect won't be half as good as they are when listened to with the rest of the album.

SONG REVIEWS

Hyperpower!- 4 Stars - Great Intro, The new "Pinion"
The Beginning of the End- 4 Stars - Great way to kick off the album
Survivalism-5 Stars - A great first single, absolutly kills.
The Good Soldier-5 Stars - Probably the best song on here..sounds like Fragility
Vessel- 4 Stars- Very cool song, has been a favorite amongst those who have heard it.
Me, I'm Not-5 Stars- One of the original leaked songs, I can see why.
Capital G- 3 Stars- Apparently, its the next single. I don't think its as great
My Violent Heart-4 1/2 Stars- Another Leak..great song, almost no flaws
The Warning- 4 Stars- Sounds great, just look at the title and you an tell.
God Given-4 Stars- Made to be played live..amazing chorus
Meet Your Master- 4 1/2 Stars- Pretty Good track, nice work
The Greater Good-5 Stars- The "Eraser" of YZ, little lyrics, great music
The Great Destroyer- 5 Stars- Sounds like Linkin Park a bit, with a mix of U2's Pop
Another Version of the Truth- 5 Stars- Amazing Stuff, great production, great instrumental
In This Twilight-5 Stars- Pretty Good, Hip-Hop Drums, good chorus
Zero-Sum-5 Stars-Great way to end the album...amazed if it isnt played live.

8 Of 16 Songs are 5 Stars..Amazing

DOWNLOAD:
-Survivalism
-The Good Soldier
-Zero-Sum
-The Great Destroyer
-In This Twilight
-Me, I'm Not

Best Album of 2007? Highly possible. Its better Than Anything in 2006. 2nd best album of 2000's so far (Beats out Stadium Arcadium)

Massive Attack-Blue Lines (1991)

1. Safe From Harm
2. One Love
3. Blue Lines
4. Be Thankful For What Youve Got
5. Five Man Army
6. Unfinished Sympathy
7. Daydreaming
8. Lately
9. Hymn Of The Big Wheel

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Rating: 4 and 1/2 Stars (Influential)

Review To Come

Coldplay- A Rush Of Blood To The Head (2002)

Album Rating: 5 Stars (Best Album Of The 2000's So far)



Man, you can say Coldplay's for gays all you want due to Chris Martin's singing and their Piano in the songs, but they really rock, especially on this album. "Politik" is a straight on assult from the band, while "God Put A Smile Upon Your Face" is full of acoustic guitar next to electric guitar. "Clocks" is quite possibly the greatest song ever written, with its familliar piano line. Amsterdam is a great way to end an album or concert. "The Scientist" is that slow number that anyone can love. This is the best album of the 2000's, period.

Songs:
Politik- 5 Stars
In My Place- 5 Stars
God Put A Smile Upon Your Face-5 Stars
The Scientist- 5 Stars
Clocks- 5 Stars (Deserves 10)
Daylight- 4 1/2 stars
Green Eyes- 3 Stars
Warning Sign- 4 Stars
A Whisper- 3 Stars
A Rush Of Blood To The Head- 4 Stars
Amsterdam- 5 Stars

Download:
-Clocks (Most Downloaded song ever on iTunes...so why don't you get it?)
-The Scientist
-In My Place
-Amsterdam
-Daylight

U2-Achtung Baby (1991)

Album Rating: 5 Stars (True Classic) [Highly Recomended]



Another Great Album, reallly the turning point for U2 in terms of sucess. Probably my favorite album, with a few great songs. "One", "Until The End Of The World", "The Fly", and "Acrobat" are better songs than anything put out in 2006, and some of my favorite songs of all time. Really electroniclly influenced (especially on "Zoo Station", etc.), but still has classic guitar,bass,and drums U2 as well("One", "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses"). Great Lyrics on the aformentioned "One", "Until The End Of The World", "So Cruel", and "Love Is Blindness". Download this album now.

Songs:
Zoo Station-3 Stars(Really kills live)
Even Better Than The Real Thing-5 Stars(Great Dance Song)
One-5 Stars(One of the best songs ever)
Until The End Of The World-5 Stars (A True Killer)
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses-3 Stars(Temple Bar Mix Is Better..deserves 5 stars)
So Cruel- 4 Stars
The Fly- 5 Stars
Mysterious Ways- 5 Stars(Great Dance Tune)
Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World-3 Stars
Ultraviolet-4 Stars
Acrobat- 5 Stars (Amazing, great guitar too.)
Love Is Blindness-5 Stars (Great Song..amazing guitar solo)

Download:
-One
-Until The End Of The World
-The Fly
-Acrobat
-The Whole Album

Depeche Mode-Violator (1990)

Album Rating: ✭✭✭✭✭ (True Classic) [Highly Recomended]



A true great album, one of my all-time favorites, complete with two of my favorite songs (Policy Of Truth and Enjoy the Silence). This album is very electronic, as heard by the opening sound on "World In My Eyes", and the Intros to "Halo" and "Blue Dress". A dark album, the lyrics are amazing, especially on "Enjoy The Silence" and "Waiting For The Night". Depeche Mode also proved they could play country and guitar as well with "Personal Jesus". Great Album to dance to as well.


✔World In My Eyes
Sweetest Perfection
✔Personal Jesus
✔Halo
✔Waiting For The Night
✔Enjoy The Silence
✔Policy Of Truth
Blue Dress
Clean

Top 3:
-Personal Jesus
-Enjoy The Silence
-Policy Of Truth

Link To Come Soon

Welcome

Hi everyone...I'm Ryan, and I'm gonna be reviewing and Posting music on here whenever I feel like it...

This is how i'm gonna rate the music:
5 Stars- Classic Album...Must Have
4 Stars-Pretty good
3 Stars- Allright..Should get If fan
2 Stars-Get only for singles
1 Star-Get only if you have nothing to do
0 Stars- Not listenable...not music

The name "Afterimage" I thought was cool...plus it was the Rush song I was listening to while I made this, so yeah

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