Love & Rockets - Express

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Music Review: Solid late 80's rock album
Rating: 5 Stars

"Kundalini Express" is also very catchy, if not just for the "hoo-hooo"'s. "All in My Mind" is one of the strongest songs on the album, I think. The lyrics actually made me ponder with the lines "but if you look into your mirror you'll see that nobody/has ever ripped you off it's all in your mind". The first time I heard "Life in Laralay", I instantly thought of Bauhaus "She's in Parties"... it's even in the same key!! But hey, it's ok to rip off yourself ;-) This is prolly my 2nd fave song on the album just cuz I liked "Parties" so much. It makes me wanna sing along, & who cares what David J's lyrics are trying to say. And then the well known "Ball of Confusion (Special Mix)".... great cover, even take a listen to the original, which makes an interesting comparison.

"Holiday" slows the pacing of the faster songs (on my cd), & has a cool slight guitar delay that gives it a mysterious vibe... & a way cool guitar intro. The pace picks back up with the fun "Yin & Yang" remix, an instant foot tapper. "Love Me" & "All in my Mind (acoustic)" are the other 2 slower ones... love the acoustic version, very dreamy. "An American Dream" ends the album nicely, starting like another acoustic track, but moves along midway. It was delightful to see Ash play a really long version of this at the show too.

And of course, the other added bonus, the double vocals... either solo, haromonizing, & or in sync. It almost drove me nuts sometimes guessing who was singing (like with Depeche Mode), but then after a while you can distinguish who's who. It just sounds like these guys had fun with this album, cuz those are the vibes I get from listening to it. I wish more bands would just have fun & rock at the same time like this!! I've only had this album a little over a year now, & I've heard it MANY times in a short time. It's already gone up my "I-would-cry-if-I-lost-these-albums" list... & I certainly can't say that about all the cds I own. And yes, used cd bins do hide some goodies!! One more thing: BUY THIS!!

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Alternative Rock CDs

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• Rock