As Day Follows Night (Digipak)
Amazon.co.uk ReviewEnnio Morricone anthologies come and go, and there are always several to choose from. But as so many recycle the same tracks, one might be forgiven for thinking Morricone had only scored a dozen or so movies rather than something over 300. This makes picking a collection difficult, but this disc can be recommended [...]
Amazon.co.uk ReviewBack when the world was ruled by primitive nu-metal gorillas barking dysfunctional rhymes over recycled rock riffs, Deftones set themselves apart with a wild experimental streak that saw the group incorporating influences as diverse as the Cure, Ornette Coleman, and Aphex Twin. Produced by Bob Erzin (Pink Floyd, Jane’s Addiction), the Sacramento band’s fifth [...]
Amazon.co.uk ReviewThe last of David Bowie’s long run of classic albums is best remembered for its superb electropop-ish hit singles “Ashes To Ashes” and “Fashion”. But while these may be representative of the record’s quality, they’re very different in sound to the rest of the album. Scary Monsters is fiercely and unforgivingly a rock album, [...]
Amazon.co.uk ReviewWhen this thrilling, spine-tingling soundtrack first struck Western ears, back in 1986, the effect seemed almost frightening in its intensity, like a Greek tragedy. The women’s voices combine in a haunting mixture of harshness and purity, the very opposite of the Western notion of a ladies’ choir although many of them were, in fact, [...]