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![The Village Green Preservation Society [CD]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/0656/0656329_sa.jpg)
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The Best Kinks Album
on May 3, 2008
Posted by: stankrom
from Dayton
In 1968, the Beatles released the White Album, the Rolling Stones released Beggars Banquet, and the Kinks released the Village Green Preservation Society. I think the Village Green Preservation Society is the best of the three albums.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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![Kala [CD]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/8442/8442973_sa.jpg)
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Hello, this is M.I.A.
on May 2, 2008
Posted by: stankrom
from Dayton
I must admit that I wasn't impressed with this album the first time I heard it, especially with the first track aping a Modern Lover's chorus. But this album is a grower. After about 3 listens I loved it. The beats are interesting and Maya's sing-songy vocals are catchy. I love M.I.A.'s aesthetics. She will be this decade's Madonna, in the sense that she is an empowered, trend-setting female. Plus, she takes pride in her third world upbringing, which is why she's so big in Mozambique.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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![Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! [CD]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/8774/8774873_sa.jpg)
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My first Nick Cave record
on May 1, 2008
Posted by: stankrom
from Dayton
I've been trying to get into Nick Cave for years now, but I never really dug him much. Then I heard the song "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" from this album and ended up buying it on the strength of that song. I'm really glad I did, because the whole album is incredible. Nick Cave looks like a deranged car salesman and sounds like an Elvis impersonator who just stumbled into Las Vegas from the desert. Supposedly this is a concept album about a resurrected Lazarus in New York City in the late 70's, or about Harry Houdini....who knows. My favorites are the manic preaching of the title track, the raunchy organ of "Midnight Man" and the the final Sha-la-la chorus of "Albert Goes West".
I would recommend this to a friend!
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![Distortion [CD]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/8642/8642285_sa.jpg)
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Not the Best Magnetic Fields
on April 30, 2008
Posted by: stankrom
from Dayton
I love the Magnetic Fields. I love distortion. I love the concept of the Magnetic Fields doing an album that is drenched in feedback. However, after a few listens I found myself wishing the distortion was gone and I could hear these wonderful tunes in more simplistic styles, such as on "69 Love Songs" or "i". Don't get me wrong, this is a really good album, but Stephin Merritt should stick to writing pop songs and leave the distortion to Jesus & the Mary Chain or MBV. Standout tracks include: California Girls, Too Drunk to Dream, I'll Dream Alone, and Courtesans.
What's great about it: Distortion
What's not so great: Distortion
I would recommend this to a friend!
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![Destroyer's Rubies [CD]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/7667/7667991_sa.jpg)
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A Portal to the Works of Bejar
on April 28, 2008
Posted by: stankrom
from Dayton
Veering away from the synth-chamber-pop of 2004's "Your Blues", Bejar returns to the straight-up (or not so straight-up) rock n' roll of albums such as "This Night" or "Streethawk: a Seduction". Always the enigmatic member of the New Pornographers, Bejar weaves indecipherable verses that leap into cathartic choruses that are filled with "La-la-la's". The first half of the album is a masterpiece, especially the songs "Your Blood" and "European Oils" (the latter is my favorite Destroyer track). This is the first Destroyer album that I bought, and I have since bought the rest of them. However, "Destroyer's Rubies" remains my favorite.
What's great about it: Great hooks, clever lyrics, La-La-La choruses
What's not so great: His voice takes some getting used to.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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