Mr Tea
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72% (4,998 of 6,960)
Location: Argleton, GB
In My Own Words:
Thirty Something. I love music, films, and books and am never more than a few hours away from partaking in one. I've been writing for as long as I can remember, and aside from thousands of book, film, record and concert reviews, have also written several novels, that - with any luck - will be published after my death in a drama of Kafkaesque proportions. I can frequently be seen playing air guitar… Read moreThirty Something. I love music, films, and books and am never more than a few hours away from partaking in one. I've been writing for as long as I can remember, and aside from thousands of book, film, record and concert reviews, have also written several novels, that - with any luck - will be published after my death in a drama of Kafkaesque proportions. I can frequently be seen playing air guitar on trains around London.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Aptly titled, "Green", REM's sixth record album - and their first for globalmegacompany Warners who kept them until their disbandment in 2011 - saw them stride confidently, and with barely a glance, into the big leagues. At this point, the band moved from the Manchester Apollo to headlining the Birmingham NEC and Wembley Arena, the venues they were still playing in their final years. On the surface though, the record is unbowed by commerciality : the more accessable songs - "Stand", "Orange Crush", and so forth - sound unforced, natural extensions of the quirky pop philosophy demonstrated on their previous albums. Here though, and with the astute muscle of Warner Bros. Behidn… Read more
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
30 years after his first record, the boy Hyde goes solo, of sorts. "Edgeland" is a sunday morning record - taking its time and slow to reveal its pleasures. Unlike the Underworld albums, which ride on rhythms of unstoppable beats and drums, "Edgeland" is a completely different beast, measured, slow, elegant. Built on atmosphere, ambience, and a hangover (by the sound of it), the "Edgeland" is the place between places, an airport waiting lounge, the town beyond the town, and this is revealed clearly in the 71 minute documentary DVD that comes with the deluxe edition. The DVD itself is light on Karl Hyde : his face is never seen, his voice occasionally hear, the interviews with… Read more
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Back. Six years after the underwhelming "The Weirdness", Iggy & The Stooges return for the first record with "Raw Power" guitarist James Williamson in forty years. After Ron Asheton's premature death four years ago, you could rightly consider that perhaps The Stooges had reached the end of the line. Here, Williamson and Iggy - with Stooge-of-a-decade Mike Watt on bass - return with a record that sounds it's been made by 16 years old, not sixtysomething elder statesmen of rock. "Ready To Die" isn't exactly tasteful - with half of the original 1969-1971 lineup dead, and permanent drummer Scott Asheton incapacitated from touring due to a stroke - The Stooges aren't exactly a band so… Read more
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