Corrine May - Fly Away
An all rounder singaporean composer and singer where this is the album which won her an award...
The songs inside the whole album is quite soft and mostly acoustic based and to those emi fujita lovers, corrine may is a must try....

Man She's hot. Except for the pierced lips or mouth or whatever you call that. REally a very accomplished musician. While I was 21 I was till playing marble and she made her own album... Wow ....

shes notbad.... but with miss higgins(sp?) and norah jones around... its hard for musicians like may to "get out"

yeap... seriously speaking.... It's hard for them to "keluar kepala" ...haha

Anyways, for Norah Jones, my fren recommended me to listen to her album but I dunno which one to get, so does u guys hv any opinion?

I'm a big fan of Norah Jones.

Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
Genre : Jazz
Review : I can't really give a full review on this as I'm not that familiar with other jazz singers and I rarely listen past the 7th song. Why??? Because the first few tracks are my fav!!! These days if I can't sleep, I would keep repeating the track "Come Away With Me" (At most 4 times?).
Verdict : Very jazzy and relaxing album to listen to (Best listened to at night when you're winding down.). Perfectly produced, Norah's seducive voice is the sole reason you should buy this album, it's no wonder why she had won so many Grammys.
Recommended to : Pop-jazz fans & basically anybody!

Outstanding Tracks : Come Away With Me, Turn Me On, Feeling The Same Way, Seven Years.

Norah Jones - Feels Like Home
Genre : Jazz/Country Blues
Review : I bought this album when it was released and at the time I didn't fancy much of Norah Jones (Bought it on instict). And what surprised me is that this album is very different from what I initially thought of her & I fell in love with it the first time I heard it. This album's very different from her debut in the sense that this is more loosely produced & shows a different side of Norah Jones, a more country blues side if you ask me. The albums begins with a lovely country tune "Sunrise", followed by a bluesy tune "What am I to you" and poppy number "Those Sweet Words". If the first 3 songs do not capture your heart, you should be returning this album already cause it's obviously not your thing. As I've said, it's loosely produced with minimal overdubs, hence great space for all instruments to breathe, giving it a live feel! This time, there're more instruments involved, ranging from banjos to box. Anyway, my favs are In The Morning, Toes, Humble Me, Prettiest Thing (Beautiful song! One of my all-time favs too!). The album ends with a jazzy Duke Ellington tune which Norah Jones's only accompanied by her piano.
Verdict : A 'happier' country blues/jazz album.
Recommended to : Anyone really.

Outstanding Tracks : Prettiest Thing, Humble Me, Those Sweet Words.

10/10

Both albums are great in their own rights imho, get both if you can. If you want jazzier songs, get her debut. If you prefer country and want a happier album, get Feels Like Home.

Not sure about the Peter Malick Group's album tho, is it any good? I think I'm gonna get it some time soon.

Anyway, at one point I was pretty tired of Feel Like Home (After repetitive listens btw, it took some time mind you!). I took this album out as I'm writing the post & I'm hooked again.



This post has been edited by led_zep_freak: Aug 8 2005, 11:27 PM

led_zep, you and i both bro! another favorite lullaby album for me is Dido's No Angel.

good album:

Alice In Chains - MTV Unplugged.
simply beautiful. you can clearly hear the tormented soul of Layne Staley from his vocals. excellent prduction, excellent songwriting. you don't get much dark acoustic albums, and this is simply the best for me.

Hehe, too bad bro I don't intend to stuff my kid into a coffin case while berjalan-jalan lah haha. *Runs away into the galaxy far, far away...*

Wanted to get that album too actually, but didn't have much cash!

Anyway, I highly recommend Joss Stone to everyone here too. She's only a few months older than me, btw.

This post has been edited by led_zep_freak: Aug 9 2005, 12:40 AM

Trivium - Ascendancy
Genre : Metal/Metalcore/whatever they just rock
Review : Dont be put off by the metalcore tag that some associate them with, cos this band will kick everyone's asses inside out.
Dont ever compare them to killswitch engage either, cos trivium will just chew them up, regurgigate and re-chew them up again.
Soundwise, they basically borrow (ripoff) from bands as diverse as iron maiden to metallica, not bad for a band who all were not of legal drinking age when they recorded their 1st album.
i say if you're going to ripoff your heroes, must as well do it so it sounds unique, and that they do quite well on this their 2nd album.
'pull harder on the strings of your martyr' is destined to be a classic before the year is over.
and watch out for the soon to be released single 'a gunshot to the head of trepidation'.
recently conquering donnington, as well as the metal hammer awards show, looks like theres nothing that can stop trivium.
not even another hurricane.

http://www.trivium.org
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/artists/Trivium/




anyway these guys have been in my player for quite awhile now, since i 1st saw the video for martyr.
oh yea, the lead singer cum 2nd lead guitarist uses a les paul black beauty

This post has been edited by Everdying: Aug 9 2005, 02:14 AM

Finished watching Deaths Fatal Kiss vid by Shal Sagan...
cant really hear anything... juz noise.... bad video (shame on you kennysia!! )
but the lead singer looks pretty angry...

Van Halen - Fair Warning
genre - hard rock

this is eddie at his 'reckless abandon' best. very raw guitar sound.

she rock

norah jones is overrated, the recording is flawed, google for it.
Corrine May has a new album..i'm getting it tomorrow.

Flawed, mostly in the opinion of audiophiles but amazingly it was still a best seller..

turin brakes - the optimist, jackinabox

discovered them while listening to wowFM during the station's early days. their songs are quite melodious. More towards ambience like songs and alot of working around the acoustic guitars.

Their new album jackinabox abit hard to find in local stores though. heard some tracks and again like their previous album, got lotsa good stuff.

I just ordered few albums via Amazon.com, to complete the "must have" guitarists albums...

Bumblefoot - Normal (his latest album.. seems excellent)
Bumblefoot - 9.11
Buckethead - Monsters and Robots
Shawn Lane - Personae
Scott Henderson - Well To The Bone
Allan Holdsworth - I.O.U.

I second that. This is as good as it gets.

Are you experienced? -Jimi Hendrix

Some reviewer said that the universe was made for this album to be created. While I wouldn't go so far as that, i'll admit it's pretty close.

Cheerios pix! Shawn lane's album is killer for those who love blazing solos like his.

If you guys like some progressive metal like Dream Theater, Try Symphony x!!
They totally rock as hell too!

Check out their hit album - The Oddysey
The song "The Oddysey" in the album is a must hear! though its a bit tooo long if you ask me

recently my fren just intorduced to me this band call Avenged Sevenfold.. if you are metallica + dream theater fan like me then u should consider listening to this band.. its progressive rock



symphony x is heavy metal but DT is progressive rock.. there is a slight difference there but i really do enjoy both of them infact i know about symphony x earlier then DT..

This post has been edited by XCremator: Feb 2 2006, 07:06 PM

anyone heard of HiM? my friend introduced them to me saying they were quite good...

anyone got their album?

Him?? You mean the 'love' metal band?