Keane's "Hopes and Fears" (2004)
By Chris Moore:
(May 10, 2004)
Review:
Any album that deals its catchiest songs before track three begins is an album that’s bound to disappoint; it’s not so much that these songs are bad — they’re quite good, actually — it’s just that they threaten to put the listener to sleep after a while.
Top Two Tracks:
“Somewhere Only We Know” & “This is the Last Time”
By Chris Moore:
Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin'" (1963)
(January 13, 1964)
Review:
There is no question that this is one of the all-time classic Dylan albums, its name giving a title to the general feeling shared by many in the sixties, but it is also an album that comes across as purposely topical, facts blurring in the name of poetic license at times; it may not be among his strongest albums, but it is an album that hosted several gems and made the great potential of this young singer/songwriter even clearer than before.
Top Two Tracks:
“With God on Our Side” & “Only a Pawn in Their Game”
Bob Dylan's self-titled debut (1962
(March 19, 1962)
Review:
It is difficult to imagine a time when Bob Dylan was not revered as a songwriter, but here is one of the true documents of that time; it is an album that exemplifies young Dylan’s early sound, as he experimented with his influences on some of his first cover song recordings and presented the first two originals he committed to an album (the early, touching gem “Song to Woody” and the raw, poetically humorous “Talkin’ New York”).
Top Two Tracks:
“Song to Woody” & “House of the Risin’ Sun”
Foo Fighters' "There is Nothing Left to Lose" (1999)
(November 2, 1999)
Review:
Top Two Tracks:
“Next Year” & “Gimme Stitches”