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Album Review
by SaschaS
4-11-2004
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Various: '4 notable compilations'
(Diverse)
The Rolling Stones, Tina Turner, The Verve, Travis
The Rolling Stones
‘Live Licks’
(Virgin)
Sir Mick Jagger, and his veterans, offer us a selection of tunes they performed on the last tour and it is a collection of tunes that sounds as crucial as they did live. No doubt The Stones are still one of the Greatest Rock’n’Roll bands and here we get some interesting cuts such as, rarely performed live, ‘Rocks Off’ and ‘Beast of Burden’, alongside the selection of hits. Of course, this is the band’s 73rd live album…
In any case, if you can spend few more quid, it may be better to get a DVD by the band as they still perform some of the most spectacular shows you could ever see in the Rock-stadium sized venues.
8/10
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Tina Turner
‘All The Best’
(Parlophone)
The story is that Tina Turner [in the long gone days of the 1960s whilst fronting the former hubby Ike’s band] taught Mick Jagger some dance moves [he still struggles with… erm, only kidding!]. The miniskirted-leggy legend’s been doing the moves, as far as this compilation is concerned, for three-plus decades but never to the detriment of a voice-box that is mightier than a ‘Magnum’.
It is enough to hear any of the songs - all the best cuts are here, from ‘The Natbush City Limits’ to the new cut ‘Open Arms’ - and wish that 99% of the contemporary female singers STFU! [Shut the f**k up]
Each home should have a copy of a Tina Turner’s album and ‘All The Best’ is one of the more representative ones.
8/10
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The Verve
‘This is Music: The Singles 92-98’
(Virgin)
The Verve were so huge and influential at one point they could have been bigger than… The Beatles? Nope - Coldplay. Pre-dating the Chris Martin’s outfit they paved the way for melodic/thoughtful/pop-rocky tunes for an audience of dalits [downtrodden].
The Verve had two gears - one epic, the other reverse: the first one used to get stadia going, the second was as intimate as the pain, and as lamenty as hymnal. The aural bombardement of ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’ is piquantly balanced by the lusciousness of ‘The Drugs Don’t Work’.
There are two new tracks, from the ‘Urban Hymns’ sessions - ‘This Could Be My Moment’ and ‘Monte Carlo’ - to merely prove the band being at their creative mightiest despite internal problems at the time. The last track - it baffles why it was NOT included on that disc?
8/10
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Travis
‘Singles’
(Independiente)
Travis, somehow always a quiet men of pop, constantly looking apologetic for making beautifully crafted pop music, offer eight years worth of (as it were) 45ers on this almost-shyly titled collection.
‘Singles’ is a solid set of hits, spreading from the live favourite ‘Driftwood’ to almost their signature tune - ‘Why Does It Always Rain On Me?’ to political rant of ‘The Beautiful Occupation’, displaying a plethora of different topics covered in their own gentle style.
‘Singles’ also contain the token newie ‘Walking In The Sun’… There are few lesser moments here but not too much to complain about.
Travis’, in a sense, are a bridge between The Verve and Coldplay and yet defiantly Scottish.
8/10
SaschaS
4-11-2004
All the above albums are released 01 November by their respective labels
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