CD-Charts Position 1
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Accelerate

CD-Charts > Music > Rock
by: R.E.M.

Release Date April 01, 2008
I bought this CD for my Husband. It was packaged well and came within a few days. My Husband was very happy with the CD.

CD-Charts Position 2
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Mudcrutch

CD-Charts > Music > Rock
by: Mudcrutch

Release Date April 29, 2008
Ten years after his last great, or even good, CD, ECHO, Tom Petty has finally made another masterpiece by reuniting his pre-Heartbreakers band, Mudcrutch. If this band had succeeded in the beginning, Petty's music would have been the link between West Coast country-rock and Southern boogie-rock. It's nice to see a rock superstar go back to his roots, and moreover, Petty's advocacy of sanctions against Indonesia in retaliation for that country's trumped-up 2005 drug-smuggling conviction of a young Australian tourist makes MUDCRUTCH an essential purchase for both your ears AND your conscience.

CD-Charts Position 3
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Nine Lives

CD-Charts > Music > Rock
by: Steve Winwood

Release Date April 29, 2008
Steve Winwood is of course a Rock icon and has been around for years.
He has had hits with the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic and of course as a solo act.
When you mix this all together this CD shows you what you might some up with.
I'm not drowning is a great blues tune and a perfect song to open a CD with. I wish we saw this side of Stevie more often.
Fly is another song that reminds me of Traffic
Dirty City is the best song on the CD and features a guitar solo by long time friend Eric Clapton. I wish we could hear more Clapton and Winwood together.
As the title says, its one of his better efforts but not his best....

CD-Charts Position 4
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Narrow Stairs

CD-Charts > Music > Rock
by: Death Cab for Cutie

Release Date May 13, 2008
I can't recommend "Narrow Stairs" highly enough. I was wondering how Death Cab For Cutie would follow up their masterpiece (Plans) and I was highly skeptical that they could. So many details made "Plans" such a great album and the follow up was going to be a very delicate procedure. "Narrow Stairs" shows growth without sacrificing taste and all the quality of their songwriting and musicianship has evolved in all the right ways. The band has the gifts of creativity and melodicism. The songs on "Narrow Stairs" don't require multiple listens in order to get them engraved in your brain and the whole album is that rare gem that is great from beginning to end. How will they follow this one up?

CD-Charts Position 5
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Keep It Simple

CD-Charts > Music > Rock
by: Van Morrison

Release Date April 01, 2008
If you are a Van Morrisom fan you will enjoy this new CD. VM's ability to master a universe of musical genres is one of the things that makes his music both fresh and enduring.

CD-Charts Position 6
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Consolers Of The Lonely

CD-Charts > Music > Rock
from: Warner Brothers

Release Date March 25, 2008
This is a great 'driving' cd to listen to on road trips. It isn't as good as their first cd, but I really liked it alot.

CD-Charts Position 7
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This Kind of Love

CD-Charts > Music > Rock
by: Carly Simon

Release Date April 29, 2008
As a comeback, it's not even a contender. The first song is beautiful, but I am really stumped as to how a combination of Carly Simon's voice and Jimmy Webb's talent could produce this evil stepchild. Come on now, Carly
Simon rapping? It's truly mortifying.

CD-Charts Position 8
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Songs From The Sparkle Lounge

CD-Charts > Music > Rock
by: Def Leppard

Release Date April 29, 2008
This is the Def Leppard album I've been waiting to hear since Retroactive. I think this is up their with Pyromania and Hysteria, which is something I though I would never say about another Def Leppard album again. I can honestly say there is not a bad track on the disc in my opinion and it just gets better with every listen. A perfect summertime CD, which won't be leaving my player for awhile. If you're a Def Leppard fan at all, then do yourself a favor and enjoy some of the best rock tracks of the year!

CD-Charts Position 9
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Raising Sand

CD-Charts > Music > Rock
from: Rounder

Release Date October 23, 2007
I think Led-heads who are excited about a new Robert Plant CD will be extremely disappointed. Mr. Plant is no longer a spring chicken or a wild rooster for that matter. He's a mature artist looking to spread his wings. I think he's found a new groove! Isn't that truly the sign of a great and lasting artist? Someone who can shed their skin, try on something new and make it fit like a glove.
Plant's voice is so bluesy here and very mellow. Kraus, whom I know very little about provides a wonderful balance. I believe this will become a classic. I thoroughly enjoy listening to this CD; before I know it, it's over. It's as if it flows effortlessly from the beginning to the end of the disc; one piece of work with a dozen punctuations!
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CD-Charts Position 10
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Viva La Vida

CD-Charts > Music > Rock
by: Coldplay

Release Date June 17, 2008
I think Led-heads who are excited about a new Robert Plant CD will be extremely disappointed. Mr. Plant is no longer a spring chicken or a wild rooster for that matter. He's a mature artist looking to spread his wings. I think he's found a new groove! Isn't that truly the sign of a great and lasting artist? Someone who can shed their skin, try on something new and make it fit like a glove.
Plant's voice is so bluesy here and very mellow. Kraus, whom I know very little about provides a wonderful balance. I believe this will become a classic. I thoroughly enjoy listening to this CD; before I know it, it's over. It's as if it flows effortlessly from the beginning to the end of the disc; one piece of work with a dozen punctuations!
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